deira-Marmoré Railway. This will solve the problem of the 
transportation of cattle to the States of Amazonas, Para, etc. 
From this brief exposition one concludes that the State of 
Matto Grosso is very rich in cattle and gold, diamonds and coffee, 
tobacco and mate, rubber and ipecac, and all other products 
of the tropical and temperate zone. Without doubt it will come 
to be one of the largest and richest empires of the world. 
Endowed with a warm climate in the North, it has in other 
regions a temperate and even cold climate. The tablelands ~ 
contain a rare accumulation of wealth, yet little explored. Natur- 
ally people, in their activities and progressive conflict for a liveli- 
hood, will come here from all parts of the world. By their intelli- 
gence and endeavors they will make that part of Brazil an in- 
dustrial, commercial and maritime mart. Here from the fusion 
of the different races, a great civilization will arise, and man- 
kind will progress onward and upward to the final conquest of 
the land. 
RUBBER 
The rubber sent to this Exposition, comes from the vast 
regions served by the Rivers Machados, or Dgy-Parana, Jamary, 
Jacy-Parana, Mutum-Parana, Paca-Nova and Guaporé and their 
tributaries, which in turn are tributaries of the great Madeira 
River, on whose right bank is situated the new municipality St. 
Antonio do Rio Madeira, installed July 2, 1912. 
The new municipality has the following limits: Starting at 
the falls of St. Antonio do Rio Madeira, on parallel 8° 48’, the 
River Madeira above; the River Madeira above to the mouth 
of the Guaropé on parallel of 12°, and on this parallel to its inter- 
section with the River Camararé; on this river below to its con- 
fluence with the Juruema; on this river below to the point where 
it unites with the Arinos; on the parallel at this point which 
passes to its intersection with S. Manuel River; it follows this 
river down to its confluence with the Tapajoz; and from this 
point back to St. Antonio Falls, along the line that divides 
Matto Grosso from the Amazonas. All this immense territory 
of the new municipality is traversed on the North by the 
Madeira-Marmoré Railway, which was completed and opened 
for traffic, September 7, 1912. It starts at Porto Velho and 
terminates at Guaraja-Mirim, a distance of 390 kilometers, 
The Madeira-Marmoré Railroad, in addition to the stations 
already opened in Porto. Velho, Candelaria, St. Antonio, Jacy- 
Parana, Abuna, Villa Murtinho, and Guarjara-Mirim has 46 places 
of stopping, which corresponds to the number of camps. 
Among the ways of communication that St. Antonio do Rio 
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