474 



EXPORTS FROM LOANDA. 



healthy ; hut thither the westerly wind does not seem to convey 

 the noxious agent. 



Feb. 20th. On the day of starting from Cassange, the westerly 

 wind blew strongly, and on the day following we were brought to 

 a stand by several of our party being laid up with fever. This 

 complaint is the only serious drawback Angola possesses. It is in 

 every other respect an agreeable land, and admirably adapted for 

 yielding a rich abundance of tropical produce for the rest of the 

 world. Indeed, I have no hesitation in asserting that, had it been 

 in the possession of England, it would now have been yielding as 

 much or more of the raw material for her manufactures as an 

 equal extent of territory in the cotton-growing states of America. 

 A railway from Loanda to this valley would secure the trade of 

 most of the interior of South Central Africa.* 



* The following statistics may be of interest to mercantile men. They show 

 that since the repression of the slave-trade in Angola the value of the exports in 

 lawful commerce has steadily augmented. We have no returns since 1850, but the 

 prosperity of legitimate trade has suffered no check. The duties are noted in Por- 

 tuguese money, "milreis," each of which is about three shillings in value. 



Return of the Quantities and Value of the Staple Articles, the Produce of the 

 Province of Angola, exported from St. Paul de Loanda between July 1, 1848, 

 and June 30, 1849, specifying the Quantities and Value of those exported in 

 Portuguese Ships and in Ships of other Nations. 



ARTICLES. 



In Portuguese Ships. 



In Ships of othek Nations. 



Amount. 



Value. 



Amount. 



Value. 



Palm oil " 



1454 

 1440 



152 

 1837 



147 

 1109 



630 



£ «. d. 



35,350 



2,160 



304 



633 17 6 



205 16 



6,654 



23,940 



515 

 6671 1 qr. 



684 



849 

 4763 



544 



jE «. d. 



12,875 



10,036 17 6 



1,368 



318 17 6 



6,668 4 



3,264 



Coffee " 



Beeswax " 



69,247 13 6 



34,530 19 



Total Quantity and Value of Exports from Loanda. 





Cwt. 



1969 



Palm oil 



u 



8111 



Coffee 



" 



836 



Hides 



No. 



2686 



Gum 





4910 





" 



1653 



Orchella 



Tons. 



630 



£ s. 



48,225 



8111 lqr 12,196 17 



1,672 



952 15 



6,874 



9,918 



23,940 



