REVENUE OF LOANDA. 



475 



As soon as we could move toward the Quango we did so, 

 meeting in our course several trading-parties, both native and 

 Portuguese. We met two of the latter carrying a tusk weighing 

 126 lbs. The owner afterward informed us that its fellow on 

 the left side of the same elephant was 130 lbs. It was 8 feet 

 6^ inches long, and 21 inches in circumference at the part on 

 which the lip of the animal rests. The elephant was rather a 



Abstract View of the Net Revenue of the Customs at St. Paul de Loanda in 

 quinquennial periods from 1818-19 to 1843-44, both included ; and thence in 

 each vear to 1848-49. 



Years. 



Duties on 

 Importation. 



Duties on 



Exportation. 



Duties on 

 Re-exportation. 



Duties on Slaves. 



Tonnage Dues. Store 

 Rents, and otter in- 

 cidental Receipts. 





Mil. reis. 



Mil. reis. 



Mil. reis. 



Mil. reis. 



Mil. reis. 



1818-19 



573 876 









137,320 800 



148,608 661 



1823-24 



3,490 752 



460 420 







120,843 000 



133,446 892 



1828-29 



4,700 684 



800 280 







125,330 000 



139,981 364 



1833-34 



7,490 000 



1,590 000 







139,280 000 



158,978 640 



1838-39 



25,800 590 



2,720 000 







135,470 320 



173,710 910 



1843-44 



53,240 000 



4,320 000 







72,195 230 



138,255 230 



1844-15 



99,380 264 



6,995 095 







17,676 000 



134,941 359 



1845-16 



150,233 789 



9,610 735 



. i 





5,116 500 



181,423 550 



184G-47 



122,501 186 



8,605 821 







549 000 



114,599 235 



1847-48 



119,246 826 



9,718 076 



4097 868 



1,231 200 



146,321 476 



1848-49 



131,105 453 



9,969 960 



1164 309 



1,183 500 



157,152 400 



718,763 420 



54,790 987 



756,195 550 





=£102,680 



=£7827 





=£108,028 





Years. 



Net Revenue of 

 Customs. 



Revenue from 

 other Sources. 



Total Net 

 Revenue. 



Total Amount of 

 Charges. 



1844-45 



£ s. d. 

 26,988 5 5 



£ s. d. 

 9,701 10 8 



£ s. d. 

 36,689 16 1 



£ s. d. 

 53,542 5 4 



1845-46 



36,284 14 2 



24,580 4 10 



60,864 19 



56,695 9 7 



1846-47 



28,919 16 11 



23,327 9 11 



52,247 6 10 



52,180 9 7 



1847-48 



29,264 5 10 



24,490 11 8 



53,754 17 6 



53,440 8 8 



1848-49 



31,430 9 7 



18,868 3 10 



51,298 13 5 



50,686 3 3 



The above account exhibits the total revenue and charges of the government 

 of St. Paul de Loanda in each year, from 1844-45 to 1848-49, both included. 

 The above three tables are copied from the appendix to a dispatch sent by Mr. 

 Gabriel to VisGOunt Palmerston, dated the 5th of August, 1850, and, among 

 other facts of interest, show a very satisfactory diminution in the duties upon 

 slaves. 



The returns from 1818 to 1844 have been obtained from different sources as the 

 average revenue ; those from 1844 to 1849 are from the Custom-house records. 



