438 



EEVENUE OF LOANDA. 



Chap. XXII. 



As soon as we could move towards 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 afterwards 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 Eevenue of the Customs at St. Paul de Loanda 

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

 thence in each year to 1848-49. 





Duties 

 Importat 



ion. 



Duties on 

 Exportation. 



Duties on 

 Re-exportation. 



Duties on Slaves. 



Tonnage dues, Store 

 rents, and other 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 



1844-45 



99,380 



264 



6,995 



095 







17,676 



000 



134,941 



359 



1845-46 



150,233 



789 



9,610 



735 







5,116 



500 



181,423 



550 



1846-47 



122,501 



186 



8,605 



821 







549 



000 



114,599 



235 



1847-48 



119,246 



826 



9,718 



676 



4,097 



868 



1,231 



200 



146,321 



476 



1848-49 



131,105 



453 



9,969 



960 



2,164 



309 



1,183 



500 



157,152 



400 





718,763 



420 



54,790 



987 



756,195 



550 







= £102, 



680 



= £7,8 



27 







= £108, 



028 









Net Revenue of 



Revenue from 



Total Net 



Total Amount of 





Customs. 



other sources. 



Revenue. 



Charges. 





£. s. d. 



£. s. d. 



£. s. d. 



£. s. d. 



1844-45 .. .. 



26.988 5 5 



9,701 10 8 



36,689 16 1 



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 despatch sent by 

 Mr. Gabriel to Viscount Palmerston, dated 5th 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. 



