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bodies of them are compelled by turns to do actual military service in 

 the barracks of some of the towns, for which time they are paid at the 

 same rate as the soldiers of the line. This is a real grievance. I have 

 heard individuals complain of it ; and I doubt if the government would 

 get very effective service from this body in the event of civil war. This 

 organization took the place of the national guard, disbanded in 1836. 

 Since I left the country the national guard has been reorganized, and 

 the military force of the province placed upon a better footing. 



I am indebted to Senhor Gabriel de Guimaraes, an intelligent citizen 

 of Barra, for the following table of the annual exports of the Comarca, 

 being the mean of the three years, from 1839 to 1842, with the prices 

 of the articles at Barra: 



Sarsaparilla, 



4,000 arrobas, a 



$3 00 - 



- $12,000 



Salt fish, 



8,500 



u 



50 - 



- 4,250 



Brazilian nutmegs, 



73 



u 



1 00 - 



73 



Tonka beans, 



3 



<< 



1 00 - 



3 



Tow, 



360 



u 



25 - 



90 



Pitch, 



132 



M 



32 - 



42 



Carajuni, 



320 pounds, 



50 - 



160 



Cocoa, 



1,200 arrobas, 



50 - 



600 



Coffee, 



1,000 



u 



1 00 - 



- 1,000 



Tobacco, 



140 





3 00 - 



720 



Copaiba, 



400 canadas, 



2 50 - 



- 1,000 



Mixira, 



750 pots, 



1 00 - 



750 



Oil of turtle-eggs, 



6,000 



u 



1 00 - 



- 6,000 



Farinha, 



300 alquieres, 



40 - 



120 



Brazil nuts, 



1,400 



U 



25 - 



350 



Tapioca, 



30 



it 



50 - 



15 



Hides, 



100 





50 - 



50 



Hammocks, 



2,000 





25 - 



500 



Heavy boards, 



480 





1 25 - 



600 











28,323 



These are the exports of the whole province, including the town 

 of Egas, (the exports of which alone I estimate now at thirteen thousand 

 dollars,) with the little villages of Tabatinga, San Paulo, Tunantins, <fcc. 

 Very little, however, of the trade of these last-named places passes Barra, 

 and goes on to Para. We will now see how much the trade has in- 

 creased by examining the following table of the exports of Barra alone 

 for the year 1850. This was also furnished me by the Senhor Guima- 

 raes. 



