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this Committee were Messrs. Monterio 

 de Souza, Passos de Miranda, Joao 

 Cabral, Henrique Hirsch, and Arthur 

 Orlando. 



At the second session of the Congress, 

 held on August 22, Senhor Passos de 

 Miranda, delegate from the State of 

 Para, and spokesman of the Special Com- 

 mittee which had been investigating the 

 Government proposals, presented a report 

 from that body to the effect that, beicg 

 impressed with the prospective benefits 

 and results to be anticipated from the 

 proposals submitted, they requested the 

 Government to take into consideration 

 the slight alterations suggested, and to 

 examine the supplementry proposals, as 

 justified by their respective authors, 

 with a view of seeing how far the re- 

 quirements indicated could be complied 

 with. 



The President (the Minister of Agri- 

 culture) then stated that the recom- 

 mendations of the Special Committee 

 would receive the due consideration of 

 the Government, and would be published 

 in full. The suggested alterations pro- 

 posed in Section 2, that the money prizes 

 should be given for Hevea, as being the 

 best quality of rubber ; in Section 4 s 

 that the twenty-five years would count 

 from the date of the promulgation of 

 the law. In Section 8 (second object) par. 

 6, it was proposed to establish a field of 

 demonstration in Matto Grosso. 



In conclusion, the President added that 

 after careful study, the whole matter 

 would be submitted to the Federal Con- 

 gress for ultimate decision ; tbe valuable 

 interests of Northern Brazil being duly 

 regarded and protected. In order to 

 carry out the plans in view, the co-oper- 

 ation would be needed of the State and 

 Municipal Governments. He expressed 

 appreciation of the work of the dele- 

 gates, to whom he tendered cordial 

 thanks. 



On the motion of Dr. Joao Cabral, 

 delegate of the State of Piauhy, the 

 following resolution was adopted with* 

 out debate t— 



"The representatives of the States, 

 commercial associatioua md other inter* 



ested bodies, assembled in the present 

 Congress, upon the invitation of the 

 Honorable Minister of Agriculture, to 

 study the problem of the north of Bra- 

 zil, wishing to declare itself as to the 

 plan elaborated by the Government, to 

 be submitted to the appreciation of the 

 Congress, hereby express their great 

 satisfaction with and sincere approval of 

 same. It is conceived with judgment, 

 patriotism and decisiveness on the part 

 of the Government in dealing with this 

 problem, of vital importance for north- 

 ern Brazil." 



After the passing: of this resolution, 

 the President declared the Congress 

 terminated. 



Proposals Submitted to the 

 Congress. 

 The following proposals were submit- 

 ted to the Rubber Congress held at Rio 

 de Janeiro, August 14, 1911: — 



1. The exemption from all import 

 duties of all utensils and materials in- 

 tended for the cultivation, gathering 

 and treatment of three descriptions of 

 rubber (Hevea, Manicoba and AJanga- 

 beira), whether only for purposes of 

 extraction or for cultivation. 



2. The awarding of money prizes 

 under two categories : (a) for Hevea, 

 Manicoba) or Mangabeira: (b) for other 

 descriptions, in such a way as to promote 

 the ground being suitably utilized, as 

 well as for the entirely new cultivation 

 of any description of rubber. 



The prizes will be awarded for sections 

 of 25 hectares (about 62J acres) in the 

 first category and of 12 hectares (about 

 30 acres) in the second. They will be 

 based upon the species of the tree cultiv- 

 ated, and the outlay during the year 

 immediately preceding the commence 

 ment of production. 



3. The establishment at convenient, 

 selected points, of experimental stations 

 or fields of demonstration for the cultiv- 

 ation of Hevea in the State of Amazonas 

 and the interior of Maranham (in one of 

 the valleys of Tury-Assu or of Mearim, 

 Jequitinhoaha or the Contas river); and 

 for the cultivation of Manicoba in the 

 south of Piauhy, in the interior of Serial 



