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in Rio Grande do Norte, in the south of 

 Bahia, in the north of Minas and in the 

 interior of Sao Paulo. These stations 

 should furnish annually to all interested 

 persons, information as to results ob- 

 tained and seeds selected, as well as 

 instructions with reference to the best 

 methods of cultivation. 



4. General reduction to one-half of 

 the present federal state or municipal 

 export duties on rubber from native 

 trees, with the exception' of Oaucho ; and 

 the complete elimination of these duties 

 during twenty-five years, for plantation 

 rubber produced from the same species 

 of trees. 



5. Concession of tte privileges neces- 

 sary and sufficient for the establishment 

 of refining plants, which will reduce 

 each species of rubber to a uniform type 

 for export. 



6. Concession of the privileges and 

 advantages necessary for plants manu- 

 facturing rubber goods, seeking to 

 establish themselves in the country ; 

 particularly at Manaos, Para, Pernam- 

 buco, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro, 



7. Organization of a permanent ser- 

 vice of aiding workers, whether native 

 or foreign, who come of their own initi- 

 ative, or with their travelling expenses 

 paid by the Federal Government or by 

 the Brazilian states, to the valley of the 

 Amazon ; including the construction of 

 three hospitals of sufficient capacity at 

 Para, Manaos and a convenient point in 

 the federal territory of Acre. The 

 organization and objects should be 

 identical with those of the II has das 

 Plores, or some hospitals of the interior ; 

 the hospitals to be surrounded by small 

 agricultural colonies, where patients can 

 be received for gratuitous treatment and 

 vaccination, with facilities for selling 

 medicines of the highest quality, especi- 

 ally sulphate of quiuiue, also for the 

 extensive distribution of printed matter 

 containing recommendations as to hy- 

 gienic measures for the prevention of 

 diseases, as well as rules and methods 

 for curative treatment in the absence of 

 a doctor, 



8. With special reference to Hevea 

 rubber, the following measures should 

 be carried out with the greatest urgency, 

 intended to facilitate and cheapen trans- 

 portation within the valley of the 

 Amazon, and also to provide such trans- 

 portation between the point and the 

 states of the North-East and South, as 

 may allow of supplying the markets of 

 distribution with an abundance of health- 

 ful alimentation. 



In connection with the first object : 



(a) Construction of a railroad starting 

 from a convenient point on the Madeira 

 and Mamore line, near the mouth of the 

 River Abuman by Villa Rio Branco and 

 a point between Senna Madureira and 

 Catay, and terminating at Villa Thauma- 

 turge with a branch to the Peruvian 

 frontier in the valley of the River Purus. 

 As the construction of this railroad will 

 be a measure of considerable import- 

 ance for the supply under favourable 

 conditions of all descriptions of imports 

 to the federal territory of Acre, Porto, 

 Velho, on the River Madeira, should be 

 open to the commerce of all nations. 



(b) Construction of a railroad uniting 

 the valley of Amazonas with the north- 

 eastern and southern states of Brazil. 



(c) Improvement in the navigable 

 conditions of the River Negro, as far as 

 Cucuhy ; of the Branco, as far as Boa 

 Vista ; the Purus, as far as Senna Madu- 

 reira ; and the Acre, as far as Rie Zinho. 



(d) Exemption from import dues of 

 steamers intended to navigate the rivers, 

 and the revision (with the object of 

 reducing and simplifying the present 

 burdens) of the Coasting and River Navi- 

 gation Laws. 



(c) Concession of indirect favours, 

 including exemption from import duties, 

 of an enterprise proposing to establish 

 depots of coal at convenient points to be 

 chosen, intended to supply steamers at 

 the lowest possible prices. 

 In connection with the second object : 

 (a) To lease two of the national farms 

 of Rio Branco, to a suitable enterprise, 

 engaging to carry out on a large scale 

 the breeding of cattle, and to cultivate 



