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PROVINCE OF GOYAZ. 



present King, when Prince Regent, by a decree of the 18th of March, 1809, 

 divided it into two comarcas, the new one taking the name of St. Joam das 

 Duas Barras, the other retaining that of the capital. Each of them compre- 

 hends eight julgados, or divisions, including the district of the capital, the only 

 povoa9ao yet enjoying the title of a town. 



The comarca of Villaboa comprises the following julgados : — 

 Villaboa St. Luzia 



Crixa * St. Cruz 



Pilar Desemboque 

 Meia Ponte Araxa. 



The comarca of St. Joam das Duas Barras the following : — 

 Porto Real St. Feliz 



Natividade Cavalcante 

 Concei^ao Flores 

 Arrayas Trahyras 



The above division of the province points out the jurisdiction of each comarca, 

 but does not assist to form a correct idea of the country, in consequence of the 

 great inequality which prevails in their extent and population ; for instance, the 

 julgado of the capital is upwards of five hundred miles long from north to 

 south, and of proportionable width, and the julgado of Conceicao extends east 

 and west from one boundary of the province to the other ; whilst that of Pilar 

 is not more than one hundred miles long, and those of Desemboque and Araxa 

 are much smaller. 



It will be therefore preferable, in the delineation of this province, to follow 

 nature, which has divided it into six cantos, not varying essentially in extent, 

 and marked by visible boundaries. A line drawn from the mouth of the 

 Parannahiba by its bed to the confluence of the river Annicuns, by this up- 

 wards, then by the river Boys to its origin, crossing to that of the river Pedras, 

 by it down to the Almas, which continues it to the Maranham and Tucantines, 

 divides the province into two parts, eastern and western, which latter is 

 the larger portion, each of which is subdivided into three grand districts ; 

 namely, — 



Tucantines •\ 

 Parannan >. in the eastern. 



Cayaponia -^ 



Goyaz vin the western portion. 



Nova Beira ^ 



Rio das Velhas 



