PROVINCE OF MINAS GERAES. 



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urn primeiro caixa, (a first book or chest keeper,) with 8000 ; um segundo caixa, 

 (a second book or chest keeper,) with 6000 ; um inspector geral, (an inspector 

 general,) with 4000. 



There is an escrivao, or accountant of diamonds ; and a merinho, or officer, 

 for apprehending persons. The governor has an escrivao, who attends the civil 

 and criminal proceedings. There are upwards of six thousand negroes to work 

 for diamonds, and two hundred inspectors, who are whites and subordinate to 

 the junta. In some years there have been found from four to five thousand 

 oitavas (five hundred to six hundred ounces) of diamonds, and amongst them, 

 some stones from one-eighth to five-eighths of an ounce. No one is allowed to 

 enter this district without an express licence. 



