TRAVELS IN BRAZIL. 



39 



Note 6. 



Produce, Exports, and Consumption of the Island of 

 S. Catharine in 1812. 



. 



IVleasure. 



XT 



JN umber 



Consump 

 tion. 



- Exporta- 

 tion. 



j Value of 

 Exports in 

 Rees. 



Brandy 



pipes 



63,241 



1 1,915 



51,326 



3,292,000 



Cotton... 



cwt. 



2,250 



1,513 



737 



4.7 1 6 son 



Leeks 



hiiQnplci 



J. yj y iJ\y\J 





11,622 







cwt. 



18,723 



5,552 



13,191 



24,326,720 





do. 



712 



332 



380 



2 1 SS SOO 



Ropes of imbe large.. 



rolls(doz.^ 



141 



14 



127 



254,000 



Ropes of imbe small.. 



do. 



235 



1 1 



224 



224 oon 



Coffee 



cwt. 



12,592 



8,836 



3,756 



33,052,800 





do.' 



5 





5 



39,000 







35,900 



1 3,000 



22,900 



29,312,000 



Broad beans . ..... 



alniipirp<s 



327 



160 



1 67 



SO 1 fio 



\j\Jy \ \J\J 





do. 



388,361 



160,230 



228,131 



127,753,360 





do. 



9,832 



6,640 



3,192 



1,276,800 





cwt. 



18 





18 



64,800 





arrobas 



118 



97 



21 



84,000 



Flax 



cwt. 



1,798 



277 



1,521 







dozens 



2,553 



241 



2,312 



5,086,400 



Mundubi beans 



alqueires 



872 



321 



551 



330,600 





do. 



16,968 



7,847 



9,121 



2,189,040 



Salt fish 



arrobas 



377 



151 



226 



1,130,000 



Salt fish 



bundles 



9,985 



6,465 



3,520 



7,040,000 





bushels 



10,472 



4,525 



5,947 



1,189,400 





alqueires 



20 



15 



5 



5000 





pipes 



7,118 



2,992 



i 4,126 



1,435,000 





cwt. 



165 



14 



151 



724,800 





alqueires 



5y365 



2,618 



747 



821^700 



Total 











248,476,700 



In the same year there arrived at S. Catharine's : 



Large ships 



- 5 sailed 5. 



Brigs 



- 32 ... 39. 



Smacks 



- 63 ... 58. 



Boats 



- 38 ... 39. 



Yachts 



- 12 ... 11. 





Total 150 152 ships. 



* The threads out of the leaves of several species of pine-apples (Bromelia) are 

 prepared in the same manner as from the leaves of the American aloe in Sicily. 



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