I30 THE BRAZILS. 
Amount brought forward ^C. 2,050,000 
Woollens, linens, India and Scotch muslins, iron 
ware, and other articles, the growth and manu- 
facture of Great Britain and her colonies, ex- 
ported to Portugal - . , 1,550,000 
Balance against England £. 500,000 
And if we suppose that of the 84,000 pipes of wine ex- 
ported from Portugal and Madeira 60,000 only pay duties 
and excise in Great Britain, which is making an ample al- 
lowance for the colonies, the sum raised as revenue at 50/. 
per pipe, which is less than it actually is, will amount to 
3,000,000/. sterling. 
Admitting then that Portugal may eventually share the 
same fate as Spain, this source of commerce will necessarily 
be dried up ; and it may be asked, in what new channels will 
it then flow ? Would the whole Brazils, if even in our posses- 
sion, take in manufactures and produce an equivalent for 
what we should lose by the loss of our trade with Portugal, 
and afford us return cargoes of equal value, and which would 
contribute an equal sum to the revenue of the state ? In 
their present condition, I have no hesitation in saying, they 
certainly would not; but, at the same time, I have little 
doubt that by removing the obstacles that have impeded cul- 
tivation, abolishing monopolies, reducing the impolitic duties 
on exports, and opening a communication by good roads 
between the principal ports and the interior settlements, they 
would not only in a few years consume more than Portugal 
