Chap. XXIT, 
EXPOETS FEOM LOANDA. 
437 
Feh. 20th.~Oi!L the day of starting from Cassange, the westerly 
wind blew strongly, and on the day following we were brought to 
a stand, by several of our party being laid up with fever. This 
complaint is the only serious drawback Angola possesses. It is in 
every other respect an agreeable land, and admirably adapted for 
yielding a rich abundance of tropical produce for the rest of the 
world. Indeed I have no hesitation in asserting, that, had it been 
in the possession of England, it would now have been yielding as 
much or more of the raw material for her manufactmres, as an 
equal extent of territory in the cotton-growing States of America. 
A railway from Loanda to tliis valley, would secure the trade of 
most of the interior of South Central Africa.* 
* The following statistics may be of interest to mercantile men. They show 
that since the repression of the slave-trade in Angola the value of the exports 
in lawful commerce has steadily augmented. We have no returns since 1850, 
but the prosperity of legitimate trade has suffered no check. The duties are 
noted in Portuguese money, “ milreis,” each of which is about three shillings 
in value. 
Eeturn of the Quantities and Value of the Staple Articles, the produce of the 
Province of Angola, exported from St. Paul de Loanda between July 1, 
1848, and June 30, 1849, specifying the quantities and value of those 
exported in Portuguese ships and in ships of other nations. 
ARTICLES. 
In Portuguese Ships. 
In Ships of other Nations. 
Amount. 
Value. 
Amount. 
Value. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
Ivory . 
Cwt. 
1454 
35,350 
0 
0 
515 
12,875 
0 
0 
Palm oil 
1440 
2,160 
0 
0 
6,671 Iqr. 
10,036 
17 
6 
Coffee. 
152 
304 
0 
0 
684 
1,368 
0 
0 
Hides. 
No. 
1837 
633 
17 
6 
849 
318 
17 
6 
Gum. 
Cwt. 
147 
205 
16 
0 
4,763 
6,668 
4 
0 
Beeswax 
1109 
6,654 
0 
0 
544 
3,264 
0 
0 
Orchella 
Tons 
630 
23,940 
0 
0 
•• 
69,247 
13 
6 
34,530 
19 
0 
Total Quantity and Value of Exports from Loanda. 
£. s. d. 
Ivory . Cwt. 1,969 .. .. 48,225 0 0 
Palm oil . „ 8,111 Iqr. 12,196 17 6 
Coffee. „ 836 .. .. 1,672 0 0 
Hides . No. 2,686 .. .. 952 15 0 
Gum . Cwt. 4,910 .. .. 6,874 0 0 
Beeswax.. .. .. .. „ 1,653 .. .. 9,918 0 0 
Orchella. Tons. 630 ' .... 23,940 0 0 
£103,778 12 6 
Abstract 
