438 
EEVENUE OF LOANDA. 
Chap. XXII. 
* As soon as we conld move towards the Quango we did so, 
meetmg in our course several trading parties, both native and 
Portuguese. We met two of the latter carrying a tusk weigliing 
126 lbs. The owner afterwards informed us that its fellow on 
the left side of the same elephant was 130 lbs. It was 8 feet 
6^ inches long, and 21 inches in ckcumference at the part on 
which the hp of the animal rests. The elephant was rather a 
Absteact View of the Net Kevenne of the Customs at St. Paul de Loanda 
in quinquennial periods from 1818-19 to 1843-44, both included; and 
thence in each* year to 1848-49. 
Duties on 
Importation. 
Duties on 
Exportation, 
Duties on 
Ee-exportation. 
Duties on Slaves. 
Tonnage dues, Store 
rents, and other in¬ 
cidental receipts. 
Mil. 
reis. 
Mil. 
reis. 
Mil. 
reis. 
Mil. 
reis. 
Mil. 
reis. 
1818-19 
573 
876 
137,320 
800 
148,608 
661 
1823-24 
3,490 
752 
460 
420 
120,843 
000 
133,446 
892 
1828-29 
4,700 
684 
800 
280 
125,330 
139,280 
000 
139,981 
364 
1833-34 
7,490 
000 
1,590 
000 
000 
158,978 
640 
1838-39 
25,800 
590 
2,720 
000 
135.470 
320 
173,710 
910 
1843-44 
53,240 
000 
4,320 
000 
72'l95 
230 
138,255 
230 
1844-45 
99,380 
264 
6,995 
095 
17,676 
000 
134,941 
359 
1845-46 
150,233 
789 
9,610 
735 
5,116 
500 
181,423 
550 
1846-47 
122,501 
186 
8,605 
821 
549 
000 
114,599 
235 
1847-48 
119,246 
826 
9,718 
676 
4,097 
868 
1,231 
200 
146,321 
476 
1848-49 
131,105 
453 
9,969 
960 
2,164 
309 
1,183 
500 
157,152 
400 
718,763 
420 
54,790 
987 
756,195 
550 
= £102, 
,680 
= £7,827 
11 
O 
CO 
028 
Net Revenue of 
Customs. 
Revenue from 
other sources. 
Total Net 
Revenue. 
Total Amount of 
Charges. 
£. s. 
d. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
£. 
s. 
d. 
1844-45 .. .. 
26.988 5 
5 
9,701 
10 
8 
36,689 
16 
1 
53,542 
5 
4 
1845-46 .. .. 
36,284 14 
2 
24,580 
4 
10 
60,864 
19 
0 
56,695 
9 
7 
1846-47 .. .. 
28,919 16 
11 
23,327 
9 
11 
52,247 
6 
10 
52,180 
9 
7 
1847-48 .. .. 
29,264 5 
10 
24,490 
11 
8 
53,754 
17 
6 
53,440 
8 
8 
1848-49 .. .. 
31,430 9 
7 
18,868 
3 
10 
51,298 
13 
5 
50,686 
3 
3 
The above account exliibits the total revenue and charges of the government 
of St. Paul de Loanda in each year, from 1844-45 to 1848-49, both included. 
The above three tables are copied from the appendix to a despatch sent by 
Mr. Gabriel to Viscount Palmerston, dated 5th August, 1850, and, among 
other facts of interest, show a very satisfactory diminution in the duties upon 
slaves. 
The returns from 1818 to 1844 have been obtained from different sources as 
the average revenue; those from 1844 to 1849 are from the Custom-house 
records. 
