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any  one  of  three  ways,  namely,  homesteading,  outright  purchase,  or 
a  kind  of  ground  rental  called  aforamento. 
The  batiputa  lands  are  fairly  well  provided  with  transportation 
facilities.  Part  of  the  area  is  near  the  lines  of  the  Great  Western  of 
Brazil  Railway  Company  (Ltd.),  or  the  Central  Railway  of  Rio 
Grande  do  Norte,  and  a  considerable  part  of  the  remainder  is  access- 
ible by  automobile  and  light  truck,  but  pack  mules  and  horses  con- 
tinue to  furnish  the  standard  means  of  transportation  in  the  interior. 
NEWS  ITEMS  AND  PERSONAL  NOTES 
Seventh  Annual  Exposition  of  Chemical  Industries  to  be 
Held  at  New  York. — Every  State  in  the  Union  will  be  represented 
at  the  Seventh  National  Exposition  of  Chemical  Industries,  which 
will  be  held  in  the  Eighth  Coast  Artillery  Armory,  Jerome  Avenue 
and  Kingsbridge  Road,  New  York  City,  during  the  week  of  Septem- 
ber 1 2th.  This  is  assured  by  the  early  list  of  those  that  have  already 
secured  space,  and  from  the  outlook  the  display  this  year  will  be  far 
more  important  than  its  predecessors.  One  phase  of  the  situation 
that  is  giving  Managers  Fred  W.  Payne  and  Charles  F.  Roth  no  little 
difficulty  is  finding  room  for  the  many  new  concerns  that  want  to 
exhibit.  Already  more  than  400  applications  for  space  have  been 
made  and  there  is  no  doubt  but  that  last  year's  record  of  457  exhibit- 
ors will  be  eclipsed. 
This  year's  exposition  will  be  more  international  in  aspect  than 
any  of  the  six  preceding  it  for  the  reason  that  it  will  follow  immedi- 
ately after  the  convocations  of  chemists  from  all  parts  of  the  world 
that  will  be  held  in  New  York  City  early  in  September. 
The  Horovitz  Biochemic  Laboratories. — The  Horovitz  Bio- 
chemic  Laboratories  announce  the  opening  of  their  new  manufac- 
turing laboratories  at  220  East  Fourth  Street,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Dr. 
A.  S.  Horovitz  will  personally  supervise  the  manufacture  of  the 
firm's  products. 
