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The exports from Brazil in the year ending July 31, 18G8, were sent to the following countries : —

Great Britain .... United States .... France and French possessions River Plate ....

Baltic _

Portugal and Portuguese possessions Germany ....

Spain and Spanish possessions

Chili

Belgium .....

Italy

Russia ..... Mediterranean Sweden and Norway Africa ..... Denmark ....

Austria ..... In etherlands and Dutch possessions Ports not specified .

Total

£

5,418,445 3,908,121 2,034,096

1,121,296

1,086,330

750,476

516,589

236,001

120,640

100,291

99,067

97,346

63,706

51,638

28,895

27,997

22,485

4,868

2,486,851

18,175,138

the ports of Eio de Janeiro, neiro absorbing more than a

The largest importation is througl Bahia, and Pernambuco, Rio de J; half of the total imports.

The largest export towns are Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Pernambuco, and Santos. The following table gives the quantity and value of exports from Rio de Janeiro during the year 1867 : —

Coffee .

. lbs.

Quantity

Value

424,531,680

& 8,776,590

Sugar . .

• >>

8,980,960

106,652

Cotton

,,

9,240,000

350,000

Rum

. pipes

3,865

40,000

Salted hides

4,200,000

57,540

Dry hides

250,000

8,250

Tapioca .

. barrels

11,294

25,066

Horns

116.860

1.519

Tobacco .

. bales

51,615

154,845

Diamonds Total .

. oitavas

5,704

37,000

9,558,287

The exports from Pernambuco, Para, Bahia, Santos, and Rio Grande do Siil, during the year, amounted to nearly 7,000,000/.

The principal feature in the export trade of Brazil is the in- creased exportation of coffee and cotton, exhibited in the following

official returns : —