APPENDIX C.
Reading edition
COMMERCE OF THE AMAZON.
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I.—Value of Products Exported from different Towns on the Amazon by the Imperial Steamers in 1867.[190]
Products. Cametá. Braves. Macapá. Gurupá. Porto do Moz. Prainha.
Brazil Nuts. ..... $600 $400 $290 $10 $16
Cacao. $44,054 1,615 6,429 1,345 257 $1,677
Cattle. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 1,575
Coffee. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Copaiba. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Cotton, raw. ..... ..... 100 90 ..... .....
Dried Meat. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 145
Farina. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Guarana. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Hides. 138 800 3,302 858 271 152
Horses. ..... 75 600 ..... ..... 375
India-rubber. 123,460 128,440 306,880 85,110 85,780 1,430
Piassaba. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Pirarucu. ..... 10 20 ..... 200 1,805
Sasparilla. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 60
Tallow. ..... 12 212 ..... ..... 60
Tobacco. ..... 50 ..... 25 ..... 25
Tonka Beans. ..... ..... ..... 43 ..... .....
Turtles. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Turtle-oil. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Products. Mt. Alégre. Santarum. Obidos. Villa Nova. Serpa. Manáos. Cudajaz.
Brazil Nuts. ..... $1,334 $6,938 $2,564 $6,886 $15,010 $1,442
Cacao. $86 $69,111 172,421 28,907 34,462 38,802 1,945
Cattle. 600 550 25 ..... ..... ..... .....
Coffee. ..... 56 33 7 ..... 172 .....
Copaiba. ..... 18 1,422 4,383 8,651 5,175 132
Cotton, raw. ..... ..... ..... ..... 103 293 .....
Dried Meat. ..... 2,744 15,699 167 ..... ..... .....
Farina. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Guarana. ..... 1,620 750 24,240 14,550 60 .....
Hides. ..... 2,426 4,087 5,787 6,290 2,103 .....
Horses. 3,225 3,975 2,100 ..... ..... 300 .....
India-rubber. ..... 22,670 8,640 20,100 209,400 219,340 30,468
Piassaba. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 7,612 .....
Pirarucu. 525 18,902 31,525 40,827 21,025 79,055 8,273
Sasparilla. ..... 2,376 1,392 108 372 33,708 207
Tallow. ..... 200 1,484 1,368 4,164 16 .....
Tobacco. ..... ..... ..... 225 1,187 237 .....
Tonka Beans. ..... ..... 120 1,070 5 9 .....
Turtles. ..... ..... 70 ..... 2 76 136
Turtle-oil. ..... ..... 100 ..... 5 8,220 216
Products. Coary. Ega. Fonte Boa. Touantina. S. Paulo. Tabatluga.
Brazil Nuts. $498 $325 ..... ..... ..... .....
Cacao. 5,192 4,907 $957 $365 $310 $227
Cattle. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Coffee. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... 25
Copaiba. ..... 1,559 123 ..... ..... .....
Cotton, raw. ..... ..... 1 6 ..... 232
Dried Meat. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Farina. 80 37 15 105 10 .....
Guarana. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Hides. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Horses. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
India-rubber. 7,644 6,808 5,460 2,252 9,155 15,054
Piassaba. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Pirarucu. 5,944 6,205 7,572 6,768 2,018 920
Sasparilla. 943 5,163 4,876 5,209 2,334 3,703
Tallow. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Tobacco. 48 300 ..... ..... 12 360
Tonka Beans. ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
Turtles. 39 33 10 50 3 3
Turtle-oil. 2,382 3,123 1,693 1,646 298 335
Products. Quantity. Mean Price. Total Value.
Brazil Nuts. 18,397 alq. $2.00 $36,794
Cacao. 314,327 arr. 3.00 942,981
Cattle. 110 25.00 2,750
Coffee. 79 arr. 3.70 292
Copaiba. 72,030 lbs. .30 2,160
Cotton, raw. 653 arr. 1.25 816
Dried Meat. 6,821 " 2.75 18,757
Farina. 90 alq. 2.50 247
Guarana. 1,374 arr. 30.00 41,220
Hides. 11,871 2.00 23,742
Horses. 142 75.00 10,650
India-rubber. 128,955 arr. 10.00 1,289,550
Piassaba. 7,612 " 1.00 7,612
Pirarucu. 94,316 " 2.50 235,790
Sasparilla. 5,119 " 11.80 60,442
Tallow. 1,893 " 4.00 7,572
Tobacco. 205 " 12.23 2,525
Tonka Beans. 260 " 4.80 1,248
Turtles. 331 1.80 596
Turtle-oil. 3,762 j'rs. 4.75 17,760
II. Articles Exported from Pará to the United States in 1860.
Annatto lbs. 64,832Piassaba lbs. 3,488
Balsam Copaiba " 89,670Rubber, fine " 2,394,656
Cacao " 145,888 " mixed " 69,120
Copper, old " 1,171 " coarse " 420,000
Hides, wet " 616,172Skins, Deer " 64,406
" dry " 4,503Tapioca " 118,080
Nuts, Brazil " 23,582Tonka Beans " 18,298
" " unshelled " 19,481
III. Articles Imported from the United States to Pará in 1860.
Axes dozens, 1,826 Matches cases, 174
Candles boxes, 594 Oars number, 592
Chairs dozens, 333 Pepper bags, 190
Codfish drums, 1,943 Rosin barrels, 1,556
Clocks number, 660 Rubber and other Shoes pairs, 3,398
Combs dozens, 7,353 Shooks (box) number, 16,428
Domestics package, 2,370 Soap boxes, 6,891
Drugs " 435 Specie, in Gold dollars, 113,827
Flour barrels, 16,755 Straw Paper reams, 12,903
Fire-crackers boxes, 1,800 Soda-biscuit 12-lb. tins, 5,954
Gunny-bags number, 13,000 Saltpetre kegs, 95
Gunpowder kegs, 2,150 Tea chests, 235
Hams tierces, 38 Tea boxes, 533
Hardware packages, 201 Tar and Pitch barrels, 329
Hats, Palm-leaf cases, 506 Tobacco boxes, 257
Knives dozens, 2,195 Twine, Cotton pounds, 13,322
Lard packages, 2,709 Tortoise-shell " 299½
Lumber feet, 75,955
Nails kegs, 588
IV. Duties on Principal Imports from United States at Pará.
Axes and Hatchets 30 reys per pound.
Biscuit, Soda 400 " arroba.
Brooms 600 " dozen.
Chairs, cane-seat 1,000 " article.
" rocking 3,000 " "
" " extra 6,000 " "
Cinnamon, Ceylon 500 " pound.
Combs, rubber 600 " "
" ivory 2,000 " "
Cotton Goods 90 " sq. vara.
" " colored twills 150 " "
Candles 240 " "
Cigars 1,200 " "
Cordage 50 " "
Dirks, ordinary 6,000 " article.
" extra 12,000 " "
Flour 150 " arroba.
Hats, Palm-leaf. 180 " article.
Hams 70 " pound.
Homœopathic Medicine 300 " ounce.
Knives 250 " article.
Lard 1,500
Matting, India 240 " pound.
Nails, to two inches 40 " "
Padlocks, brass 250 " "
" iron 180 " "
Pearl Barley 400 " arroba.
Pepper, India 70 " pound.
Plows free.
Pork 600 " arroba.
Powder 200 " pound.
Paper, Straw 30 " "
Pilot Bread 150 " arroba.
Roman Cement 50 " "
Rosin 1,200
Sieves, iron wire 30 " pound.
" brass 50 " "
Shoes, Rubber 400 " "
Store Trucks 900 " article.
Shooks, boxes 400 " arroba.
Soap, Yellow 30 " pound.
Scales, simple 120 " "
Tar and Pitch 200 " arroba.
Tortoise-shell 2,500 " pound.
Tea 450 " "
Twine, Cotton 300 " "
Trunks, 2 to 4 palms 2,700 " article.
" over 4 " 3,600 " "
Tobacco, chewing 4,800 " arroba.
" cut 9,600 " arroba.
This Tariff went into operation February 23, 1861.