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The standard of value is golil. The English sovereign is legal tender for 4,500 reis. In the present derangement of the monetary system, Bank of Portugal paper is chiefly in circulation.

The metric system of weights and measures is the legal standard. The chief old measures still in use are : —

The Libra

J J y f of Lisbon " { ,, Oporto

,, Alquicre. ,, 3foio

1"012 lb. avoirdupois. 3 "7 imperial gallons. 5 "6 ,, ,,

0-36 ,, bushel.

2 "78 ,, ([uarters.

Diplomatic Representatives.

1. Of Portugal in Great Britain.

Envoy and Ministe7\ — Dom Frederico Arouea. Secretaries. — A. de Castro, General L. de Quilinan. Attache. — Baron Costa Ricci. Consul-Gencral in London. — J. Batalha Reis.

There are Consular representatives at Cardiff, Newcastle, Liverpool, and Consular agents at Cork, Dublin, Dundee, Leitli, Glasgow, Hull, Southampton.

2, Of Great Britain in Portugal.

Envoy and Minister.— 8iY li. G. MacDonell, K.C.M.G., C.B., appointed to Lisbon January 1, 1893.

Secretary. — C. Conway Thornton.

There are Consular representatives at Lisbon, Oporto ; Funchal (Madeira), St. Michael's (Azores), St. Vincent (Cape Verdes).

Dependencies.

The colonial possessions of Portugal, situated in Africa and Asia, are as follows : —

Colonial Possessions

Area : English sq. miles

Popula- tion

Colonial Possessions

Area : English sq. miles

Popula- tion

Possession in Africa: Cape Verde Islands

(1890) . Guinea. Prince's and St.

Thomas' Islands. Angola. East Africa.

Total Africa

1,480 4,440

360 484,800 301,000

114,130

820,000

1

24,660 1

4,119,000

3,120,000

Possessions in Asia : In India— Goa (1887) Daniao, Din (1887). Indian Archipelago

(Timor, <fcc.). China : Macao, &c.

(1886).

Total, Asia. Total, Colonies.

1,390 168

7,458

4

494,836 77,454

300,000

78,627

9,020

940,917

792,040

8,197,790

801,060

9,216,707

Portuguese India consists of Goa? containing the capital, Panjin, on the Malabar coast ; Damao, on the coast about 100 miles north of Bombay ; and Diu, a small island alxnit 140 miles west of Damao. In Goa there are 501 saltworks emjtloying 1,968 men, the annual jtroduction amounting to al)out