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BRAZIL

Tlie distiibutiou of the imports and exports in 19T0 and 1911 was as follows : —

From or to

Germany. United States France. Great Britain Portugal. Austria-Hungary Belgium. Argentina Uruguay.

Imj)orts

1910

1911

£

£

7,491,100

8,982,411

0,050,783

7,107,280

4,453,261

4,071,533

13,412,213

17.048,406

2,620,772

2,841,198

009,362

775,702

2,131,019

2,202,758

4,020,094

4,024,858

1,220,441

1,111,308

Exports

1910

£ 7,257,151

22,430,813 5,243,317

14,088,115 166,813 1,801,590 1,122,320 2,323,620 1,134.494

1911

£

9,432,-303

23,140,257

5,144,116

9,774,274

297,112 3,348,239 1,550,009 2,555,875

887,840

The chief articles of commerce between the United Kinpjdom and Brazil (Board of Trade statistics) in two years were : —

Imports into U.K. ' ,fjin from Brazil ^''^^

1911

£

7,935,050 902,240 808,989

Exports from U.K. to Brazil

Coal, cinders, «fcc. . Cottons and yarn Machinery

1910

£

1,344,390 3,174.292 1,048,268

1911

i £ Caoutchouc. , . 114,434,820 Raw cotton. • . i 890,027 Coffee 601,555

£ 1,442,316 3,213,320 1,201,027

Total trade between United Kingdom and Brazil for 5

j^ears : —

—

190S 1909

1910

^£

17,496.568 16,426,985

1911

1912

Imports from Brazil into U.K. Exports to Brazil from U.K..

£ i £ 6,984,977 11,290,126 8,115,197 : 8,470,542

£ 10,864,006

11,938,455

£

9,382,000 12,040,000

Shipping and Navigation.

In 1911 there entered the ports of Brazil 16,837 foreign steam vessels of 12,557,819 tons, and cleared, 16,836 steam ves.sels, of 22,572,498 tons. Of those entering, 2,541 with a tonnage of 7,445,203 were British ; 1,024 with a tonnage of 2,915,255 German ; and of those clearing, 2,553 with a tonnage of 7,467,787 v.^ere British and 1,844 with a tonnage of 3,919,638 were German.

The merchant navy in 1911 consisted of 238 steamers of 130,582 tons net, and 290 sailing vessels of 60,728 tons net. All coasting and river vessels mnst be Brazilian. The Brazilian Lh-yd, for coasting trade, main- tains a monthly service between Rio de Janeiro ajul New York, and lias also inaugurated a service between Liverpool, Portugal and Brazil.

Internal Communications.

Brazil possessed on December 3, 1911, railways of a total length of 13,750 miles open for traffic, besides 2,450 miles in process of construction to link up the different State S5^stems, and 3,128 miles for which plans have been approved. During the year 1911, 471 miles were added. About 1,878 miles of railway are owned and administered by the Government. The private