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guns. The country is divided into 7 military regions; the active army into 5 divisions, each of 2 brigades infantry, 1 brigade artillery, 1 legiment cavalrv, 1 battalion engineers, 1 battalion transport, etc. There are also 3 cavalry brigades, all stationed in the south near the frontiers of the three southern republics. A civalry brigade consists of from 2 to 3 regiments. The total peace strength is at present 54,000 (3,627 officers). Mobilisation would yield about 120,000. The gendarmerie is 26,000 strong, capable of expansion to 130,000. Infantry are arm^d with the Mauser rirle, the field and horse artillery have a Krupp 12pr.. which is being replaced by French guns.

Ships of the Brazilian navv are as follows : —

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Name

Armour

Principal Armament

12— 12in., 22 47in. 2 9 2in., 4 4 Tin. .

10 4-Tin.

6 6in., 4 47in.

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H.-P.

- — B 1

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2

Belt

14

-

Gun U 8

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DREAPSoCOBTS.

, an. iMinas Gerties .| 190 ' (Sao Paolo . .1 Coast Defence Ships. odoro . .1 1S9s \Floriano . .1 Protected Cruisers ,Bahia. A 1007 Rio Grande do} l Sul . . .) 1S!<5 Barroso

19,281 3,200

3,500 3.450

23,500 3,400

18,000 7,500

21 14

20

There are 2 river monitors (Maranhdo and Pernambuco), 4 river gun boats, 10 Yarrow destroyers. 1 first-class torpedo boat, a miue layer, 3 sub- marines, and a submarine salvage vessel. Five destroyers and three large submarines are preparing. Six ex -German destroyers were allotted to Brazil to be disarmed and used for police purposes.

There are three naval arsenals — at Rio de Janeiro, Para, and Ladario de Matto G rosso (this latter a river arsenal). The navy numbered in 1918, 693 officers, 1,009 petty officers, and 8,445 seamen

Production and Industry.

Brazil is an agricultural country, though only a small fraction of its soil has been brought under culture. Agricultural industries are encouraged by the State governments. Coffee is the chief product cultivated, and after that sugar, tobacco, and cotton, mate (Paraguay tea), indiarubber, timber, cocoa, and nuts. The four states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espirito Santo, and Minas Geraes, the combined areas of which cover about one-eighth of the entire area of the Republic, are the principal districts for coffee growing. Four-fifths of the coffee of the world comes from these parts ; more than half of the world's supply from Sao Paulo alone. The average annual crop of Brazil may be estimated at about 12 million sacks (1 sack = 132 pounds). For 1920-21 the estimated produce was 7,143,000 bags. Indiarubber is the other great natural product of the country. About one half of the world's supply comes from Brazil, the principal rubber- growing districts being Ceara, Manaos. and Para. In 1917, the rubber crop