Chapter 33

STATE OF INDUSTRY. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| All the Provinces. | Where. |Quantity| Daily | Daily | Total | | | |Maximum |Minimum. | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Commerce and |National Houses |City of Maranhaó | 54| | | | Industry. |Ditto foreign | Ditto | 4| | | | |Men living by their own | | | | | | | industry |All the provinces | 29 580| | | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| |Steam engine for |City of Maranhaó | 1| | | | Machines, | shelling rice. | | | | | | |Machines, with mules, | Ditto | 22| | | | Potteries, | for shelling rice | | | | | | |Ditto for sugar |Interior | 7| | | | Furnaces, |Ditto for bruising cane | | | | | | | for distilling | Ditto | 115| | | | and Forges. |Hand machines for | | | | | | | cleansing cotton | Ditto | 521| | | | |Manufactory of |Isle of Maranhaó | 1| | | | |Looms for weaving cotton|In the city | 230| | | | |Potteries | Ditto | 27| | | | |Lime kilns |Isle of Maranhaó | 26| | | | |Saw pits |All the provinces | 18| | | | |Forges | Ditto | 132| | | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Taylors. |Freemen | Ditto | 61| 1,000 | 320 | 157 | |Slaves | Ditto | 96| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Braziers. |Freemen | Ditto | 4| 600 | 320 | 5 | |Slaves | Ditto | 1| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Carpenters. |Freemen | Ditto | 86| 800 | 320 | 269 | |Slaves | Ditto | 183| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Woodcutters. |Freemen | Ditto | 96| 1,200 | 400 | 138 | |Slaves | Ditto | 42| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Ship |Freemen | Ditto | 80| 800 | 320 | 118 | Carpenters. |Slaves | Ditto | 38| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Smiths |Freemen | Ditto | 5| 800 | 400 | 5 | |Slaves | Ditto | | Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Blacksmiths. |Freemen |City of Maranhaó | 37| 700 | 320 | 60 | |Slaves | Ditto | 23| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Coopers. |Freemen | Ditto | 2| 48 | 320 | 3 | |Slaves | Ditto | 1| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Joiners. |Freemen |All the provinces | 30| 800 | 400 | 57 | |Slaves | Ditto | 27| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Goldsmiths. |Freemen | Ditto | 49| 640 | 400 | 60 | |Slaves | Ditto | 11| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Masons and |Freemen |City of Maranhaó | 404| 800 | 320 | 1,012 | Stone-cutters|Slaves | Ditto | 608| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Painters. |Freemen |All the provinces | 10| 640 | 400 | 15 | |Slaves | Ditto | 5| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Carpenters. |Freemen |City of Maranhaó | 92| 800 | 400 | 235 | |Slaves | Ditto | 143| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Sadlers. |Freemen | Ditto | 4| 800 | 400 | 5 | |Slaves | Ditto | 1| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Tanners. |Freemen | Ditto | 4| 480 | 320 | 10 | |Slaves | Ditto | 6| Ditto | Ditto | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Workwomen and|Free | | | | | 1,800 | Female |Slaves | Ditto | 1 800| 240 | 160 | | Servants. | | | | | | | -------------|------------------------|----------------------|--------|--------|---------|---------| Servants |Whites |All the provinces | 560|Variable|Variable | 760 | and Factors. |Free blacks |All the provinces | 200|Variable|Variable | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

STATEMENT OF PRODUCE. -------------------------------------------------------------------| In the whole province. | Produce. | Consumption | Medium | | | | Value. | ----------------------------|-------------|-------------|----------| New Cotton arrobas | 225518 | 11600 | 3900 | Spirits pipes | 385 | 405 | 60000 | Rice alqueires | 570079 | 380945 | 570 | Sugar arrobas | 417 | 20000 | 3200 | Oil canadas | 68386 | 30018 | 600 | Potatoes arrobas | 2420 | 8600 | 1200 | Currie ditas | 83 | 32 | 2500 | Coffee ditas | 1020 | 880 | 3200 | Dry Beef ditas | 48924 | 64200 | 2000 | Wax ditas | 37 | 500 | 3200 | Hides numero | 28876 | 2578 | 1800 | Beans alqueires | 3128 | 3500 | 1400 | Fruits number | 36 | todas | variable| Ginger arrobas | 28 | 6 | 2400 | Mandioc alqueires | 207899 | 198810 | 900 | Treacle barrels | 6988 | 2381 | 170 | Maize alqueires | 77172 | todo | 700 | Salt Fish arrobas | 15254 | todo | 1000 | -------------------------------------------------------------------| STATEMENT OF AGRICULTURE. -----------------------------------------------------------------------| |In the whole | Employed | Existing. |Mean Worth.| Daily. | | Province | | | | | -------|-------------|----------|-----------|-----------|--------------| Persons|Freemen | 19960 | 35618 |-----------|de 240 a 326 | |Slaves | 69534 | 84434 | 200000 |de 160 a 240 | -------|-------------|----------|-----------|-----------|--------------| |Oxen | 8811 | 130640 | 10000 |--------------| |Asses |----------| 28 | 20000 |--------------| |Goats |----------| 7400 | 1200 |--------------| |Sheep |----------| 1800 | 2000 |--------------| Cattle.|Horses | 600 | 12240 | 20000 |--------------| |Mares |----------| 9400 | 10000 |--------------| |Mules | 1100 | 3200 | 45000 |--------------| |Ewes |----------| 890 | 1200 |--------------| |Cows |----------| 20400 | 12000 |--------------| Total Amount of Agriculture 1,897,271,846 | Capital employed 27,813,600,000 | Number of Farms 4,856 | Number of Proprietors 2,683 | -----------------------------------------------------------------------|

_Note_.--The worth is calculated in rees, the 1,000, or milree, being worth 5s. 2d. sterling.

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ERRATA. (already corrected)

Page 30. line 20. for _hopes_ read _losses_.

41. 21. for _1817_ read _1807_.

45. in the list of ships that remained at Lisbon, last line but one, for _Ferlao_ read _Trítaõ_.

47. line 12. for _Ponta_ read _Ponte_.

57. 4. for _ambassader_ read _ambassador_.

59. 17. for _sodier_ read _soldier_.

61. 4. for _government_ read _governments_.

64. in the first line of note + for _not_ read _most_.

65. line 13. for _Custovaõ_ read _Cristovaõ_.

69. 6. for _Cauler_ read _Caula_.

79. 21. for _fuchsia_ read _fuschia_.

126. 16. for _impotation_ read _importation_.

130. 23. for _nove_ read _nova_.

141. 4. from bottom, for _Pinja_ read _Piraja_.