Appendix C
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. | 64,832 | Piassaba | lbs. | 3,488 |
| Balsam Copaiba | ″ | 89,670 | Rubber, fine | ″ | 2,394,656 |
| Cacao | ″ | 145,888 | ″ mixed | ″ | 69,120 |
| Copper, old | ″ | 1,171 | ″ coarse | ″ | 420,000 |
| Hides, wet | ″ | 616,172 | Skins, Deer | ″ | 64,406 |
| ″ dry | ″ | 4,503 | Tapioca | ″ | 118,080 |
| Nuts, Brazil | ″ | 23,582 | Tonka 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.