Including nationals:—
| Entered | 255 vessels | 43,579 tons | 1,953 men. |
| Sailed | 209 vessels | 47,703[[7]] tons | 2,174 men. |
The products of Brazil are very varied, but the principal articles, and the relative positions they occupy in the commerce of the country, will be seen by the estimated quantity and value of the exports from Rio de Janeiro for 1867, as stated in the Official Report to our Foreign Office by Mr. Pakenham:—
| Quantity. | Value. | ||
| Coffee | lbs. | 424,532,680 | £8,776,590 |
| Sugar | lbs. | 8,980,960 | 106,752 |
| Cotton | lbs. | 9,240,000 | 350,000 |
| Rum | pipes | 3,865 | 40,000 |
| Salted hides | pipes | 4,200,000 | 57,540 |
| Dry hides | pipes | 250,000 | 8,250 |
| Tapioca | barrels | 11,294 | 25,066 |
| Horns | barrels | 116,860 | 1,519 |
| Tobacco | bales | 51,615 | 154,845 |
| Diamonds | oitavas | 5,704 | 37,000 |
| Total | £9,558,287 |
The exports from Pernambuco, Para, Bahia, Santos, and Rio Grande do Sul during the same period amount to about £7,000,000.
Mr. Pakenham, in the same report, also remarks:—“The Brazilian imports and exports for the last year for which there are Customs statistics amounted to £14,348,374 for imports, and to £15,607,090 for exports, and the total commercial movement with foreign countries had then increased 17 per cent. on the average of the preceding five years.”
The trade statistics of the Argentine Republic are quite as encouraging as those of its Imperial ally. I have before me a valuable communication of Mr. Daniel Maxwell, of Buenos Ayres, addressed to the Sociedade Rural Argentina, in which he makes the following comparative statements as to the exports of produce during the periods mentioned:—
| From 1858 to 1862. | From 1862 to 1867. | |
|---|---|---|
| Dry Ox and Cow Hides | 5,554,417 | 6,798,152 |
| Salted Ox and Cow Hides | 1,972,755 | 2,325,084 |
| Dry Horse Hides | 305,057 | 197,264 |
| Salted Horse Hides | 780,190 | 617,945 |
| Bales of Wool | 251,191 | 608,706 |
| Bolsas of Wool | 7,456 | 9,517 |
With the exception of horse hides these figures manifest a very material and striking augmentation in the productive energy of the Republic. The proportionate distribution is shown in the annexed tables:—
DRY OX, COW, AND HORSE HIDES.