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Vol. XV. RIO DE JANEIRO, f AY i5th, 1888 Number 14
_ .", COfficial Divcctovti litaravie*, ptuocttttto, &t. ILSON, SONS & CO., AMERICAN LIBRARY.—Rua dos Ou- AMERICAN LEGATION.—157, Rua das Larangeiras. BRITISH SUBSCRIPTION (LIMITED) rives, No. 53, ist floor. Bank Note Company; THOMAS J. JARVIS, PRAÇA DAS MARINHAS BIBLIOTHECA NACIONAL—Rua do Passeio No. 48. 78 TO 86 TRINITY PLACE, Minister. RIO DE JANEIRO. BIBLIOTHECA FLUMINENSE. —No. 62, Rua do Ou. NEW YORK. BRITISH LEGATION.—Travessa de D. Manoel, No. 8. vidor. AGENTS OF THE Founded Rua da Bnitness 1T95. H. G. MACDONELL, MUSEU NACIONAL.—Praça da Acclamação,cor. laterporsted under Laws of Stato of New Y«rk, 1S58. Minister. Constituição. Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Reorganlzed 1879. GABINETE PORTUGUEZ DE LEITURA.—No. ia GENERAL—N» 130 Rua do Engravers and Printkrs of AMERICAN CONSULATÈ Rua Luiz de Camões. United States & Brazil Mail S.S. Co., ist floor. H. CLAY ARMSTRONG, BONDS, POSTAGE & REVENUE STAMPS, Ouvidor, The Gulf Line of Steamers, &c. LEGAL TENDER NATIONAL BANK Cônsul General. AND and the NOTES ofthe UNITED STATES; and for GENERAL.— N'.'8, Travessa Hotels. Foreign Governments* BRITISH CONSULATÈ Commercial Union . de D. Manoel. GEORGE THORNE RlCKETTS, (Fire & Marine) ENGRAVING AND PRINTING, Cônsul Generaj. LLEN'S HOTEL. Assurance Co., Limited. Bank notes, share certifio ates, bonds for governments ani» corporation.), A brafts, ohecks, bills of exohanoe, Coal.sj-Wilson, Sons & Co. (Limited) have depôts at St! STAMPS, Ae., tn the finei», and most artlstlo _tylo (Eljurrl) givfttovt) No.. 6 Rüa Humaita (Largo dos Leões) Vincent, (Cape Verde), Montevideo, and at the chief Brazil FROM STEEL PLATES, Porls; anil supply coal under contract, at Rio, to: With 8I'ECIAI. 8AKKM! AK1.8 to 1'RKVKST C0UNTKRFBIT1N&. ALBERT ALLEN, Proprietor, The Imperial Brazilian Goveriiniei.t; Mpeclil psperti niaiiufaíturvd oxclnslf ely far CHRIST CHURCH.—Rua do Evaristo da Veiga. Divine iue of tliu Vompsnjr. Service every Sunday at 11 a m. and on the 2iid and 4th Good accominodation for families. IHerllritanuic Majesty's Goverinneiit; SAFETY COLORS. SAFETY PAPERS. Sundays in each month at 8 p.m. Telephone 1531. 14-22. TlicTransatlaiiticSteamshipCompniiies; Work Exeeuted In Flreproof BuUdlngs. C. N. TANNER, M. A., Chaplain. * The New Zealand Shipping Companies; UTHOQRAPHIO AND TYPE PRINTINQ. N.B.—A1I notices should be sent to &c, &c. BAILWAY TICKETS OF IMPROVED STYLES. ALBERT ALLEN., Clerk. No. 6, Rua Hnmaytd. REITAS' HOTEL Show Onrda, Lubcls, Oitlendun. METHODIST EPISCOPALCHURCH-LargodoCaltete F Insurance. —Fire and Marine Insuraiices efiecte at BLANK BOOKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION English services: Sunday School at 10 a.m; preacbing 70 RUA DO PASSEIO luoderatc rates. JAMES MACDONOUGH, President. at 11:30 a. m. on Sundays, and at 7:30 p. m. on Fridays. Depot D. Largo da Lapa. Coal 011 Conceição Island, where a large stock AUG. 8HEPARD, i wiM.pM.M.lkt.Vlce-Presldenls. H. C. TUCKER, Pastor. is kept of the very best description of South Wales TOURO ROBERTSON, at 186 Rua do Cattete ] Steam Coal. f Portuguese services: Sunday School 10a.m., preacbing [formerly H. FREELAND, Sec'y and Treas. Wednesdays ,-HEO. 7.30p.m. Sundays. prayer-meeting, 7 30p.n1. Tug Boats always ready forservice. ¦NO. Ass't Pastor. F. FREITAS, Proprietor. E. CURRIER, Sec'|. J. W. TARBOUX, J. John L. Blsset, Residence: Rua da Princeza Imperial No. 18. Recently enhuged and refitted. Manager. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.—N'.' isTravessa da Barreira. LOCOMOTIVE 11 o'clock, a.m., and o'clock, Services in Portuguese nt 7 Establishments: Wilson, Sons & Co. (Liniittd), BALDWIN p. m., Sundays; and at 7 o'clock p. tn., Thursdays. TTOTEL PALMEIRAS. WORKS, No. 122. London,St. Vincent, (Cape Verde), Rio, Bahia, Pernambuco, BAPTIST CHURCH.—Rua do Conde d'En, PHILADELPHIA, PENN. Services in Portuguese every Sunday at 11 o'clock, a.m. de F. D. P. 11. Parahyba do Noite, Santos, Montevideo and Buenos Ayres. o'clock E. and 7. o'clock, p.m: and every Wednesday at 7. (Established, 1831) ofthe situation and p.m. Sunday School at 10 o'clock, a.çi. This Hotel, from the fine dry climate for invalids and con- HURNUAM.PARRY, WILLIAMS & CO., W. B. BAGBY. Pastor. excellent water, is peculiarly suitable OHN MILLER & C0. valescents, and for rheumatism, bronchinl aflections, diarrhéa, 6. Proprietors. Residence: Rua de Santos Rodrigues N. intermittent fevers, etc. Board and baths 5$ per diem. 175. Rua J These loconiotlve engines are adapted to every variety of ser- FLUMINENSE.-No. discount if for more than a fortnight. IGREJA EVANGÉLICA with vice, and are in Portuguese at 10 o'clock, importeis and Commission Merchants. built accurately to standard gauges and teinplates deS. Joaquim. Services Trains times a day. Return ticket for 8 days 7$2oo. Like every Sunday; and at o'clock, 3 '_ parts of diflereiit engines of same class perfectly inter a.m., and 6 o'clock,p.m., 7 Santos changeable. school at Apply, Hotel Palmeiras, or at and São Paui.o. ) p.m., every Wednesday. Sunday 4:30, p.m. RIO SEÀW.ÊNS' MISSION AND READING ROOM.-!-' Ú ¦¦-.. No. x Largo do Paço. "jÒliN Passenger and Freight Locomotives, Mine Locomo- Open daily. No. 89 Rua da Misericórdia. Divine Service tives, Nanmo Garigc Locomotives, Steam Street Cars ¦- Sailorsfree and H. BELLAMY & Co. ' 011 Sundays and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. etc, etc, easy on T.uesday Evenings at 7 p.m. Gifts of papers, DE PROVENCE. IMPORTERS AND COMMISSION AU work thjroughly books, left off clothing, etc, may besent to the above HOTEL Cangallo, Buenos Aires. guaranteed, address, or the Missionary will gladly call for them. 29 Calle J|_ MERCHANTS. lllustmfed catalogue furnished 011 application oi customers THOMAS HjflOPER, Missionary. Fine suits of Rooms for Families, cleanlincss, attendance f* Rua Sole Agents in Brazil: of first order. One of the finest Hotels in town, 1.° de Março, AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETVs-i-General agency at No. and cuisine M K'< Y will find every home comfort. Orders for Nor lon, Megaw Sete de Setembro, 2iid floor. and where visitors RIO DE JANEIRO &• Co. 79, Breakfasts, Dinners, Suppers, Lunches, Pic-nics. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. —Depotat No, 8a, Rua i° de Março. No. Rua Sete de Setembro, Rio de MODERATE. *. CASSELS & Co. 71, Janeiro. CHARGES Rio de Janeiro are BRITISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.-Subscriptions NOTE.—The proprietor begs to inform his many (clients w • \ earnestly solicited. Communications should be addressed that the Holel has been completely renovatcd, and is now i 3 Rua Primeiro de Março, OBELS EXPLOSIVES to the Hon. Secretary—D. Robkrts, Caixa do Correio, 75. derfectly new. Co. RIO DE JANEIRO, and LIMITED. jttefriml gHmtonj PAINEIRAS. CASSELS, KING fir* Co. Blasting Gelatine and Dynamite HOTELCORCOVADO. 36 & 38, Calle Maipu, and Surgeon. Residence: Rua In cases of 50 Ibs'. ea., nett weight Dr. Cleary, Physician 37, tram-car line. Trains BUENOS AYRES. 87, Rua do Hospício from Railway from the terminus of Larangeiras Also Detonator do Senador Vergueiro; Office: especially to acconunodale business men. patent caps and Bickford'S palent ia to are rim on week days 3 p.m. - a.m. p.m. Importers anti Agents for Manufacturers. fuse. Kor further infor.nalion and price, apply to the Dr. W. Pairbairn, M. D. Edin; Surgeon and Physician. 10.30 8. J. Leaving: Paineiras 7.30 4.30 Ftirtlier Agencies, suitable of business—Hard. , Agents for Hrazil : Office: Rua 1" de Marco, No. 99; from 11 to 1 p.m. and to tbeirlines N. 18, L-ving: 6'3° »¦*> '' >$ 4 to 4:30 p.m. Residence: Rua D. Marianna, j £^Ss°! warc, Domestic goods, Spccialties, etc,etc— arei-cspectfully Watson, (Ritchie Botafogo. 6* Co. The coolest and most easily accessiblc summer resort near solicited. No. 25, Rua Theophilo Ottoni. Rio—1,400 ft above sea levei. Spacious rooms. Good baths. £ntutUev'0 Pimtonj Excellent table. Rio de laneiro. 10 round trip tickets io$ooo; monthly ticket 2o$ooo. Steam Launches Tügs & "pRAPICHE VAPOR. RAILWAYS. Nova Empreza de Bonds Marítimos d vapor. For the OTEL LEÜENROTH. trausporl of passengers &» luggage DOM PEDRO ll.—Through Expresses: Central train on board Steamers. Also towage of Vessels. Pirahy Entre H leaves Rio atsa. m.; arrives at Barra do 7:22, Receive.. Goods in bond according to Table train NOVA FRIBURGO, No. 7 oi Rios 9:3a and Itabira (terminus) at 7:52 p.m. São Paulo For information at the office ofthe Company, No. 6, Praça the custom houseregíilations. leaves Rio ató a. 111 arrives at Barra at 8:15 a.m. and Cachoeira, (Province of Rio de Janeiro) 28 de Setembro, (antigo Largo da Prainha), Telephone 435, From where passengers for S. Paulo must change, at 12:19. with Snr. Valente 011 the Cacs Novo do Largo do Paço, arriving at Porto Novo Rua Entre Rios train leaves at 10:02 a.m. CARL ENGERT, Proprietor. or with ? da Gamboa No. io & 12. da Cunha at 11:42. Dowmuant, trains leave Itabira at 5:15 a.m: Cachoeira (S. Paulo branch) 12.29 p.m: Porto Novo This first class Hotel, established 40 years ago, opposite the Swanivick & Gordon, Telephone Call, No. jq. at 1:05; Entre Rios The S. Paulo irai., arrives in Rio railway station, with fine gardens and excellent cold baths, 3.10. 31, Rua General Camara. Telephone No. 427 ai 6:45 and the Central train at 8 p:m. tlie healthy aud favorite summer residence of the nobility ofthe Capital ofthe Empiie.is inagnificcntly situated Limited Express, leaves Rio at 7 a.m.; arrives at Barra and gentry WINES. feet above the sea-level, at hours distance from lhe at 10:25; Entre Rios at 2:23 and Marianno Procopio (terminus) 3000 jA T 1 7KNCKSLAU GUIMARÃES & Co. aud uf Kio de AU lang.iages at 6:58 S. Paulo branch leaves Barra at 11:30 and arrives city port Janeiro. principal PORT, SHERRY AND MADEIRA p.m. spokeu. Iiifuiination furnished hy Messrs. Alves Nogueira at Cachoeira at 6:25 p.m. From Entre Rios train leaves at Novo at 0.05. Downward, & Dalziel, Rua d'Ouvidor 46. Rio de Janeiro. Iniported by 3:15 p.m. and arrives at Porto WINE MERCHANTS. train leaves Marianno Procopio at 5:00 a.m: Cachoeira 5:50 at Rio at Andrew Stecle and Porto Novo 5:50, arriving 5:10 p.m. HOTEL, Importers of & Co. and a.m. and URRAVS FAMILY -]2, Mixed Trains, leave Rio at 8:30 9:20 3:15 Oporto, > Douro and Lisbon wines of the best qunlitics in No. Rua in de Março. at 8.03 second M 5:20 p.m; first goes to Entre Rios arriving p.m; boltle., or in casks, and under the private marks of the house. and ihird to Barra arriving at 9:10 a.m. and 3:55 p.m. and ALTO DA BOA VISTA, TIJUCA. Downward, trains leave Entre Sole Agents for DEATH. third to Belém arriving at 7:32. Close to Cascatinha |Watcrfall.| Rios at 4.30 a.m. arriving at Barra 9:17 and Rio at 3:20 p.m: A. IZIDKO GoNÇAI.VKS, a.m. and On 29.I1 December, 1887, at Mosslcy Hall, Congleton, leave Barra at 4 and 5:30 a.m; arriving 111 Rio at 9:15 Excellent accom.nod.itions. First-class table, wines and Exporter of Madeira Wines; in Rio at Cheshire, nged 7.» years, lhe Reverend Jamus I5ri.cki.KV, 1:15 p.m. and leave Belém at 5:10 %m. arriving 7:50. attendance. Fine douclic and other baths. Charming climate, feet sea G. Pkkm.uk & Co., Bordeaux, M. A., and J. P. for lhe Couniy of Cheshire. • : Train leaves Rio at io m. every Friday» walks. rides, dri ves, and views, 1250 alwve the levei. Night service p. 20 minutes from Largo dc S. Francisco de 10-15. arriving at Barra at 12:30 and Porto Novo at 5 a. m. Down- Tramcars every Exporter oi Bordeaux Wines ; m. eveiy Monday, Paula. Carriages, and saddle horses 011 short notice. ward, train leaves Porto Novo at 10:50 p. h. Remv Maktin & Co., arriving at Barra at 3:15 and Rio at 5:50 a. m. John F. Miikkav, Proprietor. Exporter of Cognac ESCHOLA 1)0 ALTO. S. PAULO AND RIO.— Train leaves Cachoeira at 12:25 Inlormation kindly given by Downward train leaves p.m. arriving at S. Paulo at 6:40 p m. / Messrs. Crashley & Co. 67 Rua do Ouvidor. Dealers in 96, RUA DAS LARANGEIRAS, 96 S. 6;oo a.m. and arrives at Cachoeira at 12:08 p.m. Paulo at Mr. J. C. V. Mendes No. 1 Praça D. Pedro II. Bmgiindy, Rhinc and Mosel wines, Shenies, Champagne HIGH SCHOOL KOR YOUNG LADIES AND where change lo the D. Pedro II line. l.rauds. passengers Telephone No 2049. Cognacs and Liqueurs ofthe best KINDERGARTEN. CANTAGALLO R R.—Leaves Nilherohy (Sant'Anna) hour 7 a. m., arriving al Nova Friburgo 10:53: Cordeiro (1 Marian Washington Brucb, leaves per tramway from Caniagallo) 1.03. Return traiu TIJUCA (Rua da Alfândega, 8). Makta Iíetiunk m., arnvmg at Jonks, Cordeiro 9; 15 and Nova Friburgo 11:27 a. ""iu. Principais. Nilherohy m. A special Nova Friburgo excursion 3:10 p. at HOTEL. train leaves Nilherohy at 3:15 P «n- and Nova tnburgo K. POMROY & Co. m. on Monday s, Thursdays and Saturdays. Ferry boat ^HYTE'S Phillip Best a. known Brcwing Co's. runs between Riu and Sanl'Anna, connecting with trains. Tilis old and well known establishment—originally D " " — mnuntain CORCOVA DO R. A'.—Trains leave tbe Station at Cosme as BrnnktVs situated amidst magnificent COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Velho, Larangeiras, at 6, 8, 10, and .2 a. m. and 2, 4 and scenery, ten miles from lhe city of Rio dc Janeiro, is now MILWAUKEE LAGER BEER, p. and holidays; aud at 6:30 and 8:30 a. m. m. on Sundays in the hands and under the personal supervision of lhe owner, Ship and Stcanisbip stnrcs. bottled by R. G. Staudinger and at 2 and 5:30 p. .11. 011 wcek-days. & Co. Wholesale and Relail Dealers in Coal. PETROPOLIS STEAMERS and R.R.—Steamers leave JOHN WHYTE. New York. days and m. Sundays Trapiche Mani at 4 p.m. week 7a. apartments, table, moderate charges. No. t. Rua de Releni. For sale al lhe and holidays. Rei in.iiig, trains leave Petropolis at 7:30, *M. Comfortable good Hotel do Globo week days, anil in. Sundays an.l holidays. Mixed Swimming baths and douches free to visitors, P.O. Adilre-s: Caixa 24. Pará, Braril. 4 p Just arrived. train: upward 6 a.m.; downward (hom Petropolis) 2.28 Caite Address: "(Pomroy, Pará,", 50 Telephone No. 2001. Rua i« de Março, No. p. m., week days only. 7. -•r-r-r "rrirrrrp-0;] . æ . ¦!¦.,,; : : , yr.-rrrr
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* \ News have been broken by this one blow of a first news received here represented his devoted considerable attention to transia- The Rio , pen, wielded by a woman's hand. It was illness as of a very trifling character, then tions, the most important of which was that ¦ PUBLISHED TR]MONTHLY ¦ the unpremeditated, unorganized, spon- that he was improving, and it was not until of Southey's History of Brazil. In 1861 the mail ofthefth, rjt/i and sjtk taneous revolt of the Ceará the oth, when - ' for packets jangadeiros the news carne that physicians he was called to the editorial management of the month. had ' against carrying captured slaves to the coast- been called from * Naples and Paris, ¦ of the Jornal do Commercio, a task which ' ing steamers which led to the almost total that the public learned oí the serious char- to be his life's work. As the most A. J. LAMOUREUX, Editor and Proprietor. proved ' of that in 1885 sub- acter of his ri • liberation province and illness. It is needless to add prominent and influential newspaper in sequently to a similar liberation of the how intense and * ','.*.* ¦ was the ¦ anda of Brazilian anxiety ¦¦ ¦ - ' .„!,,,. ; - Contains a summary of news review affairs general Brazil, infinitely more enduring and some- a list ofthe arrivals and departures of foreign vessels, the com- province of Amazonas. And it is now aroused by these telegrams. Since the i2th, times more than ministries, his ofthe market. tables of stock powerful *¦ mercial report and price current >: very largely due to the initiative of Antônio however, the cable dispatches from his quotations and sales, a table of trcigbtsand charters, a sum- position at its head was at once conspicuous, mary of the daily coffee reports from the Associação Com- Bento, an obscure lawyer in the city of physicians and from Her Majesty the Em- responsible and influential. It can now be AC-;--. ¦¦' ..•:¦.¦ .¦'¦ , ' J' mercial, and all other information necessary to a correct S. Paulo,—the Brown of Brazilian press announce an improvement in his Brazilian trade. John said at the end of these 27 years of almost judgment on condition, (Cash inváriably in advance) emancipation—that this final act of the i3th and there are renewed hopes.of unremitting labor, that Luiz de Castro Subscription : 20$ooo per annum for Brazil, is reached. was his initiation.of the his recovery. It to It is to be remembered that never lost his vantage ground as the editor- $10.00 or £2 for abroad. "under-ground ; movement" in São Paulo the Emperor was endowed by nature with in-chief of the Jornal SINGLE COPIES : 600 reis ; for sale at tbe office do Commercio, nor and his bold but shrewd management of an exceptionally of publication, or at tbe English Book Store, No. 67 Rua do strong physique, and that lost his hold upon the Brazilian public. Ouvidor. this enterprise of running off the plantation he has enjoyed good health for nearly the Whether we agree with his All subscriptions should run with lhe calendar year. journalistic slaves, that brought the of that whòle of his life. His illness of last EDITORIAL AND PUBLICATION OFFICES :— planters year ideas, or not, there is no disputing the in- 79, Rua Sete de Setembro. province face to face with the alternative of was really the first serious one he has ever fluence which he wielded through the providing themselves with free laborers and experienced. All these should, under nor- columns of his Subscription and advertisement accounts will be received by journal. His work is now liberating their slaves voluntarily, or soon mal conditións, aid materially in his re- at Geouge II. PlIEl.PS, Esq. an end, his pen laid by, and the record being covery 154 Nnssaii Street, New York, left without a man. Another Paulista, from his present illness, but at of his long, busy life complete. Others the Messrs. Street & Co. Senator Antônio Prado, had foreseen this same time it must be confessed that may have had higher aspirations, a few may his 30 Cornhill,London E. C. dilemma and had begun to employ col- slow recovery of last year, the appar- have written more brilliantly, but few indeed ently Messrs. John Mit.t.er & Co., onists, and with such satisfactory results incurable character of the malady have there been who measured out their São Paulo and Santos. that he soon became a warm advocate of the from which (diabetes) he is suffering, work to the persons and objects in view substitution of tree for slave labor. Toward and the complication of diseases .with with appreciation Rio de Janeiro, May i5th, 1888. greater and discrimina- the close of the the fugitives from which he is now all lead to past year prostrated, tion than he did, nor won from it greater S. Paulo had become so a conclusion that his recovery will be slow LAW No. 3353, OF 13th MAY, 1888, plantations great material results. He knew the people for that immigration could not meet and uncertain. In all-probability his re- whom DECLARES SLAVERY IN BRAZIL possibly he was working and his aim was to the demand for laborers, and were turn to Brazil will have to be for EXTINCT. planters postponed reproduce their thoughts and aspirations, compelled some time to come. It is the heartfelt The Princess Imperial Regent, in the name of His to treat with their own slaves for rather than to lead them into unknown wish Majesty the Emperor Sr, Dom Pedro II, makes future free, remunerated service, and even ofall, however, that his recovery may fields. known to all the subjects of the Empire that the to apply to Antônio Bento himself for the be speedy and secure and that the day may General Assembly has decreed and she has sane- employment of fugitives at fair wages. In not be far distant when his ardent wish to According to recent telegrams from tioned the following Law : a few months the slave population of return home may be happily realized. Buenos Aires it would seem that the Brazil- Article L— From the date of this Law slavery Sao Paulo was reduced by nearly forty ian and Argentine boundary commissions in Brazil is declared extinet. thousand, and the movement had spread There is unquestionably a very large failed to agree in several important Art. IL— The dispositions to the contrary are par- the neighboring of Rio de sum of money now remaining in the hands ticulars, and that while the rela- revoked, jnto provinces personal and Minas of the government and of various tions of the two may have It is therefore ordered to all authorities to whom Janeiro Geraes. In Pernambuco private parties been organizations for the liberation the knowledge and execution ofthe said Lawbelong, and Bahia also liberations began to be made of slaves. harmonious, their oflicial relations were at that they shall execute and cause to be executed on a large scale, as also in otherVprovinces The act of unconditional emancipation soon times very much the reverse. In his recent to become law removes all therein contained. where the smaller slave populations render- the object for which message to Congress, President Juarez states The Secretary of State for the affairs of Agri- ed their liberations less noticeable. V Under this money is destined, and the question that the Brazilian commission refused to culture, Commerce and Public Works, and ad ínterim such conditións it could not be oiherwise therefore arises what is to be done with it. explore the Rio Santo Antônio and was of Foreign Affairs, Bacharel Rodrigo Augusto da As this money was raised than clear to the new ministry formtd by for the liberation sustained in that refusal by its government. Silva, of the Council of His Majesty the Emperor, of Councillor Alfredo that the national slaves, there can be no better use made On the 9U1 inst. a banquet was to will have it printed, published nnd distributed. João given sentiment was strongly in favor of immô$liate of it now tíian its employment in objects Colonel Garmendia Given in the Palace of Rio dc Janeiro on the iath (whom the Argentine .. -_ .. . . i JS;. $*' tending to improve their of May, 1888, the 6701 of independence and of the abolition. He'found, also, that their-fuicess condition as free government has raised to the rank of men Empire. Regent was warmly in favor of üiis act of and citizens, and to that end we general for his services as chief of the Arg- PRINCESS IMPERIAL would suggest REGENT.' Christian justice to the enslaved. And the re- its use in the creation entine commission) at the Naval Club, at i . .-. Rodrigo Augusto da Silva. sult of all this is that it has taken but six days of public schools in country districts. To which the Brazilian minister declined to be fit to strike off the bonds of over six hundred them for citizens they must be educated, present, and at which, according to a tele- The struggle for the abolition of slavery and to thousand slaves and to redeern this great prevent the laboring classes from grain to the Paiz, the Argentine minister of in Brazil has at last been brought to a country from the stain of human slavery. becoming servile in character and condition, foreign affairs declared that the exploration happy and successful end by the adoption schools We shall not enter into any question of should be at once established and ofthe rivers had not been made with the of a bill decreeing itnmediate and uncon- individual motive, nor lament the loss of generously maintained. This is a matter necessary aceuracy by the Brazilian com- ditional emancipation. So rapid and unex- which the years to freedom and prosperity which the abolitionists should take up at mission. As we have already stated, the has been the change in once, pected popular delay of this single act has oceasioned; before the money becomes absorbed manner in which the exploration was sentiment within the last six months that it in the revenue justice has at last been done and slavery in general and while the spirit brought to a close and the rumors of a had been impossible to foresec this result, of legislation appears Brazil is no more ! to be so much in disagreement, followed by a mysterious and its realization at this time is therefore their favor. Now that legalized slavery has secrecy on the part of Barão de Capanema full of surprise even to those who have been The serious illness of His Majesty the disappeared, the liberated slave must be and his subordinates, all indicated that waiting and working for it during the last Emperor, at Milan, during the week— past transformed into an intelligent laborer, and a harmonious conclusion had not been ten The almost unanimous support at one time so serious that an announce- it becomes years. the duty of the nation, which reached. Had the work been completed in of the bill introduced into the General ment of his death was momentarily expect- has for so long a time sanetioned his op- a harmonious and thorough manner and Assembly on the Sth inst., the spontaneous ed—has.had the effect of arousing feeljngs to pression, provide the necessary means the two commissions frankly disagreed as demonstrations accompanying its of keen anxiety and sympathy on and opportunities. popular profound Then, too, now that to results, the matter would have been every stcp, the action of both every hand. The flattering reports of his the work of emancipation prompt requires no easily understood. In such case there chambers and the Princess Regent in carry- restored health had led the to believe further assistance, it public is to be hoped that the would have been no oceasion for this ing it through all its legal stages, and, that the infirmities manifestei! during the General Assembly will lose no time in singular reticence on >the part of the Brazil- above all, the pcacelul solution of this most past year had been completely overcone, repealmg that cent. 5 per surtax adopted ian commission, and repeated hints of disa- bitterly-contcsted question—all these are in and that His Majesty would soon be two ago for this per- years purpose. There greement and incomplete work on the the highcst degree honorable and creditablé miticd, in accordance with his own wishes, can be no reason for raising part revenue for an of the Argentines. It may be expected to the people oí Brazil. The work thus so to return to his native country. Unhap )ily employment which lias ceased to exist, that the relatório of the minister of foreign happily accomplished on the 13Ü1 instant, all these anlicipations are destined to result especially when the tax is a burden on the affairs will be presented to the Chamber wtis pre-emincntly popular in character, and in disappointment. Before returning to commerce and business trànsactions of the within the next few* days, in which a was forced to its conclusion by popular Brazil, which was fixed for the coming country. pre- liminary report of lhe Brazilian commission movcmenls and influences. We do not month, the Emperor undcrtook a jourjiey ought to appear. II it does not appear, overlook nor underrate the work of such through Italy, after which he was to return Thk death of Dr. Luiz de Castro, editor- then an interpellation on this men as Dantas, José Bonifácio, Nabuco by way of Paris to Lisbon, where he waé to in-chief of the Jornal do Commercio, which question ought to be made at once, for it is neither and others in the Senate and Chamber of embark for Brazil toward the end of June. took place on the evening ofthe instant, 71b right nor politic that all our information on Deputies, for it has accomplished its mission Not realizing, perhaps, that his strength removes from our midst one ofthe oldest this should come from in arousing interest in lhe would not stand tlie strain question our neigh- popular question of so much and most conspicuous journalists in Brazil. bors. and in educating the conscience travei, he appears to have taxed himself popular to too He was born in Oporto in 1826, graduated render to an oppressed class. But severely and on returning from a visit to at the famous justice university of Coimbra in The attention of foreign railway investors at the same time, had it not been for Lake Como on the 3rd was with 1849. and then emigrated popular prostrated to Brazil in 1852. is called to the letter from the minister of leaders and agencies outside of a fever, followed by an attack of He was a versatilc writer, parliamcnt, pleutisy and no man, agriculture to the Brazilian minister in months and perhaps years would have anda return of his former maladies, which perhaps, in Brazilian ever wield- London journalism on lhe question of guarantee re- passed ere lhe chains of lhe slave would soon put his life in serious jeopardy. The ed a keener In early life pen. he also paymenis, which we give inTull in another ^H
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column. The question is an important the imperial gòvernment is expressly pro- important declaration, which is thus expounded by one, as it affects a large number of railways hibited. If an individual the signer, Mr. Martin R. Smith : Legislative Notes. finds an old mug "Whether the company will exercise in this country and a very large amount of of Indian origin on the island of Marajó, the right May 4.— The Senate elected its officers and a which this to capital. From this letter, which or payment gives it of renouncing, under part of the committees; the officers were re-elected. may be anywhere else along the Amazon, a Art. 25 of the concession, the gòvernment guar- In the Chamber Deputy Lucena was chosen looked upon as art official decision, the petition must be made out in due form, antee of interest, is a question to be decided by the president and thé other officers and a of lhe súms thus far by the Sao stamped shareholders, part paid Paulo Rail- properly and authenticated, asking and as to which I am not at present committees were also elected. way in a position to say anything Co. on account of guaranteed interest the minister of agriculture in Rio de to Your Excellency." May j.—In the Senate the election of committees ' Ja- For the advances, are now to be treated by the neiro—three or four thousand miles distant purpose of protecting the interests of was completed and Srs. Pereira da Silva, Pereira gov- the state, both of ernment as its share of —for these assertions of the president Franco and Barão de Leopoldina were declared the profits and not permission to pick it up, which peti- of the S. Paulo Railway Company, Limited, duly elected senators from Rio de Bahia as repayments. The company, therefore, tion, after the lapse of six to twelve months, require an immediate Janeiro, protest from the department and Minas Geraes respectively. There was no still owes the full amount advanced, am- will be on with which I am probably granted condition that connected, as they might attach to quorum in the Chamber. ountingto its contract with the 5>522>35i$267gold, which must one half of the mug be sent to the Museu gòvernment an interpretation May 7. — The late ministry appeared at the wholly favorable and be paid from its own share of the earnings. Nacional. So far as we know there is but conformable to the company, Senate and explained their resignation, which arósé, but entirely contradictory to the letter and spirit According to last report the total one in the world apparenlly, from a desire 011 the part of the year's gòvernment which has of thé of the said provisions contract, and opposed Princess Regent that tlie ex-chief of should amount of these guarantee advances was made so much progress as this in the matter to those rights which police pertain to the state. be dismissed because of the disturbances created in I02,370»5i3#5'i7. ofwhich 80,364,7841042 of archaeological expldration, that of In fact, under clause of the 33 the decree of April March through the arrest of a crazy naval officer, 26th, 1856, to which the company is were paid to companies organized in En- Sublime Porte! Finally, a dispatch from subject, those to which Barão de Cotegipe objected. The resigna- amounts except one, Pará» on deliveréd by it to the gòvernment, derived tion of gland, and the balance to three the 7th instant announces the lhe ministry was then offered and proinplly from one half of lhe excess of the revenue over 8 natipnal companies who have employed a return of the of Amazonas accepted. Senator João Alfredo, thc premier, president (Pi- per cent per annum on the capital, do large amount guaranteed stated"why he had accepted office, and said he was of English capital in shares menta Bueno) from an excursion up the not form, as Mr. Smith declares, a repayment of inforrned that under any circumstances the Cotegipe and debentures. In view of the fact that Rio Branco to the frontier of British Guiana, the sums paid by the state in virtue of the favor of ministry would resigii in May. Barão de Colegipe only two roads have the inteiest but are destined, as the said thus far been able to and states that the reported British invasion guarantee, replied, saying thal lie had received hirils that clause clearly eslablishes, to be a compensation répay anything and that the majority of of the sacred soil of Brazil consists in the for something must be done as lo the slavery the responsibility to which it was submitted in question, them are likely to continue establishment to which he had replied, in tenns, that the pensioners of a school for the seduetion conceding this favor. general reverses he had met in the Senate during the last on the public treasury for many years to of the Brazilian Indians. A police force The state celebrated with the company a veritable session had been victories in the Chamber, and he come, the of their ever dis- was huniedly sent with orders to apprehend contract of co-partnership in probability prolits, after these saw no reason to offer a modification of the 1885 charging should exceed the fixed limit of 8 cent; their obligations to the state are the teacher and his books, but the former, per in ex- law. Senators Silveira Martins and Affonso Celso ' change il became obliged to remunerate the very slight. Should the gòvernment decide fearing perhaps the penalty declared against capital spoke, lhe former making satitical reference to by the company expended in to take over these roads, it will of course Humboldt, sueceeded in making his escape. the construetion of the change of front by the Chamber on the eman- the road, insuring to it inteiest at 7 per cent. cipation question; the lalter insisting that a com- deduct the full amount of these advances Nothing could better illustrate the advances Renlly, there is is nothing more just than this said munication from the Princess Regent to the from their appraised value. Thus far it has made since Humboldt's time than this obligation of the company to divide, when prós- ex-ministci- of justice should be produced and conditions appear, its been the prevalent opinion, frequently humane forbearance in not putting a price perçms profits with the state promising the support of the liberal senators to lhe in compensation for the important expressed, that the repayment of these on this pestilent, trespassing pedagogue's assistancé which gòvernment only so far as an immediate and it was compromised to extend to the company, advances was to be made from head, whose efforts to teach Brazilian In- unconditional abolition project was concèrned. In guarantee under conditions, precarious guaranteèing to it an lhe Chamber, Deputy MacDowell, late minister of half of the excess of receipts over 8 per cent. dians the English language and Protestant annual inteiest of cent. 7 per on the considerable justice, gave more or less the same explariation as In order to secure capital it was necessary christianity richly deserved the severest capital of £2,650,000, for the long period of 90 lo the resignation ol lhe cabinet as was furnished to insure for it a fixed rate ot interest, which punishment. It may be true that the site years. lo the Senate by Barão de Cotegipe. The And so far premiei- should be protected against ali obligations of this mission school is within the territory is this tlie real interpretation of said also stated his reasons for taking office and ex- clause that, at its termination, except that of working expenses. Whether in dispute, and that the use of force 33, it was determined plained that the programme of the ministry is police that the division of interests between the govern- sufficiently outlined in the speech from lhe tíirone. the construetion to the law now advanced to break it up may not be entirely in ac- ment. and the company could only exist so long as Regarding abolition, he staled that the by the cordance with the views of and the of govern- gòvernment, that it is not only justice guarantee interest subsisted. ment bill for that would be neighborly purpose presented on entitled to one-half of the excess of profits good-will which may be held That the division of profits over 8 per cent. the following day. Deputies Maciel, Nabuco, over 8 per cent. as a co-partner, but also to by the governor of British Guiana, but the between the company and the gòvernment does Lourenço de Albuquerque and Duarte de Azevedo not tend ío indemnify lhe latter for repayment of guarantee advances from the president of Amazonas was called upon payments made spoke, but apart from the inevitable reference to to the former under inteiest guarantees, is still lhe out-going and in-coming cabinets, and the other half, will be borne out by an impartial to act, not to speculate. Being one of further proved by clause 25 of the decree of April peculiar position of the conservative majority, the construetion, is an open the recognized scientific áuthorities of the 26th, 1856, thus drawn judicial question. up: speeches lack general inteiest. "If That it is a revelation to the companies and country, a geographer of repute, and ap- the company at any time shall consider it May 8.— In the Senate the drçift of reply to the their stockholders there can be no doubt. parently in full harmony with the advanced advisâbtelto renounce the interest guarantee, it Speech was read; the session was of general inteiest. views of the Paiz and minister of agri- may d* ab, indemnifying the general gòvernment In lhe Chamber, the ministers of finance and war and that 01 S. Paulo whatever expenditure may read their relatórios for the culture, he acted promptly and decisively, next year. The What an astonishing progress Brazil has have been made for account of the said minister of agriculture then read capturing the books, breaking up the school guarantee. the gòvernment made since the dark days of Portuguese In this caseAthe gòvernment inteiference as to the project for the abolition of slavery, which was as and driving the missionary out of the colonial rule, when science and learn ing business of lhe company ceases, and the share of follows, viz: country. Its site will now be.occúpied, profits belonging to it, in conformity with Art. 33, Art. /st.—Slavery iu Brazil is declared extinet. were by officially offering a promoted price perhaps, by a police and "caleeltese" station, provided, hortever, that the right lo regulate Arl. 2iid.— The dispositions to the contrary are for the head of a certain Baron von Hum- so that the territorial rights of Brazil and the transportation tarifis under Art. 34 will continue, revoked. boldt in case he should be found trespassing as well as that, of maintaining the policing and Upon this the spectators broke out with loud educational needs of the poor Indian may safely of the road." on Brazilian soil! The simple enumera- applause. Deputy Nabuco moved, and the motion be properly and simultaneously attended to. Now, if the division of to which was approved, that the be sent to a special tion of the leading scientific events of a profits, clause project 33 refers, were deitined, as the president of thc committee. The committee consisted of Deputies single week is sufficient to show the im- Paulo Duarte de Azevedo, GUARANTEE REPAYMENTS. S. Railway Company, Limited, says, to the Nabuco, Gonçalves Ferreira, mense distance that separates the Brazil of repayment to which clause 25 refers, this would be Alfonso Celso Jr. and Allredo Correia; the session to-day from the colony of We translale from the Diatio Official of tlie excused from its final part which orders the stop- was suspended for a .time, when tbe committee jealously-guarded inst. a dispatch from the minister of agricul- that barbarous and benighted epoch. First 5th page of this division, because it is already under- reported, endorsing lhe project (applause). De- ture, commerce and public works to the Brazilian stood that, once completed the repayment, Andrade Figueira attacked the impatience comes an editorial on "Scientific there puty Missions" minister in London, dated on the 4U1 inst., and will be no further repayments on a division of shown by the supporters oí the law, criticised the in the Paiz of the 4th instant, in which the which, as it enunciates a new interpretation of the profits. Therefore, the obligations imposed on the action of the president of the Chamber, and said to interest gòvernment is taken severely to task for law relating guarantees, appears of company under clauses 25 and 33 of its contract it had become a cnctis, through lhe applause from not detailing Brazilian specialists to ac- sufficient interest lo warrant its translation in with the gòvernment are entirely distinet and the galleries which disturbed the august majesty of extenso : company foreign explorers and naturalists independent; and moreover the amounts received the enclosure of the representatives of the nations. Department of Agriculture, Commerce by the latter under the sense of clause 33, can not The minister of marine read the bill fixing the travelling in the country in order to note be canied, as Mr. Smith naval force for 1889. There was some and Public Works. insinuates, to the account exchange of their operations and, by gentle means of of repayments referred to in clause 25. compliments between Deputies Andrade Figueira Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Sir: course, to induce them to make a division When the S. Paulo Railway Company, Limited, and Nabuco during which relercnce was made to Sundry documents relative to the liquidation of "hearts "hearts of their scientific plunder with the institu- comes to avail of the right il has under that clause, of bronze" and ofintid." the accounts of the Santos and railway tions of the country. The managing editor Jundiahy the aliandonment of the interest guarantee, it will May ç.—In the Senate thei e was 110 quorum. were annexed to the dispatch Y. Ex. sent me In the Chamber Deputy Andrade Figueira again of this is styled a republican, and be olliged to indemnify the gòvernment for ali paper under date of the 20th November ult, which refer and every expenditure which may have been incur- lifted his voice in protest against lhe abolition law, may therefore be considered a fair repre- to the fiscal ended on last. Among an year July 3oth red cn account of the said guarantee, without which he considers unwarrantable inteiference these my special attention was attracted sentative of the liberal ideas and aspirations to that detlucting such amounts as may have been deliveréd of the gòvernment, for the noble-hearted planteis numbered No. by Y. Ex. are freeing their of the most advanced party of the day. 5 arisin* from a division of profits exceeding 8 willingly slaves, and there is I allude to the letter of November therefore no necessity for the The idea of sending a scientific fiscal along 7H1, 1887, per cent. gòvernment to from Mr. Martin R. Smith, of the interfere. The bill second reading amended with who president Y. Ex. not having replied to the letter of Mr. passed every foreigner wishes to travei in S. Paulo Railway Company, Limited, informing by the insertion of the words "from tbe date of íbis Smith ol November 7th, furnishing a prompt con- the country, to make him divide the results the of law;" only Y. Ex. that part the net revenue over 8 per testai on to the incorrect interpretation therein 9 deputies, nearly ali from the province on the ol Rio de voting of his researches and observations with cent. guaranteed capital reached £289,- deduced as to the two distinet obligations to which Janeiro, uay. 8. during the fiscal May 10.—The Senate adjourned schools and museums who do nothing 841. 7. year ended on 30U1 the S. Paulo Railway Company, Limited, is subject in respect for 1887, and, therefore, to the imperial the death of Barão de Leopoldina, recently elected themselves, is a very striking advance on June, gov- by its contract, Y. Ex. will be good enough to have ernment belonged the sum of 14. a senator. In thc Chamber thc minister of empire £144,920. 4; presented, without delay, to the president of the the game-keepets methods of colonial times. which would reach Y. Ex. hands in two checks, it to be understood lhat the health of the company, the present protest of the imperial gov- gave Then comes an official note from lhe min- one to the amount of 8. and the other Emperor was satislactory. Deputy £89,878. 5 ernment against the aforesaid interpretation given Lourenço de istçr Pará to the amount of 11. Albuquerque spoke on thc abolition bill, and his of agriculture to the presidents of £55,041. 5. by him to clauses 25 and 33 of lhe decree of April remarks and Amazonas (see thc Diário Official oi According to the letter of the president of the 26th, 1856. seem directed to his constituents in Ala- S. Paulo Railway Company, Limited, the first gôas, as they are of no interest to the 6th inst.) informing them that as Indian May God Y. Ex. public. check was destined to complete the repayment of preserve Deputy Pedro Luiz made a kind of funeral dis- relies are considered to bc like mineral sums, which up to 1873 had been to the com. Rodrigo Augusto da Silva. course as to thc late ministry, in which he defended wealth, paid the property of the state, digging pany by the gòvernment in virtue of the interest To H. Ex. thc Envoy Exlraordinary and Min- the Barão de Cotegipe and Senator Paulino, and for them without special authorization from guarantee. The said letter further conlains an ister Pleiiipolentiary of Hrar.il, in London. criticised the majority of thc Chamber as to their . the rio nevv.s.
change of front. He thought indemnisation was —In view of the imminent passage ofthe aboli- —A couple of lions are said to be on their way "Zoo." due planters, say in 3 per cent. govêrnment stock. tion bill, even the uncompromising planters of Railroad Notes out for the Rio I ,- It appears that about two-thirds of the planters of Serraria are now voluntarily liberating their slaves. —Let "13" —The Leopoldina railway no one hereafter say in Brazil that is Rio de cannot their debts, and having It is their last opportunity for earning credit which traffic reeeipts in April Janeiro pay of an unlucky number. to tlie bill was deserve. were 2o3,i9o$334, which 7l,337$o7o were from no credit must go wall. The passed they do not —The passengers and 113,1961324 from goods. schools of the city are preparing a festival in third discussion to be sent to the Senate. The —The state of affairs in Ceará is becoming very —At a meeting of the Paulo and in honor of the abolition of slavery. spectators invaded tlie Chamber and threw flowers disquietihg. The failure of rains in the northern general São over everybody; the session was adjourned. Santo Amaro tramway company on the ult. —The city's gas bill in April amounted to and interior sections of the province up to the end 30th 55,- ¦ it was resolved to issue more, thus 659^662, including 2,7ol$925 differences 111 ex- May 11.—In the Senate the abolition project of last month, renders a secca almost unavoidable. 1,500 shares was received from the and referred to a elevating the nominal capital from to change. Chamber The disheartened people are still Ieaving the 300,000$ special committee which at once reported. The 600,000$ —According to Andrade Figueira it is lhe ap- . .¦;..¦: in large numbers. : province committee consisted of Senators Dantas, Afíoriso —The Diário de Noticias of lhe 8ih says the plause which makes lhe circus, and not the clown —The Conde de Parnahyba, (Dr. Antônio de Celso, Teixeira Visconde de Pelotas and and merry-go-round! Jr., Telles) recently of the laborers 011 the S. Isabel do Rio Preto, province of Taunay. The Senate then adjourned in respect for Queiroz president province of São Paulo and one of the most influential men Rio de Janeiro, railway have .received no pay since —Our city fathers have voted in favor of increas- the death of Senator Barão de Leopoldina. The last, and that a tradesman to the head ed legislative representation of that province, died with yellow fever at Cam- July going and independent Chamber adjourned upon being notifiéd of the death office to discount some I O U' s by the representatives in the pinas on the morning of the 6th inst. He took passed Senate. of Deputy Cunha Leitão. company was informed that perhaps in August —The the fever in this city during a recent visit. reeeipts from import duties for next year æ ... May 12.—In the Senate Barão de Cotegipe made wages would be K . —The paid. are estimated at 82,000,000$, outof a total estim- one of his masterly discourses on the abolition students and clerks in São Paulo have been reciprocally oftending each other during the ated revenue of 140,000,000$. project in which he was as usual satirical, and RIVER PLATE ITEMS. week, and with the result that a few hruises —A cable dispatch from Rome on the Í2th says. unusually theatrical. Commencing by cláimirig past —A new census of Montevidéo is to be taken have been experienced, numerous manifestations that the Pope has bestowed the decoration of the protection against interruption from spectators, he next month. organized, brios ali tom into fiddle strings, and Golden Rose 011 the Princess Regent. proceeded to attaclc Senator Prado and to prophesy —According to telegraphic advices the govern- civil war, or something like it, bankruptcy, social- rows enough in the street to remind one of a —It is said that the escravocrata has become so ment of Paraguay is negotiating for the establish- ism, etc. His speech was undoubtcdly a preparation for war in China. nearly extinet in Brazil that eftorts will be made to powerful ment of direct steam communication with Europe. effort and it seems a pity it was lost on so bad a —At a place called S. Domingos do Rio de catch a pair for preservation in the zoological —A banquet was at the Naval Club to cause it was listened to with ali attention and Peixe, of Minas Geraes, the voting for given gardens. ' ; ' ¦.¦¦.¦ province : Colonel Garmendia, chief of the Argentine boun- few interruptions save when occasionally the biting senator was not possible, because the clerk of the —Among the arrivals by the Hamburg steamer one could be found dary commission, on the gth instant. One hundred expressions produced hilarity. ITis opinion is that counting board feli ill, and no Argentina on the 121I1 inst. were the directors of colleague suggests guests were present. * to the liberal party should have fallen the glory of to substitute him. A malicious the new German bank to be opened in this city, —A the òf San passing the law. The bill passed second reading. that the clerk was the.only man in the parish who recent census gives province Messrs. Paul Bõttcher and Waldemár Krah. ¦ In the Chamber there was no quorum. could write! Juan, Argentine Republic, a population of 102,000. ; —The death is announced from Panamá of Dr. May 13.—The Senate met in special session to- —The Paraná assembly met on the The province is provided with a full list of political provincial Ezequiel Corrêa dos Santos Junior, one of the four day (Sunday) and passed the abolition law after ioth inst. The liberal officer refused to officérs and institutions, ali independent and costly. presiding Brazilian engineers who accepted positions on the Senator Paulino de Souza had made some remarks, the of some conservative —There were 1,526 births, marriages and rècognize credenlials 308 Pauamá canal, and the only one remaining there.* and Senators Dantas and Correia had spoken. The deputies, wheteupon two chambers were organiz- 1,069 deaths in Buenos Aires in the inonlh of —There announced lhat tlie latest news from the have been 61,045,666 revenue stamps premier ed. The president of the province them cut lhe March. Among the deaths were 85 from small- Emperor was favorable, and that the Princess coined at the Mint since the work was transferred Gordion knot by adjourning the assembly until pox, 106 from diphtheria and 65 frum typhoid to that institution. Their nominal value is Regent would be at the Cily Palace to receive the given June 18U1. fever. at 33»496.28o$8oo. The stamp tax in Brazil is committee appointed to present the abolition law at one of very respectable —The Santa Catharina provincial govêrnment —The Uruguayan govêrnment received $1,400,- proportions. 3 P#; —The ofíers the following aids to any silk-producing enter- Ooo in gold of the recent loan per the Royal Mail surveys of the lands given to the Princess —An interpellation was introduced in the Regent iu 1870 have prise established there wilh a capital not less than steamer Tagus, The legislature has granted the at last beetf completed and the Chamber on the inst. asking tlie lormal transfer has 71b govêrnment 50,000$: an annual subsidy of 3,000$ fòr ten sole privilege of emitting currency to the Banco just been made. The lands under what law of interest were conceded comprise 98 square leagúés in Santa Calharina and guarantee years, exemption from provincial and municipal Nacional. on 1,500,000$ to the Companhia Lavoura, Industria import duties the first year, and from export duties —General Perez has presented to the Senate a —A e Colonização 011 March 7Ü1, and 011 1,850,000$ to banquet was given to the minister of for five years. bill for the abolition of the extradition treaty with justice José da Silva Loyo Junior 011 April 11tli. at the city hall on the iith inst. by the board of —The Commcicio do Amazonas of the 2lst ult. Brazil of 1851, by which Uruguay is compelled lo aldermen. An announcement of thé Emperor's lhat THE BUDGET FOR iSSç. says lhat an ex-captaiií of one of the Amazon deliver up any runaway slaves from Brazil criticai condition led the aldermen lo suspend aíl steamers and now a merchant on the Rio may take refuge in Uruguayan territory.—Monte- exterior illuminalion and send away the music. The minister of finance estimates revenue for Jatahy, named Albino José Couto, sent four men to kill an video Express, April 29. —A cable dispatch from New York next year at 140,000, ooo$ooo on the 12U1 Indian named Simão. The four cutthroats ac- Too late! too late! In view of the fact that says lhat and the expenses of lhe depart- the Congress of the United States is such fugitives have never been up, but ments at 138,108,670 831 complished their mission, in proof of whichi they cut delivered disposed to favor an extension of commerce with off one of Simão's ears and brought itlback to have been used as recruits íor the Uruguayan South America, and that negotiations have been opened lor a commerciaí Ieaving a balance of 1,891,329$^ Couto, army, the effort now made to repeal the law looks treaty with Brazil. Add net deposits 2,000,000 000 a little absurd. However, our —The death of Dr. Antônio Cândido —The Diário de Noticias of the 7U1 nolices the just perhaps good da Cunha neigbbors wanted to in the theatrical spectacle Leitão, deputy from the i2th district of 3,891,329$i69 apprehension of a police delegate at Parahyba do join Rio de of Rio de and on of Brazilian emancipation, and this is their only Janeiro, oceurred on the morning ofthe nth inst Expenses under lable & 10>533«635 935 Sul, province Janeiro, goes to He was "This opportunity. present at the Chamber on lhe 9U1, and was say: is the fourth time the delegate has one of the nine who Déficit 6,642,3o6$766 voted against the abolition bill been prosecuted. The first time was for the crime in second reading. of fraud the second was for thefl —According (es/ellionalo); Local Notes to a cable dispatch from New York the third for attempted homicide, and, 11 (furto)', on the I2th, Brazil and México have been inviled Provincial Notes 10 conclude, the fourth was for forgery —A recently nominated brigadier of our service (falsi- by Congress to arbitrate the Morrocco difficulty. dade)." Cheerfui authorities are the officials has been with a set of buttons used by As Congress does —The reeeipts of the Santos custom house in police presented not take charge of diplomatic in Parahyba do Sul! the late Duke of Caxias. questions, perhaps it would be well to A were 819,117$4. wait lor pril further news on ihis point. —The Sanlistas are up considerable —A child died here recently of "aromic intoxica- ¦ —The cily of Santos levies a licensc tax of getting —We are delighted 5$ooo over "panorama this to hear telegraphically from 011 ali knife-grinders. cnlhusiasm the painting of a of tion." Can mean that the poor little fellow per annum bootblacks and Commodore Wandenkolké that he is about Santos," and some are even advocating the got hold of the Eau de Cologne flask ? to —The total number of deaths in Campinas, substitute carne secca for salt beef shortly on the purchase of the masterpiece by the city. As the —A was thrown from his horse at the squftdron now northward São Paulo, in April was 206, of which 79 only jockey bound. When lie reaches good people of Santos have tlie original in ali its Villa Isabel course on tlie ioth inst., and was so Pará we shall hope to hear that were adiills. he has substituted beauty and perfection, created by the hand of badly injnred that he died very soon afterwards. piraracu for codfish in the Friday mess. —On lhe 71b inst. a prominent Campinas plantei*, Nature hersell, they might let this copy to —'lhe go —The department of agriculture suhscrihes for Jornal of tlie 5U) says that the dowry of Sr. Antônio Teixeira Nogueira, died in lhat city some less in debt. II the cost of this the late Princess place paint- 20 copies of the Revista dc Engenharia. What, in Leopoldina, 1,200,000$, is to he from yellow fever during a recent visit ing were expended on the Santos water front, the çoiitracted the of common sense, paid the Duke de Saxe in The to Rio. name is done with them ? gold. dttke eets a people would unquestionably get very much more hfe inlerest m one-lhird and the rest is divided —An cnthusiastic admirei" of Gen. Boulanger in among the four —The province of São Paulo has expended benefit from the ontlay.' princes, his sons. The amount ¦!. ¦ Rio was so delighted at the generaPs election to lal mg to D. Pedro and D. Augusto the elder sons 377,396$72o already 011 lhe new immigrant's station —A Manáos of the 23rd ult. states that will be paper the French Chambers that he freed only converted into Brazilian govêrnment stock. at the capital, and 82,297$2oo are still required lo his slave. lhe departure of the steamer Amazonas had been —On lhe —The Belgian has appointed M. 71b inst. the minister of empire asked complete it. postponed because of the appearance of measles on govêrnment George Reusens minister resident the minister of foreign affairs to take the necessary —The deaths Irom small-pox iu Pará still con- board. The sick were compelled to desempark at this capital, de steps for securinn Irom the Papal Cúria linue 011 much loo large a scale. Why do and were left in the open street cx to the to sueceed M. E. Grelle who has been pro- permission not the posei! sun for Brazilian bishops to grant dispensations in moted to Lisbon. matter lhe health officials there—if there are any—try to im- because the agents offered them no shelter and the of mixed marriages. The necessity for this —It arises Irom the increasing prove lhe sanitary condition oi lhe cily? hospital would not receive them owing to the in- is to bc hoped that some one has saved the number of immigrants who do not profess the Roman Catholic religion. —The April fectious character of lhe disease. There appears to recenl publication'* of Sr. Barata Ribeiro about lhat postoffice reeeipts in São Paulo -One of be about humanity enough in these charity-fed murder in Campinas. Life is shert and Sr. Bara- the newly-elected senators from Minas were 11,641 $320 for lhe city and 31,310^030 for just hospitais aud suhsidized companies ta's articles are unlecling long. Geraes, Barão da Leopoldina, died here on the rest of the province. The corresponding to make a the iolh common —Conundruin: inst. frQin yellow fever, after a brief illness. reeeipts for the same inonlh of last year were jackal. which is better , two steamers was taken He ill on the very day on which he took "»354$'9° «»«'24-795$o6o- making fiíteen knots hour, or three making hisseatin the per Senate. He was a graduate of the TllK exports from New York to Brazil during twelve ? We hear the Pernambuco law school —Considerable indignation seems lo have been Argentine govêrnment and an influential planter the calcndar year 1887 included the following of the municipality of Leopoldina, arouscd in Santos over an increase of solved the problem, right away quick. Minas Geraes. municipal -The producls: —On of rejoicings over the aliolition taxes. And it is not liki-ly that lhe new loan ai tide quantity value the eve the bran-new abolition law the of slavery are general and enthusiastic throughout will menti matters much, unless the San listas pro- Wheat bush. 24,844 $26,987 planters seem to have jumped over each other in the whole empire. Congratulations are pose to raise their future revenue in that way. Mnfee Ä 1,214 817 their anxiety to free their slaves. It required lime pouring in from irtW01u,í?PPear —The Oats ,, 550 276 and consideraiion, but we are ali right now. that slavery has March reeeipts of the Rio Grande custom- 3uSÍíe,Unl.Ühardly a smge friend left Wheat flour bbls. 118,948 591.456 —A and that the whole houses were as follows : Porto Alegre 232,683$573, man killed his wife in November last be- Brazilian ,>eople have been waiting and longing Rye „ Ä 20 63 abolition since for Rio Grande 2o5,o76$929, Uruguayana 41,377$! 15, cause she liked another fellow better, but the the very beginning. It one Corn meai Ä 29 91 jury to know where ali the opposition p«,«les Pelotas 64«952$655; total This shows acquitted him on the 91I1 because he was tempor- to abolition carne 544,09o$272. Bacon lbs. 91,541 9,546 ema»cipation a decrease of iSi,484$i64 from the March reeeipts arily insanc. Divprce was not H«ms Ä 6,754 814 is of no use in Brazil. oSedíh^r909nd,U0,wl of last year. Snlt l»eef. Ä 28,950 1,568 —The telephone company of this -We have city appears Io at last solved the mystery of that —On the 2Sth ult. the minister of agriculture Salt pork Ä 18,190 1.047 entertain lhe notion that it can its debts, or Havas telegram announcingthe Lard pay death of "Cornelius addressed the of Paulo a despatch ,, 890,442 77.71? not, at its own sweet president S. Tallow pleasure. If it is incnnven- Mathews the celebrated American novelist, requiring .. 13,5^2 614 rJsopher," phil- lhe figures of the slave roll in 13 mun- Ihüter Ä 61,405 10,085 ient—as is usually the case—or a caprice stands in etc etc. It turns out to í>e the eminent New York icipalilies which had not liecn reported. Surcly lhese Cheese Ä 3,338 474 the way, it declines to pay acknowledged accounts phystcian Dr. Cornelius Agnew. Sugar, refined Wehad never heard of Cornelius Mathews delays on the part of Treasury emj.loyés could lie Ä 20.642 1,307 wilh the air of one who declines to in celebrated as a Kerosene gals. 6,418.703 612,854 participate author, but for fear oi cxposinc our corrected by a weeding-out of lhe loafers an objectionable subscription. Those who care to ignorance as judicious I.ubricatiiig oil Ä 93.691 29,446 their to American matters ue decided to entrusted wilh get dues from this swindling Corporation wai for the furnishinc statisties. Naphtha Ä 212,485 31,008 should cxacl papers before dispuling t|,e usually cash down. well inisinformed Agency. 7 • % .
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"town —The -»-lt is satisfactory to know that the and shareholders of the União Telephonica who acknow- DAILY COFFEE REPORTS. May 8. ledge the absorptúm of the old company, held a general Rio Associação Five gown" difficulties in S. Paulo have been satis- meeting on the 7th. For obvious reasons the minutes are Commercial daily cablegran. to New York 30 per cent. apólices 965000 800$ do íactorily arranged. It required the intervention of not published. regarding position and quotations of the Coffee market. 96 % 19 Gold Loan, 1868, 6% ilI4o 000 Councillor Leoncio de Carvalho to the "brios" —The Diário Official ofthe sth contains the statutes ofthe do 1,142 000 quiet ?A Ul U) us <# tr. recently orgnnized inntch company. The capital is 200,000$ j/J W rt- 50 Banco do Brazil 225000 sucking legislators. o. X D ¦o3. D R r» o.? õ oí the and Mc-srs, George Snnville nnd C. Bjerke are the first o o D o 2 9 do .... 230 000 directors. n> sr ft 3°2. & 238 Banco do Commercio 220000 —A Yl -1Q »9 O Q "d _ gentleman, resident apparently at Cape 'Chnnge us% O *•» r* 2; 50 Banco Industrial 175000 —On the n broker nnnounced »v W r* 5: 9th publicly on o 7). " sr 6 us " 50 Banco Rural 280 Frio, was so anxious that his sympathies with thnt, on the i.çth inst., he would sell 0.2. o » 3 000 1,643 fully P1*'^ shnres a n n' n 3 20 deb. Campos and Carangola «§. 2 •y R rt (A _a 3 R. 5 170 000 and 4,362 deferred shnres of the Leopoldina railway for M 3 abolition should recognized in time, he that went .1/1 ° 1o 9 „ Leopoldina R.R. /50 qoo 000 account of a bankrupt estate. 3 3:3. Macahé. the expense of an advertisement in the M 2 o. rr 2 50 and Campos R.R '65 000 to Jornal —A Ul ^ n 2. » s deb. general meeting of tlie Companhia Petropolitana •d V ?- H « 700 Sorocabana R.R. 100$ 68 % on the ioth. Better late, than never. (cotton factory) was held here on the i-th at which the a Ul 99 Amazon Steam Navigation 105000 go. 60 regular reports of directors nnd auditors -were presented and " Nacional de Navegação 211 000 íf © °- 15 Fidelidade Insce 192000 —On the ioth inst. the department of agriculture approved. Tbe shareholders authorized an incense of cnpitnl ª 9 3" V O r*y æ U W Prosperidade by the emission of shnres to a nominal vnlue of 1,000,000$. Q ! 3 3 50 do 18 000 informed the Chamber of Deputies that Mr. Revy -1" a a 35 hyp. notes Banco Predial 67^ °'o —On the sth inst. a telegram from London wns p..sted left accounts in Ceará, o- ; . Mny 9. had relating to the Quixadá 011 the Exchange announcing that the remaining million of a ª 1 o ¦¦» 8 F ive cent. apólices 965000 the Leopoldina railway loan had been placed nt As the fr «," , .-. .;•¦ *íq per dam business, but that steps had been taken to 95. tn • '5 * ¦ do Treasury has already ^6,000,000 at its disposition, the Leo- ,V:; 966 000 Gold Loan, 1868,6% i,i43 produce these documents. It seems about time. poldina lonn will probnbly be drawn for, nnd 25^ for 32 000 ¦ Q 60 Hanco do Commercio, series 42 000 exchange was at once spoken of. ; t/>JJ ' t/l < I • 4 —Councillor .00 Hanco Internacional 239 000 Luiz Antonio Pereira Franco hav- —We have repeatedly called the attention of the Board of 4° - do 240 000 ing received a life seat in the Senate has asked to Brokers to the uniustifiable delay in puhlishing tbe fortnight- 80 Banco Rural 280 000 ly bulletins of exchange operations, but with the same result i * ix w-4 ? -- í- v . f ? LeopoldinaR.R 132 be on half-pay as a of the Court of 50 00o put judge as would be secured in pouring wnter 0.1 a duck's back. 246 do subs 7 000 Now that some of the locnl nre taking up the 10 Appeals. The inference is clear; senators are not press question deb. do 200$ I78 500 perhaps the Junta Commercial will interfere in tbe matter. 5° .. do ,70 0ro retired at as Sr. de Souza can testify. >> no Sorocabana "„ 70, Queiroz —The new 1,000,000$ loan of the city of Santos has been ^1 „ R.R. 100$ 68 ¦. 'o. 22 Ferry Co o8 ü,', —The secured bv Messrs. Holwortby, Ellis & Co., well-known mer- !. 3: ' o o ,! .£ events oí the week in connection S 8 R o Nacional de Navegação 211 past chants of lhat city, at 84 per cent. issue and 6 cent. in- 40 000 per 00 o ^, I25 • do wilh the passage ol the abolition act have been terest. Tbe loan is for 30 years and is to be repaid in sterling 2IS 000 at current exchange rates. This is said to be the firsl np- 5°u do b o. 3ist Aug. x.d 206 000 unusually exciting in çharacter. There was almost of munieipalities in Brazil for foreign assistence, but 50 Jardim Botânico tramway 136000 plication * w — 100 Lealdade Insce ti nò" opposition and very little oratory; and every it is not likely to be tl.e last. 3i3 u, jo 000 8 8 8*8^ May n. —The directors of the English Bank of Rio de o S vote was attended by the abolition societies and Janeiro, õ OT Fiveper cent. apólices 965000 Limited, have resolved to a dividend 53 propose of 6 shillings 200$ do «J of spectators. share nt meeting of the 25th 100 large numbers Thé Senate decided per the general inst., making nn Hanco do Hrazil 225 6 The 50 0oo annual dividend of per cent. sum of ^4,500 to be 109 Hanco do upon a Sunday session to pass the bill, which was 3> » N Commercio 222 000 carried to the new profit and loss account, and £45,000 with- ' : 22 Hanco Rural drawn from the reserva fund to meet the losses resulting i 8 280 000 attended by hundreds oí excited, enthusiastic §O o 243 deb. Leopoldina R.R. 200$ 180000 from the Azambuja failure in this city. 20 Oeste de Minas R. people. The Princess Regent also arranged to „ 5 172000 205 Sorocabana R.R 95000 I. 1 come down from Petropolis on the same day lo 100 deb. do 100$ 68 % LONDON AND BRAZILIAN BANK, LIMITED. 3> * OJ 41 20D hyp. notes Hanco C. Real do Hrazil sign the bill. The streets of the city were 3 8 o (6°ó) 75 % gay Capital £1,250,000 8 37° .. Hanco Predial 66 «(, with bunting and the newspaper offices of Rua do May .2 do paid up 623,000 95 Five per cent. apólices 965 000 Ouvidor were elegantly decorated with flags and Reserve Fund 325,000 Hanco do lirazil 222 » t 4 000 * flovvers. Processions carrying banners and preceded o 70 Hàncò Internacional 2 series 48 500 3 o 169 o Sorocabana R.R subs 20 Õ.,o by bands of music paraded the streets, cheering our BALANCE SHEET, 30TH APRIL, 1888. 181 deb do foò$ 68% colleagues of the press and giving vivas for liberty, Asseis. 88 Jardim Botânico tramway 138 000 lhe 4381.0 S. Christovão . cio 255 ono the imperial family and abolition leaders. At un-called 5.555.555*560 Capital, 50 Nacional de Navegação 211 000 ..'clock m. the Princess Regent arrived at the Bills 3 p. discounted 1,459,962 180 5o do s. o. 000 Bills i 3ist 211 City Palace, where an immense crowd had con- receivnble ., 2,292,723 470 50 Carruagens Fluminense ^0 000 office and branches 5,021,370 200 gregated to await the final act in the abolition of Head Loans, current accounts, etc 2,926,126 910 SUMMARY OF THE BANK Brazilian slavery. The engrossed copy of the law Securities lor accounts current, etc 5,164,592 170 IVERKl.Y SUMMARY. STATEMENTS. was signed at 3:15 p. m., the Princess using a pen Cash: 1,809,126 290 Apiil 30Ü1 (in contos de réis or i:ooo$ooo). diamónds which was for May jth. richly set with provided the Shipmenis for United We inchule 111 circulation the issue of hypoihechry notes, 24.'"9,456$78o States during lhe week.. bags oceasion by a subscription. Renewed vivas do 41,000 which are not however legal tender. popular for Europe etc do do 10,000 Liabilities. Sailing clearances ,, •> were given on the announcement that the act had 'Steániei-clearancesfor the United do States(1) 'Hi." s^aoowo o > ü r) ^ ítf cc n ra h Capital, "úbscribed 11,111,111 $110 4,000 „ — 3 S W •«* Janeiro, ...... I I I • in • .'•-;¦ *••••• Coffee: Parity of Prices; compiled by J. E. For London and Brazilian Bank, Limited, Shipments to United States do tlo Europe do 20,000 ,, Brugman. A convenient little book for coffee E. A. Benn, Manager. .!""" "good Market firm, but quiet: Good Average.".' buyers, showing the comparative prices of Oakes, 4$yoo Auxiliar "Rio " A. R. Accountant. Steamers loading for United Stntes....!". average Santos" in Europe and No. 7 in I New York, in franes, dollars, marks and florins. ENGLISH BANK OF RIO DF JANEIRO, The book is for sale by H. de Bussy, Amsterdam. ... . May i2th. OJ Q\0\^0 M VO H *¦ o «J J. bhipn.eiltsfor United "cüvi *tO LIMITED. Stntes during ?.' M< M. N J. ¦ M . O O M vj v) OJ M Brasil tl.e week. 30,000 bags »0 ON M OJ H VO M O M M CO O^vO OO^O Ssj COOD do for Europe ' 'O etc do do 14000 W M *ü OtOJ O Ol VO 0\ O 0>0n| m v) (jj ui Capital, 50,000 shares nt £20.. £ 1,000,000 Sniliiigçleiiian,ce.s for lhe United Stales " Steamer clearances do paid up 500,000 do 000 ClenrancesW [il ->8 " Reserve Fund 185,000 Euiopeaj.d.elsewhere..!*.!!'"."' 6,'ooo ' Commer- Commercial l'reigbis i> 00 fo VO OVO V) H Ut VO OJ H H H bi steanier ,''& $ Q***l t*) N t >0 H^OJ H M OOM ciai J! •>! O 00 lio SUll M J ' VC LiJ OJ 0\ C ^ OJ O M vO UJ H w OJ OJ Steamers Rio de Janeiro, May \\th, t888. BALANCE SHEET, 30TII APRIL, 1888. loading foi' Úriitèd" Stãiês!!!!!!!!!'.! 'S í Stock in 2..d Ijnnds 2S,ooo3 Coiumcr- Assets. „ Par value of lhe Brazilian mil reis (i$ooo), gold 27 il. MM ( H M M M , " ciai de MO o VO S,0 do tlo ilo do M 4. 00 H in U. S. un-called 4t444>444!f'44f *• +. 10 H M Ul CO Oico S. Paulo coin at 84 Capital, Sloclcat.S,\NTHstbisnioriiii.g, $4 per Bi stg 54 45 cts. Hills discounted 950,869 210 ist and and hands 150,000 baes do $1.00 (U. S. coin) Brazilian Recc.pis during week to 11 th May l6(ooo M gold 11*837 Loans, gtnrni.tced accounts, etc 5,862,044 987 „ do of in lirazilian Sales for United States during Com- £istg. gold 8 889 830 week 30,000 fo 0 Ü) Ul vo vj • Hills receivnble •- 884,566 O * O Ol _ -I Ol" do Europe do „ m *• 9 — * sau* mu vO 10 4» mercio Securities for loans, accountscu.re.it, etc 3,646,483 670 OO0 Ul *• O 00 r/j OJ vj OJ Ul v| sq M Ut Slnpiuenis to United " 0> necounts ' 1.733.944 Stntes do ?,ooa Bank rate of exchange on I.oiulon to-day 24^ d. Sundry 386 ¦ do iMnope Cash 44a.649 o8:z do 6(OÜO Present'value ofthe llrazilian mil reis (paper) 898 rs.gold Market firm: Good Average g*^ Credito do do do in U. S. Steamers loading for United Slates , uj . o Real do I7,965,oo2$6o9 UOl M 00 ü >0 m h 03 coin at $4 80 per £1 stg 4850 cts. 00 5 c o.ui >o OlK) JÍ Brazil Value of $i.oo|$4.8oper £\. stg.Jii. Hrazilinn Liabilities. currency |paper| 2 062 SALES OV HTO0K8 ANO SHAttKS. Ol, Credito Value ot £, sterling ,, ,, •. Capital •• 8,888,888lji888 9*897 May M M MUI M 00 • Real de Deposits in account current 297,966 687 4 OiQ O 10 vo M S. Paulo notice 2,460,494 O Ul 0 CO 00 .do do with 934 3 Five per cent. apólices 9f,0 000 tlo fixed maturity and by bills. 1,505,629 213 EXCHANGE. '9 do (jC2 Securities for advances and on deposit 3,646,483 670 00o' Del- 67 • "4 > Hills 2°2 do ofi3 I" 1 _ Ç * 0 ¦ payable 230,840 oon 0\Q\ Vl « credérc banks 24 --> - OOUl May 4.—Offici.il rates nt the were !£ on London, °»5 T\0 OC 1 NO X vj Sundry accounts 934.699 Coo$ «'o 95 388 on Paris and 480 nn Hn.nburg nt 90iljs; ..$040— % Gold 2$o5o on New Yurk nt sight. Something wns doing nt 17,965,002!)! 609 Loan, 1868, 6% I)I40 (100 official rate for hnnk sterling direct nnd nt 24 Banco Internacional 238000 9|i6— 50 ^ > UM" 4. v| • 00 OOVO English 24% from second hands, and comme.-cinl wns quoted nt E. & O. E. 4- OJ OC OSUI ' ' .2 Banco Rural 280000 Ul M 4. UJ 4. *. M - tl.e extremes of 24íj -24K. Sovereigns closed with Rio de May, 1888. Janeiro, 41b 250 Leopoldina R.R ,30 buyers at sellers at io$o2o. oo0 9^970, For lhe English Bank of Rio de Janeiro, Limited, I,K> «1° 3oth June 132 000 M « -I May 5 —Rates at the banks wore advnnced in the afternoon Manager. aC7 «J« subs 7000 M t - OJ OJ LovelJ. Mullius, ,', 0\* . ¦o c vio*m o ui u o M\b"h) Industrial to 245-8 on London, 386 011 Pnris nnd 478 on Hamburg nt 290 deb. do 200* 178 Ul 00 4. 004. 4. v| K) VO VO OvU! //. Scott, for Accountant, 000 O 00 * « OJ 00 m Ut UJ O vO v| qod|s: 2$03o on New Vork nt sight, nnd considerablé 825 Sorocnbapa „ R.R. 100$ cojá % business was doing. From second bands brokers reported 67 S. Christovão tramway 2SS 000 business in bank sterling at 24 11I16, 24K and 24 13(16 and 172 Nacional de Navcg.ição 198000 BANCO INTERNACIONAL DO BRAZIL. Inter- quoted comute, ciai sterling at tl.e extremes of 7411(16— 21 hyp. notes Hanco C. v.».S' «« Ul O • vl 4» Ot Real do Hrazil (6%) 76 % -. 00*. v| OWO , OJ Ut +OO nacional 24-X, the loWcst rates riiling early in the day. Sovereigns >(H Ut 0»m «j o CO 00 G\ Ul O M >. Banco Predial w|c 70 % sold at closing with buyers at sellers nt «7o 9$95o, 9I940, BALANCE SHEET, 30TH APRIL, 1888. „ do xc 67 % 9$ç8o. Assets. May 5. Lavoura May -Official rates were unchanged, but business wns H M >J æ Ul Ut Oi 7. m vo -Ç- vl - S. Paulo 39 Five per cent. apólices 964000 01 yo *9(MJ Ui reported at 2411(16 nnd 24 K for bank sterling, although Capital, un-called 8,oot,6oo$ooo s OtMutvj tn 4* N IJ O Ul O > u t-i 20"* do 1 the latter rate could not be obtained iu the afternoon. Bills discounted 2,591,746 270 96 % From second hands brokers quoted 24Jí—24%, and cm- Current accounts 5,490,178 620 Gold Loan, 1868, 6% 1,140 000 mercial was doing in a small way at 24^, 1, 13(16 and 180 London «Sr* Public funds «.107,75o 1,000 Sovercigi.s 0 Brazilian 24 buyers nt (.$930, sellers nt 9SO -I 01 KU vO M O*. %. Sovereigns closed with do deposited abroad 2,948,286 690 UJ 83 Banco UJ UJ Ov o 9Í970. Shares and debentures 538,032 280 do Commercio 217 000 May 8.—No change in rates at thc banks, and business wns Sundry branches 2,127,091 310 700 Banco Internacional, 2oth 242000 Sundry agencies 1,518,187 130 Mercantil reported in bank sterling nt 24^—2411116, at the latter a9° • ' Ul 0 M • do 2 series 48 UJ OlM u u CQvl Santos both on bankers and head oflfices. nnd from second hands nt Values deposited 9.805,589 410 500 UJ O.U1 «vo 00 C Ul OJ J íi Leopoldina R.R 130 UJ 00* 8 (JUJvl 34%- Commercial sterling was at 2413116—24%. Directors' guarantee.. 140,000 000 332 000 quoted ooó 100 do Sovereigns closed with buyers at o.f 970, sellers at to$ooo. Sundry accounts 3>593.°76 3..th June 133 000 Hills receivable 1.744.793 S2° 167 S. Paulo and Rio R.R 195 000 : May banks opened at 24^. but in the afternoon 100 deb. 9.—The National Treasury, account current 73>589 32° .Sorocabana R.R. 100$ 66 % * UJ M vi t \0 » Predial rales weie reduced to 24^ on l.oi.do... on Paris and M O* * - VO 388 Bank of Hrazil 2,500,000 000 40 Jardim Botânico tramway 134 000 x U O 004. 00 on Hamburg at d|s; 2.foio on New York at sight. 480 90 Cash i|6os,997 310 40 S. Christovão do 255 000 Brotas nt 24 in bank sterling "24 reported business !í—24?^ 200 Nacional dc Navegação 205 000 and :.t o|i6 011 head offices, and commercial was quoted Insce 40000 44.785.9 i8$04O 30 Geral • • Rural at the extremes of 249(16—-n*í : the higher rates rulhig K W Ül üi C vj »} UAOJ^Ui O t)Ut 100 Previdência Paulista do 40 000 **1Ç Ul Q Q *- MUJUJOOJU1MOO UJ-O UJ OlO 10 'C vj -4- COU1 4.-0 in the morning. Sovereigns closed with buyers at 9$97°* Liabilities. 31 Pastoril, Indust. and Agric 50 000 0 sellers at to$o40. Capital, subscribed 2o,ooo,ooo$ooo 14 hyp. notes Hanco C. Real do Hrazil (6%). 75JÍ ®0 Territo- May 11.—The market opened at 24"4, hut rates' were soon Reserve fund 160,000 000 May 7. riai reduced to 24}{ ou London. nn Paris and 011 Profits in suspense 285,761 990 de 392 48;—486 27 Five cent. apólices 964 Olu Hamburg at uodis: 2.(070 011 New Vork at sight From Deposits, without interest 360.449 580 per 000 Uj Iuj Minas second hands bank sterling was reported at 24^, and cnm- do in account current 5,791.868 920 25 do 965 cx» mercial was at 24K—2i Sovereigns closed do fixed maturity 626,106850 quoted 7l>6. 17 Gold Loan, 1S68, 6% 1,140000 União dc with buyers at io$>4o, sellers at 10$ 100. Sundry guarantees, etc 9.805,589 410 05° 200 Banco do Brazil s. o. 3ist July 220 000 OJ — *. vj oui Credito May 12.—The uu settled. At opening thc official Sundry branches 5.492>69? O ui<0 u |) x. & market was 650 rate was 24^, which was reduced to 21 nn i again to j-^í, Sundry agencies 10,746 430 do last trans. day 225 000 000 but Iate in lhe day thc Hancos Internacional and do Com- Bills payable 40.9"2 500 Banco Internacional b «. Sundry accounts 2,205,259 090 3
DAILY RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS Rice.—Receipts are bags via Europe and dealers LA TESTLONDON QUOTA TIONS OF BRA ZILIAN OF 4,331 VESSEL$ AFLOAT &> LOADING FOR RIO. STOCKS AND SHARES. COFFEE A T RIO DE JANEIRO. still quote at 8$soo—8$6oo per bri. as to quality and weight. "STATIST" Alice Baltimore EXTRACTED FROM THE AND "RAILWAY NeWS" Rosin.— Receipts are nil, and quotations nominally un- 14 March Alpha Leith of April 2ist. W V) changed at 6$soo—ti$000 per bag in lots. 9 April x < a, o ? sr n America Oporto o n •O — Government Stocks. sr o fi Turpentine. Quotations nominal, 460—480 rs. per Adonis o 3 3 ¦3s. Marseilles 1863 Loan a to 9 kilogramme. None has arrived, Avanti 4% perct. 99—101 n K o S5"s o London 1865 TO S ar n •5* a 5 100—102 n O O. •5" Bran.—No receipts and nominal. Alice Ada Rosário 1871 o 5T quotations 6 Mar. 5 IOO—102 o o 'Cu 3 % A 1875 a » o a Hay.—Brokers continue to quote at 78—80 rs. per kilo- rica Rosário 5 lot—103 a s s 1879 r K O a. 3 gramme- Receipts are 2,030 bales C. S. Bnshnell and Arcangeb Padre Marseilles 45- 98—100 o 9 per 14 Apr. 1883 4Jé 9 a 900 per Gloria from Rosário and to dealers or contractors. Ar-villa Sunderland 97-78 O. _,- 1886 5 101—103 O Bridgewater Cardiff 3 Indian Corn.—Only receipts are 51 bags per Trent paid Railways. Brillant... New Vork from River Plate. Quotations are advanced to 4$500—4$8oo 8 Apr. 20 Alagoas, Cashier Lim. 7 perct guarantee 18—19 •o for River Plate maize and lor Penedo, and the Newport 30 Mar. .00 do deb 3. 4$2oo~4$soo 6 T0? market Campanero Baltimore 6 Apr. 20 Bania 3 v : tending upwards. a b 1'rancisco 7 per ct. guar 22^—23I4 a Cavalier Brunswick 20 Brazilian Great TO a Codfish.—Receipts Soutbern ... i6j|—16}4 n o nil and the market steady at last Choice 100 do deb. Cardiff 7 percent 105—107" quotations, or slightly higher The cheaper quality of tubs 100 do o Clarence Newport 10 Apr. Stg. Mt. deb. 6 per cent 104—106 cr o* appears to be absorbed, and retail are 25$ooo— 20 Braz. Imp. Cent. Bahia 20—21 u ; quotations Cito Newcastle TO 26$oco for tubs and 21 $000—22^000 toi cases. 100 do do deb. stock 6 per cent.. 111—113 Dronning Louise. London 100 do do deb. 6 per ct m—113 Ernma Leith 6 Apr. 100 Campos & Carangola deb. 5'/' perct 103—105 EarlBurgess 20"" Conde'"""-'¦• *,*,**¦• T- - * 5* Cardiff d'Eu, Lim. 7 per ct. guar 17K-18JÍ 5) Etta 100 do deb. Stewart Liverpool 2 Apr. 5j£ perct. 101—103 Shipping ISJkws. Rnninia 100 D. Thereza'Christina deb. $% 88—92 3. § Cardift 9 Apr. percent., Frankfurt. 20 do 7 per ct. guar .'. 6J.-7J. Newcastle 20 Great Western of Brazil ARRIVALS OF FOREIGN VESSELS. Fawn% 7 per ct. guar.. 2lJé—22?*á +* 4*. * New York 29 Feb. 100 do 6 ct. deb. stock Ul 0 2 Freya per 122—1 24 S » ? í í .*' .» í1 ,°° #- 8. MAY Cardiff 17 Apr. 20 Imp. Braz. Natal & Nova Cruz.. <_>mooooo*h. . • -u, -< 4. 9Já—«°J_ nMQOiO0OiU)> *0JO3 Gnldbringa Antwerp 100 * Cardiff—Swed ship Senator Weber; 22 Mar. ... do„ _,. _¦; deb. 5% perct 0\ O O O O UJ W 0 _, 1296 tons; Wincke: 94—96 ds: coal to Wilson Gaspare Trieste 20 Minas & Rio Lim. 7 perct. guar. 22^—23 51 Sons & Co. 100 do deb. 6 -Br Glad Tidings Baltimore per ct .. 107—109 ship A*". B. Lewis; 1335 tons; Gallison; 47 ds: coal 100 Mogyana deb. 5 per ct 106—107 to Wilson Sons & Co. Harry Swansea 100 Porto Alegre & Nova Hamburgo deb. 6% Hardk 99—103 -Nor bk Martin Lnther; tons; ds: Setúbal 6 Apr. 100 Recife a S. Francisco 792 Jorgensen; 51 HansThus 7 perct. guar 108—uo coal to order. Cardiff 24 Mar. 100 do deb. 5% per ct —-—Nor ship fíe6e London 20 S Paulo 7 per ct. guar ¦2 * v Ragnar; 1 to8 tons; Sivertsen; 52 ds: coal to 31 Mar. 41—42 *. Belmiro Rodrigues Isabel Oporto 100 do deb. stock 5% per ct 134—136,-„. S . m w © o. «•._>* _¦* & Co. «___00O0bJv>> o. 4- M vo -< tnKa Cardiff 100 b Paulo & Rio deb. 6 per ct 103—105 °^JSU1__0V1. H 4- H 4- Leith—Nor bk Ephrussi; 640 tons; Gansel; ds; coal O O O OJ O*. OOlOUlv) 59 to 100 do do 2iid ""'"series IO3103— — I05
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DEPARTUEES OF FOREIGNS'IEAMERS, GOVERNMENT AND PROVINCIAL BONDS EMISSION CIRCULATION UKNOMINATION NTKRKST I NOMINAL VALUE LAST SALE DATK NAMK WIIIIlíK TO CAKGO I LAST QUOTATIONS 339.675,100;{000 329,478,900^000 000 000 \ Apólices... May 50,000,000 50,000,000 Jan. July : "/o 200—1,000 s Rio Gr Hamburg* Sundries 2,158,400 oco 1,997,200 000 965*0 ' • 962$ooo— 965^000 ." . fi-ifi 5 V. de Mar'hão Fr Havre* do 199,000 000 119,600 000 do do °/o »Chatham 4 ' ,00o 000 Br Porto Alegre* do 30,000,000 000 18,838,500 000 Gold I.oan of 1868 Apr.,Oct °/o ° Alliança Amer Santos do ° ',00o 000 1,143 00° 51,885,000 000 37,144,500 000 do «879 Apr., °/o 1,140 000—1,160 000 ° , Jan., July,"Oct'. )í 1,00o 000 1,082 Trent Br Southampton* do 10,212,100 000 000 rrovuice of Rio de 000 1,080 OOO— 8 7,989,600 Janeiro Jan.,July % 200—500 S. Martino Ital Genoa* do 100^ % 8 102 %— Estrella Br Pernambuco* do HYPOTIIECARY NOTES. 8 V. de Fr Santos do Santos i,2i9,70o$ooo Dec 8 Procida S™?,'.1' *• June, 7» loo.fooo Gr do © do 3,934,700 000 Credito Real do Brazil— Sirius Br New York Coffee Jan., July % 100 000 3,613,079 000 do gold do '.'.".'.:. 7SJ . Ô .... -76 % Senegal Fr River Plate Sundries 000 7o £11,5S 11 CondorGr Santos do 5,255,200 do de S. Paulo Apr., Oct 7.. 93$000 6,362,400 000 Predial 100 000 86 -s? 12 Aconcagua May, Nov 6 % ... % Rr Valparaiso* do % 100 000 66 96 ... -68% «3 Comentes Gr Haniburg* do «3 Baltimore Gr Bremen* do DEBENTURES AND -.¦ 13 Orenoque Kr Bordeaux* do SHARES V D Z _: **.Z a a LAST DIVIDEND CATITAI. Calling at intermediate SHARES NAMES HKSHUVIC KUNIl LAST ports. ") ! < SALE LAST QUOTATIONS AM T TA II)
HANIfS SANTOS. 2,500 Ali 200if 500,000$ Ali Auxiliar 22,9491138 • i8o$ooo 9$ooo 18R8 From Messrs. John Bradshaw &> Co's MarkcfíRcport, 33,000,000 165,000 AH 200 AU Hrazil. Jan. 7. "2,937 952 222 000 000 1888 10,000,000 50,000 Ali 200 AU Commercial do Rio 9 Jau. 225I000—233$ooo dated ist May. J^. J de Janeiro. 1,926,075 516 235 000 10 000 2,000,000 10,000 Ali 200 IOO dó de S. Paulo Jan. 1S8S 232 o. .0—240 000 _ 5,8 «5 390 75 000 000 Coffee.—The market opened 12,000,000 60,000 45,000 200 Ali Commercio 3 Jau. 18S8 last month with ah active 1,085,000 000 _22 000 000 15,000 do series 9 Jan. 1888 221 000—22- OOO demand, chiefly fir shipment to Europe, but these^buyers 4 42 000 -)t,0 20,000,000 100,000 12,500 200 60 Real 42 oon— 45 Credito do Hrazil 103,266 267 65 0011 000 retiring, the market become although thè* larger 5,000,000 100,000 AH 50 3 Jan. 1888 quieter, 50 do de S. Paulo 128,972 112 2 2,000,000 10,000 Ali 200 200 Delcredere 55 000 750 Ian. ¦ 888 holders shewed no signs of giving way in prices. _§K. ards 60,000 000 195 000 8 000 £ 1,000,000 Ali £ 20 10 jan. 1888 I96 OOi)—202 000 50,000 £ English Bani;, Limited 1 «5.000 140 000 the latter part of the inontli United States buyers entered the 6,000,000 Ali 200 £ s Nov. 1887 30,000 Ali Industrial e Mercantil 000 market, 960,000 17F, 000 000 Jau. 18SS which closcs firm at our quotations. The' reluctance 20,000,000 50.000 AU 200 Ali Internacional 160,000 AH ¦ 000 240 000 10 000 Jan. 1888 335 000^-238 to sell, on the of the largest 50,000 , 200 40 do 2 series 500 part holders, renders the execution 48 500 000 Inri. iSSS — £ 1,250,000 62,500 Ali £ 20 £ 10 London and Brnzilintí, Limited.. — 48 500 of orders for desirable sclections £ 325.000 s Apr. 1888 an extrcmely difficult matter, 1,000,000 5,000 Ali 200 AU Mercantil de Santos 500,000 000 212 000 000 20,000 10,000 Jan. 1888 as snch coffees are for the most part, in their hands. 4,000,000 200 AU Predial 140,000 000 60 000 oon 1883 For 10,000,000 50,000 AII 200 AU Rural e Hypntbccario Jan. the present crop, it now appears, receipts will barely 2,505,945 6_o 280 1100 10 000 1H88 1,000,000 5,000 AU 200 40 Territorial c Mercantil de Minas Jan. reach 1,200,000 bags. 661 539 80 000 200 1888 1,000,000 5,000 AU 200 40 União de Credito Jau. 91,808 850 55 000 500 Apr. 1888 Receipts have averaged 2.735 bags, against 6,313 in 1887 RAILWAYS 12,000,000 60,000 Ali 200 20 Bahia and 3,196 bags in 1886. From ist July to date they reach e Minas 6,000,000 200 200 do \ debentures bags, 120 000 .1 Nov. 18S7 988,223 against 2,259,807 bags in 1887 and 1,574,390 1,300,000 200 Bragantina do I82 (IOO 8?ó Nov. 1887 bags in 1886. 10,000,000 50,000 20,000 200 Ali Campos e Carangola 14,642 300 130 (IOO 2jé °/o Nov. 1,500,000 2 00 1886 On brokers return sales of bags. do debentures 170 000 90,000 1,600,000 8,000 Ali 6% % May 18S8 -17 f „00 200 Ali Espirito Santo o Caravellas, and Navigation 1.4.9 Stocks are to-day 165,000 bags in first hands and 29,000 1,500,000 Ali 9.777 4 000 Jan. 1SS8 in 7.500 200 AH Juiz dc Fora to Piau - 1,500,000 000 Jan. 1888 * second hands, against 173,000 bags in first and 16,000 in 200 do del 10:; Unes 145 '¦'.„ 250,000 AU 000 6% Jau. 1888 second hands 50,000,000 200 Leopoldina with subs 132 last month,—Loading bags. 412,437 472 Ooo FIOO lan. 188S 30,000 Ali 200 dò 2inl series The clearances 400 1888 in April were: AU 200 do subsidiaries Jan. «5.33°.Z00 7 noo oou — United States i,agS 200 do debentures "/„ 9 .... 180 000 6'A Apr. 1888 —i8o £ 481,470 £ 50 do do noo New York 22)332 500 ono "/o Apr. 188S 8,000,000 40,000 3'.081 200 AU Macahé e Campos 22,000 000 65 000 4 000 1887 Europe : 3.882,750 250 do do debeniiires °/o 'A Jan. 83M ' °/„ |an. 18S8 -85 Havre 22,562 1,000,000 200 Norte % debentures 200 000 °/o 1887 Antwerp 4,970,000 24,850 Ali 200 Oeste de July 7,615 Minas 22,754 701 IOO 000 000 Feb. 18H8 Hamburg 25,898 4i339.400 200 do debentures 172 000 "... May 1888 174 Bremen 6,500,000 32.500 12,500 200 AU Príncipe Pará 000 i)0,.o do Grão 16,742 426 170 000 i883 Trieste 10,668 000 Jau. do jsübsidiary IO 000 Lisbon 67,748 1,910,000 IOO do debentures 9° "/o 1,887,200 200 do do "... Jan. 1888 190 000 7 Apr. 1888 Rio and coast I9_ 3,800,000 19,000 7.387 200 S. lzabel do Kio Preto 474 493 188 000 7 000 May 1884 1,6011,000 200 do debentures "... <6'37.'00 190 noo 7 Feb. 1S8S £ 50 do dò 110(1 6 "Io V 9°'.257 1,071,000 20p ¦Santo Antônio Padua 490 Jan. 1888 dc débeiiVes 202 000 lan. 1888 10,605,000 53.325 2 00 S. Panloe Kio «le Janeiro 187 000 7 000 jan. 1888 Total clearances of Coffee from Santos during ten months do with subsid 195 ono do subsidiai of \ 25 000 crop-years. 3,000,000 15,000 AU 200 Sapucahy. ? 220 000 12,000,000 60,000 200 Sorocabana with subs. •. 000 OOO- DESTINATION 1887-88 1886-87 1885-86 95 95 • do subsidiaries 20 000 5,992,900 100 do debenl 11 res 68 o/0 6 "/„ Mar. 1888 —68 O, £ 181,000 £ di) do u United States Bags. Bags. Bngs 50 480 ono S/8 Apr. 1888 1,600,000 8,000 5.333 200 AU União Valcnoianu "io New York «88783 487796 320707 38,8:5 749 80 000 <">._ Feb. 1884 Baltimore 4 TKAMWAYS 74S ,2._3 -3x448 5,400,000$ 27,000 AU 200 AU Carris Urbanos ¦* Hamptoii Roads f. R .. 10148 90,230 220 '35 000 5 000 Apr. 1888 448,230 500 do debentures Sandy Hook f.o 823,700 "Ãll ¦170 (IOO 6°/., Jau. 1888 Richmond... ". '.. .. \\ . IOO do do ,r,4 10,000,000 7<> "/., Jan. 1888 50,000 200 AU Jardim Botânico i5n,ooo Charleston Ali 000 138 oon 500 Apr. i8»8 136 000—13S 500 Savannah 300,000 1,500 200 140 Larangeiras Iram way and tunnel 500,000 2,500 Ali 200 AU Mobile Nitlierohy 250 000 Apr. 4S5i4°o 200 5 500 NewOrleans 249 1880 13*665 do debentures , 200 000 "/„ 188S 198 000— 1,200,000 6,000 AU 200 AU Pernambuco Jan. Galveston 78,642 088 129 000 5 ono July 1887 317,000 2 00 do "/.. "/„ Port Eads f.o .. .. "* debentures 9' 7 Apr. 18H8 4,000,000 20,000 AU 200 Ali S. Clirisiovão , 449,% 428 255 000 15 000 |an. 1888 250,000 200 S. Paulo c S. Amaro debentures T°ta" 293 777 504047 365820 195 000 8" jan. 1888 2,500,000 12,500 AU 200 A,ll Villa lzabel % 24,902 750 191 000 ono 1888 185 000—195 000 EUROPR NAVICATION COMTANIIÍS * |Apr. £ 625,000 £™% Ali Amazon Steam Navigation Channelf.o 19848 85474 ,4 8,0 £ 60,775 105 000 6 s 3 d Mar. 18S8 5,ooo,ooo!(' 95,000 AU 200 AU Ilrazileiui de Ntivegação Havre 228060 499189 266036 550,299 778 255 000 10 000 Jan. 1888 1.377.30° IOO ";„ l.Mny ''ó-gSJ*' AntyP-- ••••••. 112507 223784 ,79966 Ferry debentures 98 8% 1888 96 % 4,000,000 -0,000 AU 200 AU Nacional de Navegação , NorthofEurope&Baltic 307 923 434 «54 406241 211 000 10 000 Jan. 1888 211 000—215 000 England 10114 92367 12000 do 2iid series Bordeaux ,495 , 8l8 do 3rd series 800,00c 4,000 2,500 200 AU Paulista Lisboi.t.o 5000 40665 4 soo 64,183 960 40 000 4 noo July 1887 240,000 2 00 "/.> Gibraltarf.o 4652 do debentures 198 ono 8}é Jan. 1888 Portugal "' 2q INSUKANC1C 4,000,000$ 20,000 10,000 200 20 Alliança Mediterranean 112 555 224560 204584 51,911 900 20 000 2 000 July 1887 20 000— 21 000 3,000,000 3,000 AU 1,00 0 250 Argos Fluminense 300,000 000 495 "oo 20 000 Jan. 1888 'lotai 796012 1,606345 1,090024 2,000,000 20,000 AII IOO 10 Atalaia 10 000 1 000 11 000 2,000,000 10,000 Ali 200 20 Jau. 1888 9 500— Bonança 3.9'5 720 19 000 20,000 10,000 200 20 Jau. 1888 El.SHWHEKK 4,000,000 Confiança 2110,000 000 ¦15 000 2 oon lan. 1888 i, 000,000 8,000 4,000 1,00 0 '25 Canada Fidelidade 275,000 (100 192 000 10 000 •1,500,000 2,500 AII IOO July 1887 Cape 1,000 Garantia 190,758 008 of Good Hope .. .. 2*401 140 000 9 nno July 1887 2,000,000 10,000 AU 200 20 16,616 River Plate & West Coast 502 40 000 000 lan. 18S8 40 000— 8,000,000 8,000 1,000 1,000 100 Rioandcoast 3117 4933 4'3C,_ Integridade 334,000 000 140 000 10 000 lan. 1888 1,000,000 10,000 IOO IO Lealdade 11,176 670 X 000 000 Jau. 18S8 4,000,000 20,000 10,000 200 2 0 Nova Permanente '5,415 329 15 000 000 July 1887 Total :.. 3117 4993 6793 5,000,000 25,000 12,500 200 50 Previdente 210,000 000 46 500 000 2,000,000 10,000 AU 200 IO (an. 1888 United States 293 777 504 °47 365820 Prosperidade 18 000 10 o/„ lan. 1888 Ali IOO 10 Europe 796012 1,606345 1,090024 500,000 5.000 União Commercial dos Varegistas 3.230 588 25 000 20 "|o lan. 1888 2,000,000 20,000 AU 100 IO Vigilância .' Elsewhere 3 ir> 4933 6793 10 000 Jan. 1888 CENTRAI. SlKiAK KACTOKIES Totais 1,092906 2,115325 1,462637 244,600$ 200 Aracaty debentures 500,000 100 Bracuby delientures • 85 96 7 %, Mar. 1888 224,100 10(1 Lorena debentures , Apr. 1888 Total clearances ol Coffee from Santos for four months: 250,000 200 Piracicaba ilchciitiucs , 8% 247,500 IOO Porto ReaI debentures DESTINATION 1888 1887 1886 784,000 • 200 Pureza debentures 8.á°[o Apr. 1888 1,500,000 200 debentures "/,. Quissamã 190 000 6 Jan. 1888 .... —200 000 800,000 4,000 AU 20(1 AU Kio Branco 1,415 284 180 000 4 000 United Statks. Bags. Bags. Bags. 200,000 do debentures New York 144 060 257 325 136 148 GAS COMTANIIÍS 11,000,000 AII F5OO AU Baltimore 4 745 4 223 «0 435 f. 32,000 Societcdu (las 270 000 Hnmpton Roads f.o ... 10 148 MINES Sandy Hook f.o 2,000,000.1' 10,000 A11 200 AU Arroio dos Ratos (coal) Richmond I,l60,600 IOO do debentures 60 »/o 8 "/„ Charleston 500,000 S. José d'El Rey (gold) 200,000 IOO debentures Savannah do 8s°/o 3°/o Jau. 18.88 Mobile COTTON MILLS 12,000 AH 200 AU New Orleans 249 ««855 2,400,000$ Alliança 35,9'2 155 lan. 188S 15,000 AU 200 AU Galveston 3,000,000 Brazil Industrial 18,682 300 195 000 ooo "Ãll 2(10 9 jan. 1887 Port Eadsf. R 435,000 do debentures 210 000 »°|o lan. 1K88 200 1,000,000 5,0011 AU Ca rioca 8,259 090 200 000 12 OOO "Ãll 200 Jau. 1883 Total. «49 °54 271 696 «58 438 784,000 do debentures 190 000 VA % Apr. 1888 600,000 3,000 200 AU Confiança I ndustrial Feb. 188S EtlROFK. 200,000 do debentures Channel I. R 55 273 400,000 Páo Grande 941 972 120 OOO 10 (100 153,600 July i8t7 Havre 102 378 184696 «»5 «55 do debentures 206 OOD Apr. 1888 61 1,000,000 5.000 AU 200 AU Rink Antwerr, 60721 68 040 470 67,41,9 057 220 OOO 14 000 July 1887 200 do debentures North of Europe & Baltic. '49 477 146 481 160863 380,000 92"/o 7'% Apr. 18S8 2,250 AU 200 AH England 1 000 17899 2 920 450,000 S. Lázaro 2IO (KM) 7 Soo Apr. 1888 600,000 AU 20(1 AH Bordeaux 995 524 3,000 S. Pedro di- Alcântara 24.287 637 220 OOO Aug. 1887 AU I.islxm t. R 2031 250,000 ¦ 00 do debentures 100 9o 7%.' Apr 18S8 2,000,000 10,000 AU 200 AU Peti opolitaiia Gibraltar t.o 9.'57 530 2()0 OOO 5 ««'O Jan. 1888 Portugal 5 29 2,000,000 200 do delientures I96 OOO 8 °.'0 Apr. 18S8 Mediterranean 39 522 55 765 66541 MISCBLLANROUS 6,000 AU AU Associação Commcrcia! 3,000,000$ 500 HO OOO 8°/0 lan. 18S4 580.000 200 Candelária church debentures 3„ Total. 353 «°3 549 464 407 502 | | 20O 50O 8 Apr. iSS3 —205 000 200,000 Cantareira e Esgotos debentures °l. £ £ 50 482 OOO 7.. Apr. 188S 3.984 AH 200 AII Carruagens Fluminense ElJtKWHKRK 796,800 48,814 730 I90 OOO 11 000 lan. 1888 —195 000 800,000 4,ooo AU 200 A11 Commercio e l_avoura 60,000 Canada.. 000 210 OOO 70 O II) july iSS7 10,000,000 50,000 18,000 200 AU Docas de I). Pedro II Cape of Good Hope 95 OOO Jan. 188S River Plate & West Coast. "883 316,800 200 do debentures I92 OOO noo Jan. 188S Rioandcoast 676 » 563 1,000,000 5 Ali 200 Força c Luz iclcctric' 500,000 2,500 Ali 200 AU Gloria market _i -.! OOO 172,748 830 3 200 Feb. 1S88 883 220,000 • 4.4o» AH Ali IinbiMiial Fluminense Total. 676 1 563j 5« (kiosqiics) 705,800 imo 8 000 Jan. i883 AII 100 AU Pastoril, Agricola c 7,500.000 75,000 Industrial I39.9«l QUSXXXIXUCK. _%MppXti8_ gftttfeS. HAND STAMPS. RUBBER and ^UARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE THOMÁS N0RT0N'S BANK Metal-Bodied Rubber Type. INSURANCE CO. PNGLISH S. T. LONGSTRETH, G OLD REGULAR LINE OF SAILING PACKETS OF Office and workshops: BETWEEN THE RIO DE No. 18, Travessa do Ouvidor, ist floor. Agents in Rio de Janeiro JANEIRO UNITED STATES AND BRAZIL PORTS Caixa 110 Correio No. 906. Rio de Janeiro. Smith & Youle. Established in 1868 (LIMITED) No. 62, Rua i de Março. Loading Ber th ; Covered Pier No, 17, East River. HEAD OFFICE IN LONL)ON TT OLMAN'S LIVER PADS. For Freight and General information apply to BRANCHES IN BRAZIL: ONDON AND LANCASHIREFIRE Thomás Norton, Rio de Janeiro, Pará, Pernambuco, Bahia, GENUINE CARLSBADER SALTS '¦".¦¦ 104 Wall St., New-York. L Santos, São Panlo and Porto Alegre. For sale by INSURANCE Co. André d'Oliveira âr* Gad, BRANCH IN THE RIVER PLATE: gtmwxsMps. Druggists. Agents in Rio de Buenos Aires. No. 14, Rua Sete de Setembro. Janeiro OYAL MAIL Watson Ritchie & Co. R Capital £ 1,000,000 . J. CALANDER STEAM PACKET COMPANY. Ditto, up £ 500,000 Theophilo paid No. 25, Rua de Ottoni. Reserve Fund £ 185,000 CIVIL ÉNGINEER. Under contracts wilh the British and Hrazilian ing and Architectural Studies and Draws designs, surveys Governmerits for carrying the mails. on ifications, estimates, and reports made with ac- THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, despatch. Works superintended. Patents and HCENIX FIRE OFFICE. egotiated. TABLE OF DEPARTURES, and transacts every description of Banking business. P 1888 67, Rua do Ouvidor. Rio de Janeiro. AAA ¦ Established 1782 ONDON AND BRAZILIAN Date Steamer Dcstination L BANK, LIMITED. PUBLIC SALE. Agent in Rio de 1 Janeiro On 25th May inst., the following belonging to May 17 Montevideo and Buenos Aires, property, Elbe HEAD OFFICE: LONDON the firm of Sears & Co. in liquidation, will be sold in public E. IV. May, - auction, provided same has not, previous to above date, been B branches: disposed of by private sale, to wit: DO No. 2, 22 Tagus.... Southampton and Antwerp calling at RUA GENERAL CAMARA „ lisbon, oporto, pará, pernambuco, bahia, Trapiche Gram Pará of Rua Visconde de Itaborahy. Bahia, Pernambuco, Lisbon and Vigo. Corner rio de janeiro, santos,sâo paulo, Length—under cover 241; feet rio grande do sul, pelotas, porto alegre, width ;i „ „ 31 Nile Santos, Montevideo and Buenos Ayres. montevideo, and new vork. Pait not covered in, on river front, OME AND COLONIAL MARINE Capital t,250,000 Length .* n6 feet £ Width..... INSURANCE Co. This Company's steamérs leave Southnmpton every aliernatc Capital paid up ,, 625,000 3254 „ H This Trapiche is construeted of the best Thursday, and Rio de Janeiro, homcward, every altcmaie Reservefund ,, 325,000 woods ofthe prov- Tuesday. ince, with roofing of gal vanized corrugated iron. Ali of above is in order and condition. Insurance on freight shipped on these steamérs can be Draws 011: good Tug-boat "Hattie Fullerton." Agents for lhe Empire ofBrazn taken out at the Agency. Messrs. GL YN, MILLS, CURRIE & Co., For freight, passages and other information apply to Length 100 feet & London, Beam 18 „ Norton, Megaw Co. E. W. May, Supt. Maritimo. Cargo space 94 tons Bua do General Gamara No. 2, Messrs. MALLET FRÉRES &> Co., Tolal lonnage 115 „ No. 82, Rua 1" de Março, Rio de Janeiro. Iron hull. Speed ti knots of Rua Visconde dc Paris, (Corner Itaborahy.) Compound engine -Cylinder 17/32 28. Messrs. H. SCHRÕDER &> Co., X Phipps Brothers & Co. J. Indicated horse power 400. HE MARINE INSURANCE COM- Agents. IÍAMIUJRR, Consumption of Coal, 3JÍ tons per 24 hours, with 80 Ibs. T PANY LIMITED. pressure. ANCO INTERNACIONAL Lloyds certificate lfi {red) A 1. for 10 years, from September NITED STATES AND BRAZIL 1884. Capital £1,000,000 slei ling B DO BRAZIL. Machinery and utensils MAIL STEAMSHIP Co. of "Eureka," Reserve fund £ 45o.000 » u Box Factory with guarantee of lease. 22, Ruü da Alfândega, 22 AH of above wilj be sold posilively (excepting in the event of private sale having previously been made) in order tii effect Agents in Rio de Janeiro CARRYING THE U. S. AND BRAZILIAN MAILS final liquidation oflhe firm of Sears & Co. in liquidation. Capital. .... 2o,ooo,ooo$ooo For particulars apply to Phipps Brothers & Co. SAILINGS POR NEW YORK: R. F. Sears & Co. ADVANCE 9June THIS BANK DRAWS ON ITS 13-15- Pará, Brazil. RUA DO GENERAL CAMARA No. 2, FINANCE 30 „ of Rua do Visconde de Itaborahy. LONDON OFFICE Corner ALLIANÇA 28 July !_. ALSO ON NOW READY '.' '.¦' . Tlie fine London and County Banking ASSURANCE packet Company Limited.. London. Hand Book of Rio de Janeiro. Banque de Paris and des Pays- NORTHERNCOMPANY. ALLIANÇA, Bas Paris. The publishers beg to annottnce Hamburg the completion of this Captain BEERS Berlin guide foi the Deutsche Bank. Bremen city of Rio de for English- Agents in Rio de Janeiro: 011 return from Santos will sail 151b May at 10 a.m. for Janeiro l Frankfurt o/ Main speaking traVellers, "Which com- NSW YORK Banque d'Anvers Antwerp Okell, Mourãomp' Wilson, Rome prises descriptions of the ba*/ and calling at Genoa cit*»/, a historical sketch of the city, 87, Kua Vi^||kle de Inhaúma. Bahia, Pernambuco, Maranham,' Banca Generaie, and agencies. \ ^jj£^s brief descriptions of the more im- lhe two last named Telephone No. 193. [eutering ports | and other Italian portant public edifices, sqtiares Paká, Barbados and St. Thomás cities and Madrid gardens, and a guide for some AL UNION ASSURANCE Barcelona , of thc ctfcursions in and about the OMMERCI Passage Rates Cadiz COMPANY, LIMITED, OF LONDON. cabin steerage Malaga city Which traVellers generally c Banco Hipothecario de Es- < To Liverpool Tarragona haVc time to make. It contains FIRE AND MARINE. $220 Çjold pana, and agencies Valencia New York $148 $78 „ and other cities in 228 pages, map and frontispiece. Fire IUhUh Marino ItlHkH Spain and the Ca- Ä A back... $278 „ A of the edition Will be bound Autliorltiod 1870 Autliorirod 1884. nary Islands part Lisbon With photographs. For passages and infoi malion apply to Agents for the Empire of Brazil Oporto Price 2$S00: do. with S$000. Wilson, Sons &" Co., Limited; Agents and other Portuguese photographs Wilson Sons &' Co. Limited. Í cities Por sale at this office. No. 2 Praça das Marinhas English Bank of the River C Buenos Ayres No. 2 Praça das Marinhas. And for cargo to Plate, Limited ) Montevideo W. C. Peck. Messrs. G. Amsinck & Co New York The Rio OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, No. ó, Praça do Commercio News Buys foreign exchange on ali points. Grants letters of Published three times a month crcdit fur travellers and for commercial purposes. Receives for the American and R cònsigiimcnts of coffee and other produce for shipment, and European mails. LONDON AND LIVERPOOL. IVERPOOL, BRAZIL AND RIVER advances on same ns agreed upon. Advances made on coflee and other merchandise in acc.iidancc with the slatutcs ofthe Capilai £2,(100,000 PLATE MAIL STEAMÉRS. Bank, Tiik Rio Nkws was established lindei its present title L and transacts every other description of banking and manageiiieiit Accuimilaled Funtls — business. ou lhe ist of April, 1879, succeeding the £6,000,000 UNDKK CONTRACT WITH THE British and American Mail. Although tlie style, title Iusines against thc vislc of lire, houses, goods and iiierchan- and frequency ol issue were changed at the time of trans- BELGIAN and BRAZILIAN fer, the designatious of number and volume dise ol every kind at reduced rates. were continued CRASHLEY & Co., unbroken. At the beginning of 1881 the style of the <§• Co, agents. GOVERNMENTS. publication was stiil further changed by an increase from John Moore Nenmlealers and Booksellers. four to eight pages, and a diminution in lhe size ol lhe INTENDED SAILINGS PROM RIO This No. 8, Rua da Candelária. page. change not only largely increased lhe size of lhe pnhhcaiion, but it added greatly to itsconvenience for IN MAY. Subscriptions received for ali thc leading English and Amer- oflice and reference use. ienn newspapers and periodicals. Agents for With the beginning of its 15U1 volume (January, 1888) R1TISII & FOREIGN MARINE To New York: The European Mail. lhe edilors feel themselves warranled in calling attention tolhe iinifiirin and general satisfaction with which theii INSURANCK COMPANY, LIM'D. Bessel also in Sanlos) May aand B (Loading policy and manugenient have thus far been received, andin A large assortmcnt ol English novéis, of lhe Tauchnitz Edi- advising their patrons lhat 110 deviation whatever from To Southampton tions, ofthe Franklin Square Library and oflhe Lovell Library them will be made. Tiik Nkws will seek lo keep its Capital £1,000,000 sterling constantly on hand. readers fully and accurately informed on ali commercial and london) and Antwerp: Views of Rio and neighbourhood. questions, upon ali matters of Brazilian news or policy (for which may have more or less hearing upon any and ali Orders received for Scieutific and other books. enterprises and inveslmenls. In itsdiscussions Agents in Rio de Janeiro Olbers | Bclgian Mail steamer) May 151b it will Ireat every question frankly, and for lhe opinions expressed lhe Buffon I do do „ sç-th edilors will hold themselves responsible Swanwick & Gordon, Agents LongstretIAs Rubber Stamps. personally In for ils news colunins it will seek lo keep its readers fully in. No. formed 011 ali matters and oceurrences 31, Rua General Camara. Telephone 427 For Other Ports: Dealers in A tkinsotis,Piesse&*Litbin'sandRoyalPerfumeries throughout Brazil. In addition to a large circulation in lhe United Delambre For Liverpool May 151b and Pear's Soap. Slates | _ and Lurope, where its commercial reports ate much ap- Strabo (For New Orleans| i5'2o No. 67, Rua do Ouvidor. Pietiaied, Tiik Nkws has a wide circulation throughout UNION Brazil, thus making lhe paper a valuable advertising médium. FIRE INSURANCK SOCIETY. Jo Pio Grande Ports: I he rates charged are 15$ per inch perquarier. NORWICII HOTOGRAPHIA ALLEMÁ with a reduetion of 20% for addilional space and lime. Cavonr...... Cluitltam... i Wcckly. P TERMS: Established 1797 orCannitig. ALBERTO HENSCIIEL ò> Co. One year'» subscription ao$ooo English and American Mails are closed as announced by thc Post Office. No. 40, Rua dos Ourives subscriptions £3 „r $ lo Losses paiil £5,500,000 For cargo apply to Ali subscriptions should ruu with the calendar Photographs of every description taken wilh the greatest year. ¦ ¦ n' Wm. R. McNiven, perfection. BUSINESS AND EDITORIAL ROOMS:- Agents in Rio ,/c Janeiro S9 Rua 1" de Março. View of Rio de Janeiro and vicinity. 79, Rua Sele de Setembro. For specie, ele lo the Views from the Northern Provinces taken by Mr. Maurice Gordon, passages, parcels, , rOST-OFFICE A DDKESS.— Cai«a no Correio, A. Swanwick & Agente—Nokton, Mkgaw & Co. Lamberg dmipg a three years journey made for that special I vp. Ai.dina, Sele de 31, Riu Central Camara. Telephone Nu. 427. 8a Rua t? de Março. purpose. «4-22. 79, Setembro.