GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE IMPORTS TO MARANHAM,
FROM THE YEAR 1812 TO 1820.
COUNTRIES WHENCE IMPORTED. 1812 1813 1814 1815 1816 1817 1818 1819 1820 Mean of second Mean of first five 1821     
  Rees. Rees. Rees. Rees. Rees. Rees. Rees. Rees. Rees. Rees. Rees. Rees.
Brazil 244,506,690 284,211,812 416,508,747 284,418,270 271,326,160 635,642,720 687,505,720 616,297,520 271,501,280 300,194,336 496,454,680 293,618,720
Portuguese ports in Africa 146,817,000 181,610,811 221,219,843 371,238,250 408,590,000 988,100,000 759,320,000 934,069,500 326,230,200 265,895,180 685,061,940 193,583,790
Lisbon 167,431,350 256,407,277 417,018,290 458,595,340 752,051,810 743,334,230 569,961,450 527,062,435 474,282,020 410,380,813 613,338,389 331,483,280
Oporte 69,103,210 74,842,710 70,429,900 98,399,750 173,794,080 255,289,960 149,862,520 144,499,960 149,927,240 97,313,930 175,674,752 112,652,710
England 581,682,700 654,891,057 696,425,620 465,997,240 550,217,190 878,979,730 908,004,920 562,534,950 435,639,960 589,842,761 667,075,350 442,757,290
Gibraltar 13,848,800 ———— 3,246,400 ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— 9,491,000 ———— ———— ————
United States 49,729,600 ———— ———— 12,250,600 32,906,840 77,940,200 108,261,640 92,154,390 66,430,800 ———— 75,538,774 116,099,750
Western Isles ———— 2,964,400 ———— ———— ———— ———— 20,076,200 14,947,260 7,374,460 ———— ———— 2,325,600
France ———— ———— ———— 60,662,700 55,459,000 102,164,290 178,041,520 75,136,180 132,282,730 ———— 108,616,744 40,091,590
Holland ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— 13,625,600 2,320,000 12,091,000 ———— ———— ————
Spain ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— ———— 17,169,400 ———— ———— ———— ———— ————
Annual amount 1,273,119,340 1,454,927,667 1,824,848,800 1,751,563,150 2,244,245,080 3,681,451,130 3,411,828,970 2,983,022,195 1,885,250,690 1,709,760,809 2,841,179,613 1,532,612,730
Silk Goods Portuguese 8,694,300 9,836,200 8,880,920 11,622,780 22,217,900 27,706,200 11,797,100 6,059,565 5,392,360 12,250,420 14,634,625 ————
  Do.   foreign 6,601,600 6,447,500 15,647,400 22,720,600 18,863,200 33,375,120 33,161,620 13,619,060 13,838,600 14,056,060 22,571,520 ————
Linen Goods Portuguese 26,832,100 22,170,300 19,476,800 29,872,200 50,266,000 57,456,520 49,855,700 23,041,480 28,261,380 29,723,480 41,776,216 ————
  Do.   foreign 69,031,100 125,357,220 172,292,860 74,989,100 162,170,280 307,923,950 175,888,560 111,670,680 83,702,900 120,768,112 168,261,274 ————
Cotton Goods Portuguese 3,085,640 10,375,730 10,859,000 21,273,380 54,732,250 89,924,400 44,665,120 49,258,310 33,272,580 20,065,200 54,370,532 ————
  Do.   foreign 349,295,440 324,792,020 316,213,050 377,886,820 444,593,640 506,977,320 579,338,910 359,983,900 212,115,710 362,556,194 420,601,896 ————
Woolen Cloths Portuguese ———— ———— 198,720 272,000 774,000 1,746,000 672,000 490,000 240,000 ———— 784,400 ————
  Do.   foreign 33,487,300 39,377,950 43,725,900 17,259,300 50,546,900 103,453,400 96,565,780 55,042,700 46,099,960 36,879,470 70,341,748 ————
Fine Hats Portuguese 946 2,292 4,400 3,402 5,419 3,663 3,966 4,579 5,263 3,292 4,578 ————
  Do.   foreign 4,228 5,140 8,795 3,193 7,422 12,826 21,868 10,196 9,219 5,755 12,186 ————
Coarse Hats Portuguese 11,689 9,623 6,225 9,424 16,380 27,552 12,180 9,324 2,876 10,668 13,662 ————
  Do.   foreign 3,774 2,735 4,976 17,836 14,555 22,686 25,224 4,961 5,122 8,775 14,509 ————
Clothes and Shoes Portuguese 2,465,600 1,817,600 3,054,600 3,346,880 2,389,100 1,254,440 3,347,040 7,002,920 7,312,400 2,614,756 4,261,180 ————
  Do.   foreign 1,232,000 500,000 2,200,000 1,729,200 1,080,800 4,886,400 6,934,300 3,305,000 1,477,000 1,348,400 3,536,700 ————
Movables Portuguese 4,494,600 3,360,000 8,700,000 10,600,000 18,600,000 22,220,000 24,240,000 23,590,000 4,020,000 9,150,920 18,534,000 ————
  Do.   foreign 1,244,700 2,734,000 1,120,000 1,400,000 5,000,000 10,800,000 17,400,000 6,600,000 9,800,000 2,298,400 9,920,000 ————
Portuguese brandy Pipes 45 48 139 104 220 288 265 303 221 111 259 657
  Do. and Gin, foreign 46 11 20 21 38 76 109 132 269 27 124 ————
Portuguese Wines 745 645 1,427 1,320 761 2,047 694 1,879 2,226 1,179 1,921 1,620
  Do.   foreign 247 ———— 81 4 55 382 442 54 204 77 227 260
Wheaten Flour, arrobas 10,228 26,524 18,538 25,872 21,838 40,080 53,082 52,689 45,687 20,600 42,675 82,221
Salt Fish, quintals 401 252 296 818 938 2,237 5,786 1,799 1,669 541 2,485 ————
Butter, arrobas 5,785 4,628 4,220 5,198 4,625 9,624 10,453 8,187 8,751 4,891 8,328 ————
Cheese, arrobas 1,179 642 1,243 1,750 2,229 3,398 3,621 2,717 3,541 1,427 99 ————
Balance in favour of Maranham ———— 190,867,692 ———— 325,175,700 1,090,305,135 ———— 257,858,230 ———— 352,145,615 ———— 1,379,412,568 ————
  Do. against 203,167,456 ———— 30,586,797 ———— ———— 132,588,568 ———— 470,596,983 ———— ———— ———— ————
Proceeds of the Customs 74,648,957 83,963,025 83,429,147 81,317,345 112,633,410 150,145,175 247,213,751 219,786,377 158,517,700 87,198,376 167,659,282 115,686,300
Portuguese Ships arrived 52 64 70 69 80 89 79 80 61 67 77 48
  Do.   foreign 34 29 12 43 58 63 100 57 80 35 71 56
Total Ships 86 93 82 112 138 152 179 137 141 102 149 104
New Slaves from Africa 992 1,221 1,592 2,692 2,615 5,797 3,377 4,784 2,381 1,822 3,790 1,718
  Do. from Brazil 680 508 394 684 762 2,325 3,259 1,269 483 713 1,619 ————
Total Slaves imported in the Year 1,672 1,729 1,986 3,376 3,377 8,122 6,636 6,053 2,864 2,535 5,409 1,718