The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-19 00:00:00

THE CAOTJTCHOUC TRADE.

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In consequence of the great artd constantly inereasint
demand for caoutchouc (a corruption of the name give;
it by
tr th " cahuchu") in thi
ou and the United State
of North America, from the almost daily new uses t.
country aenda obtohreigri pnaersts of
which it is found applicable, the attention of th
Brazilian Government and Legislature has bee
called to the necessity of promoting the pro
pagation of the trees from which it is ex
traeted, seringa elastica. On this interesting ant
imoortant subject a memoir has been published by th
Brazilian Instituti.tn for encouraging agricultural an
manufacturing improvements, from which it appear
that the extraction of the gum is become so great, the
it is no longer procurable in the vicinity of towns o
villages in tne province of Para, in whicli the trees ar
only to be found which yield it, and those principal!,
on the island at the mouth of the river Amezona, an;
on its banks in the interior ; so that at the present
moment a great many heads of families proceed in th
proper season into the woods and forests aboundinr.
there, without habitation or means of subsisting bu
from hunting and fi,hing, and thus lead a waidering an,
solitary life, until enabled to return to their home
itu a sufficient quantity of the gum. Such, however
has been the demand, that it has led to the commissio;
of many frauds, such as filling the peens (loaves of
balls) into which it was generally formed, with mo,
and dirt, so that the purcha,ers were put to the troub'.
of opening them, in order to ascertain whether the)
were imposed on or not, and have been led to prefer I
in a plain and transparent state, that they may see it i
pure and clean. In 1828 the quantity exported di,
not exceed 4,000 milreis in value, and 20,00016. ir
weight, whereas in the last financial year, 1845-6, it
amounted to upwards of 80010001 b. besides 415,95,
pairs of shoes, the whole valued at 500,000 milreis
It becomes, therefore, a matter of great consideration,
for Brazil not only to preserve this branch of het
trade in its present flourishing state, but likewise to b.
able to augment its production in proportion to its in
creased consumption ; no other branch of its export
trade is so profitable, since nothing. but manual labour
is required, and one man employed in its collection can
obtain extract sufficient in one day to make ten pairs of
shoes, the current price of which being 300 reis each,
gives three milreis per diem, equal at the current ex-
change to 7s. 6d. a day, which in that cheap country
may be considered equivalent to 10s. 6d. in the United
Kingdom.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
Lorrnox, JVLY 17.—Wind E.N.E., squally, with heavy
rain at times.
DEAL, JULY 16.—Wind E.N.E., moderate, and a thick
fog; P.M. N.E., moderate, and clear weather.—Arrived from
the River, and sailed, Hamlet, New South Wales; Courier,
Bahia; Deslandes, Pernambuco ; Ruckers, Madeira and St.
morning, Vincent; Duke of Bronte, Jamaica; Primula, St. Jago de
Cuba ; Ceres, Honduras; Toronto, New York ; Royal
William, Quebec ; Guinaman, Cape Coast Castle. The
Mariposa, Parsons, has been got off the Goodwin Sands this
and chain.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 16 .—Arrd. Rainbow, Arnold, Quebec.
and brought into the Downs, wof
LIVERPOOL JULY 16. Wind N.N.W. to N.N.E., light.—
Arrd. Esk, Crockett, Bahia; Amoy, Clark, Callao; Thomas
Buttersb3', White Savanilla ; Byron, Pearson, New Orleans;
Stephen Baldwin, Borland, ditto; Rebecca, Campbell, ditto;
Circassian, M‘Millan, New York; Eliza Ann, Blyth, ditto;
Quest,
,
Walshaw, ditto; Mountaineer, Smith, ditto; Anne,
]y y, Montreal; Alert, Newfoundland. Sld. Sir Henri
Pottinger, Calcutta; Windsor, Pars; Archer, Jamaica;
PENZANCE, JULY 15.—La
Louisa, Baltimore ; Oxford, New York ; Laura, Boston ;
Oneco, ditto; Three Sisters, Halifax; Oregon, Quebec. The
Stephen Whitney, Popi.am, hence to New York, was at an-
chor in a dangerous position, 13th inst., among the rocks at
Sunda. A steamer would proceed to her assistance from
Cam pbeltown.
Brest, to Swansea, struck near the Longships light- housi
this morning, in a thick f
Bellona, of Paimpol, from
floating in the offing,
crew saved.
many pieces
sank almost immediately ;
POOTIICAIVL, JULY 15.—The stern-board of a vessel.
marked '• Cadiz," of Castletown, was picked up yesterda)
near this place, and
LANCASTER, JULY 15.—The Swift, Benson, for White-
haven, has put back, having sprung a :eak, and must dis-
charge.
JULY 16.—The Symmetry, of Lynn, which went
on s ou the 101.11 inst., has been got off, and towed
WHITBY, rrrnocYk,
Ws. Stockton.