The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-01-20
Navigation of the Amazon.

towards opening the river Amazon and its
tributaries had been taken by the Amazon
company, which held the exclusive right to
the navigation for thirty years. (instead Of
ninety years, as then stated by mistake. }
This company convened and authorized the
) Baras de Mana, its president, to contract with
The government for new privileges, and ceded
back to the government the old privilege of
exclusive navigation. The negotiations were
happily closed and sealed on the ID of this
month, at the imperial office of state.
The use of thirty years navigation has
been given back to the government, and new
privileges have been granted to the same
company for ten years. These privileges are
in printed publication published in the
Journal do Commerce. of the 9th of this
Obliged to establish in their next contract
four steam lines of packets. The first line,
from Belem, province Of Para, to the mouth
Of the river Negro, is composed Of steamers
Of 200 tons each They are to commence on
the first of January, 1855, and to make two
trips per month. They must 60 at the speed
Of twelve miles per hour. The government
pay Sc 900 for each trip, and $4,000 mil reis
as d bonus for carrying the mails.
The second line is TO navigate from the
city da Barra, mouth Of the river Negro, to
the province Of IIanta da republic Of Peru
and will commence on the lst of Septem-
Der, 1888. They will make one trip per
month, and the governments guarantee them
$20 600 year. 1t expects Peru to join in
the paymant'of this amount; but in case
Peru declines, the Brazilian government is
responsible.
The third line travels from the city Of Be
lem, up the river Tocantius, TO the village of
Barao, and will stop at least six hours, going
and returning, at Cameta. They are to make
two trips per month during the first five
wears, and for the second five years, four
trips per month. But if this line should
prove Improbable, the least number Of tri ps
are TO be one pei month for the first five
years-the government giving $500, or 900
mil reis for each trip; and for the last five
years, $3.50, or 500 mil reis, for each trip.
The fourth line will nav vigate from the
city de Barra up the river Negro, to St. lsa
bel. This line is to make one trip per month
for the first five years, and the governments
will paw So 800, or 5000 mil reis, for each
trip This line is to make two trips per
month during the second five years-the
government paying 81 ,25O, or 1900 mil rels,
for each voyage.
This company received scventy-two grants
of land of two leagues square on the river
Javary, ten on the small river PuruS, twenty
on the bank of the river Amazon, ten on
river Madeira, ten on rivers Negro and Tapa-
ioz, and ten more il other locations near
The river Amazon. for the purpose of estab-
fishing colonies of agriculture and industry. |
1t is obliged to establish twelve colonies OF
at least six hundred souls EACH
have called on the barao of Mana, who
will, in few days, give me full copy Of
the above important negotiation, and other
particulars Of interest, which will forward
TO YOU as soon as possible. | understand
that the waters of the Amazon and her nu-
merous tributaries are as open to the free
navigation of the Brazilian shipping as the +.
Mississippi is to North Americans, and |.
learn that the Amazon company have already |
constructed three large saw mills in different
locations on that river.
The stock of this company was 400 mil
reis per share when it first appeared in the
market. and 200 mil reis were paid in on
aCh share 1t is now at premium of
26O mil reis, being 60 mil res more than the
value paid in, and there is another call on
the Shareholders for 100 mil reis per share. |
This shows that the exclusive privilege isl
done away with, and that the second step is