. . . 7,418,559 7,335,870
Hevea (Para) . . . 119,434,947 116,229,549
Mate (Paraguay tea) . . 11,088,108 16,502,881
Brazil nuts . . . . 2,064,049 1,190,177
Palm wax (Carnahuba) . . 1,847,273 3,733,478
Cabinet woods . . . 390,070 318,873
Piassaya fibre . . . 336,668 347,323
Medicinal leaves, roots,
resins, &c. . . . 191,534 263,137
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143,331,142 147,297,302

_Pastoral and Animal._

Salted hides . . . . 7,010,498 9,691,180
Dry hides . . . . 5,330,440 7,675,715
Skins. . . . . . 4,117,590 4,639,512
Horse hair . . . . 307,505 403,541
Horns . . . . . 276,172 277,488
Wool . . . . . . 142,414 354,045
Beef extract, &c . . . 81,607 110,925
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17,266,226 23,152,406

_Mineral Products._

Gold, in bars . . . 3,734,469 4,379,160
Manganese ore . . . 2,958,462 1,594,486
Monazite sand . . . 889,231 881,289
Precious stones . . . 633,916 1,480,260
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8,216,078 8,335,195

_Miscellaneous._

Old metals[8]. . . . 263,506 382,073
Sundry products . . . 2,177,512 2,225,163
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2,441,018 2,607,236
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Total, all products . . 396,827,679 471,639,822

_Manufactures._--Before the establishment of the republic very little
attention had been given to manufacturing industries beyond what was
necessary to prepare certain crude products for market. Sugar and rum
were essentially plantation products down to the last ten years of the
empire, when central usines using improved machinery and methods were
introduced as a means of saving the sugar pl