Espirito Santo, Parahiba and Rio Grande do Norte
Espirito Santo, whose capital is Victoria, is a small coffee-growing State on the coast south of Bahia.
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From Brazil and the Brazilians by George James Bruce, 1914.
Espirito Santo, whose capital is Victoria, is a small coffee-growing State on the coast south of Bahia. It is connected by railways with Rio de Janeiro and different points in Minas Geraes.
Parahyba is a cotton-growing State on the coast north of Pernambuco. It has a port named Cabadello, which the smaller class of coasting steamers trade with.
Farther up the coast is the very progressive State of Rio Grande do Norte, whose capital Natal, has a harbour that may soon challenge its namesake in Africa for favourable notice as a resort for ocean-going steamers. The climate of Rio Grande do Norte is warm, dry, and healthy.
The ports of Macau and Areia Branca share with Natal quite a surprising export trade for such a small State. The principal exports are cotton, sugar, hides, carnauba wax, dairy produce, and tobacco. This is one of the best governed States of the Union. With a population of about half a million fairly distributed over the country, what seems most lacking is adequate means of communication. Except for a railway to the south, the State lacks sufficient roads and railways. Public works are now being pushed on rapidly, and the facilities existing for education are notable.
Bruce, George James. Brazil and the Brazilians. Dodd, Mead and Company, 1914.
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