Brazil at the Dawn of the Eighteenth Century

Chapter IV: The Cost of One Hide of Leather and Half a Hide, Treated and Exported from Brazil, Placed in the Lisbon Customs House

206 chapter iv y The Cost of One Hide of Leather and Half a Hide, Treated and Exported from Brazil, Placed in the Lisbon Customs House Each hide of leather is worth 2$100 Drying it and salting it $200 Transporting it to the tannery $040 Tanning it $600 Totaling 2,940 réis 2$940 A half-hide of leather is worth 1$500 To transport it to the beach $010 To transport it to a ship $120 To unload it and take it to the customs house $010 For the taxes $340 Totaling 1,980 réis 1$980 The half-hides of leather that normally leave each year from Brazil for Portugal originate from: Bahia, 50,000 half-hides @1$980 99,000$000 Pernambuco, 40,000 @1$750 70,000$000 From Rio de Janeiro and other southern captaincies, 20,000 @1$640 32,800$000 Totaling 201 contos, 800,000 réis, which equals 504,500 cruzados 201,800$000 ...