10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MILREIS»
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milreis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Children of God's Fire: A Documentary History of Black ...
means to pay his fine, and his master will not pay it, his penalty will be commuted
to lashes as follows: A fine of up to one milreis, to be commuted to twenty-five
lashes; from more than one milreis up to four milreis, to fifty; more than four
milreis ...
With regard to the Brazilian system of coinage: the Portuguese gold milreis of
1822 contained 29.51 grains, while the British penny contained 513,642 grains of
gold of the same standard. Consequently the par of exchange between England
...
3
Handbook of World Exchange Rates, 1590-1914
280) (2 milreis silver = 5 francs). However, paper money - government notes and
notes of the different banks - remained the prevailing currency of Brazil even after
1849, while only some gold and silver coins were circulating. In September 1 ...
4
British and Foreign State Papers
Milreis. Mreis. ! 2,200; 7,200 — 12 S3 50,000] 8, 76,000' 1,850 64,600 14,000 —
36,800 4,100 157,633 46,000 8300 19,000 233,000 6,000 9,500 1,780 5,100 -
16,600 13AI2 1,995,691 78,443 30,800 24,000 150,000 30,000 Bahia. 1,000 u 6
...
5
Rio Claro: A Brazilian Plantation System, 1820-1920
TABLE 2.8 Capital Investment in a Sugar Plantation, 1851 Investment Milreis
Slaves (25, of whom 14 males) 10,400 Land, including residences, storage, and
quadrado 7,100 Engenho, including shed and still 2,600 Other equipment and
tools ...
6
Trade and Gunboats: The United States and Brazil in the Age ...
In addition, Floriano reduced the official rate of exchange for the milreis from 24
to 12 British pence, thereby doubling the milreis duties that imports had to pay.65
This was not in fact as dramatic an act as it sounds, though it won the approval of
...
Foreign Coffee Quotations Brazil coffee cable quotations are the market prices, in
Rio or Santos, often kilograms of coffee, the price being stated in milreis, the
monetary unit of Brazil money. The basic grade of coffee at Rio is the No. 7 of the
...
William Harrison Ukers,
1935
GOLD COINAGE. POBTUOUB8M. Corda (10 milreis) ... Meia Corda (5 milreis) ...
Quinto de Corda (2 milreis) ... Decimo de Corda (1 milreis) ... SILVER. Cinco (5)
Tostoes (500 reis) ... Dois (2) „ (200 reis) ... Um (1) Tostao (100 rets) ... MeTM (i) .
9
The Global Gold Market and the International Monetary System ...
an unprecedented flood of direct foreign investment propped up the value of the
Brazilian milreis – which was, anyway, what the European bankers were most
concerned about. They demonstrated their willingness to lend by permitting
Brazil's ...
10
Laws of Chance: Brazil’s Clandestine Lottery and the Making ...
Ω Business owners frequently owed other fees and taxes to the municipality as
well. A letter from 1900 written by a music store owner on the rua do Ouvidor
complained about the monthly ''exaggerated sanitation tax,'' 10 milreis, instead of
the ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MILREIS»
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milreis is used in the context of the following news items.
11 February 1621: Tamils' Sovereignty ended
The Portuguese who entered the fleeing boat to arrest Cankli Kumaran, forcefully confiscated the 8,000 milreis (Portuguese currency) found in ... «Asian Tribune, Jul 02»