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The standard of value is golil. The English sovereign is legal tender for 4,500 reis. In the present derangement of the monetary system, Bank of Portugal paper is chiefly in circulation.
The metric system of weights and measures is the legal standard. The chief old measures still in use are : —
The Libra
J J y f of Lisbon " { ,, Oporto
,, Alquicre . ,, 3foio
1"012 lb. avoirdupois. 3 "7 imperial gallons. 5 "6 ,, ,,
0-36 ,, bushel.
2 "78 ,, ([uarters.
Diplomatic Representatives.
1. Of Portugal in Great Britain.
Envoy and Ministe7\ — Dom Frederico Arouea. Secretaries. — A. de Castro, General L. de Quilinan. Attache. — Baron Costa Ricci. Consul-Gencral in London. — J. Batalha Reis.
There are Consular representatives at Cardiff, Newcastle, Liverpool, and Consular agents at Cork, Dublin, Dundee, Leitli, Glasgow, Hull, Southampton.
2, Of Great Britain in Portugal.
Envoy and Minister.— 8iY li. G. MacDonell, K.C.M.G., C.B., appointed to Lisbon January 1, 1893.
Secretary. — C. Conway Thornton.
There are Consular representatives at Lisbon, Oporto ; Funchal (Madeira), St. Michael's (Azores), St. Vincent (Cape Verdes).
Dependencies.
The colonial possessions of Portugal, situated in Africa and Asia, are as follows : —
Colonial Possessions
Area : English sq. miles
Popula- tion
Colonial Possessions
Area : English sq. miles
Popula- tion
Possession in Africa: Cape Verde Islands
(1890) . Guinea . Prince's and St.
Thomas' Islands . Angola . East Africa .
Total Africa
1,480 4,440
360 484,800 301,000
114,130
820,000
1
24,660 1
4,119,000
3,120,000
Possessions in Asia : In India— Goa (1887) Daniao, Din (1887) . Indian Archipelago
(Timor, <fcc.) . China : Macao, &c.
(1886) .
Total, Asia . Total, Colonies .
1,390 168
7,458
4
494,836 77,454
300,000
78,627
9,020
940,917
792,040
8,197,790
801,060
9,216,707
Portuguese India consists of Goa? containing the capital, Panjin, on the Malabar coast ; Damao, on the coast about 100 miles north of Bombay ; and Diu, a small island alxnit 140 miles west of Damao. In Goa there are 501 saltworks emjtloying 1,968 men, the annual jtroduction amounting to al)out
