| 31,498 |
| Amazonas | 742,123 | 147,915 | 249,756 | Manaos | 38,720 |
| Bahia | 164,650 | 1,919,802 | 2,117,956 | Sao Salvador[4] |174,412 |
| Ceara | 40,253 | 805,687 | 849,127 | Fortaleza | 40,902 |
| Espirito Santo | 17,313 | 135,997 | 209,783 | Victoria | 16,887 |
| Federal District | 538 | 522,651 | 691,565 | Rio de Janeiro |522,651 |
| Goyaz | 288,549 | 227,572 | 255,284 | Goyaz[4] | 17,181 |
| Maranhao | 177,569 | 430,854 | 499,308 | S. Luiz do Maranhao[4]| 29,308 |
| Matto Grosso | 532,370 | 92,827 | 118,025 | Cuyaba | 17,815 |
| Minas Geraes | 221,961 | 3,184,099 | 3,594,471 | Ouro Preto[5] | 59,249 |
| Para | 443,922 | 328,455 | 445,356 | Belem[4] | 50,064 |
| Parahyba | 28,855 | 457,232 | 490,784 | Parahyba | 18,645 |
| Parana | 85,455 | 249,491 | 327,136 | Curityba | 24,553 |
| Pernambuco | 49,575 | 1,030,224 | 1,178,150 | Recife[4] |111,556 |
| Piauhy | 116,529 | 267,609 | 334,328 | Therezina | 31,523 |
| Rio de Janeiro | 26,635 | 276,884 | 274,317 | Nictheroy | 34,269 |
| Rio Grande do Norte| 22,196 | 268,273 | 1,149,070 | Natal | 13,725 |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 91,337 | 897,455 | 926,035 | Porto Alegre | 52,421 |
| Santa Catharina | 28,633 | 283,769 | 320,289 | Desterro[6] | 30,637 |
| Sao Paulo | 112,312 | 1,384,753 | 2,282,279 | Sao Paulo | 64,934 |
| Sergipe | 15,093 | 310,926 | 356,264 | Araraju | 16,336 |
| +---------+-----------+-----------+ | |
| Brazil |3,228,452|14,333,915 |17,318,556 | | |
+--------------------+---------+-----------+-----------+-----------------------+--------+

_Communications._--Railway construction in Brazil dates from 1852,
when work was initiated on the Maua railway running from the head of
the bay of Rio de Janeiro to the foot of the Serra where Petropolis is
situated. The road is 10 m. long, and its first section was opened to
traffic on April 30, 1854, and its second Dec