[Illustration: RUBBER BEING SHIPPED ON MADEIRA-MAMORÉ RAILWAY AT THE ESTATES OF FIDEL BACA & CO., JACY PARANÁ RIVER] From this brief exposition one concludes that the State of Matto Grosso is very rich in cattle and gold, diamonds and coffee, tobacco and maté, rubber and ipecac, and all other products of the tropical and temperate zone. Without doubt it will come to be one of the largest and richest empires of the world. Endowed with a warm climate in the North, it has in other regions a temperate and even cold climate. The tablelands contain a rare accumulation of wealth, yet little explored. Naturally people, in their activities and progressive conflict for a livelihood, will come here from all parts of the world. By their intelligence and endeavors they will make that part of Brazil an industrial, commercial and maritime mart. Here from the fusion of the different races, a great civilization will arise, and mankind will progress onward and upward to the final conquest of the land. RUBBER The rubber sent to this Exposition, comes from the vast regions served by the Rivers Machados, or Dgy-Paraná, Jamary, Jacy-Paraná, Mutum-Paraná, Paca-Nova and Guaporé and their tributaries, which in turn are tributaries of the great Madeira River, on whose right bank is situated the new municipality St. Antonio do Rio Madeira, installed July 2, 1912. The new municipality has the following limits: Starting at the falls of St. Antonio do Rio Madeira, on parallel 8° 48′, the River Madeira above; the River Madeira above to the mouth of the Guaporé on parallel of 12°, and on this parallel to its intersection with the River Camararé; on this river below to its confluence with the Juruema; on this river below to the point where it unites with the Arinos; on the parallel at this point which passes to its intersection with S. Manuel River; it follows this river down to its confluence with the Tapajóz; and from this point back to St. Antonio Falls, along the line that divides Matto Grosso from the Amazonas. All this immense territory of the new municipality is traversed on the North by the Madeira-Mamoré Railway, which was completed and opened for traffic, September 7, 1912. It starts at Porto Velho and terminates at Guajará-Mirim, a distance of 390 kilometers. The Madeira-Mamoré Railroad, in addition to the stations already opened in Porto Velho, Candelaria, St. Antonio, Jacy-Paraná, Abunã, Villa Murtinho, and Guajará-Mirim has 46 places of stopping, which corresponds to the number of camps.