Almeida & Co. Alexandre Ador & Co. Figueiredo & Oliveira Lucas Borges & Co. Orlando Irmãos & Co. Ponce Azevedo & Co. CORUMBÁ Yosetti & Co. Pereira Sobrinho & Co. Wanderley Bais & Co. Pasques Fillio & Co. S. LUIZ DE CACERES Benedicto R. Villas Boas Joao Campos Vidal José Dulce & Co. Manoel Pedroso da Silva Bouden MINISTERIUM OF AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE BRAZIL FEDERAL LAW AND REGULATIONS COVERING THE PROTECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUBBER INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL Decree No. 2,542A of January 5, 1912 and Decree No. 9,521 of April 17, 1912 PUBLISHED BY THE BRAZILIAN COMMISSIONER THIRD INTERNATIONAL RUBBER AND ALLIED TRADES EXHIBITION NEW YORK, 1912 [Illustration: HEVEA BRASILIENSIS.] ACT OF CONGRESS Decree No. 2542A of January 5, 1912 Establishing measures destined to facilitate and develop the culture of rubber, Caucho, Maniçoba and Mangabeira, and the gathering and treatment of the rubber extracted from these trees, and authorizing the executive power not only to open the credits necessary to carry out these measures, but also to contract such loans as may be necessary for that purpose. The President of the Republic of the United States of Brazil: Hereby makes known that the National Congress decreed and I hereby sanction the following resolution: Art. 1.—All utensils and materials destined for the culture of rubber (seringueira), Caucho, Maniçoba and Mangabeira and for the collecting or treatment of rubber extracted from these trees, whether for the purpose of extracting or experimenting, shall be admitted free of all custom house duties, including fees. Only Section.—This exemption will have to be requisitioned of the inspectors at custom houses, who will grant it without delay after verifying the right of those seeking this favor. Art. 2.—Premiums will be granted to those who start regular and entirely new plantations of Seringueira, Caucho, Maniçoba or Mangabeira, or replant old forests of Seringueira, Caucho, Maniçoba or Mangabeira, as soon as the plantation has taken place, and will be paid on the following conditions: (a) For groups of 12 hectares (about 30 acres) of new culture, 2,500 milreis if seringueira; 1,500 milreis if caucho or maniçoba; 900 milreis if mangabeira. (b) For groups of 25 hectares, the replanting of native seringueira, caucho, maniçoba or mangabeira, 2,000 milreis; for the first, 1,000 milreis; for the second and third, and 720 milreis for the fourth kind. Section 1. These premiums will be payable one year before the first gathering, when it is shown that the ground is entirely cultivated and the trees well cared for.