Bound manuscript volume. The volume registers the proceedings inaugurating construction of the railway by the Conde D’Eu Railway Company Limited, in the city of Paraíba in 1880. Presiding over the inauguration were the President of the Province, Gregório Jozé de Oliveira Costa; president of the municipal council, Frederico Augusto Neiva; the British Vice-Counsel; and representatives of the Railway Company, Robert Johnson, William Hughes, David Marshall, and others. Also records proceedings inaugurating the Conde d’Eu Railway in Mulungú in 1883, presided over by the President of the Province, Jose Ayres do Nascimento, representatives of the Railway Company, and others; inauguration of the Cabedelo section of the railway in 1889; inauguration of a Conde D’Eu trapiche via férrea in 1884; inauguration of the Engenho Central of Paraíba in 1885; inauguration of the Beaurepaire Rohan market on the rua da República in 1913; and the inauguration of the Praça Aristedes Lobo in 1918.
Extent and format of original material: 1 volume of 17 folios, in addition to front and back covers. Contains original cover; moderate damage by insects.
Creator (Author): Paraíba's Government.
