CHAPTER II

COLONIZATION 56 Group Immigration Planned—Swiss in Nova Friburgo—First Germans in Rio Grande—Petropolis and Blumenau—Joinville— German Emigration Forbidden—Portuguese Colonies—Parceria System—French and Alsatians—North Americans—Santa Barbara and the Consul—New Italian Stream—Colonos and the Patronato Agricola—Poles and Russians—Conditions of Settlement in São Paulo—Present Status of Colonies—Japanese at Iguape—Numbers of Immigrants entering Brazil—Future Immigration—Best Points of Settlement—Class needed.