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Portugal, the mother country of Madeira. The Elucidário notes that artillery detachments were sent from the mainland to garrison Madeira before 1877, that Madeira was linked to Portugal by telegraph cable in 1874, and that woad and gifts of honey were formerly sent there from the island. Mainland oranges and olives are compared favourably with those of Madeira and Porto Santo.

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2Chronology

  1. Guilherme Arnau accompanied Philippa of Lancaster to Portugal.

  2. The Duke of Alba's army, including António Herédia, entered Portugal.

  3. The Funchal council resolved to import four moios of pine seed from Portugal.

  4. A revolution in Spain failed early in 1866 and many revolutionaries fled to Portugal.

  5. Public telegraph service between Madeira and mainland Portugal opened by submarine cable laid by the Brazilian Telegraph Company, with Sir William Thomson present; the inauguration was celebrated in Funchal with illuminations.

  6. Finance minister Serpa Pimentel presented the proposal to unify Madeira's currency with that of Portugal.

  7. A law exempted Madeiran sugar from duties in Portugal and the Azores for five years.

  8. A law unified Madeira's monetary system with that of mainland Portugal, ending circulation of foreign money on the island except the pound sterling.

  9. A law granted Madeiran sugar a three-year exemption from duties.

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