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Show In ttio vaults of the caitle of Ban A ntonlo nt Illo de Janeiro an Immense amouutot trraaure waafouul recently. The castle waa formerly a mouaaltry under control of the Jesuits. (lolJ coin to the value of J70,lXh,00.r; Kold dustand gold bars weighing over 3ms) kilos, and tweuty-tlx packages containing con-taining prrclout stones were found. It Is said that when tho Marquis of Pom. bal, the great Portuguese statesman, demanded lu the last century the remittance re-mittance of tho above named turn, Father Anton burled tho treasure lu the vaults of his ruoua.tery au I deuled that It had been lu his -otot!on, declaring de-claring that It had licen taken away during a previous relgti. In consequence conse-quence of this denial, which did not dtcelvolbeMaPiult, tho Jrsu lla were tillcd from llraill and Portugal. Twenty-six paokagtt were found to contain a variety of precious stones, whose vnlue cannot be told, as they have not been appraised. |