| For large sums, the count is given in milreis, which means a thousand reis. |
| That is to say, the purchasing power of a milreis in Brazil will not necessarily vary exactly as the rate of exchange on London. |
| His great efforts were not unrewarded, for in the following year he received a yet further pension of 12 milreis. |
| A premium of as much as five milreis a bag has been paid by speculators in order to obtain immediate transport. |
| The Brazilian monetary unit that eventually became the milreis later became the cruzeiro, divided into 100 cents. |
| Lisbon stands also at a discount, as the milreis should be worth 53 pence. |
