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MEXICAN RESOURCES. 



Laborers in an Ordinary Afine, and their Average ^Ft^^d'j- (weekly). — i admin is- 

 trador, $25.00; i rayador, $6.00 ; 2 mineros, at $6.00; i capitan de patio, $5.00; i 

 bartolinero, $4.00; i portero, $3.50; 2 fierreros, at ;?3.5o; 3 veladores, at $3.50; 12 

 destajeros (by the job), at $30.00. 



Day Laborers. — Barrateros rayados, 62 cents; peones, 50 cents; manteros, 75 

 cents; paleros, $1.00; cajoneros, 87 cents; contras, 50 cents; arreadores, 37 cents,- 

 quebradores, y] cents; carretoneros, 40 cents; corraleros, 31 cents; garraferos, 31 

 cents. 



COINAGE OF THE MEXICAN MINTS. 



The mint of Mexico was established in 1535, fourteen years after the capture of 

 the Aztec city, under the first viceroy sent out from Spain. 



The most careful estimates, in 1S76, placed the total coinage at nearly $3,000,- 

 000,000 : — 



The average annual coinage was at that time (1876) estimated at $20,500,000. 



For ten years, this would be $205,000,000; making total coinage to 1S85, $3,195,- 

 694,386. 



That this estimate is not exaggerated, we are convinced by the actual returns for 

 the economic year 1879, taken from the government statistics, and presumably 

 accurate : — 



COINAGE FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1879. 



