232 



VALPARAISO. 



Value of Imports, JSxports, Coasting Trade, and Revenue. 



The increase in the importations across the Cordilleras in 1850 arose from the demand for 

 dried fruits in the California market, to which the flour and other agricultural products of Chile 

 were, for the first time, sent in extraordinary quantities. The statistics for 1851 do not dis- 

 tinguish between foreign and national vessels employed in commerce that year, nor the value 

 of the coasting trade in naturalized products. Assuming the population of the country at one 

 and a half millions, each individual will have consumed foreign importations in 1851 to the 

 value of $17.03. 



Expenses of Collecting the Revenue. 



1844 



1845 316,719 



1846 



1847 353,050 



1848 385,817 



1849 388,106 



1850 448,411 



1851 



Of the goods imported, those paying ad valorem, specific, or other duties, are shown as follows : 



