MKXICO. 



of M vieiiltural implements of immi- 



grant- aiv likc\\ i-i- c\.empt. 'I In- Stale of I'uclilii 

 in ISM; , iTiTnl a Ix.imty of ."ill cents a kilo 

 gramme for all I In- silk produced, and exempted 

 iniillN-rry plantations from taxes. The .silk fac- 



yesru. Subsequently more than eighty art i< le 

 neccHsary for the mining ami u^riciilturul iii'lu*- 

 tries were traii.-frrn-<l to the free list. Tin-n- 

 an- mure than 1,(MK> mines in the republic, em- 

 ploying about 200,000 nn-n, and turning out 



CHIRl'AHUA CATHEDRAL. 



tones of Tetela and Oajaca are e(|ni|.ped with $30.000,000 worth of silver and $5,000,000 



French machinery, and the industry is prowing worth of other minerals per annum. Theez- 



rapidly. Coal, iron, and quicksilver mines were port of silver in 1888-'89 was $38.000.000. The 



exempted in 1887 from all taxation for fifty capital invested in silver mines is $500,000,000, 



