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Mexico's great argentiferous lead business did not fall behind, the 

 nine months' exportation being 108,776,560 pounds, worth in gold 

 $1,226,525, against 97,818,833 pounds, worth $949,926. The bulk of 

 the American purchase of lead is from Mexico. 



Yucatan is Mexico's henequen-growing region, and the exportation 

 has been heavy, standing at 48,410 tons, worth in gold $2,889,003, 

 against 35,746 tons, worth $2,323,585, a noteworthy increase. The 

 henequen or sisal-grass trade into the United States is overwhelmingly 

 Mexican, " other countries " furnishing but 399 tons in the first nine 

 months of this year ! 



Mexico both exports and imports coal, and shipped into the United 

 States 85,890 tons, worth in gold $182,416, against 52,674 tons, worth 

 $115,015. 



Logwood exports were $44,028, against $15,250. 



Mahogany fell off, being $290,044 gold, against $306,715, but this 

 trade is always variable. 



Mexican Imports from the United States. It is worthy of note that, 

 in spite of the extraordinarily heavy gold premium, Mexico should be 

 increasing her buying abroad of electrical apparatus, the purchase from 

 the United States alone, in the first nine months of this year, amount- 

 ing to $228,000 gold, as against $200,000 in the same period last year. 

 Sewing machines went in to the value of $164,000 gold in the nine- 

 month period, against $154,000 last year. Builders' hardware fell off 

 from $556,600 gold value, in the first nine months of last year, to 

 $424,000 this year, but lumber for builders ran up to $1,079,000 gold, 

 against only $544,000 last year, all coming from the United States. 

 Furniture increased slightly, $141,000 gold, against $126,000. 



Carriages, cars, and other vehicles, in the nine-months' period, 

 came from the United States to the value of $664,000 gold, as com- 

 pared with $463,000 last year. Bicycles amounted to $56,000 gold, as 

 against $37,7oo. 



Other importations were as follows : 



9 MOS., 1897. 9 MOS., 1896. 



Cotton : 



Bales 9,936 23,127 



Value * $411, 973 * $1,020,000 



Crude petroleum imports : 



Gallons 6,260,164 5,486,667 



Value * $277,300 * $299,422 



Refined petroleum : 



Gallons 734,466 588,242 



Value $136,180 $122,447 



Cotton seed oil : 



Gallons 1,010,580 9*2,905 



Value * $199,000 * $195,000 



*Gold. 



