408 



Colleges and universities established by 

 the Spaniards, 100-102 



Copper, quality, amount produced, 22, 23 



Cortez, Hernan, reference to, 19, 55, 123, 

 268, 269 



Cotton, best location, expense of produc- 

 tion, 48 ; seed, 24 



Courts, Supreme Federal, 26 



Debt of Mexico, bonds, loans, etc., 129, 

 130; accomplishing credit, 130; amount 

 of debt, 130, 131 ; National debt to 

 June 30, 1896, 221, 222 



Dering, Sir Henry, quotations from, 47, 



54, 55, 64 



Diaz, President, referred to, 115-18, 

 122-4, I 3 J tribute to, 280 



Dikes, first dike in 1450, 267 ; descrip- 

 tion of, by Prescott, 268 ; one built by 

 Spaniards, 269 



Domestic animals, 71, 72 



Drainage works of the Valley of Mexico, 

 where article on, was first published, 

 how long to complete work, 266 ; mag- 

 nitude of work, 267 ; by the Mexican 

 Government, 274-6 ; works consist of, 

 276 ; works completed, 279, 280 ; im- 

 portance to the City of Mexico, 280 



E 



Egypt, compared with Mexico, 10, n 

 English in Mexico, immediately after the 

 independence, nearly all disappeared, 



79 



Espinosa, Don Luis, present director of 

 tunnel work, 275 



Expenses, amount of, 137, 138 ; of Fed- 

 eral Government, 139-41 ; of custom- 

 houses, 147 ; of internal revenue, 148 ; 

 of direct taxes, 149 ; of Mexican States, 

 151 ; of municipalities, 153 ; of Mexico 

 in the year 1896-97, 245 



Exports, from 1826-28, 155 ; from 1877- 



96, 159 ; by countries and custom- 

 houses from 1894-96, 1 60 ; value of 

 metals and commodities exported in 

 1895-96, 161 ; of commodities from 

 1886-96, 162 ; of agricultural products 

 from 1877-96, 164 ; destination and 

 value of metals and commodities from 

 1882-92, 168, 169 ; total exports, 169 ; 

 value of Mexican exports during 1872- 

 73, 172 ; from Mexico and to the 

 United States, 173 ; of domestic mer- 

 chandise to Mexico 1858-83, i78-*8o ; 

 from the United States to Mexico 1889- 



97, 182, 183; articles exported from 

 the United States to Mexico, 184, 

 185 ; tropical products supplied by 

 Mexico to the United States, 185, 186 ; 

 cattle exported to the United States, 

 186 ; of precious metals and minerals in 



the years 1879-80, 1889-90, and 1894- 

 95, 1 88 ; of silver, of silver bullion, 

 189 ; of silver ore, 190 ; of gold, 

 190, 191 ; of gold from Mexico to the 

 United States, 192 ; of Mexico by 

 countries and custom-houses in the year 

 1896-97, 246 ; Mexican exports to the 

 United States, 247 



F 



Financial condition, of Mexico, 126, 137, 

 138; of railroads, 119, 120, 195, 196; 

 of banks, 132 ; of States and municipal- 

 ities, 154 



Fish, 71, 72 



Flora in Mexico, products raised, 42, 43 ; 

 flowers grown, 63, 64 



Foreign immigration, encouragement to, 

 125 ; difference of, from the United 

 States, 126, 127 ; cost of labor, 127 ; 

 warning from consular reports, 127, 

 128 ; those who should immigrate, 128 



Foreign trade, small before railroads 

 built, cost of transportation, 154; 

 amount of, with United States, 170; 

 why difficult to have correct data with 

 United States, 170, 171 ; commercial 

 transactions between Mexico and the 

 United States from 1820-50, 173 ; com- 

 merce in merchandise between the 

 United States and Mexico from 1851- 

 97, 174; total commerce between the 

 United States and Mexico by years and 

 decades from 1851-97, 175 ; increase 

 of trade during 1896-97, 184; between 

 Mexico and the United States during 

 the first nine months of 1897, 247 



Forests, 37, 38 ; destruction of, 65, 66 ; 

 in Mississippi Valley, 66 



Forey, Marshall, 108 



Franciscan monks, work done by, 273 



French in Mexico, own large dry-goods 

 houses, 79 



Fuel, 23-5 ; demand for, 24 ; consump- 

 tion of, 64 



Garay, Senor Don Francisco de, plan for 

 tunnel, 275 



Gelves, Marquis de, his orders about 

 tunnel, 271 



Geology, rock formations, 12 ; rich in 

 ores, 12, 13 



Germans in Mexico, succeeded by Eng- 

 lish, and are doing well, 79 



Gil, Mr. George, British Colonies, 6 



Ginger, yield, 55 



Gold, where found and how reduced, 14, 

 19, 20 ; amount of production, ex- 

 tract from Mr. Cramer, 20 ; weight and 

 standard value, 133 ; production of, in 

 years 1879-80, 1889-90, and 1894-95, 

 1 88 ; accredited to Mexico, 192 



