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calculated that the fthre costs, put in 'bales mid delivered in the port 

 of Progreso, about 4 c. per lb., Mexican money. This is a general 

 calculation, as much depends on the greater or less distance of farms 

 from our port, and the more or less favourable means of transit, and 



also from the advantages possessed on farms In reason of the number of 



its, the Conner serving to make charcoal. 

 round so cleaned is maize, this being the 



omtrined coating about i doL 12£ c. per metre. 



On most farms the ground is cleared of weeds twice a year, nnd on 

 tliers three times, according to the class of ground, moans of the 

 irmer, &c. The ijuiei- •„ |y in the rainy season, 



Miere is no lixed rule as to the right time for cutting the leaves, and 



roper time, ami the Indian servants only seem to know, when the 





