COMMERCE EXPORTS IMPORTS. 



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value of all which manufactures exceeded $600,000. In Queretaro 

 there were moreover consumed 200,000 lbs. of cotton in the manu- 

 facture of cotton stuffs and rebosos, or shawls usually worn by the 

 women throughout Mexico. The factories in the Intendency of 

 Puebla, comprehended in that city, Cholula, Tlascala and Guejo- 

 cingo, produced fabrics, in peaceful times, to the value of a million 

 and a half of dollars. Besides these there were other factories in 

 various parts of the country. 



7th. Commerce. 



The imports through Vera Cruz, before the war, aver- 

 aging one year with another, exceeded, . . $19,000,000 

 The exports, inclusive of silver, .... 21,000,000 



Difference in favor of exports, .... 2,000,000 



Total of mercantile exchanges, .... 40,000,000 



The above exportations may be divided into — 



Silver, $14,000,000 



Agricultural products, .... 7,000,000 



Classification of Exports. 



Weight in arrobas. Value in dollars. 



Cochineal, . . . 24,500 . . . $1,715,000 



1,500,000 

 60,000 

 2,700,000 

 90,000 

 . 40,000 

 500,000 

 . 80,000 



Sugar, . 



. 500,000 







Indigo, . 



. 60,000 



Sarsaparilla, 



20,000 . . . . 



Pepper from Tabasco, 



. 24,000 



Flour, 





Tanned leather, 









$7,000,000 



Add export of precious metals, .... 14,000,000 



$21,000,000 



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