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COMMERCE EXPORTS IMPORTS. 



Classification of Imports. 



Wine, . 



25 to 30,000 barrels 



$1,000,000 



Paper, 



125,000 reams, . 



375,000 



Cinnamon, 



. 100,000 lbs. . 



. 400,000 



Brandy, 



32,000 barrels, . 



1,000,000 



Saffron, 



17,000 lbs. . 



. 350,000 



Iron, 



. 50,000 quintals, 



600,000 



Steel, . 



6,000 « 



. 110,000 



Wax, 



. 26,000 arrobas, 



500,000 



Cacao, . 



20,000 fanegas, . 



. 1,100,000 



Clothing, hardware and other manufactures, . 



. 14,000,000 







$19,335,000 



From a statement published by the Consulado of Vera Cruz 

 it appears that the Importation from Spain in 1802 was as 

 follows : — 



In national vessels, . . . $11,539,219 ) #1Q £. nrk nnn 

 In foreign « ... 8,060,781 J * iy ^ uu > uuu 



Exportation in the same year, .... 33,866,219 



Difference in favor of exports, . . . . $14,266,219 



Commerce of the metropolis, .... $53,466,219 



Importation from America, ..... $1 ,607,792 

 Exportation for " 4,581,148 



General importation $21,207,792 



General exportation, ..... 38,447,367 



Total trade of Vera Cruz in 1802, . . $59,655,159! 



From this view of the anti-revolutionary condition of Mexican 

 commerce and financial interests, we pass properly to the examina- 

 tion of the same affairs at the present day. In order to judge this 

 subject fairly, however, we have adopted the commercial standard 

 of the year preceding the war with the United States. During and 

 since that period, the commercial results of the country must natur- 

 ally have been so greatly disturbed as to afford altogether inade- 

 quate tests. 



1 Zavala's Historia de las Revoluciones de Mejico. Tomo 1. 



