PRESENT COMMERCE IMPORTS EXPORTS. 99 



Commerce at the Present Day. 



Imports and exports of the Mexican republic for the year ending 

 on the 1st of January, 1845, calculated on the duties collected at 

 the maritime and frontier custom houses. 



1st. Imports. 



Duties according* to tariff. 



At 40 per ct., there were collected. 



provisions, 

 timber, 



jewelry, 



advanced to the trea- 

 sury for permission to import 20,000 

 quintals of cotton, 



cc 



30 



cc 



30 



(( 



30 



cc 



25 



cc 



12i 



cc 



6 





30 



Duties collected. 



$ 200..45 

 5,999,282.-87 

 14,592.-98 

 3,539-49 

 152,916-18 

 6,190-11 

 1,171-22 



120,000-00 



Capital or value of 

 imported articles to 

 which these duties 

 correspond. 



$ 501-12 

 19,997,609-56 

 48,643-26 

 11,774-96 

 611,664-72 

 49,520-83 

 19,520-33 



400,000-00 



$6,297,886-30 $21,139,234-83 



2d. Exports. 



Export 



Duties according 1 to tariff. duties collected. 



At 6 per cent., on export of gold and 



silver coin, . $524,349-63^ 



84 



5 



7 



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9 



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7 



6 



on silver coin, . . 

 on uncoined silver, 

 in Vera Cruz on ditto, 

 in Mazatlan " 

 at do. on gold, 

 on silver, 

 on wrought gold, 

 on wrought silver, . 

 on dye wood, 



2-08 

 22,949-23 

 12,687-60 

 103,636-81 

 14,479..14J 

 48-59 

 22-36 

 658-11 

 6,025-14 



Resume No. 1. 

 Export of money, . . . $524,351-71^ 

 " of uncoined gold and silver. 153,801-37^ 

 " of wrought gold and silver, 6, 680.. 47 



Total export of the precious metals, $678,833.-56 

 Export of dye woods, . . 6,025-14 



"Value of exports to 

 which these du- 

 ties correspond. 



$8,739,160-58 

 59-42 

 458,984-45 

 181,251-42 

 1,381,824-13 

 160,879-39 

 511-39 

 344-00 

 9,401-57 

 100,419-00 



$8,739,220-00 

 2,183,450-79 

 9,745-57 



$10,932,416-36 

 100,419-00 



Total, $684,858-70 $11,032,835-36 



