300 



humboldt's cuba. 



The custom-house returns of gold and silver 

 exported in 1816, amount to $480,840, and in 1823, 

 to $1,179,034 imported, and $1,404,584 exported. 

 Among the imports and exports, we find the follow- 

 ing articles : 



1816. 1823. 



t 













Imported. 



Re-exported. 



Imported. 



Re-exported, 



Flour (bbls ), 



71,807 



10,965 



74,119 





Wines and liquors from Europe, ! 



% 463,067 



111,466 



1,119,437 



49,286 



Salt meats and provisions, .... 



1,096,791 



227,274 









127,681 



4,825 



213,226 







3,226,850 



1,529,610 



2,071,083 



29,526 





103,224 









Cotton " 





1,021,807 

 464,328 



69,049 





267,312 



29,000 



8,046 





61,846 



20,496 



158,337 



22,288 





330,368 



99,581 



288,697 



63,149 





135,103 

 285,217 









Lumber and wooden ware,. . . . 





353,765 



23,453 



Kice (lbs.), 







7,746,025 

 89,948 



















10,786,600 





The products of the island exported were as 

 folllows. 



1816. 1823. 



Sugar, Boxes, 200,481 300.211 



Coffee, Arrobes, 370,229 895,925 



Wax, " 22,365 15,962 



Molasses, . Hhds. 30,145 



Leaf tobacco, Arrobes, 13,879 



Segars, Pounds, 71,108 



