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a million and a half of dollars. Such a state of 

 things cannot long endure, if Spain does not alle- 

 viate the burdens that weigh upon the colony. 



From 1789 to 1797 the product of the custom- 

 house at Havana never attained, one year with 

 another, more than $700,000. The revenues con- 

 tributed to the royal treasury were, 



1789 . 



, $479,302 



1793 .. 



... $635,098 





... 642,720 



1794 , , , 



. 642,320 



1791 . 



520,202 



1795 , 



643,583 



1792 . 



. 849,904 



1796 , 



... 784,689 



From 1797 to 1800 the crown and municipal 

 duties collected at Havana amounted to $7,634,126, 

 being an average of $1,908,000 : 



1797 .. 



, , $1,257,017 



1801 . 



, .$2,170,970 



1798 . 



1,822,348 



1802 . 



2,400,932 



1799 , 



2,305,080 



1803. , . 



. , 1,637,465 



1800 . . . 



.., 2,249,680 







The custom-house at Havana yielded in : 



1808 $1,178,974 1811 $1,469,137 



1809 1,913,605 1814 1,855,117 



1810 1,292,619 



The decrease of revenue in 1808 was attributed to 

 the American embargo, but in 1809 the court per- 

 mitted the free entrance of foreign neutral vessels. 



