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priated to the royal navy, the service of which is not 

 limited to the defence of Havana, and, on the other 

 hand, the expenses arising from the visits of the 

 mail ships, and other vessels of war, we shall find 

 that $2,010,930 (which is nearly one-half the public 

 revenue) has been expended for purposes which 

 have no direct connection with the internal adminis- 

 tration of the island." How much will be gained 

 by the welfare and enlightenment of that country, 

 if the day should arrive, when, enjoying internal 

 tranquillity, more than a million and a half of dollars 

 may be yearly employed in works of public utility. 



In documents which I obtained from the archives 

 of the vice-royalty of Mexico, I have found that the 

 pecuniary assistance sent from the treasury of that 

 country annually to Havana, amounted, at the 

 beginning of the present century, to the following 

 sums : 



For the squadron, navy-yards, and wants of 



the royal navy, by cedula of 16 Jan., 1790, $700,000 

 For the maritime establishments on the 



Mosquito coast, 40,000 



For the army of Havana, 290.000 



For the same at St. Jago de Cuba, . . 146,000 



For fortifications, .... 150,000 



For the purchase of tobacco and segars for 



the royal factory at Sevilla, 500,000 



$1,826,000 



