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humboldt's cuba. 



EXPENDITURES. 



Mexico. Cuba. 



I. Civil list, not stat-ed I. Civil list, 



II. Army and Navy, $3,800,000 II. Army and Navy, $5,549,000 



III. Judiciary & Church, 250,000 III. Judiciary & Church, 310,000 



IV. Pensions, 200,000 IY. Pensions, 321,000 

 V. Hospitals, 400,800 V. Hospitals, 300,000 



VI. Treasury expenses, 596,260 VI. Treasury expenses, 740,000 

 VII. Interest, 1,496,000 VII. Interest, 22,000 



$6,743,060 $7,242,000 



These data show that the financial condition of the 

 government of Cuba at the present time, and that of 

 the Spanish government in Mexico at the time of its 

 greatest prosperity, are very similar ; but we should 

 remember that the population of the two countries at 

 the relative periods of time is widely dissimilar, that 

 of Cuba being a million and a half, and that of 

 Mexico seven millions. 



The system under which this enormous sum of six- 

 teen millions of dollars is extracted from less than a 

 million and a half of people, exercises, apart from its 

 large amount, a very pernicious influence upon the 

 public welfare. The imposts upon food, and articles 

 of common use, by the tariff on imports, and the tax 

 on meats killed in the country, throw more than 

 sixty per cent, of the declared revenue directly upon 



