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^vood ; &:c. amounted to a hundred and twenty-four thousand 

 five hundred piastres ; leaving a balance against the viceroy- 

 alty of Lima, of ninety-six thousand one hundred and fifty 

 piastres. The remission of the duties on the imports and ex- 

 ports, lately conceded to the ports of Omoa and Truxillo, 

 situated in the northern part of the above kingdom of Goate- 

 mala, will necessarily produce a change in the above com- 

 merce. ' 



The trade carried on by the viceroyalty of Lima with that 

 of Santa Fe, is partly inland, by the province of Quito, and 

 partly maritime, by the ports of Guayaquil and Panama. 

 The exports from Callao to the harbour of Puna, and river 

 of Guayaquil, consist of wines of the growth of Coquimbo, 

 Nasca, Pisco, and Conception ; brandies ; sugars ; flour ; 

 copper, &c. Those from the above port to that of Panama, 

 chiefly consist of cloth of the manufa6lory of the country ; 

 wool ; and -flour. The principal articles sent overland to the 

 intermediate ports of Paita, Pacasmayo, Truxillo, &c. and 

 thence forwarded to those of Guayaquil and Panama, are cot- 

 ton 'tanned hides; shoes; hats; baizes; and sugars. The 

 exports of the year 1789 were, in their total amount, of the 

 value of a hundred and twenty-eight thousand two hundred 

 and ninety-five piastres. 



(. . The imports from the viceroyalty of Santa Fe into that of 

 -Lima, by the ports of Guayaquil and Panama, to Callao and 

 the intermediate ports of Paita and Truxillo, consisting of 

 cacao ; coflfee ; wax ; and other produ6lions, were, in that 

 year, of the value of two hundred and eighty-four thousand 

 four hundred and sixty piastres. There was therefore a 



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