COMMERCE. 



101 



Piastres. 



Exportation to Santa Fe, - - - _ _ 128,295 



Importation, - 284,46o 



Against Lima, 



Total amount of exports, 

 . imports. 



Result in favour of Lima, 



156,165 



2,679,942 

 ],954,750 



725,192 



To this sum is to be added the produce of the maritime 

 freights, which are dedu6led, in the first instance, from the 

 amount of the sales, and which belong exclusively to indivi- 

 duals residing within the jurisdi6l;ion of Lima, the sole pro- 

 prietors of the trading vessels, as well as of the mules for in- 

 land conveyance. The commission of sale and delivery, on 

 the produ6lions of the country, is regulated at four per cent. ; 

 but on the purchases and recoveries for the towns situated in 

 the interior, as well as on the remittances made by them, the 

 commission is not charged, it being the general custom to 

 perform gratuitously these offices of trust and friendship. The 

 beneficial pradtice of insurances, by which the merchant is 

 exempted from the risks of the ocean, and is not exposed to 

 the contingencies of an entire loss of his capital and fortune, is 

 not known. Indeed, the very inconsiderable number of ves- 

 sels trading in the South Sea, could not support this combi- 

 nation of industry, established with a view to the gains arising 

 out of the repetition of the risks, and the diversity of the des- 

 tinations* 



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