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Managua 12,000 



Massaya 15,000 



'Grenada 10,000 



Nicaragua - - ^ . - 8,000 



Segovia ....... 8,000 



Malagalpa 2,000 



It is a singular fact that the females greatly exceed the males in number. 

 In the Department Occidental^ according to the census, the proportions 

 were as three to two! 



APPENDIX. 



MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 



The following are extracts from a report made by the British vice-con- 

 sul, Mr. Foster, in 1837: 



The import trade of this State, (Nicaragua,) and the country in gen- 

 eral, has not suffered so much as might have been expected from the very 

 -severe visitation of cholera during this year. 



The prices of foreign manufactures have now found their level in 

 these markets, and the consumption of those articles used by the poorer 

 classes has increased in a wonderful degree both in quantity and quality; 

 and the demand for foreign manufactures (of which British cottons of in- 

 ferior quality have a prominent part) will naturally go on at an increased 

 rate. 



The foreign imports may be classed under the following heads: 



British — consist of calicoes, printed cottons, (domestic or gray,) and 

 power-loom shirtings, linen and cotton mixed, or unions linen, muslins, 

 hosiery, hard earthenware, iron, steel, lead, powder, &c., &c. 



French — consist of silks, printed cottons, cambrics, wine, spirits, 

 jewehy, and fancy articles. 



'■^ United States — consist of domestic cottons, soap, sperm candles, hard- 

 ware, spirits of inferior quality, and powder. 



Spanish — consist of paper, silk, riband, wine, oil, spirits, <fec. 



Germany — consist of osnaburgs, glassware, wax, furniture, hardware, 

 steel, wine, <fec. 



Italy — consist of paper, oil, silk, and liquors. 

 " Colombia — consist of cacao and straw hats. 



Peru — consist of zerga, (a coarse woollen cloth,) tin, spirits, and com- 

 mon sweet wine. 



Chile — consist of sweet wine and pelones. 



The value of British goods imported may be taken at two-thirds of 

 the whole of the imports. 



" The consumption of French goods, being principally articles of 

 luxury, are chiefly confined to the cities of Guatemala, San Salvador, 

 Grenada, &c. German linens, shirtings, and glassware, articles of gen- 

 eral consumption. In Spanish goods, with the exception of ribands, the 

 imports are trivial. They have given way to those of France and Italy. 



*'The sickness of this year has had considerable influence on the exports. 



