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62 The Relief ordered home. PAUMOTU GUuUP. The immll-pox. 



Front this state of things resulted the limited 

 trade and enormous profits to a few individuals, 

 under the colonial system. Ah soon as the ports 

 were opened, an expansion took place, and the 

 trade was entirely overdone. The markets became 

 glutted with all Linda of foreign fabrics, and many 

 ruinous voyages were made from ignorance of the 

 wants of the people, and their mean a or payment. 



For the last (r-n yean* the trade lias, been hi tter 

 understood. The demand and the means of pay- 

 ment have been more accurately ascertained, and a 

 healthy mid increasing commerce hie- been curried 

 on, a* far an the state of the country and the Huc- 

 tualions, winch are inseparable from a distant traf- 

 fic, would ]>erniit. Tin 1 commerce of Peru will not 

 bear a comparison with that of Chili, and while tin* 

 former has been diminishing, the latter has been 

 rapidly increasing. A portion of the Mipplicx which 

 were formerly sent to Peru direct, are now obtained 

 in Chili, and sent to their destination in coasting 

 vessels. This change- has been brought about by 

 the unwise policy pursued by the various Peruvian 

 ridel's, in imposing heavy irniMt dmies. This is 

 alsn in part to be attributed to the advantageous 

 situation of Valparaiso, whore purchasers are 

 always to ho found for articles for the leeward 

 coast. Tlu-re in little doubt in the minds of those 

 who are most competent to judge, tltat Valparaiso 

 mu&t become the principal mart of foreign com* 

 nieree on the west coast of America. 



The foreign trade of Peru is principally carried 

 on by the English, Americans, and French, nf 

 late years, a good many German and Spanish ves- 

 sels also have been scut thither ; and occasionally 

 some of the Mediterranean flags are seen on the 

 coast. 



The annual imports into Peru are combined so 

 much with I hose of Chili, that it was deemed pro- 

 per to include them under the one head ; those of 

 Fern amount to about two-fifths of the whole. Of 

 these imports, part go to Guayaquil ; the Interme- 

 dios, or South I > eru and Bolivia, lake about one 

 million from Chili and Lima, The returns made 

 from Peru are as follows ; — 



Will lift 



In dollar* and bullion . . . 4,50<>,00O 

 Dark, bides, wool, cotton, ire. • S00,l»00 



3,000,000 



It will be perceived, that both in Peru and Chili, 

 the imports and exports are nearly the same in 

 amount ; and the question naturally n rises, whence 

 the profit* on the trade > It in readily a its we red 

 that, as has been already raid, large quantifies of 

 goods are annually sold in Chili and Peru for Cen- 

 tral America, the proceeds of which are shipped 

 thence direct to Europe And the United Slates, 

 and do not appear in the above note of exports. 



These countries offer a large market for our 

 domestic cottons ; and if the prices can he main- 

 tained, tlio Fnited Stales will supply the most of 

 the coarser kinds used there. I luive it from the 

 best authority, that the consumption of these goods 

 is now double what it was live years ago, and it is 

 still increasing. 



The article of flour, however, has greatly fallen off; 

 previous to 1830, there were nearly thirty thousand 

 barrels exported to Peru from the United States, 

 in the last three years, only six thousand, and in 

 1A41, but one thousand, in consequence of Peru 

 being abundantly supplied from Chili. 



CHAPTER X. 

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Ox the 13ih July, 1830, we had finished the 

 necessary outfits nrnl taken in our stores. The 

 remainder of the hitter were embarked in the 

 store-ship Relief, which was ordered to land a part 

 of thctu at the Sandwich Inlands, and the rest at 



Sydney, N'-w South Wates, after uhieh t-> pr <■■] 



to the United States by the way of Cape Hum. 

 At ft p.il, having a light breeze, the signal was 



made to get under way, and we were soon standing 

 out of the buy under all canvass. 



The day after our departure, we fell in with a 

 Peruvian brig, from San Bias, in want of water, 

 which we supplied. She had fallen to leeward of 

 her port, and her people ivcre reduced to much 

 distress lor want of that necessary article, 



1 had felt much anxiety lest the small-pox should 



