LETTER XXX. 
COMMEECE A^-D aiANTJFACTUEES OF JIEXICO. 
The Commerce of Mexico has been sensibly diminishing for the last ten 
years. This is attributable to the continual revolutionary disturbances 
of the country, the decrease of the wealth of the people, and the pecu- 
niary embarrassments to which most of the inhabitants have been sub- 
jected, by the non-payment of Government loans and unfortunate invest- 
ments. 
In 1832 and 1833, the products of the Custom House amounted to about 
twelve millions per annum. In 1839, on account of the French blockade, 
they fell to near three millions ; in 1840, they rose again to seven millions ; 
and, in the following year, fell to little more than Jive, which sum may 
be divided among the different ports as follows, to wit : 
Vera Cruz, $3,329,802 
Tampico, 883,039 
Matamoras, 312,403 
Marattan - . . 383,159 
Guyamas, ....... 55,814 
Monterrey, 96,853 
Acapulco, ------ 17,182 
San Bias, - - - -■ - - - 208,845 
$5,287,097 
This corresponds to about twelve millions three hundred thousand dol- 
lars of importation annually, divided (according to an estimate,) in the fo; . 
lowing manner : 
From England, $4,500,000 
" France, 3,000,000 
" Hamburgh, 1,500,000 
" China, 1,000,000 
« United States, 800,000 
" Spain, 500,000 
" Genoa, and other ports, . - - - 1,000,000 
$12,300,000 
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