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MEXICO 
I have been unable to obtain any of the official documents of 1841 and 
1842, (in consequence of the disturbed condition of the country,) with the 
exception of the Custom House returns, for the former year. 
East Coast. 
West Coast. 
Custom-Houses. 
f Vera Cruz, 
\ Tampico, 
[ Matamoras, 
Mazatlan, 
Guyamas, 
Monterey, 
Acapulco, 
San Bias, 
Tonnnge Duty. 
Nett proceeds after deducting 
costs of collection. 
$31,032 
$3,374,528 
7,363 
1,019,046 
3,525 
279,627 
6,245 
397,213 
2,092 
46,189 
810 
85,982 
573 
7,193 
2,719 
190,270 
$55,259 
$5,399,948 
It will be perceived that the Custom Houses of Tabasco, CampecM, 
Sisal, Isla de Carmen, and Bacalar, are not included in the preceding 
statement, in consequence of the separation of the first (during the pe- 
riod,) from her allegiance to the Republic, and on account of the rebel- 
lious condition of the rest. At the date of the statement, reports from 
Goatzacoalco, Alvarado, Tuxpan, Huatulco, Manzanillo, La Paz, Pueblo 
Viejo, Altata, Loreto, San Diego, San Francisco, Soto la Marina, and 
from the frontier posts of Paso del Norte, Comitan, Tonala, Santa Fe de 
N. Mexico, y Presidio del Norte, had not been yet received at the Treas- 
ury Office in the Capital. The costs of the collection of this revenue 
amounted to $52,886, and the salaries of officers to $295,404. 
I regret that I was unable to obtain any very accurate date of the 3anta 
Fe Trade, which, under judicious management, might no doubt be very 
advantageously conducted for the interest of both countries. In the pres- 
ent distracted state, however, of Texas and the Northern Provinces of 
Mexico, little is to be hoped, until better feelings and better regulations are 
firmly established. Santa Fe, and Chihuahua divide the trade ; the lat- 
ter, since the year 1831. The subjoined rough estimate has been given 
me of the value of our trade at both places since that period : 
Years. ' 
Total at cost. 
1831 
$250,000 
1832 
150,000 
1833 
145,000 
18.34 
160,000 
1835 
135,000 
1836 
122,000 
1837 
150,000 
1838 
90,000 
1839 
260,000 
1840 
50,000 
1841 
100,000 
1842 
200,000 
Taken to Chihuahua. 
$40,000 
45,000 
50,000 
60,000 
55,000 
55,000 
75,000 
50.000 
150.000 
10,000 
50,000 
60,000 
Men. 
320 
150 
140 
160 
140 
120 
150 
100 
250 
60 
150 
200 
Wages. 
130 
80 
75 
80 
70 
60 
80 
50 
135 
30 
80 
120 
