318 Mexico: Gobernacion 
Acusos de Recibos (Acknowledgements of Communications). 1821- 
1849. 8 legajos. | 
Teatros y Diversiones (Theatres and Diversions). 1832-1865. 3 legajos. 
Monte de Piedad (Public Loan Office). 1822-1854. 1 legajo. 
Terrenos (Lands). 1865-1866. 2 legajos. 
Procesos (Lawsuits). 1841. 5 legajos. 
Epidemias (Epidemics). 1829-1854. 5 legajos. 
Pasaportes (Passports). 1853-1854. 2 legajos. 
Presupuestos (Estimates). 1848-1854. 2 legajos. 
Padrones (Censuses). 1848-1868. 2 legajos. 
Consejo (Council). 1844-1858. 3 legajos. 
Proclamas (Proclamations). 1858. 2 legajos. 
Industria (Industry). 1832-1841. 2 legajos. 
Division Territorial (Division of Territory). 1847. 55 legajos. 
Alojamientos (Lodgings). 1865. 1 legajo. 
Reemplazos (Recruits). 1860. 1 legajo. 
Instruccion Primaria (Primary Instruction). 1854-1855. 1 legajo. 
Ayuntamientos (Municipal Councils). 1823-1824. 1 legajo. 
Periédico Oficial. Printed publication. 1841-1853. 3 legajos. 
Juramento al Imperio (Allegiance to the Empire). 1822-1823. 1 legajo. 
Mineria (Department of Mines). 1841-1849. 2 legajos. 
Comisarios Imperiales (Imperial Commissaries). 1864-1865. 1 legajo. 
Poderes Extraordinarios (Extraordinary Powers granted to the Execu- 
tive). 1825-1847. 1 legajo. 
Desconocimiento al Congreso. 1842. 1 legajo. 
Imprenta (Printing). 1835. 1 legajo. 
Museo (Museum). 1820-1829. 1 legajo. 
Comercio (Commerce). 1827. I legajo. 
Congreso (Congress). 1822-1863. 20 legajos. 
Independencia (Independence). 1822-1829. 1 legajo. 
Aduanas (Custom-houses). 1859. 1 legajo. 
Decretos de Hacienda (Decrees of the Secretariat of Hacienda). 1821- 
1859. 15 legajos. 
Guerra (War). 1853-1865. 10 legajos. 
Justicia (Justice). 1826-1860. 7 legajos. 
Fomento (Encouragement). 1853-1858. 1 legajo. 
Decretos de Gobernacién (Decrees of the Secretariat of Government). 
1830-1863. 29 legajos. 
At the time when the investigation was made these Old Records were 
regarded as inaccessible, being piled in disorder in two separate and cramped 
store-rooms awaiting transfer to the Archivo General y Publico. Conse- 
quently it was only at the cost of great forbearance on the part of the officials 
and with great difficulty that the examination could be made. To examine 
them at all, the legajos had to be carried a long distance and down one flight 
of stairs, and the scattered legajos of the different sections arranged in some 
sort of order. But the labor was well repaid by the importance of the papers 
which were discovered. Some of the sections or classes of legajos were 
examined in only a general way. Below are given descriptive notes of the 
principal items of interest found. It will be seen that not all of the classes 
given in the list are accounted for in the notes. This is partly due to the fact 
that some of the classes contained nothing of interest for our purpose. Not 
