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CHAPTER VII.
INCOME OF NEW SPAIN 1809 — EXPENSES OF NEW SPAIN 1809. — MINERAL PRODUCTIONS — MILITARY FORCE — AGRICULTURE — MANUFACTURES. — COMMERCE — EXPORTS — IMPORTS. — PRESENT COMMERCE — IMPORTS — EXPORTS. — NINETEEN YEARS TRADE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO. — CHARACTER OF IMPORTS — CHARACTER OF EXPORTS — SILVER EXPORTED. — FAIRS IN MEXICO. — THE FUTURE PROSPECTS AND POSITION OF MEXICO — NOT A COMMERCIAL COUNTRY. — RAILWAY FROM VERA CRUZ TO THE CITY OF MEXICO.
Financial and Productive Condition of Mexico or New Spain before her Revolution, and at the Present Day.
In order to exhibit a connected and comparative view of the financial and commercial condition of Mexico, we have assembled in this section a number of tables which exhibit, at a glance, the state of New Spain in relation to her mines, agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and the income and expenses of the viceroyalty in 1809.
Tabular Statistical View of the Income and Expenses of the Viceroyalty of Mexico in 1809, antecedent to the Revolution — Its Mines, Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce.
1st. Income.
| Branches of income. | Clear product in dollars. |
| Duties on assay, | $72,506 |
| "on gold and bullion, | 24,908 |
| "on silver, | 2,086,565 |
| "on vajilla, | 25,716 |
| Coining of gold and silver, | 1,628,259 |
| Tributes, | 1,159,951 |
| Taxes, (alcabalas) | 2,644,618 |
| Pulque, (a national beverage made of aloe,) | 750,462 |
| Powder, | 370,829 |
| Lotteries, | 109,002 |
| Novenos, | 192,333 |
| Saleable and remisable offices, | 27,106 |
| Stamped paper, | 64,900 |
| Medias anatas. | 37,338 |
| ———— | |
| Amount carried forward, | $9,174,493 |
