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PRESENT COMMERCE—IMPORTS—EXPORTS.
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Commerce at the Present Day.
Imports and exports of the Mexican republic for the year ending on the 1st of January, 1845, calculated on the duties collected at the maritime and frontier custom houses.
1st. Imports.
| Capital or value of | ||||||||||
| imported articles to | ||||||||||
| Duties according to tariff. | Duties collected. | which these duties correspond. | ||||||||
| At | 40 | per ct., | there were collected, | $ 200..45 | $ 501..12 | |||||
| " | 30 | " | "” | 5,999,282..87 | 19,997,609..56 | |||||
| " | 30 | " | provisions | 14,592..98 | 48,643..26 | |||||
| " | 30 | " | timber, | 3,539..49 | 11,774..96 | |||||
| " | 25 | " | 152,916..18 | 611,664..72 | ||||||
| " | 12½ | " | 6,190..11 | 49,520..83 | ||||||
| " | 6 | " | jewelry. | 1,171..22 | 19,520..33 | |||||
| " | 30 | " | advanced to the treasury for | |||||||
| permission to import 20,000 quintals | ||||||||||
| of cotton. | 120,000..00 | 400,000..00 | ||||||||
| —————— | —————— | |||||||||
| $6,297,886..30 | $21,139,234..83 | |||||||||
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2d. Exports.
Duties according to tariff. |
Export duties collected. |
Value of exports to which these duties correspond. | |||
| At | 6 | per cent., | on export of gold and | ||
| silver coin, | $524,349..63½ | $8,739,160..58 | |||
| " | 3½ | " | on silver coin, | 2..08 | 59..42 |
| " | 5 | " | on uncoined silver, | 22,949..23 | 458,984..45 |
| " | 7 | " | Vera Cruz on ditto | 12,687..60 | 181,251..42 |
| " | 7½ | " | in Mazatlan" | 103,636..81 | 1,381,824..13 |
| " | 9 | " | atdo.on gold. | 14,479..14½ | 160,879..39 |
| " | 9½ | " | on silver. | 48..59 | 511..39 |
| " | 6½ | " | on wrought gold. | 22..36 | 344..00 |
| " | 7 | " | on wrought silver, . | 658..11 | 9,401..57 |
| " | 6 | " | on dye wood, | 6,025..14 | 100,419..00 |
Resumé No. 1.
| Export of money. | $524,351..71½ | $8,739,220..00 |
| "of uncoined gold and silver, | 153,801..37½ | 2,183,450..79 |
| "of wrought gold and silver, | 6,680..47 | 9,745..57 |
| —————— | —————— | |
| Total export of the precious metals, | $678,833..56 | $10,932,416-36 |
| Export of dye woods, | 6,025..14 | 100,419..00 |
| —————— | —————— | |
| Total, | $684,858..70 | $11,032,835..36 |
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