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288 MEXICO. Dollars. Ministry of Relaciones: (Home and Foreign Department) .... 264,082 Department of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, including Supreme Tribunal . . 226,098 The Army ..... 9,073,932 The Navy ..... 1,309,045 The Congress, (salaries of Deputies and Sena- tors ; clerks, office expenses, &c.) . . 402,064 Interest on Goldschmidfs loan at five per cent. 973,600 Interest on Barclay's loan at six per cent. . 1,136,000 Finance Department, including salaries of Presi- dent and Ministers, and all Federal officers, and charges of Tobacco, Gunpowder, &c. . 2,574,021 Total . 15,958,842 From this amount Mr. Esteva deducts, (with the alleged concurrence of the Minister of War) 2,595,744 dollars, for reductions to be made in the Army and Navy estimates; thus bringing the total expense of the year to 13,363,098 dollars : viz. — Dollars. Total expenditure .... 15,958,842 Reduction in War department . . 2,595,744 Remain . 13,363,098 Dollars. Receipts, according to estimate given in Mr. Esteva's Report .... 13,667,637 Expenditure as above .... 13,363,098 Balance, or Surplus Revenue 304,539