318 MEXICO. which formed the cargo of the Galleon, (or Nao de la China,) in return for which remittances in specie were made : the total amount of these varied from one and a half, to two mil- lions of dollars ; the whole of the imports and exports not having averaged more than three millions and a half of dol- lars, on a term of fifteen years, ending in 1810; at which time I conceive the trade of the galleons to have died a natural death. By the preceding statement, it will appear, that the whole annual average value, in dollars, of the trade of Mexico with Europe, before the year 1821, was : — Dollars. Including the imports and exports of the Royal treasury ..... 30,586,273 Without them ..... 21,545,606 That the average value of the trade, on the Western side, (up to 1810,) was three millions and a half of dollars, making, with the imports and exports of Veracruz, a total of 34,086,273 dollars. That the whole of the Exports from Acapulco, and five- sixths of those from Veracruz, consisted of the precioys metals. That the Imports were partly Spanish produce, (as wines, brandies, oil, paper, and silks,) and partly European manu- factures, imported through Spain, or the Havana ; the direct importation being, in twenty-five years, less than one-tenth of the whole. That the average exports of each year always exceeded the imports.* And Dollars.
- Commercial exports of specie
(average) . . . . . . . 8,391,088 Ditto of Royal Treasury ..... 8,340,667 3 Total annual amount ..... 16,731,755 3 American produce (average) .... 2,790,280 Total annual exports ..... 19,522,035 3 Total imports, including those of Royal Treasury . 11,864,237
