the beginning of this Section, the returns from the different Mints cannot be said to furnish a correct estimate of the Silver raised from the Mines, they, nevertheless, comprise the only authentic data that can now be obtained, and I shall, consequently, make them the basis of my calculations.
By the annexed Tables (Nos. II. to VI.) it will appear that the Coinage, from 1811 to 1825 inclusive, in the whole territory of Mexico, was as follows:—
| Dollars. | |
| In Mexico | 111,551,082 |
| In Guădălajāră | 4,868,760 |
| In Dŭrāngŏ | 6,917,652 |
| In Zăcătēcăs | 30,659,518 |
| In Chĭhūāhuă | 1,216,000 |
| —————— | |
| Forming a sum total of | 155,213,012 |
from, which, however, must be deducted 1,636,040 dollars, being the value of 396 Tejos de oro (Ingots of gold), and 4263 Ounces, (Doubloons) remitted upon the account of the first Loan by the House of Goldschmidt, and included in the Coinage of the Capital for the year 1825; and 300,000 dollars likewise received in gold, about the same time, by the United Mexican Company.
The remainder (153,276,972 dollars,) will give 10,218,464 dollars 6 reals, as the annual average Produce of the fifteen years.
Yet, small as this sum is, in comparison with the
