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PICTURES OF LIFE IN MEXICO.
Statistics of Cotton Manufacture.
| Departments. | Factories. | Spindles established. | Spindles in erection | Total | |
| In | Mexico | 12 | 30,156 | . . | 30,156 |
| " | Puebla | 21 | 35,672 | 12,240 | 47,912 |
| " | Vera Cruz | 7 | 17,860 | 5,200 | 23,060 |
| " | Guadalaxara | 5 | 11,312 | 6,500 | 17,812 |
| " | Queretaro | 2 | 7,620 | . . | 7,620 |
| " | Durango | 4 | 2,520 | . . | 2,520 |
| " | Guanajuato | 1 | 1,200 | . . | 1,200 |
| " | Sonara | 1 | 1,000 | . . | 1,000 |
| Total | 53 | 107,340 | 23,940 | 131,280 | |
At the time when the foregoing account was taken, the number of spindles in three manufacturing establishments, in the department of Durango, were not included; for no definite information had been supplied respecting them. They may be calculated, however, at about 4,000, which, added to the 131,280, will give a grand total of 135,000 at least. The number of looms, also, in the republic is not presented, because data have been furnished only in relation to those moved by machinery. A considerable number of hand-looms are in constant occupation throughout the republic.
