+------------------------------+----------------------------+---------+ | | 1837. | | | +---------+------------------+---------+ | |Quantity.| Price. Value. | | +---------+------------------+---------+ | | | Dollars. | Dollars | | | | | | |Spanish Dollars | 258,748 | -- | 258,743 | |Marks of Silver | 4,881 |at 8 | 39,048 | |Gold (ounces) | 21,999 | 17 | 373,983 | |Gold (uncoined) | 362 | -- | 6,154 | |Copper (quintals of 100 lbs.) | -- | -- | -- | |Ox-hides | 823,635 | 4 |3,294,540| |Horse-hides | 25,367 | 1-1/2 | 38,046| |Jerk Beef (quintals) | 178,877 | 2-1/2 | 446,192| |Horns | 434,456 | 60 | 26,070| |Horsehair (arobes of 25 lbs.) | 70,372 | 3 | 211,116| |Sheeps' wool (arobes) | 164,706 | 2 | 329,412| |Chinchilla skins (dozens) | 3,317 | 4 | 13,268| |Nutria skins (dozens) | 51,853 | 2-1/2 | 129,632| |Tallow (arobes) | 100,249 | 1-1/2 | 150,373| |Bark (lbs.) | -- | -- | --| |Cotton (arobes) | 160 | 3 | 480| |Sheep-skins (dozens) | 56,188 | 2-1/2 | 140,470| |Flour (fanegas) | 14,069 | 4 | 56,268| |Corn (do.) | 4,150 | 3-1/2 | 14,525| |Sundry Minor Articles | -- | -- | 108,818| |------------------------------+---------+------------------+---------+ |Totals | Precious Metals 677,928}|5,637,138| | | Native Produce 4,959,210}| | +-----------------------------------------------------------+---------+ The annual account of the imports and exports, continuing to take the year 1822 as an example, may perhaps be generally stated as follows: Dollars. The imports for that year, as stated at page 337 (less those re-exported), were valued at 9,944,057 From the gross value of the imports about 30 per cent. must be deducted for duties, landing charges, commission, guarantee of debts, and warehouse rent, say 2,983,217 --------- 6,960,840