Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.Mayer, Brantz
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Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2: A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.
INCOME OF NEW SPAIN 1809--EXPENSES OF NEW SPAIN 1809.--MINERAL
PRODUCTIONS--MILITARY
FORCE--AGRICULTURE--MANUFACTURES.--COMMERCE--EXPORTS--IMPORTS.--PRESENT
COMMERCE--IMPORTS--EXPORTS.--NINETEEN YEARS TRADE BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.--CHARACTER OF IMPORTS--CHARACTER OF
EXPORTS--SILVER EXPORTED.--FAIRS IN MEXICO.--THE FUTURE PROSPECTS
AND POSITION OF MEXICO--NOT A COMMERCIAL COUNTRY.--RAILWAY FROM
VERA CRUZ TO THE CITY OF MEXICO.
FINANCIAL AND PRODUCTIVE CONDITION OF MEXICO OR NEW SPAIN BEFORE HER
REVOLUTION, AND AT THE PRESENT DAY.
In order to exhibit a connected and comparative view of the financial
and commercial condition of Mexico, we have assembled in this section a
number of tables which exhibit, at a glance, the state of New Spain in
relation to her mines, agriculture, manufactures, commerce, and the
income and expenses of the viceroyalty in 1809.
TABULAR STATISTICAL VIEW OF THE INCOME AND EXPENSES OF THE
VICEROYALTY OF MEXICO IN 1809, ANTECEDENT TO THE REVOLUTION--ITS
MINES, AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE.
1st. INCOME.
Branches of income. Clear product in dollars.
Duties on assay, $72,506
" on gold and bullion, 24,908
" on silver, 2,086,565
" on vajilla, 25,716
Coining of gold and silver, 1,628,259
Tributes, 1,159,951
Taxes, (alcabalas) 2,644,618
Pulque, (a national beverage made of aloe,) 750,462
Powder, 370,829
Lotteries, 109,002
Novenos, 192,333
Saleable and remisable offices, 27,106
Stamped paper, 64,900
Medias anatas, 37,338
Chancery, 1,035
Cock fights, 33,322
Liquor shops, 22,883
Ice, 31,814
Salt works and duties on salt, 132,982
Licenses for ballast in Vera Cruz, 29
Bakeries, liquor shops in do. 11,989
Fortifications, 8,003
Donations, 1,480
do. for war purposes, 646,459
Caldos, 36,181
Dyes and vainilla, 45,740
Almojarifazgos, 275,894
Aprovechamientos, 57,967
Small incomes, 76,151
Balances of accounts, 24,989
Bulls of Santa Cruzada, (Roman Catholic,) 271,828
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