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nydus/Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2Public
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CHAPTER VII.

Wine,25 to 30,000barrels$1,000,000
Paper,125,000reams,375,000
Cinnamon,100,000lbs.400,000
Brandy,32,000barrels,1,000,000
Saffron,17,000lbs.350,000
Iron,50,000quintals,600,000
Steel,6,000"110,000
Wax,26,000arrobas,500,000
Cacao,20,000fanegas,1,100,000
Clothing, hardware and other manufactures,14,000,000
$19,335,000

From a statement published by the Consulado of Vera Cruz it appears that the Importation from Spain in 1802 was as follows:—

In national vessels,$11,539,219—$19,600,000
In foreign "8,060,781
Exportation in the same year,33,866,219
Difference in favor of exports,$14,266,219
Commerce of the metropolis,$53,466,219
Importation from America,$1,607,792
Exportation for "4,581,148
General importation$21,207,792
General exportation,38,447,367
Total trade of Vera Cruz in 1802,$59,655,159[24]

From this view of the anti-revolutionary condition of Mexican commerce and financial interests, we pass properly to the examination of

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