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nydus/Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2Public
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CHAPTER VIII. MEXICAN FINANCES.

3d. Debt Before National Independence.

National debt anterior to independence, interest to}

1st July, 1849,                                  }        $41,983,096

Summary.
1.Foreign debt,$58,889,487
2.Home debt,48,934,610
3.Debt prior to independence,41,983,096
Total debt of Mexico,$149,807,193
The annual interest on which, at 6 per cent. is$8,988,431

Estimate of the Income of Mexico from the 1st July, 1848, to 1st July, 1849, according to the calculation of the Mexican minister of Finance.

Income from Maritime Duties ,$4,488,000
" from Internal Duties , Taxes , &c., &c.,2,224,000
Total,$6,712,000
Deduct from this the cost of collecting this revenue and for various prior partial assignments of it,1,171,888
Total income for the year,$5,540,112
Expenses of the Government From 1st July, 1848 To 1st July, 1849.
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