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| Railroad, "Mexican Central," elevation of, 40. |
| facilities of travel by, 21. |
| "National," 233. |
| system of Mexico, 233. |
| "Vera Cruz and City of Mexico," 40-42. |
| cost of, 43. |
| scenery on, 42. |
| Railroads and commerce, 238. |
| influence of, on Government, 229. |
| Rainy season in Mexico, 120. |
| Rancheros, good faith of, 237, 238. |
| Real-estate investments in Mexico, 117. |
| Receipts and expenditures of Mexico, 188. |
| Reciprocity treaty, Mexican, 246, 254 |
| Religious toleration in Mexico, 89, 90, 218. |
| Revenue, national, principal sources of, 189. |
| Revolutionary elements in Mexico, 209. |
| Revolutions, domestic, influence of railroads on, 229. |
| Rivers, navigable, absence of, in Mexico, 48. |
| Roads, absence of, in Mexico, 14, 15. |
| Routes, interoceanic, 226. |
| Saddles, Mexican, 138. |
| Sales, taxes on, 176. |
| Sanitary condition of Mexico, 203. |
| Santa Fé, wages and labor at, 149. |
| Schools, national, 102. |
| Seaports of Mexico, poor, 195. |
| Senate of Mexico, 107. |
| Sewage of the city of Mexico, 200. |
| Shoes and sandals, 26. |
| Silver coinage, inconveniences of, 197. |
| depreciation, effect of, in Mexico, 192. |
| Silver monometallism in Mexico, 196. |
| Silver product of Mexico, 159. |
| Slavery, practical existence of, in Mexico, 28, 29. |
| Smuggling in Mexico, 156, 157. |
| present losses by, 157. |
| Social forces in Mexico, 105. |
| Society, best, of Mexico, what constitutes, 215. |
| Spain, laws of old, 174. |
| Spanish colonial policy, 63. |
| Spanish rule in Mexico, 62. |
| Stamp-taxes of Mexico, 176. |
| Statesmen of Mexico, high character of. 111. |
| Stone age in Mexico, 52. |
| Stove, cost of importing a, into Mexico, 166. |
| Stoves, absence of, in Mexico, 35. |
| Strangers, climatic influences on, 199. |
| Sugar, prices of, in Mexico, 130, 245. |
| product of Mexico, 129. |
| prospective increase of, 130. |
| Tariff, United States, restriction on imports of ores, 162. |
| Taxation, curious experiences of, 163, 165, 185. |
| Taxation in Mexico, 163. |
| in Mexico, difficulty of reforming, 181. |
