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EXPENSES OF NEW SPAIN 1809.
Amount brought forward, $9,174,493
Chancery, 1,053
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
Ecclesiastical tithes, 30,320
do. subsidies, 4,686
Medias anatas y mesadas id, 50,540
Vacantes mayores y menores. 112,733
Spanish quicksilver, 474,722
German " 42,583
Freight of quicksilver, 2,757
Cards, 148,861
Tobacco, 3,927,822
4 per cent, of salary of employés, 25,632
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Gross income, $15,693,895
From this should be deducted for salaries and expenses of administration, $596,260
1,244,199
For donations received this year, but which should not be counted as income, $647,739
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Net income, $14,449,696
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2d. Expenses in the year 1809.

Expenses for fortification $800,000
Pay of army, veteran troops, arsenal of San Blas, powder factories and other expenses,
3,000,000
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Amount carried forward, $13,800,000