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COMMERCE—EXPORTS—IMPORTS.
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value of all which manufactures exceeded $600,000. In Queretaro there were moreover consumed 200,000 lbs. of cotton in the manufacture of cotton stuffs and rebosos, or shawls usually worn by the women throughout Mexico. The factories in the Intendency of Puebla, comprehended in that city, Cholula, Tlascala and Guejocingo, produced fabrics, in peaceful times, to the value of a million and a half of dollars. Besides these there were other factories in various parts of the country.
7th. Commerce.
| The imports through Vera Cruz, before the war, | |
| averaging one year with another, exceeded, | $19,000,000 |
| The exports, inclusive of silver, | 21,000,000 |
| __________ | |
| Difference in favor of exports, | 2,000,000 |
| __________ | |
| Total of mercantile exchanges, | 40,000,000 |
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| The above exportations may be divided into— | |
| Silver, | $14,000,000 |
| Agricultural products, | 7,000,000 |
Classification of Exports.
| Weight in arrobas. | Value in dollars | |
| Cochineal, | 24,500 | $1,715,000 |
| Sugar, | 500,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Vainilla, | 60,000 | |
| Indigo, | 60,000 | 2,700,000 |
| Sarsaparilla, | 20,000 | 90,000 |
| Pepper from Tabasco, | 24,000 | 40,000 |
| Flour, | 500,000 | |
| Tanned leather, | 80,000 | |
| Sundries, | 315,000 | |
| ____________ | ||
| $7,000,000 | ||
| Add export of precious metals, | 14,000,000 | |
| ____________ | ||
| $21,000,000 | ||
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