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MEXICO IN 1827.
461
the payment of a duty on quitting the Mexican territory.
| Per Cent. | |
| Gold (coined) | 2 |
| Gold wrought, | 1 |
| Silver (coined) | 3½ |
| Silver wrought | 3 |
| Cochineal (fine) the value being fixed at sixty dollars, per Arroba of twenty-five pounds weight | 6 |
| Cochineal Dust (at ten drs. per Arroba) | 6 |
| Cochineal inferior ditto | 6 |
| Vanilla (value fixed at forty dollars a thousand) | 10 |
Ships of all nations, with the exception of Spain, (whose flag is excluded on account of the war,) are admitted into the ports of Mexico, on the payment of the established duties; which consist of a Tonnage duty of twenty reals (two and a half dollars) per ton, with the Anchorage and Harbour dues levied on Mexican vessels in the countries to which foreign vessels severally belong.
The Export duties are payable at once.
The Derecho de Internacion is not paid upon goods consumed upon the coast, but only upon taking out the Guia, or Pass, for their introduction into the Interior.
After goods have been "dispatched," the duties,
