Pimento of Tabasco, thirty thousand piasfres. * - - The indigo of Guatimala, and the cocoa of Guayaquil, are in time of war very important objects for the commerce of Vera Cruz. We do not name them however, in this table, because we wished to confine it to the indigenous productions of New Spain. . . . . . . . . . The importation of Vera Cruz includes the following articles: linen and cotton, and woollen cloth, and silks, (ropas) to the value of nine millions two hundred thousand piastres. f Paper, three hundred thousand reams, a million of piastres, f is . . . . . . Brandy, thirty thousand hogsheads, (barriques), a million of piastres. Cocoa, eighty thousand fanegas, a million of piastres. Mercury, eight hundred thousand kilogrammes, sia hundred and fifty thousand piastres. S Iron, two millions and a half of kilogrammes, sia hundred thousand piastres. || Steel, six hundred thousand kilogrammes, two hundred thousand piastres. T

Wine, forty thousand hogsheads, (barriques), seven hundred thousand piastres. * Wax, two hundred and fifty thousand kilogrammes, three hundred thousand piastres. # We shall take the average value to be in piastres: Millions. Exportation from Vera Cruz . . 22 f : Importation to Vera Cruz. . . . 15 S

Commercial circulation 37 || We shall, give in this place, the states of the commerce of Vera Cruz, published by the consulado, at the close of the years 1802 and 1803.

TABLE I. (A.)

Balance of Commerce of Vera Cruz, in 1802.

and commodities. ble piastres. |Brandy - - 29,695 hogs. 1,288,914 White wine - 40,335 ditto 683,079 Red wine - - 21,657 ditto 331,882 The same in bottles | 13,159 bott. 8,642 Vinegar - - 3,374 hogs. 48,149 Dried grapes - 2,501 quint. 27,417 Almonds - - 2,590 ditto 81,545 Olives - - || 9,519 jars 22,205 - - - 32,099 arrob. 96,297 Saffron - 5,187 lib. 99,765 Aromatic plants - 185 quint. 2,000 Capers - - 202 barr. 2,714 Nuts - - - 227 quint, 3,240 Figs - - || 320 ditto 2,491 Origan - - 2,450 lib. 306 Cumine - - 242 arrob. 1,992 Fresh grapes - 1,170 pitch. 3,510 Pilchards (sardines) 93 barr. 1,347 Anchovies - - 10 arrob. 50 White paper - 1274,211 reams 885,884 Foul paper - - || 7,906 ditto 4,577 Thread - - 376 quint. 11,451 . Corks - - 1699,000 5,177 Canteens (frasqueras) 492 20,583 Hams - - 142 arrob. 1,380 §: liquors - 852 ditto 11,766 - - 119 quint. 1,785 | Carried over 8,643,157

Denominations of goods - - - Value in douand commodities. Quantities. ble piastres. Brought forward - || - " - - || 3,643,157 Delf ware - 8,041 doz. 4,651 Beer - - 71,876 bott. 45,779 Cider - - - 1,920 ditto 968 Sausages - - 3,368 lib. 1,684 Vermicelli - - 233 guint. 4,628 Sharping stones - 513 1,282 White Iron - - 289 chests 10,115 Iron in bars - 42,440quint. 382,480 Wrought Iron - 7,792 ditto 78,882 Steel - - 7,020 quint. 132,392 Cordage - 459 ditto 6,442 Moon tercios 5,651 2,210,552 cloth, li- is $4°o 3,293 3,889,891 2. baules 899 606,130 men, silks, | and gau- Cao'O726S 3,413 520,182 zes, in toSCOS *23 Total value in piastres - 11,539,219

Importation from Spain into Mexico, of the produce of foreign agriculture and industry.