"of Guatimala. This valuable production " comes in time of war by the way of "Oaxaca; and we must hope, that it will con"tinue to be exported from Vera Cruz "in time of peace, if government give free"dom to the commerce of the Rio Hua"sacualco. "7. Notwithstanding the great number of "vessels which arrived this year at Vera "Cruz, in two hundred and sixty voyages from Europe to America, and from America to Europe, there was not a single shipwreck, nor any other fatal event at sea. The cruel disease called black vomiting, which raged from 66 66 66 April to October, carried off fifteen hundred "individuals partly Europeans, and partly in"habitants of the cold regions of Mexico. "This disease has thrown great obstacles in "the way of internal trade, as the muleteers "were afraid of approaching the port of Vera "Cruz. 66 "8. All the Vessels stated in the column of vessels from America, are not to be con"sidered as ships employed in the commerce "of the American colonies; for it frequently 66 happens that Spanish vessels take in silver "in Mexico, and sail for the Havannah and Caracas, where they load with sugar and 66 cocoa. "9. During the course of the year "1802, 196 litigated causes were determined by the Tribunal da Consulado; and there "remains but a single suit to be deter"mined." Vera Cruz, 19th February, 1803. 7 TABLE II. (A.) Balance of the Commerce of Vera Cruz in 1803. Importation from Spain into Mexico of national agricultural produce. |