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MEXICO.
TABLE OF THE COINAGE OF MEXICO FROM THE EARLIEST PERIODS TO THE PRESENT DAY.
| The Mint of the City of Mexico was established in 1535, but there are no returns for the first 155 years, until 1690. If we take the average of the coinage of these years to have been $1,000,000, we shall have | $155,000,000 | |
| From 1690 to 1803, inclusive, | 1,353,452,020 | |
| "1803 to 1821, inclusive, | 261,354,022 | |
| "1822 | 5,543,254 | |
| "1823 | 3,567,821 | |
| "1824 | 3,503,880 | |
| "1825 | 6,036,878 | |
| "1825 to 1831, (on an average three millions per annum,) | 15,000,000 | |
| "1831 | 13,000,000 | |
| "1832 | 12,500,000 | |
| "1833 | 12,500,000 | |
| "1834 | 12,040,000 | |
| "1835 | 12,000,000 | |
| "1836 | 12,050,000 | |
| "1837 | 11,610,000 | |
| "1838 to 1843 (averaging twelve millions,) | 60,000,000 | |
| To this must be added the coinage of State mints not included in the above: | ||
| Guanajuato, from | 1812 to 1826 | 3,024,194 |
| Zacatecas," | 1810 to 1826 | 32,108,185 |
| Guadalaxara," | 1812 to 1826 | 5,569,159 |
| Durango," | 1811 to 1826 | 7,483,625 |
| Chihuahua," | 1811 to 1814 | 3,603,660 |
| Sombrerete," | 1810 to 1811 | 1,561,249 |
| All these for the five years (after 1826) since which they have been calculated in the general coinage, | 60,000,000 | |
| Total | $2,068,597,948 | |
This amount, you will see, is less than it has been made by several other writers.
THE CHURCH OF MEXICO— ITS WEALTH AND INFLUENCE.
The Church of Mexico is the next and last topic to which I shall direct your attention, and I am compelled again to regret the want of an accurate account of the convents, properties, members, and wealth of the Religious Orders in 1842. I diligently sought information from individuals who should have been au fait on these subjects, yet I could gain from
