| Dollars. | |
| From 1811 to 1820 | 68,291,206 |
| From 1821 to 1825 | 26,171,221 |
| San Blas (in the fifteen years) | 8,827,299 |
| Măzătlān (ditto) | 2,622,076 |
| Acapulco (ditto) | 3,292,752 |
| ————— | |
| Total, in fifteen years. | 109,204,554 |
| ————— |
Of the Exports on the King's account, which are not included in this estimate, nothing certain is known; but, from the difficulty which the Viceregal Government experienced from 1811 to 1817, in raising funds to meet the exigencies of the moment in Mexico, I am induced to believe that, during the whole of that time, no remittances to Madrid can have been made. The Tobacco monopoly, and the duties upon Gold and Silver, of which the "sobrante liquido, remisible," was composed before the Revolution, failed entirely; and, although new taxes were substituted for them, these were barely sufficient to defray the expenses of the war. After 1816, things became more settled, and some trifling remittances were made, which ceased again entirely upon the declaration of Independence in 1821, so that I should not calculate them in all, during the whole fifteen years, at more than ten millions of dollars.[1]
- ↑ This is merely a supposition, open both to inquiry and correction; for, with regard to the Royal Exports, I have no data to
