VIII.
Custom-Houses.
According to the laws of Mexico, the examination of baggage will be made "liberally and with prudence and moderation." In general the tourist will be treated politely by the customs officers. As regards wearing-apparel and jewelry for personal use, the amount of that which will not be subject to duty is left entirely to the discretion of the Government officials, taking into consideration, however, the character and social position of the traveler.
At present the following "extra" articles are admitted free of duty:
Two watches with their chains.
One hundred cigars.
Forty small boxes of cigarettes.
Half kilogramme of snuff.
Half kilogramme of smoking tobacco.
One pair of pistols with accessory and with two hundred charges.
A rifle, a gun or fowling-piece, with accessory and with two hundred charges.
One pair of musical instruments, excepting piano-fortes and organs.
Other objects not included in the foregoing list are, of course, subject to the duties fixed by the Mexican tariff. (See chapter on Duties.)
IX.
Commerce.
The chief exports of Mexico are: Gold, silver, copper ore, coffee, cochineal, vanilla, indigo, hides, hemp,
