286 MEXICO. all the items included in the official returns of receipts for 1826, which originate in eventual or accidental causes, and are not classed, by the law of the 4th of August, amongst the ordinary revenues of the Federation. Estimate of Mexican Revenue in 1828. Gross Re- Net Pro- Probable ceipts in duce in Produce in 1826. 1828. Dollars. Dollars^ Dollars. Importation Duties 7,043,237 6,854,633 8,000,000 Tobacco .... 1,582,616 1,361,626 2,500,000 Contingent 1,368,452 1,368,452 1,573,756 Gunpowder 159,840 132,522 250,000 Post-office 224,543 87,462 320,000 Lottery .... 106,887 49,153 120,000 Salinas .... 65,813 44,921 75,000 Mint .... 170,670 15,607 250,000 Inquisition (Property of) . 26,440 15,010 30,000 Temporal idades (Convent property, &c.) 34,456 21,4^75 40,000 Duty on Silver exported 48,525 48,525 75,000 Stamps .... 14,840 434 20,000 Pulque .... 29,353 29,353 35,000 Assay and Apartado Duties 21,074 19,128 21,074 Fondo de Californias . 11,247 11,197 12,000 Averia 539,886 529,850 540,000 Peages (Turnpikes) . 66,740 45,542 70,000 11,514,619 10,634,890 13,931,830 Or, in round numbers, fourteen millions of dollars, (allow- ing 68,170 dollars for arrears due, and other contingent re- ceipts), which sum, I am convinced, that the country can only be prevented, by very great mismanagement, from producing. Indeed, if Mr. Esteva'a calculations can be depended upon, the Revenue has alreadi/ very nearly equalled my estimate for the year 1828. The 11,514,619 dollars given in the preceding table, are the receipts, not of a year, but of a term of ten months. «
