308 MEXICO. According to Humboldt's estimate, in 1803, the first of these (the Exports) consisted annually of Value. Gold and Silver . . . 17,000,000 Cochineal Sugar Flour Indigo (native) Salt Meat Hides Sarsaparilla . Vanilla Jalap Soap Campeche Wood Tabascan Pepper 2,400,000 1,300,000 300,000 280,000 100,000 80,000 80,000 60,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 or 21,780,000 dollars, which he fixes as the Average amount of the Exports, as given by the Custom-house Registers dur- ing several years of peace. The Average Imports of each year, according to the same author, were — Value in Dollars. Ropas, (linens, cottons, cloths, and silks) . 9,200,000 Paper, 300,000 reams . 1,000,000 Brandy . . . 1,000,000 Cacao .... . 1,000,000 Quicksilver .... 650,000 Iron .... 600,000 Steel .... 200,000 Wine .... 700,000 Wax . . . 300,000 Total 14,650,000
