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MEXICO IN 1827.
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These receipts were employed in the following manner:—
1. Ten millions and a half of dollars in the interior of the country, which covered all the expences of the Colonial Administration.
2. Three millions and a half, in remittances to other Colonies, as Cuba, La Florida, Portorico, the Philippine Islands, Louisiana, Trinidad, and St. Domingo, all of which were, in some measure, supported by Mexico.
3. Six millions of dollars, in remittances to Spain, called the Sobrante liquido remisible, which was lodged annually in the Royal Treasury at Madrid.
The expense of collecting the revenue, was calculated, by Humboldt, at Eighteen per cent.
| Dollars | |
| The military establishment, and the Guarda costas upon the Eastern and Western coasts, with annual repairs of fortifications, &c., were estimated, in 1802, at | 3,800,000 |
| Sueldos de Hacienda, including salaries of Viceroy, and all inferior Government officers | 2,000,000 |
| Expences of all the Royal Monopolies, and transmission of specie from one Province to another | 3,250,000 |
| Administration of Justice, Audiencias, &c. | 250,000 |
| Pension list | 200,000 |
| Hospitals, and repairs of Royal buildings, &c. | 400,000 |
| ————— | |
| 9,900,000 |
