ern side, (up to 1810), was three millions and a half of dollars, making, with the imports and exports of Veracruz, a total of 34,086,273 dollars.
That the whole of the Exports from Acapulco, and five-sixths of those from Veracruz, consisted of the precious metals.
That the Imports were partly Spanish produce, (as wines, brandies, oil, paper, and silks,) and partly European manufactures, imported through Spain, or the Havana, the direct importation being, in twenty-five years, less than one-tenth of the whole.
That the average exports of each year always exceeded the imports. [1] And
That the value of the home manufactures of wool and cotton alone, (without including those of leather, hats, saddlery, earthenware, &c. &c., the consumption of which was very great,) nearly equalled the
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Dollars. Commercial exports of specie (average) 8,361,088 Ditto of Royal Treasury 8,340,667 3 ————— — Total annual amount 16,731,755 3 American produce (average) 2,790,280 ————— — Total annual exports 19,522,035 3 Total imports, including those of Royal Treasury 11,864,237
