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SKETCH OF GUATEMALA.
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that Guatemala is much better supplied with British goods than is Mexico.
Recapitulation of the Trade of Guatemala.
Trade from and to Jamaica. | |||
Value imported by Guatemalian merchants | 350,000 | ||
Do. smuggled into Omoa and Nicaragua | 100,000 | ||
Profit to Jamaica merchants, ten per cent | 45,000 | ||
Total imported into Guatemala from Jamaica | £495,000 | ||
Value of returns in indigo and cochineal, for British goods imported by Guatemalian merchants | 350,000 | ||
Do. do. for British goods smuggled | 100,000 | ||
Total exported from Guatemala into Jamaica | 450,000 | ||
Total value of the trade from and to Jamaica | £945,000 | ||
Trade from and to Belize. | |||
Value of dry goods imported by British merchants | 1,500,000 |