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PICTURES OF LIFE IN MEXICO.

Statistics of Cotton Manufacture.

Departments. Factories. Spindles established. Spindles in erection Total
In Mexico 12 30,156 . . 30,156
" Puebla 21 35,672 12,240 47,912
" Vera Cruz 7 17,860 5,200 23,060
" Guadalaxara 5 11,312 6,500 17,812
" Queretaro 2 7,620 . . 7,620
" Durango 4 2,520 . . 2,520
" Guanajuato 1 1,200 . . 1,200
" Sonara 1 1,000 . . 1,000
Total 53 107,340 23,940 131,280

At the time when the foregoing account was taken, the number of spindles in three manufacturing establishments, in the department of Durango, were not included; for no definite information had been supplied respecting them. They may be calculated, however, at about 4,000, which, added to the 131,280, will give a grand total of 135,000 at least. The number of looms, also, in the republic is not presented, because data have been furnished only in relation to those moved by machinery. A considerable number of hand-looms are in constant occupation throughout the republic.