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PICTURES OF LIFE IN MEXICO.
Articles. Weight, measure, or number. Import duty, Mexican money. Import duty, British money.
Dol. c. £ s. d.
Thread, cotton, or of cotton and wool, including the paper packages lb. 0 50 0 2 1
Men's and women's stockings of all qualities and colours dozen 1 50 0 6 3
Children's do do. 1 50 0 6 3
Muslins, linos, gauzes, and other white and coloured cotton cloths, of an open texture, fancy and plain, without regard to the number of threads, at and under a vara wide do. 0 12

1/2

0 0 6

1/2

Printed, striped, and checked handkerchiefs of fast colours, from twenty-six threads on the quarter-inch, at and under a vara wide do. 0 12

1/2

0 0 6

1/2

Plain white handkerchiefs, with white or coloured borders, exceeding-thirty threads on the quarter-inch, at and under a vara wide each 0 09 0 0 4

1/2

White handkerchiefs, twilled, or with raised stripes or checks, at and under a vara wide do. 0 11 0 0 5

1/2