Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Third Session of the Fortieth Congress
Mr. Plumb to Mr. Seward.
Sir: I have the honor to transmit to the department herewith a statement showing the receipts of each of the several maritime and frontier custom-houses of the Mexican republic, for the first six months of the year 1868, compiled from publications made by the department of treasury; also two statements showing the various different duties charged upon foreign effects, and the amount collected under each, for the same period, at the port of Vera Cruz, and by the custom-house of the federal district.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Hon. William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.
Statement showing the gross receipts at the several maritime and frontier custom-houses of the republic of Mexico, for the first six months of the year 1868.
Maritime Custom-houses.
| Acapulco | $104,562 |
| Campeche | 59,231 |
| Goatzacoalcos | 11,907 |
| Guaymas | 461,187 |
| Isla del Carmen | 46,057 |
| Manzanillo | 897,718 |
| Mazatlan | 874,572 |
| Matamoras | 248,247 |
| La Paz | 132,444 |
| San Blas | 87,923 |
| Sisal | 107,326 |
| Tabasco | 59,799 |
| Tonalá | 2,104 |
| Tampico | 1,001,355 |
| Tuxpan | 27,177 |
| Vera Cruz | 2,693,788 |
| Ventosa | 12,074 |
| 6,827,471 |
FRONTIER CUSTOM-HOUSES.
| Regnosa | $541 | |
| Camargo | 7,296 | |
| Mier | 15,887 | |
| Monterey-Laredo | 2,504 | |
| Piedras Negras | 67,387 | |
| Presidio del Norte | 38,601 | |
| Paso del Norte | 10,580 | |
| Zapaluta | 7,403 | |
| 150,199 | ||
| Total receipts | 6,977,670 |
Statement showing the various different duties charged in Mexico, and the amount collected under each at the port of Vera Cruz for the first six months of the year 1868.
| Importation duty | $1,448,860 |
| Material improvement duty, twenty per cent. on import duty | 289,772 |
| Railroad duty, fifteen per cent. on import duty | 217,329 |
| Internation duty, ten per cent. on import duty | 144,886 |
| Counter register duty, twenty per cent. on import duty | 289,772 |
| Tonnage duty, one dollar per ton | 14,600 |
| Export duty on coined silver, five per cent | 23,068 |
| Export duty on gold, one and one-half per cent | 10,726 |
| Export duty on worked silver, seven per cent | 283 |
| Export duty on woods, one dollar per ton | 1,282 |
| Circulation duty on coined silver, two per cent | 16,476 |
| Duty on tobacco, one dollar and fifty cents per pound | 20,273 |
| Charge when receiving drafts on Mexico, say four per cent | 58,020 |
| Duty of twelve and a half cents per package | 15,044 |
| Duty of one dollar per package of two hundred pounds | 96,378 |
| Duty on cotton, one and one-half cents per pound | 47,019 |
| Total | 2,693,788 |
Statement of duties charged upon foreign effects by the custom-house of the federal district, and the amount received from the same for the first six months of the year 1868.
| Department duty, fixed quotas | $54,728 |
| School of arts and sciences duty, fixed quotas | 8,448 |
| Drainage of the valley, old charge, fixed quotas | 3,739 |
| Drainage of the valley, new charge, fifty per cent, on municipal duty | 34,238 |
| Municipal duty, fixed quotas | 62,057 |
| Municipal duty of the port remaining unpaid | 660 |
| Pensions and retired list duty, fixed quotas | 29,895 |
| Storage, when remaining, twelve and a half cents per package per month. | 302 |
| Federal contribution, twenty-five per cent, on the interior duties | 56,118 |
| Duty of two per cent | 110,482 |
| Mercantile tribunal, two per cent. on import duty | 26,602 |
| Duty on cotton, one cent per pound | 5,609 |
| Counter register duty unpaid at port | 1,324 |
| International duty unpaid at port | 159 |
| Importation duty unpaid at port | 112 |
| Export duty on coin hereafter to be paid at port | 77,436 |
| Circulation duty now added to export duty | 34,760 |
| Total | 506,669 |