. Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain [microform] : containing researches relative to the geography of Mexico, the extent of its surface and its political division into intendancies, the physical aspect of the country, the population, the state of agriculture and manufacturing and commercial industry, the canals projected between the South Sea and Atlantic Ocean, the crown revenues, the quantity of the precious metals which have flowed from Mexico into Europe and Asia, since the discovery of the new continent and the military defence of New Spain. Agriculture; Mines and mineral resourc
. Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain [microform] : containing researches relative to the geography of Mexico, the extent of its surface and its political division into intendancies, the physical aspect of the country, the population, the state of agriculture and manufacturing and commercial industry, the canals projected between the South Sea and Atlantic Ocean, the crown revenues, the quantity of the precious metals which have flowed from Mexico into Europe and Asia, since the discovery of the new continent and the military defence of New Spain. Agriculture; Mines and mineral resources; Agriculture; Mines et ressources minières. •HAP. XI.] KINGDOM OF NEW SPAIN. 331 Expences. • Duty of one per cent and tenth . 123p. 6r. Duty on gold at 3 per 254 S cent .... •5 6 Duty of assaying . 6 0 Duty of 6oc«c/o . 1 4 Apartado . . 91 7 Consumo . . 12 2 Senoreage . : . 13 2. Remain to the proprietor 1073 0 If the ingot is so rich in gold that it contains more than a half of its weight of that metal, the expence of assay rises to 4 reals per marc. It may be seen from these examples that the individual who delivers his silver into the provincial treasuries of Mexico, in exchange for specie, pays in the first case to govern- ment 121, and in the second 19 f per cent. This impost excites the proprietors of the mines to the fraudulent extraction of the precious metals. Notwithstanding the expe- rience of so many ages, the court of Madrid has several times attempted* to increase the duty of signioragej without reflecting that this * Representadon de la mineria de Nneva Espaha sobrt ia doUe txacdon del Sgnoreage, dt 1766. in':. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Humboldt, Alexander, Freiherr von, 1769-1859. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown . .. and H. Colburn .
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