5th. Agriculture.
This branch of industry produced a sum equal to the mines; that is to say—from twenty-two to twenty-four millions. The following calculation is founded upon the basis of the diezmos or tithes of the several bishoprics, which may be regarded as the best territorial measure.
| Bishoprics. | Product of Agriculture in 1790. | Diezmos. |
| Mexico, | $8,500,000 | 850,000 |
| Puebla, | 4,400,000 | 440,000 |
| Valladolid, | 4,000,000 | 400,000 |
| Oajaca, | 1,000,000 | 100,000 |
| Guadalajara, | 3,400,000 | 340,000 |
| Durango, | 1,200,000 | 120,000 |
| In 6 Bishoprics, | $22,500,000 | 2,250,000 |
6th. Manufactures.
The cotton and woollen factories, of the most important and extensive character, were those of Puebla and of Queretaro. In the latter place, in twenty factories, and 300 small establishments, 46,000 arrobas of wool were consumed, out of which 6,000 pieces of cloth, or, 226,000 varas (yards);—280 pieces of jerguetilla or 39,000 yards (varas);—200 pieces of baize, or, 15,000 varas; 161 pieces of baizes and coarse woollens, or, 18,000 varas; the value of all which manufactures exceeded $600,000. In Queretaro there were moreover consumed 200,000 lbs. of cotton in the manufacture of cotton stuffs and rebosos, or shawls usually worn by the women throughout Mexico. The factories in the Intendency of Puebla, comprehended in that city, Cholula, Tlascala and Guejocingo, produced fabrics, in peaceful times, to the value of a million and a half of dollars. Besides these there were other factories in various parts of the country.
7th. Commerce.
| The imports through Vera Cruz, before the war, averaging one year with another, exceeded, | $19,000,000 |
| The exports, inclusive of silver, | 21,000,000 |
| Difference in favor of exports, | 2,000,000 |
| Total of mercantile exchanges, | 40,000,000 |
| The above exportations may be divided into— | |
| Silver, | $14,000,000 |
| Agricultural products, | 7,000,000 |
Classification of Exports.
| Weight in arrobas. | Value in dollars | |
| Cochineal, | 24,500 | $1,715,000 |
| Sugar, | 500,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Vainilla, | 60,000 | |
| Indigo, | 60,000 | 2,700,000 |
| Sarsaparilla, | 20,000 | 90,000 |
| Pepper from Tabasco, | 24,000 | 40,000 |
| Flour, | 500,000 | |
| Tanned leather, | 80,000 | |
| Sundries, | 315,000 | |
| $7,000,000 | ||
| Add export of precious metals, | 14,000,000 | |
| $21,000,000 |