[XXXII-3] Guat., Recop. Ley., i. 658-89, 744-60.
[XXXII-4] Though land was free to all, agriculture was so low that even on the richest soil staples were scarcely produced in sufficient quantities for the consumption. Berendt, in Smithsonian Rept, 1867, 424.
[XXXII-5] The annual export was estimated at nearly $1,100,000, but chemical substances having been discovered to take its place for coloring, the decadence of the industry soon followed. Cochineal could not fetch over 2 to 3 francs per kilogr. in France. Laferrière, De Paris à Guatém., 247.
[XXXII-6] It had young trees planted in every department, and for the further increase of the staple, exempts the product from interior taxation and export dues. Pan. Star and Herald, May 29, 1886.
[XXXII-7] Presid. Barrios, Mensaje, Sept. 11, 1876.
[XXXII-8] Guat., Mem. Sec. Gobern. y Just., 1880; Id., Mem. Sec. Fomento, 1880-2; Id., Sec. Hac., 1882-3; Pan. Star and Herald, March 2, May 29, 1886.
[XXXII-9] Cochineal, reduced from 67,709 qls in 1860-4 to 2,845 in 1879-83. Coffee, 1860-4, none; crop of 1883-4 was 495,385 qls; next year's estimated 520,000, valued at $5,291,074. Sugar, 1860-4, 115,486 qls; the production of 1883 of sugar, panela, muscovado, and molasses valued at $976,902; 1884, $1,058,551; 1885, $915,789. Rubber, 1879-83, 9,074 qls. Sundries, 1879-83, 115,999 qls. Flour, 1884, probable production 931,144 qls. Tobacco cult. progressing. Live-stock, 1884, horses, 107,187; mules and asses, 41,386; neat cattle, 441,307; sheep, 417,577; goats, 27,618; swine, 177,118. Total value, $15,112,233. Guat., Mem. Sec. Fomento, 1885-5; El Guatemalteco, Jan. 1, Sept. 15, 1884; Pan. Ev'g Telegram, May 26, 1886.
[XXXII-10] As early as 1800 there were 9,600 trees of China cotton. Quinta Junta Púb., 14-15; Juarros, Guat., i. 38-46.
[XXXII-11] Viag. Univ., xxvii. 172-4. The Sp. gov. had all the vines destroyed for fear of injury to the wine industry of the mother country. Squier's Cent. Am., 273; W. Ind., Descr. Sp. Settlers, 45.
[XXXII-12] Squier's Cent. Am., 192-204; Laferrière, De Paris à Guatém., 97.