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142 5. In the manufacture of hardware and machinery. (The duty on hardware is enormous.) 6. In the improvement of harbors and the construction of wharves. (Many of the harbors might, at a small expense, be rendered navigable for large vessels.) 7. In the organization of district-telegraph, telephone, and electric-light companies. (The former are unknown. There are a few of the others.) 8. In erecting hotels with all the modern conveniences. (First-class hotels are very rare.) 9. In the culture of sugar, coffee, tobacco, cotton, and fruit. 10. In opening the numerous wells of petroleum, and in refining the article. (Two refineries have just been erected in the State of Vera Cruz. Petroleum is destined to be a great source of wealth to Mexico. In 1882, 1,300,000 gallons were exported from New York to Vera Cruz. The country is capable of exporting this commodity to Europe, besides producing enough for home consumption.)

We have omitted to name the mining of the various ores, as foreigners have invested largely in the Mexican mines.

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