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 288 MEXICO. Dollars. Ministry of Relaciones: (Home and Foreign Department) .... 264,082 Department of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs, including Supreme Tribunal. . 226,098 The Army ..... 9,073,932 The Navy ..... 1,309,045 The Congress, (salaries of Deputies and Sena- tors ; clerks, office expenses, &c.). . 402,064 Interest on Goldschmidfs loan at five per cent. 973,600 Interest on Barclay's loan at six per cent. . 1,136,000 Finance Department, including salaries of Presi- dent and Ministers, and all Federal officers, and charges of Tobacco, Gunpowder, &c. . 2,574,021 Total. 15,958,842 From this amount Mr. Esteva deducts, (with the alleged concurrence of the Minister of War) 2,595,744 dollars, for reductions to be made in the Army and Navy estimates; thus bringing the total expense of the year to 13,363,098 dollars : viz. — Dollars. Total expenditure .... 15,958,842 Reduction in War department. . 2,595,744 Remain. 13,363,098 Dollars. Receipts, according to estimate given in Mr. Esteva's Report .... 13,667,637 Expenditure as above .... 13,363,098 Balance, or Surplus Revenue 304,539