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 MEXICO. 331 Veracruz. Alvarado. Tampico. Total, British . 12 3

15 American. . 34 15 23 72 Spanish . 30

9 39 Mexican , 18

18 French . 1

1 Danish . 1 1

2 Swedish .1

1 97 19 32 148 The tonnage at Veracruz, where alone it was registered, amounted to 8524 tons. ^ The returns in my possession for 1824, give no similar classification of vessels, and do not extend to Tampico.^ They merely state that one hundred and seventy-six vessels entered the ports of Alvarado and Veracruz, in the course of that year, the tonnage of which amounted to 18,730 tons. Thirty-nine of these vessels (tons 2836) were Mexican, (en- gaged in the coasting trade,) the remainder were all Ameri- can or European ; but the Balanza published by the Go- vernment, does not state whether the term American includes; the island of Cuba, and whether there were any vessels from Spain amongst the sixty-one European vessels, which are stated to have entered the port. It would, perhaps, be superfluous, to give an analysis of the year 1825, during which a slow, but steady progress was made. I shall, therefore, proceed at once to 1826, in the course of which the following vessels appear to have entered the Mexican ports. From England. . . . 55 The British West Indies. . .25 Gibraltar. . . . .15 95 Carried forward. 95