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 332 MEXICO. Brought forward 95 France. . . • . . 49 Holland. . . . .15 Italy. . . . . .6 Denmark. ., . . . 1 Hamburgh and Bremen. . . . 2 Sweden. . . . . . 1 Prussia. . ... 1 Spain. . ... 1 The United States. . . . .399 Lima, Guyaquil, and other ports in the Pacific. 46 Columbia ...... 6 China. . . . . . 5 Asia. . . . . .2 Whalers on the Coast of California for refresh- ment. . . . . .10 Total. 639 Prizes from Sea. . . . .8 Entries of National Vessels. . . 626 Total. 1273 It must be admitted that this extraordinary increase of activity in the intercourse between the New and the Old World, taken in conjunction with the rise in the Customs from Four to Eight millions of dollars, (allowing something less than One million for the two months not included in the receipts of 1826,) augurs well in favour of the growing im- portance of Mexican Trade. It may not indeed, as yet, rea- lize the golden visions of those, who, in 1825, regarded the New World as a source of instantaneous wealth ; but it cer- tainly holds out to a well-regulated spirit of commercial en- terprise, a prospect of great ulterior advantages. I have not the means of determining exactly the present extent of those