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 M EX ICO. 343 Established houses, or individuals giving adequate security, are permitted to forward their goods into the interior, with- out paying the duties until the expiration of the term fixed by law; but individuals without security, or establishments, must pay before removal. Whatever is not prohibited by the Tariff, may be landed in any of the ports of the Republic, and warehoused, until a reference to Government can be made. Articles not mentioned in the Tariff, are valued by a Vista, or Inspector, with the concurrence of the Administrator, or Collector, and the value is regulated by that of the articles most analogous. Quicksilver, Mathematical and Surgical instruments, useful Machinery, Books, Drawings and Casts, Music, Seeds, and Plants, Flax, (hackled and unhackled,) and animals of all kinds, are exempted from the payment of any duty. The exportation of unwrought Gold and Silver* is pro- hibited, but all other produce may be exported. The follow- ing articles only are subject to the payment of a duty on quitting the Mexican territory. Per Cent. Gold (coined). . . . .2 Gold wrought. . . . . 1 Silver (coined). . . . . 3| Silver wrought. . . . .3 Cochineal (fine) the value being fixed at sixty dol- lars, per Arroba of twenty-five pounds weight. 6 Cochineal Dust (at ten drs. per Arroba). . 6 Cochineal inferior ditto. . . .6 Vanilla (value fixed at forty dollars a thousand). 10 Ships of all nations, with the exception of Spain, (whose flag is excluded on account of the war,) are admitted into the of Silver in bars, upon the payment of the Export duty according to the value of the bar, assayed and certified by the Mint.
 * An application is now before Congress for allowing the exportation