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Rh These receipts were employed in the following manner:—

1. Ten millions and a half of dollars in the interior of the country, which covered all the expences of the Colonial Administration.

2. Three millions and a half, in remittances to other Colonies, as Cuba, La Florida, Portorico, the Philippine Islands, Louisiana, Trinidad, and St. Domingo, all of which were, in some measure, supported by Mexico.

3. Six millions of dollars, in remittances to Spain, called the Sobrante liquido remisible, which was lodged annually in the Royal Treasury at Madrid.

The expense of collecting the revenue, was calculated, by Humboldt, at Eighteen per cent.