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384 three years have enabled the country to effect. The whole arrears of Contingent, up to January 1827, did not exceed 538,143 dollars, and there was every prospect that, in the course of the present year, a part of this debt would be liquidated.

The States of Dŭrāngŏ, Chĭhūāhuă, Yŭcătān, Ŏăxācă, Lă Pūēblă, Săn Luis Pŏtŏsī, Vĕrăcruz, and Zăcătēcăs, owed nothing to the Federation. The debt of several other States, (as Guănăjūātŏ, New Lĕōn, Cŏăhūilă, and Sŏnōră,) was very inconsiderable; while those whose arrears were largest, (Jălīscŏ, Mexico, Qŭerētărŏ, and Văllădŏlīd,) are precisely the States which, from the amount of their population, and the superiority of their internal resources, are best able, ultimately, to meet their engagements.

The arrears due to the Federation for Tobacco are much more considerable than those due on the account of the Contingent. By the official returns it appears, that, up to June 1826, the States had received Tobacco, wrought and unwrought, to the

The repayment of which will require time. The amount of the deficit, however, proves the importance which this branch of the Revenue has already acquired, and, as all the establishments connected with it are now organized, its produce must