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Rh wood; &c. amounted to a hundred and twenty-four thousand five hundred piastres; leaving a balance against the viceroyalty of Lima, of ninety-six thousand one hundred and fifty piastres. The remission of the duties on the imports and exports, -lately conceded to the ports of Omoa and Truxillo, situated in the northern part of the above kingdom of Goatemala, will necessarily produce a change in the above commerce.

The trade carried on by the viceroyalty of Lima with that of Santa Fé, is partly inland, by the province of Quito, and partly maritime, by the ports of Guayaquil and Panama. The exports from Callao to the harbour of Puna, and river of Guayaquil, consist of wines of the growth of Coquimbo, Nasca, Pisco, and Conception; brandies; sugars; flour; copper, &c. Those from the above port to that of Panama, chiefly consist of cloth of the manufactory of the country; wool; and flour. The principal articles sent overland to the intermediate ports of Paita, Pacasmayo, Truxillo, &c. and thence forwarded to those of Guayaquil and Panama, are cotton; tanned hides; shoes; hats; baizes; and sugars. The exports of the year 1789 were, in their total amount, of the value of a hundred and twenty-eight thousand two hundred and ninety-five piastres.

The imports from the viceroyalty of Santa Fé into that of Lima, by the ports of Guayaquil and Panama, to Callao and the intermediate ports of Paita and Truxillo, consisting of cacao; coffee; wax; and other productions, were, in that year, of the value of two hundred and eighty-four thousand four hundred and sixty piastres. There was therefore a balance