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President's Special Message, December 5, 1867, in compliance with House resolution of July 17th last, requesting "all information received at the several departments of the Government touching the organization within or near the territory of the United States of armed bodies of men for the purpose of avenging the death of Archduke Maximilian or of intervening in Mexican affairs, and what measures have been taken to prevent the organization or departure of such organized bodies for the purpose of carrying out such objects," transmits a report from the Secretary of State, and the papers accompanying it. (40th Congress, 2d Session, House Executive Document No. 25, 6 pages.)

1868.

President's Annual Message, December 9, 1868, informed Congress that "Our relations with Mexico during the year have been marked by an increasing growth of mutual confidence." (40th Congress, 3d Session, House Executive Document No. 1, Part I, page 13.)

(Diplomatic Correspondence, 1867-68, relating to affairs in Mexico, Vol. ii., pages 378-640.)

INDEX TO GEOGRAPHICAL AND

STATISTICAL NOTES.

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Castillo, Bernal Diaz del, 19
Catholics, wealth of, 93, 94

Cattle, raising, export of, 56-8; cost of
fattening, lack of water, 57
Cerralvo, Marquis de, his plan in regard
to canal and tunnel, 272

Cession of territory to the United States,
by the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
by the Gadsden treaty, by treaty signed
at Washington with Mexico, 7, 8
Charcoal, 4

Chewing-gum, demand, production, 53;
value, 54

City of Mexico, location and settlement
of old city, 107, 108, 267-9; present
city, 108, 109, 268; public buildings,
109, 110; factories, 110; mortality, III,
114, 115, 279; threatened by an inun-
dation in 1604, often flooded in the
early days, 269; plan to change capi-
tal, 272

Climate, rainfall, 35, 36; temperature,
36, 37; climatic conditions, 37, 38;
meteorological observations taken in
several cities of Mexico, 38, 40, 41;
meteorological observations taken in
several localities of Mexico, 39; Mex-
ico as a sanitarium, 41, 42; of City of
Mexico, 110, 111; meteorology in the
Mexican Republic, 111, 114; climato-
logical data of the City of Mexico, 112;
summary of meteorological observa-
tions of the City of Mexico, 113; good
for work, 128; of City of Mexico, 274,
275

Clouds, 38

Coal, cost of, and mining, 22; coal-fields,
23-5

Cochineal, where cultivated, price, 53
Cocoa, where produced, 51, 52; disad-
vantages of raising, 52

Cocoa-nuts, where grown, use, 62, 63
Coffee, best location, production, 44, 45;
advantages and disadvantages of rais-
ing, 127

Coinage of precious metals, gold and
silver, 21; mints, 27, 109

Colleges and universities established by

the Spaniards, 100-102

Copper, quality, amount produced, 22, 23
Cortez, Hernan, reference to, 19, 55, 123,
268, 269

Cotton, best location, expense of produc-
tion, 48; seed, 24

Courts, Supreme Federal, 26

D

Debt of Mexico, bonds, loans, etc., 129,
130; accomplishing credit, 130; amount
of debt, 130, 131; National debt to
June 30, 1896, 221, 222

Dering, Sir Henry, quotations from, 47,
54, 55, 64

Diaz, President, referred to, 115-18,
122-4, 130; tribute to, 280

Dikes, first dike in 1450, 267; descrip-
tion of, by Prescott, 268; one built by
Spaniards, 269

Domestic animals, 71, 72

Drainage works of the Valley of Mexico,
where article on, was first published,
how long to complete work, 266; mag-
nitude of work, 267; by the Mexican
Government, 274-6; works consist of,
276; works completed, 279, 280; im-
portance to the City of Mexico, 280

E

Egypt, compared with Mexico, 10, II
English in Mexico, immediately after the
independence, nearly all disappeared,

79

Espinosa, Don Luis, present director of
tunnel work, 275

Expenses, amount of, 137, 138; of Fed-
eral Government, 139-41; of custom-
houses, 147; of internal revenue, 148;
of direct taxes, 149; of Mexican States,
151; of municipalities, 153; of Mexico
in the year 1896–97, 245
Exports, from 1826-28, 155; from 1877-

96, 159; by countries and custom-
houses from 1894-96, 160; value of
metals and commodities exported in
1895-96, 161; of commodities from
1886-96, 162; of agricultural products
from 1877-96, 164; destination and
value of metals and commodities from
1882-92, 168, 169; total exports, 169;
value of Mexican exports during 1872-
73, 172; from Mexico and to the
United States, 173; of domestic mer-
chandise to Mexico 1858-83, 178-80;
from the United States to Mexico 1889-
97, 182, 183; articles exported from
the United States to Mexico, 184,
185; tropical products supplied by
Mexico to the United States, 185, 186;
cattle exported to the United States,
186; of precious metals and minerals in

the years 1879-80, 1889-90, and 1894-
95, 188; of silver, of silver bullion,
189; of silver ore, 190; of gold,
190, 191; of gold from Mexico to the
United States, 192; of Mexico by
countries and custom-houses in the year
1896-97, 246; Mexican exports to the
United States, 247

F

Financial condition, of Mexico, 126, 137,
138; of railroads, 119, 120, 195, 196;
of banks, 132; of States and municipal-
ities, 154

Fish, 71, 72

Flora in Mexico, products raised, 42, 43;
flowers grown, 63, 64

Foreign immigration, encouragement to,
125; difference of, from the United
States, 126, 127; cost of labor, 127;
warning from consular reports, 127,
128; those who should immigrate, 128
Foreign trade, small before railroads
built, cost of transportation, 154;
amount of, with United States, 170;
why difficult to have correct data with
United States, 170, 171; commercial
transactions between Mexico and the
United States from 1820-50, 173; com-
merce in merchandise between the
United States and Mexico from 1851-
97, 174; total commerce between the
United States and Mexico by years and
decades from 1851-97, 175; increase
of trade during 1896–97, 184; between
Mexico and the United States during
the first nine months of 1897, 247
Forests, 37, 38; destruction of, 65, 66;
in Mississippi Valley, 66
Forey, Marshall, 108

Franciscan monks, work done by, 273
French in Mexico, own large dry-goods
houses, 79

Fuel, 23-5; demand for, 24; consump-
tion of, 64

G

Garay, Señor Don Francisco de, plan for
tunnel, 275

Gelves, Marquis de, his orders about
tunnel, 271

Geology, rock formations, 12; rich in
ores, 12, 13

Germans in Mexico, succeeded by Eng-
lish, and are doing well, 79
Gil, Mr. George, British Colonies, 6
Ginger, yield, 55

Gold, where found and how reduced, 14,
19, 20; amount of production, ex-
tract from Mr. Cramer, 20; weight and
standard value, 133; production of, in
years 1879-80, 1889-90, and 1894-95,
188; accredited to Mexico, 192

Government of Mexico, 98, 99
Grasses, where grown, use, 56
Guatemala, boundary, latitude, length of
southern boundary, 6; cochineal raised
there, 53

Guggenheim, smelter, 23, 28, 29

H

Henequen, where grown, average pounds
per acre, 49

Humboldt, Baron von, reference to, 13,
15, 81, 104, 271

Hydrography, coast, gulfs, harbors, bays,
32; islands, 33; rivers and torrents,
33, 34

I

Imports, from 1826-28, 155; from 1872-
75, 156; from 1885-86 and 1888-90,
157; from 1892-96, 158; by countries
from 1888-90, by custom-houses from
1894-96, 160; values of metals and
commodities from 1882-92, 165-7;
résumé of total, 167; to Mexico and to
the United States, 172; of merchandise
from Mexico from 1858-83, 176, 177;
into the United States, 181, 182; lead-
ing merchandise imports from Mexico
to the United States, 184: of gold
bullion, ore, and coin into the United
States, 191; of Mexico by countries and
custom-houses in the year 1896-97,246;
from the United States, 248
Indians, Mexican, tribes, 72; classifica-
tion of tribes, 73; similar to Malay-
Asiatic races, 73, 74; extract from
San Francisco, Cal., Bulletin, 73; char-
acteristics, 74, 75; prominent men among
them, marriages, 74; education, 76,
105; strength, 78; religion, 97; Sir
William Hingston on, 75; originated
work on canal, 267-9

India-rubber, places best adapted for it
as an industry, 46, 47; amount of pro-
duction, 46; profits and expense of,
47, 48

Inhabitants, most thickly inhabited parts,

37; manner of living, 128; aborigines,
per cent. of, 72

Inundations of the City of Mexico, used
to be flooded once on an average of
every twenty-five years, the one in 1580,
in 1604, 269; one in 1607, 270; one
which occurred in 1629, 272; decrease
in, since Nochistongo opening, caused
by cutting of forests, 274

Iron, where found, 21, 22, 25; Cerro del
Mercado mine, quality, 21; impor-
tation of, foundries, 22

Irrigation, but little at present in Mexico,
63; scarcity of water, 64, 65; cause of
decrease in rainfall, good investment,
66; reason for short grain supply, 70;
Nazas irrigation, 67-70

L

Lakes, number of, description of, 268,
269; disappearance of Lake Mexico,
269; Lake Texcoco filling up, lake al-
most disappeared,_274;_altitudes of,
275; canal crosses Lake Texcoco, 276
Lamoreaux, map showing cession of ter-
ritory, 7

Languages in Mexico, varieties, 85, 86;
Indian, similar to Oriental, 74; synop-
sis of Indian, 86-8

Latitude, of Mexico, 5; of Guatemala,
6; of silver mines, 13; of City of
Mexico, 107

Laws, mining, 25-7; lands, 124; coloni-
zation, 125, 126; banking. 131
Lead, ores, 17, 18; yield, 28, 29
Lemons, where grown, 60
Lemprière, Notes on Mexico, 9
Libraries in Mexico, 106; names, number
of volumes and students, 233-5

Li Hung Chang and the Mexican silver
mines, 18, 19

Limes and shaddocks, where planted,
variety, 61

Longitude, of Mexico, 5; of silver mines,
13; of City of Mexico, 107

Mamey, use of, 63

M

Mangoes, cultivated taste, transporta-
tion of, 63

Manufacturing, factories in 1893, 236;
additional establishments, 237
Martinez, Enrico, his plan for canal, 270;
plan inaugurated, 271; plan accepted
in 1614, 271, 272; scored for not doing
his work right, 272; referred to, 272-4;
again requested to carry out work,
273

Matthews, Mr. James F., 18
Maximilian, 108; downfall, 95
Mendez, Simon, his plan for canal, 273;
reference to, 275

Mercado, Gines Vazquez del, Cerro del, 21
Mexico as a Central American State,
where article was published, 249; how
article originated, 249, 250; geographi-
cal situation of Mexico, 250; five States
of Central America, 250; States of
Mexico, 251; geographical extension of
Central America, 251; how remarks
were received by a Guatemalan repre-
sentative, 252

Miller, Mr. Chas., 18

Mining, richness of mines, 13; miners,

25; Mexico offers great advantages in,
128, 129

Money, weights and measures, 133, 134
Montes Claros, Marquis de, reference to,
269

Museum, National, 103

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