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.)
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.
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
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
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
Egypt, compared with Mexico, 10, II English in Mexico, immediately after the independence, nearly all disappeared,
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
Financial condition, of Mexico, 126, 137, 138; of railroads, 119, 120, 195, 196; of banks, 132; of States and municipal- ities, 154
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
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
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
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
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
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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