ctive as showing the present wants of
Mexico, are shown in the following table, year 1906-1907:--

pounds sterling
Animal substances . . . . . . . . . 1,923,400
Vegetable substances . . . . . . . . 3,173,100
Mineral substances . . . . . . . . . 8,287,200
Textile products . . . . . . . . . . 2,650,000
Chemical products . . . . . . . . . 950,700
Wines and liquors . . . . . . . . . 729,600
Paper, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . 602,700
Machinery, etc. . . . . . . . . . . 2,773,600
Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900,000
Arms, explosives . . . . . . . . . . 390,800
Miscellaneous . . . . . . . . . . . 955,400
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23,336,300
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The exports for the similar period, as detailed in the following table,
with their values, show the wide range of Mexican products which are
purchased by other countries. Fractions are omitted:

_Mineral Products_. pounds sterling
Mexican gold coin . . . . . . . . . 3,000
Foreign gold coin . . . . . . . . . 1,000
Gold bullion . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,890,600
Other gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492,800
Mexican silver coin . . . . . . . . 2,452,200
Foreign silver coin . . . . . . . . 16,800
Silver bullion . . . . . . . . . . . 6,319,100
Other silver . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,986,800
Copper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,801,800
Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364,500
Zinc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201,000
Antimony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142,700
Other mineral products . . . . . . . 119,300
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Total mineral products . . . . . . 16,246,000
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_Vegetable Products_. pounds sterling
_Henequen_ (hemp) . . . . . . . . . 3,144,000
Coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723,700
India-rubber and _guayule_ . . . . . 667,900
Pease . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408,500
Ixtle fibre . . . . . . . . . . . . 381,300
Vanilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266,200
Timber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217,000
_Chicle_ (chewing gum) . . . . . . . 214,500
Tobacco, raw . . . . . . . . . . . . 189,500
Broom root . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183,100
Frijol beans . . . . . . . . . . . . 86,370
Dyewood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74,000
Fresh fruits . . . . . . . . . . .