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! VERA CRUZ IN ITS PALNY DAYS-ln lheJ
OF capture by another nation of the gra
mercial port of the enemy, il may not be mI
estlng 10 go back upon It's history and nos
by general consent, has been considered its
days. Much of this information was oblap
rectly from the official records M Havana,
contain a full detail of the commercial Ia,
tons of the different dependencies of old
The subJoined sketch of the commerce oil
Cruz. may be depended upon as authentic,
the date glven-viz: the year 1910.
The export Of specie from Vera Cruz thl,
amounted to total of $46,77I,240, Of 1
S2l l,744, ,24O was by individuals. and s25 OF
by The government authorities; and The ID
for the same year amounted to the enormor
of S26.000,0O0.


The same year there were on the road BEL
Mexico and Vera Cruz, the vast rGnyber II
$4,000 mules engaged in The transport Of y
terent products of the country, OF whcis
formed the principle item. There IS O1e@
of export, however, particularly wonAy Oh
viz: that TO Havana alone $4,000 barresdl
lean ground flour found its way, and Wsl
used in preference to that received from ln
ther country, and it appears that had 4
course of trade been changed by the trCu
the two nations, that Cuba TO within the 81
years would have drawn her main supply oil
stuffs from Vera Cruz.


The imports for 1910 amounted 10 theH1
SIC, ,43O ,506, and the exports TO S2S, PIP
This trade exclusive of government vess's
carried on III the arrivals of 29l square 4
craft, and in the clearances of 239 Of ihs1
kind. The amount and value of goods s'|
and cleared on government arrivals are
cluded in this statement, but they Of cours
swell this aggregate to very consideraos


Such, then. was La Vera Cruz in lSlVi /
she is now, we all, unfortunately, too wel'I
Phil. North american.