ISBN: 9781130570489

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RareBooksClub.com. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 456 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.9in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 Excerpt: . . . largely to refund maturing obligations. Eighteen million five hundred thousand dollars is to be used to pay off the same amount of 4 per cent Treasury notes of the Mexican Government maturing in 1905 and 1900, previously placed by Speyer and Co. and Speyer Brothers. About 7, 500, 000 is to be used to pay off the Vera Cruz and Pacific and Oaxaca railways subsidy bonds, leaving about 14, 000, 000 to pay for public improvements, such as harbor works at Salina Cruz, Coatzacoalcos, and Manzanillo. The operation is noteworthy in that this is the first loan placed in this country by any of the Southern republics, and is notable in that for the first time an important foreign loan is made payable in dollars, the custom heretofore having been to make the bonds payable primarily in pounds sterling. RAILWAY TRAFFIC WITH THE UNITED STATES. According to detailed statistics published by the Treasury Department of the Republic of Mexico, for the first half of the fiscal year 1903-4 (from July 1 to December 31, 1903), the railway traffic across the Rio Grande frontier between Mexico and the United States was as follows: Ciudad Juarez. --Six thousand seven hundred and sixty-two cars, with 93, 188 tons of merchandise, entered Mexico from the United States; 3, 434 cars, with 54, 944 tons of merchandise, crossed from Mexico into the United States; total traffic, 10, 109 cars, with 148, 132 tons of merchandise. Ciudad Porfirio Diaz. --Four thousand two hundred and ninety-four cars, with 83, 405 tons of merchandise, entered Mexico from the United States; 2, 933 cars, with 4, 256 tons of merchandise, crossed from Mexico into the United States; total traffic, 7, 227 cars, with 87, 721 tons of merchandise. Laredo. --Eight thousand four hundred and eighty-two cars, with 229, 409 tons of merchan. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub.com<