GUAYMAS,  October  12,  1858,

DEAR  SIR:  In  reply  to  your  inquiries  regarding  the  trade  of  this  port,
I  would  observe,  the  merchandize  principally  consumed  are  from  England,
direct,  and  occasionally  from  the  United  Stales,  including  goods  from  the
European  continent  and  the  East  Indies.  The  amount  cf  imports  may  be
calculated  at  about  three  millions  per  annum  of  foreign  goods,  besides  a  con-
siderable amount  of  the  different  manufactures  of  this  Republic.  Returns
are  made  in  gold  and  silver  bullion.  And,  lastly,  wheat  and  hides  (the  exports
of  the  former)  may  be  calculated  at  about  three  millions  per  annum,  and  say
half  a  million  of  the  other  articles,  including  copper.  Our  trade  is  evidently
on  the  increase.  Regarding  Mazatlan,  from  personal  observation,  I  should
judge  that  the  business  done  there  is  about  three  times  more  than  that  of
this  port — their  exports  being  in  coined  silver  and  gold,  Brazil  wood,  and
hides,  principally.
I  remain,  dear  sir,  in  haste,  your  obedient  servant,

JUAN  A.  ROBINSON.
Hon.  SYLVESTER  MOWRY,

Delegate  from  Arizona.
