Table 2:

Value of Goods Entering Cerro de Pasco, 1849

Place of originCommodityValue (thousands of pesos)Percentage of total trade
Lima Azogues, miscellaneous 1,000 40 
Chancay, Canta, Cajatambo Salt, agricultural, transport freight (fletes) 280 11 
Huánuco Coca, molasses, fruit 200 
Huaylas, Huamalies, Conchucos Agricultural, meat, azogues 200 
Ica Aguardientes, incl. fletes 150 
Huancavelica Azogues, fábricas (textiles) 120 
Huamanga Fábricas, horses 100 
Jauja Agricultural, fábricas 50 
“Towns of the province” Agricultural, meat, transport of minerals (bajas de metal) 400 16 
 Total  2,500 100 
Place of originCommodityValue (thousands of pesos)Percentage of total trade
Lima Azogues, miscellaneous 1,000 40 
Chancay, Canta, Cajatambo Salt, agricultural, transport freight (fletes) 280 11 
Huánuco Coca, molasses, fruit 200 
Huaylas, Huamalies, Conchucos Agricultural, meat, azogues 200 
Ica Aguardientes, incl. fletes 150 
Huancavelica Azogues, fábricas (textiles) 120 
Huamanga Fábricas, horses 100 
Jauja Agricultural, fábricas 50 
“Towns of the province” Agricultural, meat, transport of minerals (bajas de metal) 400 16 
 Total  2,500 100 

Source: El Comercio (Lima), Aug. 10, 1849, cited in Contreras, Mineros y campesinos, 41, n. 18.

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