The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 41, July 1937 - April, 1938 Page: 211

Almonte's Inspection of Texas in 1834

COMMERCE IN 1834
Department Imports in Exports in Total
pesos pesos
B6xar ...........................$ 40,000 $ 20,000 $ 60,000
Brazos .......................... 325,000 275,000 600,000
Nacogdoches ..................... 265,000 205,000 470,000
$630,000 $500,000
Approximate estimate of trade that passes
to the interior of the Republic through the
ports of Brazoria, Matagorda and Copano.. 270,000
Total .........................................$1,400,00028
THE POPULATION OF TEXAS IN 1834
Department Population in Munici- Persons living outside
palities [Municipal- towns but subject to
idades] or villages their jurisdiction
B6xar ................ 4,000
Brazos ................ 8,000 2,100
Nacogdoches ........... 9,000 1,600
21,000 3,700
Total population in 1834: 24,700 plus some 600 or 700 slaves in the
department of Brazos.29
HELEN WILLITS HARRIS.
Texas State College for Women.
28Juan N. Almonte, "Statistical Report on Texas" (Castafieda, trans-
lator), in The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, XXVIII, 212.
29The Spanish word municipalidad included not only the town proper
but the adjoining territory ruled by the ayuntamiento and corresponded
more nearly to our county than to a city or town. The figures of the
second column pertain to unorganized areas attached to the nearest
ayuntamientos.

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