TO PERSONS INTENDING TO SETTLE IN MEXICO.
By A. G. BOWELL
SINCE sending my last article to the REVIEW, I have obtained some information that may be of interest to those who are thinking of coming to Mexico. Under the colonization laws of this country, those who are coming here for that purpose are allowed to bring furniture, farming implements, machinery, animals of different kinds, such as cows, horses, etc., also food and clothing, free of duty, provided none of these things are brought for the purpose of selling. They are also exempted from all taxes, except stamp and revenue, for ten years. But in order for any to obtain these privileges, it is necessary to know where they will settle. Then an application must be made to the government, giving the name and age of father and mother and of each child, also the nationality of each person coming, and a list of all the articles that each person desires to bring with him. When the concession is obtained, the government at once sends word to its customhouse officials to allow these persons to pass without paying duty on the articles described in the list. The following are the prices per hectare, established on government lands for the coming fiscal year in the different States. A hectare is about two acres and a half. This list is taken from the Mexican Herald, Jan. 14, 1902:— Aguascalientes ........................................ $2 20
Campeche ................................................ 1 95
Chiapas .................................................. 3 00
Chihuahua ................................................ 1 10
Coahuila .................................................. 1 10
Colima .................................................... 1 10
Durango ................................................... 1 10
Guanajuato ................................................. 2 20
Guerrero ................................................... 1 20
Hidalgo .................................................... 2 5093 Mexico .................................................... 2 75
Michoacan .................................................. 3 00
Morelos .................................................... 4 40
Nuevo Leon ................................................ 1 10
Oaxaca ..................................................... 1 20
Puebla ..................................................... 3 30
Queretaro .................................................. 2 20
San Luis Potosi ............................................ 2 50
Sinaloa .................................................... 1 20
Sonora ..................................................... 1 10
Tabasco .................................................... 3 50
Tamaulipas ................................................. 1 20
Tlaxcala ................................................... 2 20
Veracruz ................................................... 2 75
Yucatan .................................................... 2 20
Zacatecas .................................................. 2 20
Federal District ........................................... 6 10
Territory of Tepic ......................................... 2 50
Territory of Lower California ............................. 55 I am now on a trip to the southern part of the republic in the interest of our paper, and at the same time I am looking for land.