✓ VERIFIED vs scan n47 (2026-07-06): '1833 Feb 15 Mont… Sobre balleneros y las ventajas que daban al país'; the Sandwich-Islands ½-real flight, $400–500/ship, 'hasta 30 balleneros,' '35 á 40,000$… ahora que ya no vienen se experimenta mucha pobreza,' and the 1-real/ton→aduana-y-muelle proposal all confirmed. On whalers ('balleneros') & the advantage they bring: the tonnage duty drove them to the Sandwich Islands (½ real/ton there); each spent $400–500 + crews on aguardiente/horse-hire; up to 30 whalers/yr once left $35–40,000; now 'se experimenta mucha pobreza.' Proposes cutting the duty to 1 real/ton to bring them back, proceeds to build the aduana & wharf.
| Date | 1833-02-15 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | González |
| To | Director Gen.l de Rentas |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Custom House) |
| Tomo | I–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.II.8 (orig. 280–1) |
| Savage copy page | 47 |
| Scan leaf | n47 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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González to Director Gen.l de Rentas, Monterey, 1833-02-15, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Custom House), p.II.8 (orig. 280–1), Archives of California, C-A 41, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within I–VIII]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca41/ca41-d49.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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