Note {12-1} — Front matter
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Page 12.—1.{12-1} The consumos is the tax collected on food-stuffs (consumos) that are brought into a city. The system is that of a municipal customs house. A part of the revenue derived from the tax on consumos is kept by the city, and a part is turned over to the central government. Don Ramón and the other members of the commission sought to obtain a reduction of the part that had to be paid to the Spanish government.