[This is a decree authorizing a loan of six hundred thousand pesos, the proceeds to be used to pay for customhouses at seaports. Dated and signed:] Palacio del Gobierno nacional en México á 8 de Febrero de 1836.--Miguel Barragán.--A. D. Rafael Mangino. [This is the proclamation of that decree by José Gómez de la Cortina, governor of the District of Mexico. Dated and signed at end:] Dado en México á 18 de Febrero de 1836. José Gomez de la Cortina. Catalino Barroso, Secretario. [translated from the original Spanish]