BRITISH SETTLEMENT


thing like extraordinary gain in this un-
dertaking.
 The annual cost of the negro alone
is estimated by each proprietor at llondu-
ras, at something more than 35 pounds
Jamaica currency: an expence which, in
the history of slavery, is probably without
parallel. As a fact so unusual may re-
quire more than naked assertion to sup-
port it, it may not be unnecessary to par-
ticularize what is commonly granted on
such occasions, and which custom has
long since brought into a regular exac-
tion. First, tlerecfure, of provisions:


Of Irish salt pork, to each ne-
 gro, 5Tb per week, which
 on an average of price, may
 be estimated for 365 days at
Of flour, always the finest,
 1It per day each, estimated
 at...................


Carried forward


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 8 10 0



 10 0 0

d 18 10 0