6O BRITISH SETTLEMENT
 From non-performance of the duty
 of magistrate, when elected, one hun-
 dred pounds. Non-attendance of ju-
 rors, &c.
 From public retailers of goods, ten
 pounds per annum each.
 From tonnage of vessels, seven-pence.
halfpenny per ton ; and a harbour duty
on ships of three pounds.
 The total of this revenue may be taken,
communibus annis, at between six and seven
thousand pounds Jamaica currency. It
isdisposed of at the will and under tihe
direction of the magiLtracy for the. time
being.
 It is computed that there is not more
than 200 white inhabitants in the settle-
ment of Honduras, and somewhat more
than. 500 people of colour and free blacks.
The number of negro slaves is supposed
to be near 3000. No census of the
entire population has been recently
take.n. It may be observed, however, that