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least; and there is not a doubt that upwards of 10,000 

 have been left in the country from subsequent import- 

 ations, .exclusive of decrease. The whole number of 

 inhabitants therefore, of all complexions and condi- 

 tions, at this time (1791) may be stated as follows: 



Whites - - 30,000 



Freed negroes and people of colour - 1 0,000 



Maroons, about - 1 ,400 



Negro slaves - - 230,000 



Total - - 291,400 



The trade of this island will best appear by the 

 quantity of shipping and the number of seamen to 

 which it gives employment, and the nature and quan- 

 tity of its exports. The following is an account, from 

 the books of the inspector-general of Great Britain, 

 of the number of vessels of all kinds, their registered 

 tonnage and number of men, which cleared from the 



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several ports of entry in Jamaica in the year 1787, 

 exclusive of coasting sloops, wherries, &c. viz. 



Number of 

 Vessels. Tonnage* Men. 



For Great Britain - - 24-2 63,471 7,74S 



Ireland - - - 10 1,231 91 



American States 133 13,0il 393 



British American Colonies C6 6,13:5 449 



Foreign West Indies - 22 1,903 1.55 



Africa ... 1 109 3 



Total - - 474 85,8S8 9,344 

 * These are increased at this time (1797) to at leaa 300,000. 



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