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of each negro are five and a half pounds of mess-pork, 
best quality, with as much meal and potatoes as they 
choose to take—in addition to which every one has his 
pigs and his poultry; for all adults have not only the 
chicken-yard, but also their garden, which they are 
obliged to cultivate for their own benefit—the surplus 
of vegetables and poultry being purchased by their 
master, and paid for in gold and silver, and amounted, 
in the year just past, to one thousand five hundred and 
sixty dollars—this sum not including the money ob- 
tained by sales of poultry, pigs, eggs, and fruits, to 
chance customers. In addition still, the negroes annu- 
ally receive two suits of clothes, two pairs of shoes, a 
blanket, and hat. 
“The value of the estate of St. James, and of its pro- 
ductions for the year 1852, are as follows: 
VALUE OF THE ESTATE. 
Land, 9,000 acres, at $40, - : - $860,000 
Buildings, - - - - - 100,000 
Machinery, -_ - - - - - 60,000 
Slaves, - : - : . - 170,000 
Stock, - - . . . - 11,000 
Total, - - $701,000 
PRODUCTIONS OF THE ESTATE IN 1852, 
Sugar, 1,300,000 lbs., at 6 cts., - - $78,000 
Syrup, 60,000 gallons, at 86 cts. - 21,600 
99,600 
