BOOK II. CHAP. VIJI. 149 



would probably be rather under than over the truth, as their re- 

 giflers feldoni correfpond with exa6l menfuration. 



The powder, expended at Fort Augufta, on Mofqiiito Point, is, 

 one year with another, about yooolb.ut value 525 /. 



In the year 1760, the quantity of powder received at Fort 

 Charles amounted to three hundred aiul nine barrels, of icolb.wt. 

 each, :=r 30,000 lb. wt. which makes the tonnage of that year, of 

 the fliips that come to Kingfton harbour, thirty thoun^nd nine 

 hundred ; and, fuppofing feventy tons each to be an average, the 

 number will be four hundred and forty-one fliips and Imaller 

 veflels [ jv \ 



For the fervice of the forts feveral Negroes are allotted ; and 

 by the laft: account there were, 



At Foit Charles, ■ ■ . 23 



Fort Augufta, — — 1 2 



Rock Fort, 12 



Engineer for general work, 30 



Total, 78 

 and proper canoes, either for going with difpatches, or bringing 

 provihons from Kington market, &cc. The inhabitants are chiefly 

 fupported by the money fpent here by the garrifon and the fqua- 

 dron ; by the gains made by their wherries that ply for fare in the 

 harbour; their turtle-fiihery, which is confideraWe ; the pilotage 

 of fliips in and out ; and by their votes at the eleftion of reprefen- 

 tatives; thougli it muft be confcfled, that, except when party-feuds 

 run very high in the ifland, their profits in this laft article are but 

 trifling: however, many perfons are proprietors of houfes in this 

 town, merely for the advantage of voting at thefe eleftions ; in 

 the meantime letting them rent-free, on conditiortonly, that the 

 tenant keeps them in tolerable repair. 



Befides thefe douceurs, one inhabitant receives 400/. a year for 

 fupplying the fort and the garrifon at Mofquito Point with frefli 



[_>] The medium quantity i-eccivei.1, cvnmiinlhin anu:',, about 415, equal to 21,^00 tons of 

 Sliippiiii;. An act has lately been pafleJ fof levying the duty in money at u. 61/. ^rr ton on all 

 veflbls (foreign only excepted), and appropriating the proceeds as a general. Kind for repairing forts 

 :ind fortifications ; a meafure from which, I am perfuaded, the ifland will reap very great advan- 

 tage. By the fame a^% the receiver-general Is einpoweied to buy powder for fupplying them, 



water. 



