230 JAMAICA. 



The following table may ferve to fliew the comparative flatc of 

 the pariflies in regard to their contribution of public taxes, taking 

 the firft-mentioned as the largeft contributor, and fo defcending in a 

 feries of diminution to the loweft, or Port Royal, wliofe propor- 

 tion, compared with the firft, is only as one to eighteen ; and hence 

 fome idea may be formed of their comparative wealth : 



1 St. James(includingTrelawny), ii St. Thomas in the Vale, 



2 Clarendon, 12 Vere, 



3 Weftmoreland, 13 St. John, 



4 St. Thomas in the Eaft, 14 Kingfton, 



5 Hanover, 15 St. Dorothy, 



6 St. Elizabeth, 16 St. George, 



7 St. Mary, 17 Portland, 



8 St. Andrew, 18 St. David, 



9 St. Catharine, 19 Port Royal. 

 10 St. Anne, 



A comparative table, intended to fhew the traffic carried on by 

 captains of fliips, and other tranfient dealers, at the different out- 

 ports : and the proportion which they fcverally bear to Kingfton; 

 from which fome judgement may be formed of the number of 

 Ihipping that refort to each refpedliveiy : 



Montego Bay, One Fifth. 



St. Anne, Savannah la Mar, One Fifth. 



Old Harbour, One Ninth. 



St. Lucea, — — One Fifteenth. 



Black River, One Eighteenth. 



Carlifle Bay, *— OneTwenty-fecond. 



The others, — Not computed. 



An eflimate of the number of coaches, and other wheel -carriages 

 of pleafure, kept in the leveral parilhes : 



Kingflon, 



St. Catharine, 



St. Andrew, ■ 



Clarendon, • 



Wef moreland, . 



Vere, . 



St. Elizabeth, 



