A, D. 1748. 26-- 



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Sugars produced in the Brkifli Wefl-India iflcs in 1742. 



Hogflieads. 

 Imported into Great Britain - 60,950 



Shipped from our iflands to the northern 



colonies, and to foreign markets - 5,000 



Total hogfheads 65,950 or 791,400 cwt. 



Of which 60,950 hogfheads there are 

 exported from Great Britain to Ire- 

 land, and to all foreign markets - 5,236 



Confumed in Great Britain - 55,714 



Hogfheads (at about L25 per hogfhead) 60,950 or about 731,400 cwt. 

 Total produced in that year more by the French than 



by the Englifli - - - 679,100 cwt. 



This fadly fhewed the almoft incredible improvements, which France 

 had made in her liigar iflands in about forty years, whereby they were 

 at this time enabled to underfell us in moft places of Europe. Though, 

 we trufl, the time is fince at length come, or at hand, that we ihall re- 

 gain our former great exportation of fugars and other Wefl-India com- 

 modities to foreign parts. 



Thole elTuys however admit, that in times of profound peace, both 

 with France and Spain, our lugar iflands may produce 75.000 hoglheads 

 of ill gar annually, 12 hundred-weight each hogfliead. Of which 70,000 

 may be annually imported into Great Britain; which, at L15 per hogf- 

 head, comes to - - - Li ,050,000 



And 5000 hogflieads fent dlredly from thofe iflands to 

 North- America and to foreign markets, at Lio each ; with 

 50,000 hogflieads of rum and melafles, at L6 on an average 

 per hoglhead _ _ _ 350,000 



Total value in fterling money, Li, 400, 000 

 The tendency of thefe reafonings was to demonflrate, that the high 

 price of our fugars was not owing to our planters extravagant profits, 

 but merely to the fmal! quantities produced in ibme years. They alio 

 admitted, that fince France has fo vaflly improved her colonics, there 

 is more fi.igar made in all America (including the Spanifli, Portuguefe, 

 Dutch, and Danifh colonies) in fbnie favourable years, than all Europe 

 can confume ; which was particularly the reafon of the low price of 

 fugars between the years 1728 and 1735- Now, fiy thefe efliiys, if the 

 value of the coflfce, pimento, logwood, and mahogany, from Jamaica, 

 and of the ginger, cotton, and drugs, from that and other Britifli iligar 

 iflands, be added to the foregoing account, the importations from thofe 

 iflands may probably amount to Li, 500,000 yearly. 



