A. D. 1762. 



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mifllon of the remainder. Grenada and its dependencies, and St. Lucia 

 and St. Vincent's, long the rubjecT;s of fierce contefis between France 

 and England, following the fame example, France had not now a fmgle 

 pofleflion in any of the iflands to windward of Puerto- rico. All were 

 lubjed to Great Britain. And though thefe iflands are only fpecks on 

 the furface of the ocean, yet being vigoroufly cultivated, exporting the 

 whole of their produce, and importing nine tenths of all the articles 

 neceflary for their fubfiflence and for carrying on their cultivation, the 

 trade of each fingle ifland with the mother-country is equal, or even 

 fuperior, to that of fome kingdoms *. 



The number of houfes in Boflon, in New England, was found on a 

 furvey to be 2757. If we allow five inhabitants to every houfe, the 

 number of inhabitants will be 13,785. 



It may certainly be confidered as a proof of the profperity of the people 

 of Ireland, as well as of their fatisfadion with the condudl of the earl of 

 Halifax, their lord-lieutenant, that they addrefled him with a propolal of 

 augmenting the falary of himlelf and his I'ucceflbrs to /^ 16,000 a-year. 



The lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia having conciliated the friend- 

 fhip of the neighbouring Indians, who had been converted to the re- 

 ligion and interefts of the French, an ad of the legiflature of the pro- 

 vince was pafled to guard againfl the interruption of the harmony, by 

 fraudulent praclices in thofe who trade with the Indians, and to oblige 

 all fuch to take out licences, and give fecurity for their compliance with 

 the regulations of the ad. 7'his ad moreover eftabliflied a tariff of re- 

 gulated prices, which were fixed as the ftandard of the trading inter- 

 courfe between the white people and the Indians. 



A pound of the beft fpring beaver was valued at ^f, and eftabliflied as 

 the fixed flandard, by which all other goods were to be valued as follows. 



i;^ lb. of fall beaver 



I otter-fkin 



3 fable, or martin fkins 



6 minks-fkins 



lomuik-rats or mufquafh fkins 



5 lb, of deer-fkin 



10 ermine-fkins 



I large good bear-flcin 



I red fox-lkin 



I black fox-llvin 



I filver fox-lkin, 



I large moofe-fkin 



I large cat-lkin (loup fervie) 2 lb. 

 Seal-fkins, according to fize, 



from 8(7 to 3/4 

 6 lb. of feathers - i 



I large blanket - 2 



Rum, per gallon - | 



Molafles, per gallon - | 

 ;^o lb. flour - i 



14 lb. pork - t 



Stroud, per yard - i| 



and all other merchandize in pro- 

 portion to theie rales. 



• In tin's fame year (1762) tlio produce of Martinique imported into Great Biitain cxcicJcd tliat 

 i)f any otlier of oiu' ifl.mds, Jamaica atui Giiadaloupe (dio lately a ricucli ilKind) only excepted ; and 

 the returns of its commerce were more cxtenfive than thofe of our trade with Dcnmack and Norvray. 

 witli Sweden, ot with Spain. 



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