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Number 

 of Acres. 



Contents of the island, - 11,000 



Quantity of ground unoccu- 

 pied,}^ - - 5,755 



Quantity of ground not clear- 

 ed of timber, - - 9,472 



Most of the ground cleared of timber was 

 under cultivation in 1793 and 179 4, and pro- 

 duced above 34,000 bushels of grain; but, 

 from the check given to industry in the year 

 1794, and the great proportion of the labourers 

 working for their own support and other ways 

 disposed of, not more than one-third of the 

 government-ground, and a fifth of the ground 

 belonging to individuals, was in any state of 

 cultivation during the last year. 



The few at public work, and the labour ne- 

 cessary for preparing the ground to receive 

 wheat, did not admit of more than 100 acres of 

 wheat, 18 of maize being sown last year for the 

 crown; the produce of which had been abund- 

 ant; but the quantity was much reduced by the 

 weeds that grew with it, and lightning. 



Cultivation was confined to maize, wheat, 

 potatoes, and other garden vegetables. The 

 heat of the climate rendered wheat an uncertain 

 crop. 



The harvests of maize were plentiful ; and two 

 crops were generally procured in twelve 

 months. The produce of one crop was in ge- 

 neral 45 bushels per acre, and often from 70 

 to 80. 



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