A. D. 1788. 



'57 



The following ftatement of fhe population of the French fugar colo- 

 nies in the Weft- Indies is given by Mr. Necker in his work on the ad- 

 miniftration of the finances *. 



S'. Domingo by enumeration in . . 1/79 



Martinique . . by ditto I y/ti 



Guadaloupe . by ditto 1 yji] 



S'. Lucie .... by ditto 1770 



Tobago (estimated equal to S'. Lucie) 

 Cayenne 1 78t 



The following View of the trade of the Britijlj Wefl-Indies -with all the 

 world in the year i 787 is extrafted from the very voluminous tables com- 

 piled by the committee of the privy council for trade, in order to illui- 

 trate the importance of that part of the Britifli empire. 



The Wefl-Indies in general imported from 



Great Britain . 



TotjI. 

 ^1,638,703 



Srit'ish andlrUh ^ooJs, India goods. Foreign poods, 



.^1,441,048 .^23,570 d£^7A,085 



British goods. Irish goods. Foreign goods. 



Ireland dB. HI ^19,914 ^ 135 20,l6o 



Newfoundland . . 89O barrels of wet fish, and 64,123 quintals of dry fish. 



ForeignW.Indies 1,943,000 lbs. cotton^ 64,750 lbs, cacao, sundry woods, cattle, 

 hides, &c. and dollars. 



Africa 20,978 Negro slaves. 



South of Europe -\ 



United states of America >No report of imports from them. 



British colonies in America j 



* Accounts of the quantity and value of the produce of the French Weft-Indies, impoited into 

 France in the years 1775 and 1785 have already been given, V. iii, />, 584 ; V. iv,J>. 97. 



