gallon, his exclusive possession of the home market has been interfered 

 with ; and, while the British consumption has been increasing, the efforts 

 he has made to meet it have turned entirely to his own disadvantage. 



It appears that the planter cannot so withdraw his capital, diminish the 

 extent, or change the object of his cultivation, as to procure for himself any 

 adequate relief; and, without Legislative intervention, there is no prospect 

 of his being extricated from his distress^ Annuitants dependant on West 

 India property for their provision, have, in many instances, been totally 

 deprived o f . that income. 



The increased price of all the usual articles of supply, added to the de- 

 preciation of colonial produce, has deprived a great proportion of the own- 

 ers of the resources wherewith to ftfrnish the accustomed stores of food 

 and clothing for their negroes, and of duly providing for their superin- 

 tendance; and, if relief be not speedily applied, these stores must be ac- 

 tually diminished or withheld, whereby much painful privation will be suf- 

 fered by the negroes, and discontent, if not commotion among them, may 

 be seriously apprehended. 



In the Report of the Committee of the Assembly of Jamaica, it is stated, 

 that there are one hundred and fifteen sugar estates respecting which suits 

 are depending in the Court of Chancery ; from which, and from other evi- 

 dence, it appears that foreclosures of securities on property are become un- 

 usually frequent in that island, which will deprive many owners of their 

 estates for sums quite disproportioned to their value. Another effect from 

 jhis Cause will be, much individual distress to the negroes, who, in conse- 

 quence of such foreclosures, will in many instances be separated from their 

 families. 



From all these considerations, your Committee submit, that the case of 

 distress thus made out, is as urgent as it is severe ; that therefore it* is not 

 only necessary to adopt measures of permanent relief, but also such as may 

 have an early operation, and apply to the coming crop, in order to prevent 

 the accumulation of distress that will otherwise arise, before any such ul- 

 terior regulations can take effect. 



From the ACCOUNTS annexed to this Report, it appears, 



THAT the average importation of Sugar into Great Britain, for Cwts. 

 5 years, ending with 1785, was 



Deduct, exported 

 to Ireland - 



> Annual Average 



Cwts. 

 157,217 



314,730 



Do. do to other 



Parts - - J - I 157,51 3 , 



Average annual Balance remaining for the Consumption 

 of Britain ..... 



Add, quantity exported, as above, to Ireland 



- Annual Balance remaining for the annual consumption of 

 the Empire ..... 



The above is exclusive of the small direct import into Ireland 

 iror.i the West Indies. 



1,579,337 



314,730 



1,264,307 

 157,217 



1,422,024 



