CULTIVATION OE THE SUGAR CANE. 



stock ; but for the latter, no just apology whatever can be 

 offered. Thus, notwithstanding the uncertainty of profit, 

 the unavoidable expense attending an estate is certain, and 

 is inconceivably great. Suppose, for instance, an estate of 

 only 250 acres ; to work this properly, must be maintained 

 upon it, 170 negroes, 100 horned cattle, 12 horses, 40 

 sheep, 3 tenants, or militia men, suppose with 3 in each 

 family, who support themselves from the profits of the 

 ground allowed them; a steward, or manager, whose 

 annual salary may be from £100 to £150; an under 

 steward, or driver, a distiller, and 2 apprentices, whose 

 salaries together may be £45 per annum; add to 

 these the salaries of a town agent and book-keeper at £15 

 or £20 each, of an apothecary at £30 or £40, of a 

 farrier at £15 or £20, the commissions of an English 

 agent at 2\ per cent., freight of sugars, taxes, duties, 

 repairs of buildings, and many incidental expenses; nor 

 must we forget the maintenance of the proprietor and his 

 family, with eight or ten servants. From these particulars 

 may be learned the reasonableness of the above assertion — 

 that the landed interest in general does not net 4 per cent, 

 annually." 



