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one half the arable land might be planted with 

 cane, to advantage. It is likewise an undoubted 

 fact, that large portions of vacant land are to be 

 found, well adapted to the culture of the cane. 

 The following quantities of sugar, brown, clayed, 

 and refined, were imported into the United States 

 from Louisiana and the Floridas, viz. in the 

 year 1799 — 773,542 pounds ; in the year 1800— - 

 1,560,88/ pounds; in the year 1801 — 967,619 

 pounds, and in the year 1802 — 1,576,993 pounds. 

 The quantity produced in the succeeding years 

 has probably been considerably increased. 



