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never fluctuates, and is always liberal. There is no doubt, 

 I apprehend, that the lands of the negroes produce more 

 in money's worth, than any sugar or coffee estates on the 

 island — in proportion to the surface under cultivation ; and 

 if the number of proprietors were multiplied by the division 

 of estates, as I have suggested, the aggregate product of 

 the cultivated lands would be increased in a like proportion. 



