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general and the perpetual continuance of slavery in 

 the colonies. These valuable documents are accom- 

 panied and sustained by the remonstrance 1 which 

 Don Francisco de Arango (one of the wisest of 

 statesmen, and profoundly versed in everything 

 relating to his country), made to the Cortes, in the 

 the name of the Ayuntamiento, the Consulado, and 



the Patriotic Society of Havana. It is there stated 



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that "there is no other general census than that 

 w^hich was taken (in 1791), during the wise adminis- 

 tration of Don Luis de las Casas, and that since that 

 time, some partial ones only have been taken in one 

 or other of the most populous districts." 



From this we learn, that the tables published in 

 1811, are founded on incomplete data, and on 

 approximate estimates of the increase from 1791 to 

 that time. In the following table the division of the 

 island into four districts, has been adopted, as fol- 

 lows: — 1st. The jurisdiction of Havana, or west- 

 ern part, between Cape San Antonio and Alvarez. 

 2d. The jurisdiction of Cuatro Villas, with its eight 



Representation of 16th August, 1811, which was made by the 

 Alferez Mayor of Havana, under direction of the Ayuntamiento, 

 Consulado, and Patriotic Society of that city, and laid before the 

 Cortes by these corporations. This representation, or remonstrance, 

 is contained in the Documents relative to the slave-trade, 1814, p. 

 1-86. — H. 



