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sioners, and that he estimates the slaves imported 

 during that year at 10,000. 



The yearly reports of the commissioners give the 

 following figures, up to 1828 : 



1822 10 vessels arrived — estimated, 3,000 



1823 4 " " " 1,200 , 



1824 17 " " " 5,100 



1825 14 " " " 4,200 



1826 11 " « *3,000 



1827 10 " « " *3,500 



1828... 28 " " " *7,000 



27,000 



Add Mr. Jameson's estimate of one-half, 13,500 



Making a total of 40,500 



A report of the British consul at Havana, to the 

 foreign office in London, gives the following state- 

 ment of slaves imported into Cuba from 1829 to 

 1838 ; to which, he estimates, one-fifth should be 

 added for non-ascertained importations : 



1829 . . . . 



. , . , 8,600 



1834 



1830 , . . . 



, , . , 9,800 



1835 







1836 



1832 . . 



. , 8,200 



1837 



1833 



.... 9,000 





Total, 101,600 



Add one-fifth, 20,320 



121,920 



* These numbers are given by the commissioners, in their reports ; 

 for the other years, the number of vessels arriving only is stated. 



