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300 negroes of both sexes and various ages 



at $600, $180,000 



34 caballerias of land, in cane, at $2,500, . . 85,000 



6 caballerias of land, at $2,000, . 12,000 



Steam engine and cane mills, 16,000 



Buildings, 35,500 



Boiling trains, &c, 15,000 



$343,500 



Less — First value of land, which remains on 



ground rent, $600 a caballeria, 24,000 



$319,500 



4,000 boxes of sugar, average, $16, $64,000 



Product of molasses sold, 6,000 



$70,000 



The yearly expenses of the plantation are esti- 

 mated, inclusive of an annual purchase of 

 cattle at , $36,110 



Repairs and replacing material, 14,600 



$50,710 



leaving a profit of $19,290, being a return of 6£ per 

 cent, on the capital invested." 



The number of hands on the plantation is the 

 same in both estimates, and there is one-fifth less 

 land in the modern than in the old plantation, while 

 the product of sugar is exactly double. This great 

 difference of yield arises, in part, from the following 

 circumstances, and in part, perhaps, from improve- 



