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command, until slavery be abolished — of which there seems no 

 present prospect. The slave population numbers about 350,000, 

 and the free coloured population, about 90,000. 



The consumption of sugar, during 1847, very singularly tallied 

 with the production of the British Colonies that year— being 

 exactly 289,000 tons ; but as 50,000 tons of foreign sugar were 

 consumed, an accumulation of British plantation sugar necessarily 

 remained on hand. 



The production of the French colonies was 100,000 tons, of 

 which France received nine-tenths. 



In 1836, Jamaica made 1,186,554 cwt. of sugar. In 1840, its 

 produce had fallen off to 545,600 cwt. ; but in the same years, 

 Porto Eico had increased its sugar crop, from 498,000 cwt., to 

 1,000,000 cwt. In 1837, Cuba made 9,060,058 arrobas of sugar, 

 equal to 132,765 hhds. ; in 1841, it had increased to 139,000 hhds. 

 The largest crop grown in the AVest Indies, since 1838, was that 

 of 1847, which amounted to 159,600 tons. 



The annexed returns of the sugar crops of Barbados and 

 Jamaica, for a series of years may, be interesting : — 



SUGAR CROPS OF THE ISLAND OF BARBADOS, FROM 1827 TO 1846 AND I80I. 



1827 



1828 

 1829 

 1830 

 1831 

 1832 

 1833 



. . 18,109 hhds. 



. . 28,533 „ 



23,486 „ 



.. 26,360 „ 



.. 28,174 „ 



.. 19,761 „ 



28,099 „ 



1834 

 1835 

 1836 

 1837 

 1838 

 1839 

 1840 



.. 28,710 hhds. 

 .. 25,371 „ 

 .. 26,358 „ 

 .. 31,670 „ 

 .. 33,058 „ 

 ... 28,213 „ 

 .. 13,589 „ 



1841 

 1842 

 1843 

 1844 

 1815 

 1846 

 1851 



I7,801hhds. 



21,607 „ 



24,587 „ 



23,147 „ 



24,767 „ 



21,936 „ 



48,000 „ 



SUGAR CROPS OF THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA, FROM 1790 TO 1851. 



1790 



... 91,131 hhds. 



' 1809 , 



lid RSO liliflsi 



1828,,. 



101,575 hhds. 



1791 



. . 91 020 



1810., 



...112,208 





1829,., 



... 97,893 „ 



1792... 





j> 



53 



1811,. 



,..138,292 



33 

 33 



1830, , 



,.100,205 „ 



1793 



82,136 





1812.. 



...113,173 





1831... 



.. 94,381 „ 



1794 



97,124 



3} 

 33 



1813.. 





33 

 33 



1832. 



.. 98,686 „ 



1795 



95,372 



33 



1814 



104,558 



33 



1833... 



.. 85,161 „ 



1796 



96,460 



33 



1815 



127,209 





1834 



84,756 „ 



1797 



85,109 



33 



1816 



100,382 



>' 



1835 



77,970 „ 



1798 



35,858 



33 



1817 



123,766 



33 



1836 



67,094 „ 



1799 



110,646 



35 



1818 



,121,758 



33 



1837 



61,505 „ 



1800 



105,584 



33 



1819 



...116,382 



35 



1838 



69,613 „ 



1801 



139,036 



53 



1820 



122,922 



33 



1839 



49,243 „ 



1802 



140,113 





1821 







1840... 



.. 33,066 „ 



1803 



...115,496 





1822 





38 



1841 



. 34,491 „ 



1804 



, ,112,163 



3' 



1823 



...101,271 





1842r 



.. 50,295 „ 



1805 



...150,352 



13 



1824... 



...106,009 



31 



1843,,. 



, 44,169 „ 



1806 . 







1825 , 



... 72,090 



33 



1844,,. 



, 34,444 „ 



1807 







1826 ,. 



...106,712 



" 



1845,,, 



.. 47,926 „ 



1808 ,. 



..132,333 



;; 



1827 .. 



... 87,399 



33 



1851,.. 



41,678 „ 



The average of the five years ending 1851, being the first five of 

 Free trade, shows an annual export from Jamaica of 41,678 hhds. 



The quantity of unrefined sugar iDiported from the British West . 

 Indies and Gruiana in a series of vears since the emancipation, is 

 shown by the following abstract :— 



