EXPEDITION TO SURINAM, 



201 



Brought forward 



And for the brick that fcrves for ballad, paf- 

 fengers, &c. _ - - _ 



Each Guinea fliip, impDrting yearly 



from 250 to 300 negroes, loweft > /. 120,000 

 value, at - _ _ J 



Thus fuppofing the number of vefTels* 6 



Amounts to - - - 



To all thefe I fhali add the merchandize im- 

 ported from Holland, fuch as wine, fpirits, beer, 

 falt-beef, pork, and fiour, fiik, cotton, and linen- 

 manufadtures j cloaths, hats, flioes ; gold, filver, 

 andfteel ornaments j arms and ammunition; even 

 mafons and carpenters tools, &c. &c. at an average 

 of about 50 per cent, profit, Befides correfpon- 

 dents charges, infurance, duty, ftore-houfe ex- 

 pences, porters fees, wharfage, and package, 

 which laft articles cofl the inhabitants ten fer 

 (ent, more. 



Thus altogether - - 



Which miakes already the fum of - - 



Still let me m.ention the interefi: of 6 fer (en*, 

 for the national debt of five millions flerling, 

 due by the colony, and what they are defraud- 

 ed of by ufurers in Holland^ where prodigious 

 other charges are brought in ; and where thofe 

 who have made their fortunes go to Ipend it ; 

 and the amount will be found to produce at 

 leaft - - „ . 



The whole of v/hich items added togetherj pro- 

 duce no kfs a fum yearly than 



/. 3,1003000 

 SOjOoo 



CHAP. 

 XXIV. 



720,000 



I,IO0jO0O 



/. 5,000,000 



1,000,000 



/. 6jOco,ooo 



* There are fome years but four, and foinc ten, &c> 



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