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sition, by which means three-fourths of them totally lost their 

 captured property. The other proportion, by acceding to 

 the stipulation proposed, recovered their produce, but in such 

 a mutilated state, that what with the expenses and fees of of- 

 fice attending the recovery, one half of the amount was ex- 

 pended in recovering the other. Under these circumstances 

 the total loss sustained by the peace of Amiens may be calcu- 

 lated as follows : 



Damages on bills returned - - .^.250,000 



Expences of law suits, noting, protesting, 



postage, interest, &:c. - - - - 10,000 

 Captures made by the British - - 1,000,000 



^.I,i260,000 



Recovered by order of the king and council 125,000 



06". 1,1 35,000 



This statement of facts, I should hope, will satisfactorily 

 explain the causes of the late unpleasant situation of the co- 

 lonies, and moreover, account to those connected with them, 

 for the shortness of remittances which would in no way have 

 been experienced had they remained under the British flag. 

 But the repeated changes of their government, proved of very 

 serious detriment to them. The loss of upwards of one million 



