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Calculation of the nett rent of agricultural and rural industry. 
Nett produce of the primitive grazing grounds 
the grazing grounds of estates 
sugar estates - 
coffee estates - - - 
smaller cultivation 
tobacco - - - - 
^2,928,405 
2,169,161 
4,189,043 
1,287,375 
11,861,984 
372,654 
Total of nett product 
- .^22,808,622 
General recapitulation. 
Representative value of the agriculture of Cuba 
of capital invested 
of gross products 
of nett rent . - 
- ^508,189,332 
317,264,832 
49,662,987 
22,808,622 
From these results there are many deductions to be made : ' 
1. That the nett rent answers to 7 per cent, of the representative capi¬ 
tal of estates, and that it is almost equal to the half of the gross produce. 
2. That, comparatively with the extent of the ground under cultiva¬ 
tion, (this being, according to former . statistics, 91,819 cahallerias,) there 
is to each caballeria a value of 546 dollars, yearly, of gross product, and 
248 dollars of nett rent. 
3. That, in respect to population, each free person appears to have a 
value, in gross product, of 120 dollars; and.of the nett, 53 dollars. 
4. Supposing a maximum of as many agricultural families as there 
are estates on the island; the number of these being 33,112, there appears 
to each family a property of 9,581 dollars, produce to the amount of 
1,514 dollars, and a nett rent of 680 dollars. 
5. Upon examining particularly the products of each kind of cultiva¬ 
tion, the small estates appear to be much more considerable—that is, the 
vegetable and fruit plantations. The demonstration is this : 
1. Grazing grounds of all kinds cost ^24,139,417, produce ^5,051,835 
2. Sugar estates, - - - 83,780,877 ' . - 8,862,087 
^ 3. Coffee estates, - - - 85,825,000 - 4,325,292 
4. Vegetable and fruit plantations - 111,861,984 - 24,867,638 
The lesser properties, as is seen, produce six times as much as the cof¬ 
fee estates; five times that of grazing grounds; and three times that of su¬ 
gar estates; and of themselves alone, one-third more than the others united: 
although the capital invested in these is less by two-fifths than that of the 
grazing grounds, and sugar and coffee estates.' 
Note. —This proves that Cuba is more indebted for her prosperity and 
her safety to her small cultivators of fruits and vegetables, than to her 
large planters of sugar and coffee. 
H. P. 
