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pected from a capital thus employed; and here 
again my estimates will refer chiefly to Jamaica. 
That there is a considerable variation in some of the 
Windward Islands, I have no doubt. In St. Chris¬ 
topher’s, for instance, some of the lands are cer¬ 
tainly more valuable than the very best in Jamaica; 
but, on the other hand, Jamaica is exempted from 
the duty of four and a half per cent, and has 
other advantages, which probably make the scale 
even. 
