chap, iv.] WEST INDIES. 127 
Returns the fourth year, at £a per not. being 
the average price of Coffee for fve years pre¬ 
vious to 1792 ; viz. 
From 150 acres of young coffee £. s . d> 
may be expected the fourth 
year 45,000 lbs. 1,800 0 0 
Deduct annual charges for 
the fourth year. 595 
Sacks and saddles. 40 
- 635 0 0 
Clear profit (being equal to £.1 ] -- 
14$. per cent, on the capital.)} .£.1,165 0 0 
Returns the fifth and subsequent years j viz. 
150 acres, yielding 750 lbs. per £. s. d. 
acre, 112,500ibs. at £a . . . 4,500 0 0 
Deduct annual charges, as 
before . . . 595 
Sacks and saddles. 80 
Repairs of mills, &c. ... 100 
- 775 0 0 
Clear profit (being equal to 241 
per cent, on the capital) . . . <£.3,725 0 0 
*** It ought to have been observed in the first edition 
of this work, that I am indebted for the estimates in this 
and the two preceding pages, to my worthy friend Samu¬ 
el Vaughan, Esq. of St. James's parish, Jamaica, mem¬ 
ber of the assembly of that island, who has directed his 
attention to the cultivation of coffee with great assiduity 
and success. He has since favoured me with the follow¬ 
ing interesting observations, which I have great pleasure 
in laying before the public; 
