242 HISTORY OF THE [book. yi. 
Add this sum to the British import, and the whole 
yearly value of the produce of the British West 
Indies, exclusive of what is consumed by the in¬ 
habitants themselves, is seven million two hundred 
and forty-three thousand six hundred and sixty-six 
pounds seventeen shillings and nine-pence sterling; 
all which is produced by the labour of 65,000 
whites, and 455,000 blacks, being one hundred 
and eleven pounds for each white person, and 
thirteen pounds eighteen shillings and six-pence 
per head per annum, for man, woman, and child, 
black and white throughout all the British West 
Indies. 
From this immense supply the revenues of 
Great Britain and Ireland received, in gross duties, 
upwards of X-E800,000 sterling, exclusive of the 
duty of 44- per cent, collected in Barbadoes, and 
some other of the islands, and which being paid in 
kind, is, I presume, included in the general im¬ 
ports above stated. Of the remainder, we have 
already seen how large a share was the property of 
the manufacturer, the merchant, and the navigator. 
A further sum, not less than £. 1,037,000, must 
be placed to the same account, for freights and in- 
peafs, that the value of the goods imported into Ireland from the Bri¬ 
tish West Indies has of late years greatly increased. In 1790 they 
amounted to £.169,563 8s. rod.—in 1791 to £.218,589 is. iod.— 
and in 1792 to £.225,774 14s. 3d. These suras are the currency of 
Ireland, 
