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the event that a great number of persons should resolve to 
take up their abode in Hayti. These circulars have been 
made public, and the responses they have called forth testify 
the most lively sentiments of fraternity. Extending to the ad¬ 
ministrators of finances in their capacity of managers of the 
national domains, this correspondence, which has been carried 
on rapidly, and of which it is only possible, President, to submit 
to you a synopsis, we have received proofs of a general good¬ 
will. Here there are offers of public subscriptions; there they 
wish to charge themselves with the care of a certain number of 
persons; in an infinity of places they will give [rent] lands on 
halves • some will rent, others sell them; in fine, all are dis¬ 
posed to make all proper arrangements. 
The lists furnished by the administrators of finances are not 
complete. Though I had recommended them to omit small 
parcels of land, I am sure that I have many additions to re¬ 
ceive ; some have,Moreover, been announced already. 
Laying aside all information which does not seem sufficiently 
precise, I have caused a list to be made, arrondissement by ar- 
rondissement, following the rule of not going further from the 
sea than twelve to fifteen miles, so as not to lose the advantages 
of sea carriage. I have, nevertheless, made exception^ in favor 
of Mirebalais, Lascahobas, and Plaisance, to which localities 
there are tolerably good roads from Port-au-Prince and Cape 
Haytian. 
Here follows the synopsis of this work. 
ARRONDISSEMENT OE PORT-AU-PRINCE. 
In different parts of the communes of the Croix des Bouquets 
and l’Arcahaie, there are vast lands, belonging to the State, and 
which offer the means of locating a good number of individuals. 
Independently of these lands, there are a great many individ¬ 
uals who possess extensive tracts which they would wish to see 
cultivated, either on lease or on half shares. According to gen¬ 
eral use, the machinery, etc., for the manufactory of sugar and 
syrup, on these properties, would be placed in the hands of 
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