150 Navigation and Commerce. 
To these figures must be added 25 per cent., in order to arrive 
at their registry tonnage; for the Haytian mode of computation 
gives invariably between 25 and 30 per cent, less than the 
ship’s register. 
“ The import duties paid to the State, under the Empire, 
averaged between $800,000 and $900,000 annually, and were 
derived as follows: 
United States. $300,000 
England. 190,000 
France. 190,000 
Other Flags. 180,000 
“ The annual exportations of the principal staples may be 
estimated thus: 
Coffee. 50,000,000 fbs. Haytian. 
Logwood. 50,000,000 “ 
Cotton. 700,000 minimum. 
Cocoa. 1,200,000 lbs. Haytian. 
Mahogany. 2,500,000 feet reduced.” 
