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HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
No. 6. Municipality of the Great Port Bourbon (at present called the Port of 
Fraternity)—from the Great river, the boundary of the municipality of the Three 
Islets, of Moka, and of the Plains of Willhems, to the river du Poste. 
No. 7. Municipality of the Savannah—from the River du Poste , the boundary 
of the Plains of Willhems, to the Bay of the Cape. 
No. 8. Municipality of the Plains of St. Pierre and Black river—from the Bay 
of the Cape, the boundary of the Savannah, and of the Plains of Willhems, to the 
Little river. 
No. 9. Municipality of the Plains of Willhems—from the Little river, the 
boundary of the municipality of the Black river, of the Savannah, of the Great 
Port, and of Moka, to the Great river of Port North-west. 
No. 10. The municipality of Moka—comprised between those of the North-west 
Port, of the Plains of Willhems, of the Great Port, of the Three Islets, and of 
Pamplemousses. 
Actual State of the Price of the Commodities in 1800. 
s. d. 
Beef, kid, mutton, - about 1 o per lb. 
Pork, - - - - _ 06 
A hen, - - - _ „ 26 
A chicken, - - _ _ -10 
A duck, - from 2 to 3 o 
A goose, - from 7 to 8 o 
A turkey, - from 10 to 12 o 
A pair of pigeons, - from 2 to 6 o 
Bread and wine fluctuate, according to the commerce in time of war. 
Wine, from the price of Europe, to eight times higher. 
Bread, from the price of Europe, to four times higher. 
N. B. All the inhabitants having commodities to dispose of, and seldom buying 
any, it is their interest to sell them dear to foreigners, who come hither for the pur¬ 
poses of commerce. 
In the Isle of France a plantation entirely cleared, may be bought for ^1500. 
(6000 piastres) with about thirty slaves of both sexes, reckoned, on an average, at 
about £ 30. each. This plantation would produce sufficient to support a family in 
great comfort. Only half of the purchase-money must be paid down. 
