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and in 76° 45′ west longitude from London. It is about 150 miles in length, and on a medium of three measurements, at different parts, about forty miles in breadth; and contains, according to Robertson’s survey, made in 1801, 2,724,262 acres. It is divided into three counties—Middlesex, Surry, and Cornwall.
Middlesex contains nine parishes:—St. Catharine, St. John, St. Dorothy, St. Thomas-in-the-Vale, Clarendon, Vere, Manchester, St. Mary, and St. Ann.
Surry contains seven parishes:—Kingston, Port Royal, St. Andrew, St. David, St. Thomas-in-the-East, Portland, and St. George.
Cornwall contains five parishes:—St. Elizabeth, Westmorland, Hanover, St. James, and Trelawney.
The subjoined statement will furnish the best account of the produce of the island.
| Tonnage. | Sugar. | Rum. | Molasses. | Coffee. | Ginger. | Pimento. | ||||||
| 176,311 | Hhds 110,512 |
Trs. 11,703 |
Bbrs. 1,972 |
Puns. 46,702 |
Hhds. 1,792 |
Cks. 678 |
Casks. 167 |
Lbs. 16,819,863 |
Cks. 984 |
Bags. 271 |
Casks. 1,224 |
Bags. 24,817 |
| Cocoa. | Cotton. | Indigo. | Hides. | Logwood. | Fustic. | Nica-wood. | Lignum. | Mahogany. | Cedar. | Lance- wood. | ||
| Casks. 640 |
Bags. 57 |
Bales. 7,211 |
Bags. 987 |
Seroons. 406 |
No. 7,420 |
Tons. 4,964 |
Tons 1,313 |
Tons. 241 |
Tons. 741 |
Logs. 2,757 |
Logs. 1,411 |
Spars. 9,656 |
To this may be added, as a proof of the immense value of these possessions to the commerce and manufactures of England, the Official Value of Imports and Exports from and to the West-Indies:—
| Imports..................... | 1819 | 1820 | 1821 |
| 8,347,235 | 7,887,688 | 8,011,335 | |
| Exports.................... | |||
| British and Irish produce and Manufacture | 5,516,816 | 4,197,975 | 4,038,222 |
| Foreign and Colonial Merchandize | 267,736 | 292,033 | 308,820 |
| 5,784,553 | 4,490,008 | 4,437,042 |
The returns of 1825 made the slave population 317,138. The free-coloured and white inhabitants may each be estimated at about 25,000.
