6 nearly three millions; and the tonnage employed in the export and import trade together was about 200,000, in 1835 vessels. But in case there 'should be any one who disregards all produce and all trade that brings nothing into the Exchequer, we can relieve him at once; for the duties upon exports and imports, during the same year, ex'ceeded £678,000 sterling, a very handsome 'branch of revenue, which even the oldest and ' most legitimate government in Europe would regard with the most respectful attention." 6 6 This sounds well :-Thousands of pounds of sugar, millions of pounds of coffee, hundreds of thousands of tons of shipping, millions of dollars, &c. But let us get rid of this parade of figures by taking tons in place of pounds; and, that the extent of the Haytian wealth, and the industry of the people, may be more correctly estimated, let us compare their exports, as stated by the Review, with those of their predecessors and their present neighbours. A A TABLE, Shewing the Exports of Jamaica in 1820,* by Returns to the House of Assembly; the Exports of St. Domingo, under the French, in 1791, as returned to the Legislative Body; and of the same island (including the part which belonged to Spain), in 1822, as stated from official documents by the Edinburgh Review; also the amount of Tonnage, Population, and average quantity of Produce raised by each person. *This crop is taken as I happen to have the official returns of it. The crop of 1822, I believe, was larger. ་ By the above table we find 1st, That in Jamaica 380,000 persons export by their industry 131,185 tons of produce, averaging to each 775 lbs. and giving employment to 189,563 tons of shipping, mostly British. 2d, That in the French part of St. Domingo, previous to the Revolution, 490,000 persons exported 151,481 tons of produce, averaging to each 692 lbs. and giving employment to 260,841 tons of shipping. And 3dly, That the whole of this fine island, containing, as it is said, 935,335 persons, now exports only 16,365 tons of produce, averaging to each person 39 lbs. ! But nothing is so astonishing in the New Empire' as the amount of tonnage required to carry its produce. Jamaica, with a large Spanish trade, and importing millions of shingles, staves, wood hoops, and boards, from North America, to cover the manufacturing and other buildings throughout the country, and to make casks to contain 131,485 tons of sugar, rum, coffee, &c. for exportation, employs only 189,563 tons of shipping; and we are modestly told that Hayti, with no Spanish trade, no manufacturing buildings to cover, no casks to make, and consequently wanting no materials for these purposes, gives employment to one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five vessels, or 200,000 tons of shipping, to carry from sixteen to seventeen thousand tons of produce!! According to this statement, the ships employed in the Haytian trade, in 1822, averaged 108 tons, and had to each not quite 9 tons of produce for a cargo! It is almost unnecessary to observe, that the exports from a West India island far exceed the imports, and that, consequently, these one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five ships had even worse cargoes into St. Domingo than out of it. Let us now attend to the value of the exports and imports of St. Domingo, and the amount of revenue raised by the government, as stated in the official returns,' founded on by the Review. These are points of the greatest importance in judging of the wealth and prosperity of the island, and upon which we rejoice to have at last obtained official information. It is well known that the only source of wealth in a West Indian Island, is the exportation of its agricultural produce to foreign countries, in exchange for which it receives money, or such commodities as the people stand in want of. The imports of St. Domingo consist principally of salted beef, pork, fish, lard, flour and lumber, from the United States of North America, and of crockery and iron ware, clothing, coffee bagging, &c. from England; and are valued at three millions of dollars. The exports in 1822 are estimated at above nine millions of dollars, 'or above two millions of pounds sterling'-on what principle we are not told; but on this point there can surely be little difficulty in coming at the truth-we cannot err much in calculating the value of the different articles exported at the current prices of the London market, as follows: Coffee per the official return 35,117,834, lbs.; worth Sugar, per ditto, 652,541 lbs. about 30s. the cwt... Total value of Exports, at the utmost.... £783,880 8,739 33,448 73,933 £900,000 The same official report states the imports at 'three millions of dollars,' which at 4s. 6d. each, is equal to £675,000, and the duties levied by government on exports and imports at £678,000, making together £1,353,000, or £430,000, more than the whole value of the produce exported. But the difference may perhaps in part be accounted for by supposing that the price of coffee was a few shillings higher in 1822 than at present, and that some credit was given by foreign merchants for goods imported. This, however, is not material: there are points of more importance which claim our attention. That the statement has been brought forward to give the most favourable view of the state of Hayti, and of the effects of negro emancipation, we suppose will not be denied; and what does it prove, but that in St. Domingo, once proudly and justly termed the queen of the Antilles, cultivation has nearly ceased, the whole export |