Note 11 — CHAP. XXIV.

The town of Amsterdam affords about fifty ships, at an average of 400 tons burthen each, which receive, for importation freight of various commodities, the sum of ƒ. 6,000

For exportation freight of the above productions, which grow in the colony11 32,000

Thus each vessel gets for freight ƒ. 38,000

Which, multiplied by the N^o of vessels 50

Makes exactly ƒ. 1,900,000 — —

For Rotterdam and Zealand I calculate together about 30 vessels more of different burdens: thus 1,200,000 — —

And for the brick that serves for ballast, passengers, &c. 80,000 — —

Each Guinea ship, importing yearly from 250 to 300 negroes, lowest value, at ƒ. 120,000

Thus supposing the number of vessels12 6

Amounts to 720,000 — —

To all these I shall add the merchandize imported from Holland, such as wine, spirits, beer, salt-beef, pork, and flour, silk, cotton, and linen-manufactures; cloaths, hats, shoes; gold, silver, and steel ornaments; arms and ammunition; even masons and carpenters tools, &c. &c. at an average of about 50 per cent. profit. Besides correspondents charges, insurance, duty, store-house expences, porters fees, wharfage, and package, which last articles cost the inhabitants ten per cent. more.

Thus altogether 1,100,000 — —

Which makes already the sum of ƒ. 5,000,000 — —

Still let me mention the interest of 6 per cent. for the national debt of five millions sterling, due by the colony, and what they are defrauded of by usurers in Holland, where prodigious other charges are brought in; and where those who have made their fortunes go to spend it; and the amount will be found to produce at least 1,000,000 — —

The whole of which items added together, produce no less a sum yearly than ƒ. 6,000,000 — —

Which is clear profit to the republic, viz. principally for Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Zealand. Thus the inhabitants of Surinam get, for their share of the above treasure, only 5,000,000 — —

Which make together, as I said, one million sterling, or ƒ. 11,000,000 — —