Note 18 — LETTER LV.
Reading edition
The following summary is given, by Mr. Bryan Edwards, of the state of agriculture, and of the average exports, in the French division of St. Domingo, at the beginning of the year 1790.
ESTATES.
431 Plantations of clayed sugar.
362 ——————— moscovado.
793
3,117 Plantations of coffee.
789 ——————— cotton.
3,160 ——————— indigo.
54 ——————— cocoa.
623 Smaller settlements of grain, yams, and other vegetables.
8,536 Establishments of all kinds throughout the colony.
EXPORTS. lbs. Value in Livres.
Clayed sugar 58,642,214 41,049,549
Moscovado sugar 86,549,829 34,619,931
Coffee 71,663,187 71,663,187
Cotton 6,698,858 12,397,716
Indigo, hhds. 951,607 8,564,463
Melasses, hhds. 23,061 2,767,320
An inferior sort of rum called taffia, hhds. 2,600 312,000
Raw hides, No. 6,500 52,000
Tanned ditto, No. 7,900 118,500
Total value at the ports of shipping, in livres of St. Domingo[19] 171,544,666