West India Customs and Manners: Containing Strictures on the Soil, Cultivation, Produce, Trade, Officers, and Inhabitants: with the Method of Establishing, and Conducting a Sugar Plantation. To which is Added, the Practice of Training New Slaves. By J. B. Moreton, Esq. A New Edition |
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الصفحة 33
... it is about one hundred and fifty miles long , and fixty broad , containing about
six thoufand square miles , and is about four thousand five hundred miles from
England , and was discovered in the year 1493 , by Christopher Columbus , a
very ...
... it is about one hundred and fifty miles long , and fixty broad , containing about
six thoufand square miles , and is about four thousand five hundred miles from
England , and was discovered in the year 1493 , by Christopher Columbus , a
very ...
الصفحة 37
Port Royal was once the greatest place of trade in the West Indies ; but by
repeated cala . mities it is reduced to about two hundred houses ; it contains the
royal navy dock yard for heaving down ships ; is ten miles from Spanish Town ,
and fix ...
Port Royal was once the greatest place of trade in the West Indies ; but by
repeated cala . mities it is reduced to about two hundred houses ; it contains the
royal navy dock yard for heaving down ships ; is ten miles from Spanish Town ,
and fix ...
الصفحة 38
The number of sugar plantations are computed to be one thousand fixty eight ,
and to make upon an averageone hundred and fix thousand of Muscovado fugar
yearly , and fifty three thousand puncheons of rum ; there are about two thousand
...
The number of sugar plantations are computed to be one thousand fixty eight ,
and to make upon an averageone hundred and fix thousand of Muscovado fugar
yearly , and fifty three thousand puncheons of rum ; there are about two thousand
...
الصفحة 57
canes . Here let me observe the vast expence which attends establishing a sugar
plantation , supposing keeping only one hundred acres constantly under The mill
, boiling , and curing - houses , and distill - house , with all the conveniencies ...
canes . Here let me observe the vast expence which attends establishing a sugar
plantation , supposing keeping only one hundred acres constantly under The mill
, boiling , and curing - houses , and distill - house , with all the conveniencies ...
الصفحة 59
When three or : four hundred acres of land is properly fenced round and divided
into different lots , the major part of which is planted with Guinea grass , and
when it is properly stocked , it will yield a clear annual profit of 1000l , sterling .
When three or : four hundred acres of land is properly fenced round and divided
into different lots , the major part of which is planted with Guinea grass , and
when it is properly stocked , it will yield a clear annual profit of 1000l , sterling .
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| العنوان | West India Customs and Manners: Containing Strictures on the Soil, Cultivation, Produce, Trade, Officers, and Inhabitants: with the Method of Establishing, and Conducting a Sugar Plantation. To which is Added, the Practice of Training New Slaves. By J. B. Moreton, Esq. A New Edition Eighteenth century West India Customs and Manners: Containing Strictures on the Soil, Cultivation, Produce, Trade, Officers, and Inhabitants: with the Method of Establishing, and Conducting a Sugar Plantation. To which is Added, the Practice of Training New Slaves. By J. B. Moreton, Esq. A New Edition, J. B. Moreton |
| المؤلف | J. B. Moreton |
| الناشر | J. Parsons; W. Richardson; H. Gardner; and J. Walter, 1793 |
| أصلي من | جامعة أوكسفورد |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 8 أيار (مايو) 2009 |
| عدد الصفحات | 192 من الصفحات |
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