[15] "No great state can long remain quiet; if it has not an enemy abroad, it finds one at home, as powerful bodies resist all external attacks, but are destroyed by their internal strength."--LIVY.
[16] "While each separately fights, all are conquered."--TACITUS.
Column Headings-- A - Slavery Value. B - After Abolition. C - After Abolition of Apprenticeship. D - Since passing Sugar Bill of 1846.
A | B | C | D | Name of the | | | | Estate. ---------+---------+---------+---------+ £ | £ | £ | £ | 120,000 | 60,000 | 45,000 | 5,000 | Windsor Forest. 65,000 | 32,000 | 26,000 | 5,000 | La Grange. 55,000 | 27,500 | 23,000 | 3,500 | Belle Plaine. 80,000 | 30,000 | 20,000 | 6,000 | Rabacca. 70,000 | 25,000 | 17,000 | 3,000 | Sir W. South. 45,000 | 20,000 | 15,000 | 5,000 | Richmond Hill. ---------+---------+---------+---------+ 435,000 | 194,500 | 146,000 | 27,500 |
Slavery value, £435,000 Estimated present value, 27,500 -------- Depreciation, £407,500 Or equal to 93-1/2 per cent on original value.
--IN RE CRUIKSHANKS, IN CHANCERY, _Times_, June 6th, 1849.
| QUANTITIES imported into the United Kingdom in the | | month ending April 5, 1849:-- | | | | | | The | | | | | produce | | | | | of, and | | | Species of | Imported | imported | | | Corn, Grain, | from foreign | from, | Total. | | Meal, and | countries. | British | | | Flour. | | possessions| | | | | out of | | | | | Europe. | | +-----------------+----------------+------------+-----------------+ | | Qrs. Bush.| Qrs. Bls. | Qrs. Bush. | | Wheat | 535,015 2 | | 535,015 2 | | Barley | 150,177 5 | | 150,177 5 | | Oats | 146,149 6 | 1 6 | 146,151 4 | | Rye | 20,768 4 | | 20,768 4 | | Peas | 12,313 6 | | 12,313 6 | | Beans | 60,294 5 | | 60,294 5 | | | | | | | Maize or } | 184,772 4 | | 184,772 4 | | Indian corn } | | | | | Buck-wheat | 12 3 | | 12 3 | | Bere or bigg | 800 0 | | 800 0 | | +----------------+------------+-----------------+ | Total of corn } | 1,110,304 3 | 1 6 | 1,110,306 1 | | and grain } | | | | | +----------------+------------+-----------------+ | | | | | | | Cwt. qrs. lb.| Cwt. q. lb.| Cwt. qrs. lb.| | Wheat meal } | 307,617 0 7 | 753 3 11 | 308,370 3 18 | | or flour } | | | | | Barley meal | | | | | Oat meal | 24 2 0 | | 24 2 0 | | Rye meal | 1,571 1 9 | | 1,571 1 9 | | Pea meal | 10 0 0 | | 10 0 0 | | Indian meal | 10,707 1 10 | | 10,707 1 10 | | Buck-wheat meal | 80 0 0 | | 80 0 0 | | +----------------+------------+-----------------+ | Total of meal } | 320,010 0 26 | 753 3 11 | 320,764 0 9 | | and flour } | | | |