$19,755 00
Commission at 5 per cent., 987 00
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Full cost of voyage out, $20,742 00

2.--EXPENSES HOME.

Captain's head-money, at $8 a head, 1,746 00
Mate's " $4 " 873 00
Second mate and boatswain's head-money,
at $2 each a head, 873 00
Captain's wages, 219 78
First mate's wages 175 56
Second mate and boatswain's wages, 307 12
Cook and steward's wages, 264 00
Eighteen sailors' wages, 1,972 00
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$27,172 46

3.--EXPENSES IN HAVANA.

Government officers, at $8 per head, 1,736 00
My commission on 217 slaves, expenses off, 5,565 00
Consignees' commissions, 8,878 00
217 slave dresses, at $2 each, 634 00
Extra expenses of all kinds, say, 1,000 00
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Total expenses, $39,980 46

4.--RETURNS.

Value of vessel at auction, $3,950 00
Proceeds of 217 slaves, 77,469 00
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$81,419 00
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RESUME.

Total Returns, $81,419 00
" Expenses, 39,980 46
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Nett profit, $41,438 54
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[C] The treaty with Spain, which was designed by Great Britain to end
the slave-trade, failed utterly to produce the desired result.

All _profitable_ trade,--illicit, contraband, or what not,--_will_ be
carried on by avaricious men, as long as the temptation continues.
Accordingly, whenever a trade becomes _forced_, the only and s