it had increased to 139,000 hhds. The largest crop grown in the
West Indies, since 1838, was that of 1847, which amounted to 159,600
tons.

The annexed returns of the sugar crops of Barbados and Jamaica, for a
series of years may, be interesting:--

SUGAR CROPS OF THE ISLAND OF BARBADOS, FROM 1827 TO 1846 AND 1851.

1827 18,109 hhds.
1828 28,533 "
1829 23,486 "
1830 26,360 "
1831 28,174 "
1832 19,761 "
1833 28,099 "
1834 28,710 "
1835 25,371 "
1836 26,358 "
1837 31,670 "
1838 33,058 "
1839 28,213 "
1840 13,589 "
1841 17,801 "
1842 21,607 "
1843 24,587 "
1844 23,147 "
1845 24,767 "
1846 21,936 "
1851 48,000 "

SUGAR CROPS OF THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA, FROM 1790 TO 1851.

1790 91,131 "
1791 91,020 "
1792 ... "
1793 82,136 "
1794 97,124 "
1795 95,372 "
1796 96,460 "
1797 85,109 "
1798 95,858 "
1799 110,646 "
1800 105,584 "
1801 139,036 "
1802 140,113 "
1803 115,496 "
1804 112,163 "
1805 150,352 "
1806 146,601 "
1807 135,203 "
1808 132,333 "
1809 114,630 "
1810 112,208 "
1811 138,292 "
1812 113,173 "
1813 109,158 "
1814 104,558 "
1815 127,209 "
1816 100,382 "
1817 123,766 "
1818 121,758 "
1819 116,382 "
1820 122,922 "
1821 119,560 "
1822 94,515 "
1823 101,271 "
1824 106,009 "
1825 72,090 "
1826 106,712 "
1827 87,399 "
1828 101,575 "
1829 97,893 "
1830 100,205 "
1831 94,381 "
1832 98,686 "
1833 85,161 "
1834 84,756 "
1835 77,970 "
1836 67,094 "
1837 61,505 "
1838 69,613 "
1839 49,243 "
1840 33,066 "
1841 34,491 "
1842 50,295 "
1843 44,169 "
1844 34,444 "
1845 47,926 "
1851 41,678 "

The average of the five years ending 1851, being the first five of
Free trade