rs in America ever buy their own Corn or
other food, or do they always raise it?

11. If they always, or mostly, raise it, can any other reason be
given for the differences of the system pursued by them and that
pursued by the Sugar and Cotton planters than that cultivation of
tobacco is less profitable than that of Cotton or Sugar?

12. Do any of the Planters manufacture the packages for their
product, or the clothing for their negroes and if they do, are
their negroes better clothed than when clothing is purchased?

13. Where, and by whom, is the Cotton bagging of the Brazils
made? is it principally made by free men or slaves?

14. Is it the general system to employ the negroes in task work,
or by the day?

15. How many hours are they generally at work in the former case?
how many in the latter? Which system is generally preferred by
the master? which by the slaves?

16. Is it common to allow them a certain portion of time instead
of their allowance of provisions? In this case, how much is
allowed? Where the slaves have the option, which do they
generally choose? On which system do the slaves look the best,
and acquire the most comforts?

17. Are there many small plantations where the owners possess
only a few slaves? What proportion of the whole may be supposed
to be held in this way?

18. In such cases, are the slaves treated or almost considered a
part of the family?

19. Do the slaves fare best when their situations and that of the
master are brought nearest together?

20. In what state are the slaves as to religion or religious
instruction?

21. Is it common for the slaves to be regularly married?

22. If a man forms an attachment to a woman on a different or
distant plantation, is it the general practice for some
accommodation to take place between the owners of the man and
woman, so that they may live together?

23. In the United States of America, the slaves are found to
increase at about the rate of 3 P cent. P annum. Does the same
take place in other places? Give a census, if such is taken. Show
what cause contributes to this increase, or what prevents it
where it does not take place.

24. Obtain a variety of estimates from the Planters of the cost
of bringing up a child, and at what age i