1825 1826 1827 1828 1829
Births,
Deaths,
Difference,
3,129
2,698
431
3,443
2,781
662
3,491
3,077
414
3,705
3,320
385
3,639
3,712
73

Agriculture.—The total number of acres comprising the whole territory is 14,993,024. Of these, in 1830, there were used

In sugar-cane plantations,172,608
" coffee trees,184,352
" tobacco,54,448
" lesser or garden and fruit culture,823,424
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Total acres,1,234,832

Leaving over 13,000,000 of acres uncultivated. Some of these uncultivated lands are appropriated to grazing, others to settlements and towns; the remainder occupied by mountains, roads, coasts, rivers and lakes,—the greater part, however, wild.

Total value of lands in 1830,$94,396,300
Value of buildings, utensils, etc.,55,603,850

The different products of cultivation were valued as follows:

Sugar canes in the ground,$6,068,877
Coffee trees,32,500,000
Fruit trees, vegetables, etc.,46,940,700
Tobacco plants,340,620
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Total value of plants,85,850,197
Total value of wood exported, consumed
on the island and made into charcoal,
$3,818,493
Minimum value of the forests,190,624,000
Value of 138,982 slaves, at $300 each,41,694,600
Total value of live stock,39,617,885
RECAPITULATION.
Lands,$94,396,300
Plants, including timber,276,774,367
Buildings, engines and utensils,54,603,850
Slaves,41,694,600
Animals,39,617,885
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507,087,002
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Representative value of capital invested, 317,264,832
VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.