| 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 |
| ———— | |
| 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 |
| ————— | |
| 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 |
| ————— | |
| 507,087,002 | |
| ————— | |
| Representative value of capital invested, | 317,264,832 |