contemptuous indifference. Sugar, and sugar alone, is his dream, his
argument, his faith." Yet the following table of exports of sugar shows
that even in that free labor has been successful.

_Comparative Table of Sugar Exportations in Pounds from the
Leeward Islands._[K]

Islands. Annual average from Exports in
1820 to 1832. 1858.
Antigua, 20,580,000 lbs. 26,174,000 lbs.
Dominica, 6,000,000 6,263,000
Nevis, 5,000,000 4,400,000
Montserrat, 1,840,000 1,308,000
St. Kitt's, 12,000,000 10,000,000
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Total, 45,420,000 lbs. 48,145,000 lbs.


_Table of Imports in Value._

Islands. Annual average value Value of imports
from 1820 to 1832. in 1858.
Antigua, £130,000 £266,364
Dominica, 62,000 84,906
Nevis, 28,000 36,721
Montserrat, 18,000 17,844
St. Kitt's, 60,000 109,000
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Total, £298,000 £514,835