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is assuring you, that on a re-perusal of my Journal, I see no occasion to add or diminish to any of its contents, Excepting the progress of our Cultivation which I shall give you thus briefly
| 1789 | 390 Bushells Maize [&] 200 Wheat | ||||
| 1790 | In Engd. | ||||
| 1791 | 1022 Bushells Maize [&] 697 Wheat | ||||
| 1792 | 9847 Bushells Maize [&] 1500 Wheat | ||||
| 1793 | Crops not gathered but I have reason to believe last Years will be doubled |
We have now 56 Weeks dry provisions at full rations if the Id. produce of yr. last & curr. Crops - this Years produce will be upwards of 18 Months in addition 382 people draw no provisions from the Stores - Such my dear Sir is our present situation & the Id. is not 1/10th part clear or in Cultivation, I have transmitted to Govt. sufficient documents to prove that at least ¾ths of the Island can be ploughed as well as any Ground within ten Miles of London if we had with Cattle & ploughs but unfortunately we never have had any of either, As a proof of the Fertility of the Soil on this Id. many Acres