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 After the breaking out of the war with the Dutch, the produce of Dominica was ent, under Imperial colours, to Otend, where the ugar old only from ix to eight pounds terling per hoghead. This was a great falling off in the price of that commodity, and greatly ditreed the ugar planters in particular; but to complete their misfortunes, one of thoe very veels, laden with returns to the iland, was captured by the Americans, who old both the hip and cargo.

The prices of the different articles in Dominica, the greatet part of the time of the French government of it, were as follow:

Sugar, from 1l. 4s. to 1l. 10s. per Cwt. Rum, 2s. per gallon. Coffee, from 2l. to 2l. 10s. per Cwt.

Of the current money of the iland, which was at eighty-five per cent, and was