The estate which he manages, ranks among the first in the island.

It comprises six hundred acres of superior land, has a population of two hundred apprentices, and yields an average crop of one hundred and eighty hogsheads.

Together with his long experience and standing as a planter, Mr.H.has been for many years local magistrate for the parish in which he resides.

From these circumstances combined, we are induced to give his opinions on a variety of points.
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He remarked that the planters were getting along _infinitely_ better under the new system than they ever did under the old.