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ABSTRACT OF LIST OF PROPERTIES ABANDONED IN JAMAICA SINCE 1832

[FROM 1849 ALMANAC]

[This excerpt substantiates the statements concerning the economic decline in the History of Jamaica, 1838 and 1846]

PARISH, NUMBER OF ESTATES/ EXTENT OF FREEHOLDS

SUGAR ESTATES

MIDDLESEX

St. Ann 8 estates/ 10,339 acres

St. Mary 12/ 13,236

St. Dorothy 1/1,406

St. John 2/ 2,960

Vere 2/ 3,860

Clarendon 17/ 23,737

.......Total 42 estates, 55,538 acres

SURRY

Port Royal 1 estate/ 1,780 acres

St. David's 2/ 3,662

St. Thomas in the East 13/ 11,682

Portland 12/ 12,170

St. George 8/ 7,225

Metcalfe 7/ 6,612

St. Andrew 10/ 9,509

.........Total 53 estates, 52,640 acres

CORNWALL

Trelawny 8 estates/ 6,844 acres

St. James 18/ 22,244

Hanover 11/ 8,867

St. Elizabeth 6/ 18,010

Westmoreland 2/ 3,839

...Total 45 estates, 59,854 acres

COFFEE PLANTATIONS

MIDDLESEX

St. Catherine 14 plantations/ 6,087 acres

St. Thomas in the Vale 70/ 16,781

St. Ann 12/ 12,367

St. Mary 6/ 1,618

St. Dorothy 7/ 2,313

St. John 21/ 10,149

Clarendon 38/ 18,852

Manchester 109/ 61,887

.........Total 277 plantations, 130,054 acres

SURRY

Port Royal 1 plantation/ 174 acres

St. David's 4/ 1,318

St. Thomas in the East 9/ 5,200

Portland 2/ 1,535

St. George 13/ 7,696

Metcalfe 21/ 5,283

St. Andrew 111/ 23,981

........Total 161 plantations, 45,187 acres

CORNWALL

St. Elizabeth 14 plantations, 9,464 acres

Westmoreland 13/ 3,695

.............Total 27 plantations, 13,159 acres


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