wheat fell to its usual price, tho the Wheat of America, be of greater value there than the European, & we cannot hope for a return of this Trade unless such a general scarcity of Provisions happens over Europe as did then

The Staple Commodity of the Province -is Flower & Bread which is sent to all Parts of the West Indies we are allowed to trade with, Besides Wheat, Pipe staves and a

little

Bees Wax to Madeira

We send likewise a considerable quantity of Pork, Bacon, Hogshead Staves, some Beef Butter & a few Candles to the West Indies. is

The great Bulk of our commoditys in proportion to their value,

the reason w e cannot Trade directly to the Spanish Coast as they do from the West Indies it bein«r

necessary to employ armed vessels to prevent Injuries from the Spaniards and Pirates, but we sometimes send vessels into the Bays of Campeachie

& Honduras, to purchase Logwood & we have it

imported from thence frequently by Strangers.

This commodity is entirely exported again for

England

From Barbadoes we import Rum, Molasses & Sugar which are all consumed in the Province, from & some Rum for the country consumption, & sometimes sugar & Cotton for exportation to England, From Jamaica some Rum, Molasses & the best MuscoAntigua & the adjacent Islands, Molassus

vada Sugar for the consumption of the Country & sometimes Logwood, but the principal returns from thence are in Spanish money, From Curacoa the returns are in Spanish money & Cocoa which again for England Surinam returns nothing besides Molasses and a little Rum which are consumed in the Province, in the time of War when the English could not trade with the French Mine was some considerable Trade to the Island of St. Thomas The Danes from thence supplying