Extracts from A Treatise on the Wealth, Power, and Resources of the British Empire in Every Quarter of the World, including the East Indies, London, 1815, pp. 87–88, 311–315, 378–380, 390–392

Abstract

On a reference to the very interesting Table No. 3, pages 97 and 98, following this chapter, it will be seen that the new property created yearly in the colonies and dependencies annexed to the British crown, arising from land and labour, is estimated, exclusive of the territories under the direction of the East India Company, at £50,740,470 sterling a year,—namely, The Dependencies of the British Crown in Europe £ 1,818,000 The British Colonies in North America 13,215,474 The British Colonies in the West Indies 18,516,540 The Captured Colonies in the West Indies 10,195,926 The British and Captured Settlements in Africa 800,300 The British and Captured Settlements or Colonies in Asia 6,194,230 Total £50,740,470