Exceceded in making the state of affaros
intelligible. The Duke
answered that the
substance of what he had leared four
Admiral Dupre
we
vas
follows.
There appeared to be little more than
300 benchmen of Saison, of whom only
one, a-t. Blanchi (if I rightl, cought
me) of Bordeaux had
aay
the sam
important retablishment. The
flourishing-merchants in the (olony
were Germans. Little
Oy
ly
nothing had
been done to take advantage of the
natural capabilities of
the soil.
The Colony produced revertheless an
ruess
Excess of
surplus
revenue
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Expenditure, and this
was remitted to France,
Having found the Condition of the Colony
to be as thus described, Adrisal Dupre
had come to the conclusion that the
best plax for developing its prosperity toads with the neighbouring
was to
open
ދ
Countries; and that in order to do
this with practical advantage. it bouts be necessary
that the trade should be
red on equal terms to the ruterprise
offered
of all nations, and that no attempt should be made to secure special - privileges for France.
Making
If was
a commercial Treaty
the 28
On
prixupter that be hadrutered
into
Į