There was one class of planters whose expenses seemed to be somewhat increased, viz.
those who raised all their provisions before emancipation, and ceased to raise any _after_ that event.

But in the opinion of the most intelligent planters, even these did not really sustain any loss, for originally it was bad policy to raise provisions, since it engrossed that labor which would have been more profitably directed to the cultivation of sugar; and hence they would ultimately be gainers by the change.
S.Bourne, Esq.

stated that the expenses on Millar's estate, of which he is manager, had diminished about _one third_.
Mr.Barnard, of Green Castle, thought his expenses were about the same that they were formerly.
Mr.Favey, of Lavicount's estate, enumerated, among the advantages of freedom over slavery, "the diminished expense." Dr.Nugent also stated, that "the expenses of cultivation were greatly diminished." Mr.Hatley, manager of Fry's estate, said that the expenses on his estate had been greatly reduced since emancipation.

He showed us the account of his expenditures for the last year of slavery, and the first full year of freedom, 1835.

The expenses during the last year of slavery were 1371_l._ 2_s._ 4-1/2_d._; the expenses for 1835 were 821_l._ 16_s._ 7-1/2_d._: showing a reduction of more than one third.
D.Cranstoun, Esq., informed us that his weekly expenses during slavery, on the estate which he managed, were, on an average, 45_l._; the average expenses now do not exceed 20_l._ Extract of a letter from Hon.