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Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
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From Copenhagen: Late accounts from St. Croix in the West Indies report abundant rains boosting hopes for a plentiful sugar crop estimated at 17,000 hogsheads. Danish imports from St. Croix over 1787-1791 totaled 57,720 hogsheads, with annual consumption in Denmark and provinces at about 16,000 hogsheads.
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By the late accounts from St. Croix, in the West-Indies, we learn that the abundant rains which have fallen in that island, gave the planters hopes of a plentiful crop of sugar, which is already calculated at 17,000 hogsheads. The importation during the five last years from Saint-Croix, into this kingdom, amounted to 57,720 hogsheads, viz. 16,587 in 1787, 16,876 in 1788, 7252 in 1789, 9962 in 1790, 5043 in 1791. The annual consumption of that article in Denmark, and the provinces belonging to it, is about 16,000 hogsheads.
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St. Croix, West Indies
Event Date
March 17
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expected sugar crop of 17,000 hogsheads; danish imports 1787-1791: 57,720 hogsheads total; annual consumption: about 16,000 hogsheads
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Abundant rains in St. Croix gave planters hopes of a plentiful sugar crop calculated at 17,000 hogsheads. Importation from Saint-Croix to Denmark over the last five years amounted to 57,720 hogsheads: 16,587 in 1787, 16,876 in 1788, 7,252 in 1789, 9,962 in 1790, 5,043 in 1791. Annual consumption in Denmark and its provinces is about 16,000 hogsheads.