, 357. The statistics of exports in France in 1787
give three hundred and forty-nine millions, and imports three hundred
and forty millions (leaving out Lorraine. Alsace, the three Ev?ch?s
and the West Indies).-Ibid., 360. In 1786 the importations from the
West Indies amounted to one hundred and seventy-four millions, of
which St. Domingo furnished one hundred and thirty-one millions; the
exports to the West Indies amounted to sixty-four millions, of which
St. Domingo had forty-four millions. These exchanges were effected
by five hundred and sixty-nine vessels carrying one hundred and sixty-
two thousand tons, of which Bordeaux provided two hundred and forty-
six vessels, carrying seventy-five thousand tons. - On the ruin of
manufactures cf. the reports of pr?fets in the year X., with details
from each department. - Arthur Young (II., 444) states that the
Revolution affected manufactures more seriously than any other branch
of industry.
[17] Reports of pr?fets. (Orme, year IX.) "The purchasers have
speculated on the profits for the time being, and have exhausted their
resources. Many of them have destroyed all the plantations, all the
enclosures and even the fruit trees.
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