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[And the Import of Slaves, by report of privy
council, 1788, at a medium of four years, and
by a return to house of commons in 1805, at a
medium of two years from 1803, was as follows :

Average of

Imports.

Re-exports.

Retained.

Four years to 1787

658

102

556

Tw o years to 1803

971

124

847

By report of privy council, 1788, and by subse-
quent estimate, the population amounted to

Years.

Whites.

People of

Slaves.

Colour.

1787

1912

1908

20,435

1805

1800

198

26,000

See Caribe (Leeward) Islands; and for the
later political inquiries, see West Indies.]

Same name, a settlement of the head
settlement of the district and alcaldia mayor of
Toluca in Nueva Espana. It contains 64 families
of Indians, and lies a small distance to the n. of its
capital.

Same name, another, of the head
settlement and alcaldia mayor of Zacatlan in the same
kingdom, lying two leagues from its capital.

Same name, another, of the head settlement
and alcaldia mayor of Tetelaxonotla in the
same kingdom, lying two leagues to the w. of that
place.

Same name, another settlement of the province and
corregimienio of Angaraes in Peru ; annexed to the
curacy of San Antonio, and situate on the contrary
side of the river.

Same name another, settlement of the province and
eorreghniento of Conchucos in the same kingdom ;
annexed to the curacy of San Marcos.

Same name, another settlement of the province and
corregimiento of Lucanas in the same kingdom ;
annexed to the curacy of its capital.

Same name, another settlement of the head
settlement of Pinotepa, and alcaldia mayor of Xicayan,
in Nueva Espana. It contains 24 families of
Indians, and is seven leagues to the n. of its head
settlement.

Same name, another settlement of the head
settlement and alcaldia mayor of Cuquio in the same
kingdom ; situate near to the conflux of the rivers
Mesquital and Grande, its population is large.

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and it lies 15 leagues to the w. of its capital, an^
10 to the n. w. of the capital of the province of
Guadalaxara.

Same name, another settlement of the head settle-
ment of Axixique, and alcaldia mayor of Zayula,
in the same kingdom ; situate on the shore of the
great lake or sea of Chapala. It contains 70 faj-
milies of Indians, who employ themselves in fish-
ing and agriculture ; is 13 leagues to the s. of its
head settlement.

Same name another settlement of the province
and country of the Amazonas, in the Portuguese
K ossessioiis ; situate on the shore of the river
laranon, at the mouth where it enters the Ovari-
pana.

Same name another settlement of the province
and government of Cartagena in the district of
Sinu ; situate on the bank of the river Pichelin, in
the division of this jurisdiction and that of Tolu.
It is one of those which were founded, in 1776, by
the Governor Don Juan Piraienta.

Same name another settlement of the kingdom of
Brazil ; situate on the shore of a river which
enters the Yguan to the s. of the settlement of Jesus
Maria.

Same name another settlement of the province
and captainship of Sergipé in the same kingdom (Brazil) ;
situate on the sea-coast, between the river Sirugipa
and thatof Vazabaris.

Same name another settlement of the province
and kingdom of Nueva Galicia ; situate near its
capital.

Same name,of the missions
which were held by the regulars of the company
of the Jesuits in the province of Tepeguana, and
kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya.

Same name another settlement of Nuevo Mexico ;
situate on the shore of the Rio Grande del N.
(Large River of tlie N.) where this enters the Con-
ch os.

Same name, a bay on the coast of the
province of California, in the part opposite the
coast of Nueva Espana.

Same name another settlement, an isle of the N. sea, in the
interior of the bay and port of the Cul de Sac Grand,
of the island of Guadalupe.

[CHRISTOPHER, Sr. See Christovae.]
CHUAO, a port of the coast of the kingdom
of Tierra Firme, in the province and government
of Venezuela, to the w. of the port of La Guaira.

==CHUAPA, a settlement and head settlement of
the alcaldia mayor of Villalta in Nueva Espana.
It contains 112 familes of Indians, and is 12 leagues
n. e. of its capital.

Same name, a river of the kingdom of Chile.

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