Indeed, Mr. McQueen frankly acknowledges, that "If the foreign slave trade be not extinguished, and the cultivation of the tropical territories of other powers opposed and checked by British tropical cultivation, then the interests and the power of such states will rise into a preponderance over those of Great Britain; and the power and the influence of the latter will cease to be felt, feared and respected, amongst the civilized and powerful nations of the world." But here are the figures upon which this humiliating acknowledgement is made. The productions of the tropical possessions of Great Britain and foreign countries, respectively, at the period alluded to by Mr. McQueen, and as given by himself, stood as follows: SUGAR--1842. British Possessions. | Foreign countries. | West Indies, cwts. 2,508,552 | Cuba, cwts. 5,800,000 East Indies, " 940,452 | Brazil, " 2,400,000 Mauritius,(1841) " 544,767 | Java, " 1,105,757 ------------------| Louisiana, " 1,400,000 Total 3,993,771 | ------------------ | Total 10,705,757 COFFEE--1842. West Indies, lbs. 9,186,555 | Java, lbs. 134,842,715 East Indies, " 18,206,448 | Brazil, " 135,000,800 ------------------ | Cuba, " 33,589,325 Total 27,393,003 | Venezuela, " 34,000,000 | ------------------ | Total 337,432,840 COTTON--1840. West Indies, lbs. 427,529 | United States, lbs. 790,479,275 East Indies, " 77,015,917 | Java, " 165,504,800 To China from do. " 60,000,000 | Brazil, " 25,222,828 ------------------| ------------------ Total 137,443,446 | Total 981,206,903 [16] See Appendix, Table II. [17] Table III. For Statistics up to 1859, see chapter VI. and Appendix. [18] See Appendix, Table II. CHAPTER VI.