text:  In abolishing slavery in the West Indies Great Britain has besides expended above L20 000 000; still that measure has hitherto been so little successful that L100 000 000 of fixed capital additional invested in these colonies stand on the brink of destruction; while in addition to the former sums the people of Great Britain have from the enhanced price of produce paid during the last six or seven years L10 000 00 more and which has gone chiefly if not wholly into the pockets of the negro labourers in excessive high wages the giant evil which afflicts the West Indies