AUA Why Nations Fail - Daron Acemoglu | Page 32

productions of our colonies decrease in value
in proportion to their distance from the sun. In
the West Indies, which are the hottest of all,
they make to the amount of 8l. 12s. 1d. per
head. In the southern continental ones, to the
amount of 5l. 10s. In the central ones, to the
amount of 9s. 6 1/