1767-Jan.-07: Market prices for French metropolitan imports, such as wine, flour, and soap, were published to coordinate trade across the various ports of Sa…

1767-Jan.-07: Market prices for French metropolitan imports, such as wine, flour, and soap, were published to coordinate trade across the various ports of Saint-Domingue. In Les Cayes, old wine was priced at 180 livres, while Moissac flour sold for between 60 and 70 livres per unit. The gazette also detailed the costs for essential supplies like salt pork, candles, and Provence oil in Port-au-Prince and Saint-Marc. These listings reflect the colony’s heavy economic dependence on European-produced provisions to sustain its urban and plantation populations.