The Express.
London, England, 1850-10-05 00:00:00

TRINIDAD.

The Legislative Council wax opened on the 1-t of
September by amess-ge, of which substantial extracts

are annexed :

The governor is desirous of addressing some retalrks to
the council on the occasion of laying the eetimstes for next
year before the board.
He would in the first place express his eitisteetion et the
favourable report which he is enabled to give of the re taus
of the colony. . .

To ',baton, extent a steady increase in the consump::"a
of importsmay be considered a tut ot improving cut im-
stances, this colony certainly ?nicely' it in full.
There are but few items in the estimates for pint jeer
which differ materially from thole for this year, and on

on which the novernor.need make any remark;.
Under the head of Establishments shire will be fcur,d
increase of about 2,8001,

—This' accounted for by the following additions, the here-
portion of which bare shindy received the soirehatiun of
the council, sig.: s. d.
Second pains judge 1 OOO 0 0
Stipendlery magistrates I 260 0 0
Customs end arise 360 0 9
Official assignee
Dispenser Colonial Hospital 6O 0 0

Lunatic Asylum 4l 13 4
With respect to the salary for a *crow' puisne judge, the
governor has placed this amount on the estimates, in conse•
guano, of the resolution lately pare d in council.
The governor anticipates great benefit to the colony woe-
fully Irons the addition to the number of stipmdiary

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rameistrstes.
The second item of increase, ela , 2,4501., la fee net.
This amount will, however, be refunded from the ward rates.
The third sum of increase comes under the bead of draw-
backs. lathe kat estimati 'these were calculated at 1,a41.,

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but it is toned necessary to 'nervier that amount.
The last hernia that of 8001. for the conveyance cf mails;
this will be reduced by 2501., reunited as receipts from the
posbofflce.
It appears to the governor that the advantages which
will accrue to the population will be considerable, and wilt
worth the ineremed expense. It la proposed that the rate of
postage should be the same as this. in England,
There is also a small sum of 411 13.. 4d. fora salary to a
visiting physician to the Lunatic Asylum. It would be ver/
desirable that this should hs removed as soon as possible
from the vicinity of the gaoL
The want of a new hospital is very urgent.

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Ansi of 6001. has been placed eisun"the estimates for •
jetty to be erected at the south-west end of the St. Vincent's-
wharf.
The increase in the estimates as compared with thine of last
year has been thu account, d for.
There is a small diminution, annunting to 1,6471., the
largest item of which is 651 for administration of criminal
justice, of which • large proportion of the expense wi.l be
I henceforth paid by the word.
The total shows a BUM of 82,6331. for 1851 against 76,7421.
for 1860. From bath of these slims must be deducted a sum
of from 10,0001. to 12,0001. which will be received from the
ward rate.
There is therefore an estimated expenditure of 72,6331.
(ealculatiog the deduction of toe small,-, amount) to be met
by an estimated general income of 70,0001.
The estimates have been thus calculated, though there is
reason to hope that the income sill be larger ; and the ex-
penditure is, according to the usual practice, somewhat over-
estimated.
There is a subject which the governor would mentio- for
the consideration of the cmincil. It is one of importance,
sad should be full, weighed.
It will be seen that on the side of revenue a sum of 4,5001.
is estimated as receipts arising from export duty.
The council has leng iv en aware of the governor's opinion
of the advisability of abolishing this tax altogether. 'fee
experiment already made of diminishing it has gone for to
metros his views m this respect.
The governor has coosWered the subject in every light, in
corder to see if he could not abolish i; lit once without I iyiag
ea say other tax to replan this duty, but the Innen' of the
establishment his not enabled him to do this of his own
accord.
At the same time to confidant is he of the beneficial retul's
Which would flow from ifs total runission, that he would be
prepared, with the consent of the council, to accede to it, or
to reduce it one-half, or it might otherwise be replaced by
ea increased duty on rum of Bd. par gallon, which it is
thought might be borne without Injury to consumption or
trade.
The governor had intended to have touched on the plan
of introducing a lull supply of water We the Purt of Spair.
many of the calculations and measurements have ly en made,
bat information is still required which has been applied for,
and is expected from England and from the United States ;
mad) that is received it is better to defer bringing the matter
forward.
The governor would now say • few words respretiog the
warden's ordinance.
Any detailed statement cannot be expected so shortly sub-
sequent to the law being brought into action. At the same
time there is no reason to suppose that It will do otherwise
than work well.
The larger proportion of the rates have already been co!-
leete.d (about 62,800 dole. out of 85,000 deli ), and it is hoped
that very few persons in the end will prove defaulters.
It is unfortunate that, in consequence of the nature of the
lmop and climate of this island, it is difficult to fix upon any
time which would be the meet convenient for al
IMadvantage
advantage rateLof the territorial ordinance has been, that
Mims enabled the government to procure statistical infOrms-
Yea of which it could not otherwise be in pessession.
There is one fact which has been thu ascertained, to
which the governor would particularly call the attention of
the sense&
It his been a fertile subject for popular declamation
la this island that there were great difficulties in procnring
land.
Without entering upon this discussion, it may be pretty
certainly known what has bees the result of a minute sub-
division in France.
Noe it is found, by the returns from the wards, that el-
reedy is Trinidad the difference with France is very alight.
In the latter country, one man in nine is • landed pro-
; la la Trinidad, supposing the population to be 70,000,
=P ten.
Nflseihn all these proprietors can cultivate their lands at
•prelM, evem In this climate, is very qtastionable.
The asmount of the ensuing crop of sugar is goods
Am Is dis other alhimpostant point, labour, to take
et disprosaising crop. There had been a most wel-
come neesedou to stock in the arrival of two vessels,
one the Atlantic from Sierra Leone, the other the
ship Tamar, front St. Helen, bringing upwards of
700 captive Africans.
With respect to the put crop it is now "hipped;
there were two vessels yet in harbour, but about to sail,
one of which only topic o
pn a few hogshead', the last
of the crop. Shipments to the 12 alt. (since which
date there had been no departures of sugar-laden
vessels) u compared with shipments to the same
date last year, stead as follows :—Sugsr shipped from
iiiii ami:figha,
tc.:.l.67imilthharb.4.Augudt.
,taking:
th23dais,g3te7w2iiltinhlthahmads.lB4t
92the,:22re83
gime 27,339
4areell6l2
allied of the crop of 1850, and by the 31st of
we shall probably have shipped 24,000
s int We will leave a deficiency, as compared
with lie asp el 1849, of upwards of 4,000 hhda.