The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-03-11
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By ths way of Barbsdoss ia receipt OF inssli
gence from many Of the Islands.
In Jamaica, the commit e appointed by the House Of
Assemby to inquire into the depressed state agricu
ture In this island the cause of such the sx-
tent abandonment OF cultivation and breaking no Of
sugar ard coffee factories which has taken placs since
the passing OF the British emancipation act In ls39
have reported to the House as folow.:-
That they bsve tax the evidences Of
ed prop.tors and managers property from rsarly
every parish in the island, from which evidence and
from tn paroehial and bland record, the foo~if re,
suits are established So will fully ntprsr BIZ r.,s-
renee 10 the examinations thersunto annexed
lst That since the passng of tns British slave spsn-
cpston act OF the nix hundred and fifty three sugar
estates then In cultivation in this island hundred
and forty have been abs ndoned and the works broken
up containing ore HUNDRED enc sixtye'ebt thousand
ployed "a their cultivation twenty-five thoueand f,e
hundred and ffty-three lsborers
"a Jhst tho properties extinct. produced in
the year 1882 fourteen thousand one bundled ami
yenty hcgshesds Of and fgo thousand nice
hundred AMI three rureheons OF run
3D. That during tho same period, four hundred ard
sisty live coffee oantsonc have been ahand opsd and
their works broken up containing one hun bred and
eighty Ight thousand four hundrd acres OF lard and
hayir employed IN their cultivation in the yesr 1882
tweniy yak ,h usand sight hundred and thirf bor,rs
Al That of one undred and thirty. eht sugar e.
ta'er given In evidence the crops made in s3. were
20 92s hSds Of rrg'r, and iOOos puns Ia lsA7,
II $50 hhds sugar, end s33 purs rum, showing n de.
crease Of 8 500 hbds sugar, and ST. pun- rum
5b That upon certain eststes shown 10 have bad at
1881! forty two thousand ea ht hundred AID TWEEN
y aborsrs there remain resident their proper
~ only thirteen thousand nine hundred aud seventy
three he otherr amounting to ysevtn thousand
eight hundred snd forty seven having generally become
iDdepend dent settlers
9th That the Of t 4O5 ss7 I4s Id was expend-
ed in the cultivation apc manufacture OF Atty seven
thousand and ak boesheads f sugar and twenty elk
thousand tever bur dred and steven OF rum,
giving the result after dedCctng proceeds OF the
averaged st ETA per puncheon tbs sugar
averaged "a. I'D per owt consequently that as its
value show by ave ompctitiou, reduced in The Bril-
fish msrket TO about l5s exclusive Of charges 10 SELF
evident suRar cultivation cannot be continued that
there usl on every cwt of Is 7d without
taking into account interest capital money
pended squsi at the least TO a. Cd moe per cwt
while regards coffee the evidences s conolusivs that
it is II possible even in worse condition
7th That it IL shown by tn, evidence that up to the
present year fuEds have been regularly at
pay labor.
9Th That the plough and other implements of hus-
bandry have been used in all where practicable
9Th. That except 1t might be about The factories
ehincry cannot be made avail substitute
| for labor.
10th That in respect TO immigration the A.istic la
borers have not heen found 10 tho OF
The country while. on the other hand, the Africans
have proved emtnently ursfu shown especially in St.
Thomas in the esst where, from their numbers, the
tate, which they located have b.en able keep
their factories ut work during Sstrrdsyr and TO have
their genersl labor better performed
nth That from the now independent condition CT
the mesa OF the people the command OF labor has be-
come exceedingly precnrious often not to be had ut all
when most wanted that hardly in any will the
people work for NOR than i've DAYS in the
week that in several diatrios they refuse to work
than four days in the week that the average time
Of field labor is from Ave to six hours that the
labor given for his Is only insus quate in
quantity bat generally ih performed that the
nvsIsay OF freedom snd ct Chtstmss ths entire sgI-
cultural population spends from To two weeks In
dleness that in SONS Estates this IL also the at
Easter that at eli these periods, the
rottns on the ground and the coffee falling from tina
te's no rata OF wsges will induce the people work.
aud that labor continues TO become scarce every
year, by the people withdrsw wing from the plant
Your committee submit IL the question left for
the British government 10 decide H. wh.th-r putting
rhe Tusu of the oolonss altogether out oi v,w
opai interests will ps promoted by apnihiatng
and coffee cultivation in s colonies tn. iusvibls
eject q which mutt b., aud that speedily
torigoers n'sh-prced monopoly of thoso articles in
| the British markets
Assuming thst such be the win OF the govern.
men or people OF Eugsud IL 10 matter Of deep into
rest nov tn. impending calamity Is to be averted
1t has been shown that vito prot. elton many OF
the propretois have bssn ruined BY the cipson
measure and that sill have been seriously iUuYs6
that sugar csnnot be prepared in JAac- under 2s
cwt 10 give com interest capital. while ia Cuba
your Committee ara well informed that 2ls per cwc 10
In this state of things It I, ,skevdsnt tina. whatever
paatives may bs applied nothing but protection Ia the
nome mar ket eau avert the Immediate mt Of
and coffee cultivation in She British colonies In
srat'o as the means Of scor provided the amount
OF protection may he ss'ey withdrawn until dis
taut period these valuable possessions shall contribute
they formerly old to tho nstoaa wealth aud prosps-
rity In tbs antime, the only alternatives are pro-
lection destruction
A,rssards the mercantile transactions OF ls47. not
withstandpg the disadvsn tsges which the
mSrcsDtils community iebored In the year which has
Just expired, sr= q opinion that the ousness trans
acted during that period OF q sound and
healthy than it had been for some time
On the Island Of Trinidad, q number Ct Portuguese
from Madeira Who had been expstriatsd account Of
their religious views and bad emsrsted to Trinidad,
had their spiritual leader solemny
OF the mnisy according to the Presbyterian FORM and
formed . congregation among Themselves.
AT St Luois both trad and agriculture represent
ed to b, at dead stand .ti At st Christopher Eks-
wise, the same state Of sfsirD prevails.