, 1866-04-10
I From the Barbados Vest Indian, March 90 !
BARBADOS.

Sugar making, all through the Island.
Every Mill at work. Fine sugar day
this, Friday, 23rd March. Hot sun and
wind rather light, as one may see by the
slow revolutions Of the mill points. You
meet a Planter he tells you, canes are
yielding well, best run of sugar for years,
and a capital return by the acre, three
hogshead common in St. Philip, even on
the sea coast estates, and two and a-haIf
in st, George. The same is told Of
other Parishes with little variation. Two
hogSheads to the acre is the Leeward re-
turn and from below Cliff. Every hand
is at work and everybody cheerful. In
town there is quite a hustle, the Wharf
choked up with goods, aud Broad Street
with carriages and carts. If things'go on
at this rate it will be necessary to widen
them to keep the passage clear. AS usual
the government is the great obstructive.
There is a police station stuck upon the
Wharf to obstruct the Numerous carts
dropping sugar at the foot of Prince
William Henry Street, and the upper
part of the Careuage has been blocked
up for the last two years with The inter
mlnable works for the New Bridge,
which make no faster progress than be
fore, and appear as far as ever from
coming to an end. Hence we have IA
notice that no vessel shall be allowed to
come into the Carenagc to load or unload
during the shipment of the crop, because
there is no room for them a good roa~
0 c9A ainIy, but not the less ii nuisance.
In Keeping with these doings on the
Wha7, which are anything but in the
way of accommodation TO the public and
facilitating business, a notice has recent
~ been given at the Post Office, that
Money Orders will not be issled on
Packet days hereafter, and an intimatiou,
that the issue of them to "McrcantiIe
meu" under certain circumstances will
be altogether stopped "to prevent the
abuse of the privilege The Post Office
is maintained at the expense Of The
the public entirely, we thought, for the
accommodation of The public. aud amongst
the public, that very important portion
OF 1t engaged in trade. And 50 it is witt,
the Wharf and the Bridge, the Carenage
and the works in progress for It's improve
ment. In looking at these things, the
first question one asks Is, how do they
answer their ends how do they work
no does their actual condition tally with
the uses they are put to. There are some
screws loose we fancy that require 10 be
looked after in IA different way from what
they are. But 10 return to our business
which is not to find fault with the aulho-
rites, but merely 10 report what is go
ing on,-we have much qualification in
saying, that everything is going on well.
IN spite Of the drawbacks upon which we
shall say no more /; the bay is full of yes
sells, q dozen and more c%oalers, all land
ing coal, which has gone down from ID
to 10 dolls. the ton /; besides sugar vessels
and others from The States and Provinces
with lumber and breadstuffs. The ship
ments of sugar TO date amount to 5000
bids, with nearly rs much more on board
the vessels loading in the Bay, including
the "Copenhagen" and Cleopatra" to
Messrs. Daniel. Constance" and EN-
more" to Messrs. Cavan, "Marv Hardy
and "Mangerton' to Messrs Hardy, DO
rothy' and ELIZA jane" and one or
two more. Some sugar and molasses has
been taken Tor the States and the Pro-
Yinces, but there is not much demand