The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-24
BRITISH HONDURAS.



Health, Wealth and Resources Of the CoIopv.
Movements of Observation-Disclosures Or
lered 10 Settle--Suaar Planters Deslrnbie-
Mail Arrangements, Aso., SC.
BELIZE, British Honduras Oct a. 1854
mAIrH or
For near six weeks we had norhery and westerlv
Winds with abundance Of rain, In this colony. Our
nights quite cold while the middle Of tho day ex
osedngly hot This ought 70 bring chils and fevs but
town is 60 healthy that doctors complaining
or nothing to do, and OF Thorn few days ago said
SWELL don't have 10 do shall have TO 60 "a
Santa Tomas" small Belgian settlement In the State Of
Guatemala, about hundred and thirty miles from
here where the inhabitants are always sick and whers
they often die.
SUGAR PLAsrma AND roU,srANA rRosrscroRs
Tho rainy weather y bringing forward the cane crop,
which said to DO the most promising that has been
raised In this colony. There has been = number Of
sugar planters from the State OF Louisiana down here
prospecting for sugar lands They all admit that gu,
lands and sugar cane the best they sawi
oven st. Narys Parh they say, not TO be compared
with British Honduras
COST OF LAND oaRAr
The only Drawback 70 thh colony b the high price Of
lands In former meS nearly oil the lands in the colony
were given away by anss fron the Grove, mahogany
o. iogwood works Il then was mot pretended thss the
grants included the lands but only the wood growing
thereon and with that understanding grant for three
miles froutage river crock extending eight mies
back, was sold BY the Of such grants, a. any
other piece Of personal property, BY simple bill Of
In ana ia hess nsSs
bought up BY mahogany cutting Who
with shrswdnes and foresight seldom exceeded by The
being duly registered under this act were % have the
wood growing thereon. Thus for very moderate out
lay nearly oil the valuable lands Of this colony have
the SOIL hold the
prices far above lands in the surrounding country
Whatever lands alo s unsrsnssd called the Crown
lands) the Governor Offering on the most accommo
dating terms to actual settlers Now . your radical
sugar planters from the United States We shall DC gad
TO receive them; and, moreover We shall give them a
Of which very light taxes good, stable, FREQ Gov
enmentas free and liberal was that Of the United
/ States In Its most palmy days
| MINERAL AND OTHER REsouRcEs
| The late rains have swollen all our rivers and vast
see out and
are waiting shipment We bave all the elements Of
very ourshng colony and as soon ~ our sn na
to actual settlers British Honduras Will become one OF
the richest and most prosperous colonies In the world
Our colony includes part OF tho mounta nous lands IN
the interior. These mountains abound In marble gran
Ito slate iron, silver, gold and other minerals these
will also the increase Of population, poGr wealth
| SUBSTITUTES AMERICAN FLOUR AND PORK.
The late war IN your country has made PROVISIONS 30
| dear that have Q measure been thrown our
resources The consequence Is that we have raised
| great quantities of plantans, which used in the
place OF -FOUR and have -four five persons
| In curing pork Those articles take tho place OF tho
pork and -four which We formerly imported from the
| United States.
The brig Grace WorthinRton, which left New York ON
tho Goth OF september, has not yet arrived here We
fear she Ii lost she little Methusaeieh, and VS.
have had rough weather the Atlantic for the past two
months. 90.
NEW NAIL APRANGEMENL
The Governor has called the legislative Assembly
together ~ special session II Is supposed this session
Will make s6s more favorable mail arrangements; and
Il 10 hoped this will secure transport via New Orleans
i which would bring us within six days OF London-5y
the Atlantic cable and the other teegrnphs Our mAp
arrangements have been very irregular for the past dr.
| teen months Tho Royal Mail Company charged 90
high for their work that Assembly made contract
with the Liverpool West india and Pacific Steamship
Company for less than third Of that paid 70 tho Royal
Mail Company but the work was not done o. all 30
much for economy.