The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-03-29

American emierants sent ont by the coloDi-
cation society in 1924, They live among inc
Roman Catholics in peace and harmony: US
people are poor and live in cheap dweLn9s.,
but in the country all have as mucn anu a.
they desire to cultivate, and t9ey are 49,, '
averse to work when certain Vi
There are few schools, and the greaI mass VI
the people are uneducateo, Dut SUI" a s.iouS
desire To learn. The resources OF the country
ore vast and various, and capable OF great in
oraose Iron ore is abundant. and possibly
svaiable for manufacture of pig iron. Copper
ores are of a fair degree, but mines have not
been extensively opened. The reported coal
of SANTANA is only Ignite, and Of little value
as fuel. Little is known OF the god regions.
The salt deposits are extensive and valuable.
Considerable space Is devoted to setting forth
the richness OF the soil and the variety of the
tropical productions and those of the tenn
perate regions found in the uplands. The
island is represented as generally healthy, but
accllmating is necessary. This part of the
report is not finished. Earthquakes are not
frequent. In autumn hurricanes are.
The public debt statement is to be compar-
ed with the later data received by the COM
mission, to see if they have been furnished
with the correct figures As now made up
the debl is in round numbers 81 100000. Ad-
ditional pending claims, S204 900, inclusive of
$40 600 by President Baez tor personal prop
erty destroy ed in the Spanish war, and under
the first head is 100000 Tor back salaries
The total is given at 81 $4,000. The official
statement OF the receipts OF the government
Tor 1870 shows total of $772 900, and one oil
| items is for impost dues alone over 5000 900.
| The commission find no foundation for the
| statement that Dominica is bound to Hayti
tor the indemnify sum of France.
l No fraatiaa Of avis CT no
| tween Dominica and other powers. The only
settled boundary between Hayti and San Do
mngo is the old Spanish and French line o.
| TIT. When the Haytieno were driven out o
| the east part of the island here remained o
| disputed territory considerable extent cas-
| OF the old boundary. This is still in dispute
or this the Haytiens have held in practically
constant control the town of San Rafael, Sal
Miguel and Las Baobas. The Banca vale,
east OF these and the Neyba district have
been alternately overrun by both parties. TIL,
claim OF Ha,ti to the boundary OF the Geff-
rard map, which is the meridian through Al
ta-Vela, is regarded as preposterous. The
extent Of territory within the old boundary O
1777 is found by new and careful computa
| ton to be 22,212 square miles. The portion
thus referred to as having been mainly il
| Haytien occupancy is about 10000 square
miles. The history OF the grants and conces
SONS given by the commission are about th,
same as already widely published in the
northern papers. The report is very strong il
condemnation of the stories that government
officials OF the United States have been pri
vately interested in them. The Dominican
government was found willing to agree to the
terms OF the treaty once concluded but no
ratified, and for the only change think it fail
that, OH account of the great and unexpected
expense OF the government attending the de
lay, that the rent paid for SANTANA and nov
due be not deducted in the final settlement
1t was also agreed by Dominica that one fit
of the public lands should be set aside fc
school purposes, provided the United State
would grant three hundred acres for an agri
cultural college.