, 1873-11-01

facilities, seem all" (rather a large all, to
be snre) "that is requisite in order to rem
der it one one of the most prosperous of
British Colonies. Capital apparently is
not wanting, and much has been done dur
ing the year in the way Of improved ma
chinery for the manufacture of sugar. A
great central factory, erected by the Colo
NAL Company in the Naparimas, for the
use not only Of their own estates but OF
any neighbours who may bling their canes
to it, has, by separating manufacture from
cultivation, marked a new era in Trinidad
sugar production.'' The Governor CON
cluGes his report as follows :-"As fore
shadowing the change that immigration
may make in the occupancy of the soil, /
should mention that in addition to the
367 immigrants who have taken ten-acre
grants in the lieu of back passages, and
numerous Others who have purchased small
plots Of land, five coolies recently a%ssocia-
ted themselves together and purchased the
Corral Sugar Estate of 2G0 acres FIR
$18,OOO-$9,O 900 of which were immedi-
ately paid down. These coolies have
hired a manager, and have spoken to the
agent-gencral of immigrants about an
allotment Of indentuled labourers for
next year" That last paragraph deserves
to be printed in the biggest capitals, for
anything more striking was never penued
by a West Indian Governor. How it
would have reioiced the heart of the great
and gooG Lord Harris to have seen this
proof Of the beneicent results of that sys-
tenn he established with so much anxiety
and labour. Coolies who. when they
started from India had nothing but a dirty
rag to cover their nakedness, are now
able to purchase an estate with their own
money in this beautiful land of promise
and plenty, to hold up their heads on an
equality with the English capitalist, and
TO look to their W country for the
labour to carry on their enterprise 3! Could
anything be more conclusive as to the
benefits of immigration from India2
Reference was made some time ago to
the s%tatesmanlike Inauguration of his rule
by Mr.. Irving, Governor-in-chief of the
Leeward Islands. In a subsequent ad-
dress to the Antigua legislature he india.
Gates some Of the particular measures he
wishes to carry out, Whether these are
worthy Of support by the c%oIonists re-
mains to be seen First and foremost, he
intends to plunge the island into the
waters of religious strife by dises'abIish-
ing the English Church, but the policy of
Her Majesty,s Government, and not the
Governor, is responsible for this. Then he
intends to improve the negro villages, and
they certainly need improvement to pre-
vent the black population from dying out.
He proposes to raise the money for this
purpose by taxing the estates, and he is
bound to take every care that this efforts
do not pauperise the village population to
a still greater extent than at present. A
little more wholesome industry would not
be a bad thing for these villagers. Mea-
sures for the better administration of local
government are also announced, and are
being discussed with ability and yigour in
the island, to Judge from the articles of
the antigua Times.
The attention which has been given to
Mr.. Gallenga's book on Cuba, with the
fantastic title of the g" Pearl Of the Anti
les" "a title which had been already APP
propriated by the author Of a forthcoming
book. and respecting which there is a
smart literary quarrel in the Ahennm)
shows the great interest which is felt in
the present condition of the Spanish
Island. Mr.. Gallenga's work is "grate-
f,Ilv inscr;bad'' tn Sir John Peter Grant.