, 1874-06-20
No. -.

anu CIG cUnpLOY6F uuuSISIduoS AOW n hldAoSS
them, they have given satisfaction"
The month of May is always the time for a
tremendous display of conscious virtue i'll London.
There are two ways in which people can show
their superior excellence first, by openly pro-
claiming the fact themselves, and secondly by
attacking their neighbours, and the consequence
is that more vanity and i'll nature ind expression
during the merry month than at any other period
of the year. PhilanthrOpic members OF Parma
ment lose their voice, and expend the remains OF
their intelligence in the glorious and exciting
work. One need not look for argument or tor IL
calm statement of facts on such occasions a
broad representation is all that is necessary.
Take. for instance. the statement made accord
ing to the YimeS) at the meeting OF a body OF
people who call themselves the Aboriglnes' Pro-
lection Society, that 6 cooie emigration to tho
Mauritius and other places was q modified form
of Slayery.' A pretty sentence wherewith to
tickle the ears of a May Meeting, anu rouse It's
delicate sensibilitos. OF course, any argument
or any recapitulation of facts would be wasted
upon a society which continues to indulge IN
talk. of this kind, and the choice sentence quoted
above will amuse some people IN the tropics who
NAV happen to know n little about c0oile emigra-
ton. Whatever may be the condition OF the
Chinese in Cuba, there is no excuse whatever for
applying a preiudicial epithet to Indian emlgra-
tion to British colonies. This system of emigra-
ton is good for all concerned, for the coolIe him
self most of all. Why, the Indian immigrants ON
some estates in Demerara are actually su0scrlb-
ing out of their earnings towards the tund Tor
relieving their starving co~untrymen IN bengal
They know that they would have been starving
themselves if they had never emigrated to q place
whore they could find plenty of food and ample
wages, and in trying to help their suffering
brethren in their own country they are setting an
example of charity and good feeling that might
we'll be followed, in some important respects, by
people who are in the habit of claiming, while at
the Same time they abuse, the graceful title OF
philanthropists.
The further rarors relative to guano deposits
in Peru open with a despatch from Admiral
Cochranc repeating his suggestion to the Lords OF
the Admiralty that n party OF civil engineers
should be sent out from England to make a tho.
rough scientific survey of the DEPOSITS in Peru.
Commander Cookson estimates the guano in the
deposits at Tarapaca at 100000 tons. The
commander, in his report, gives some interesting
formatio as to his mode of surveying and
bases of calculation, and a plan is attached which
CONVEYS an idea Of the manner in which the
puano lies. Where does all this mass OF guano
como from, and what is the length of time re-
ouired to account for its existence, are questions
which have not yet been determined. Sea,lIons
and seals have contributed largely to many OF
the deposits, as, in working the guano, q great
quantity of bones of seals are found but tho
deposits Of - white guano" are formed solely by
birds. A native who had been long resident at
Pabellon de Plea informed Commander Cookson
that forty years ago the whole promontory was
covered with DlEUS kpclCdlI' SuhA0I' W. "a
countless numbers. A plague subsequently visit
cd them, and they died literally by millions, the
whole shore for miles being strewed with their
bodies, and now scarcely a bird is to be seen.
That a better market should result from the
abolition of the sugar duties was naturally to be
expected. And there seems no reason why the
slight improvement at present manifest should not
be still further developed. 1t is most essential
that accurate statistics should be obtained OF
imports and stocks, and now that the Govern
ment have nothing to do with sugar as an article
of revenue, the difficulty in the way of obtaining
trustworthy figures is increased to some extent.
The subject is worthy the attention of importers,
as well as of that department of the Government
which complies and issues the monthly returns.
A production slightly less and q probably increas-
ed consumption open a prospect of a steady
market for some time. The latest advices from
Havana point to a deficiency, owing to the pro-
tracted drought, of 20 to 25 per cent in the yield.
The same may be said of Mauritius as a conse-
ouence of the hurricane. The Porto Rico crop,
now drawing to a close, is expected to be q third
short of last years production, and planters are
said to be anxious as to the succeeding CROP
which is endangered by the dry weather; In
putting forward any anticipations OF a oetter
market, it must always be remembered that' tney
can hardly be fully realised until stocks IN inc
United Kingdom, which are still very neaYy III
comparison with this time last year. sno" d
sensible decline.