, 1874-12-12

of English and American visitors between
this and New Years Day-some coming
only for a month or two, others coming
to settle, while many more avail them
selves of the season for business experience
and commercial travelling.
STEAMERS ROUND H ISLAND.
The destruction Of so many small drog-
hers in the late cyclone, has greatly in
spired the commercial men, and partic-
ularly the younger members of these cir
Giles, to start a Steamship Company under
the L" Limited Liability Act. A pre-
ljminary meeting was held at the resi-
dence Of Mr.. j. w. Humphreys in King
ston q few evenings ago, presided over by
Mr.. Ralph Nunes, and Committee was
appointed to prepare a prospectus. The
Company, we understand, will start with
a capital af 925,OOO in shares Of sf5 each.
1t is needless to say how much such an
enterprise cOmmends itself to every man,
woman and child in Jamaica, and p%artlcu-
larIy to those who own land. We have
no public conveyance, and the means OF
locomotlon is SO expensive, land is depre-
cIated on account of the difficulty we eX-
p%erlence in reaching it-Iiying is high be-
cause we have no means of rapid transit
for perishable commodities, so that what
IS ridlcuIously cheap in other parishes, IS
marvellously dear in Kingston where there
is "a demand wholly unproportioned to the
supply. Every merchant is interested in
the scheme which will bring him his goods
from Kingston when the steamers arrive
from England and New York. Tourists
and commercial travellers who have hither-
to been prevented from travelling through
the island will benefit by the easy means
OF travelling, and every %shOpkeeper, hotel
and tavern-keeper will rise with a fresh
influx of population and the sight ofnew
faces. Let all our readers and every land
ed proprietor in the island come forward
and help young Jamaica in this great step
forward. Property must rise in value
with its Inauguration. The cost of food
the cost of Estates supplies, will be ma
terialIy cheapened, aud we have the as
surance Of His ExceIIency Sir William
Grey that the Steamers will be largely
supported and patronizad by the Govern
ment as a means Of transit.
COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE.
We are now having a run of commercial
travellers from the great manufacturing
towns of the United States, attracted by
the magni6cence of the business field
before them, introducing new implements
Of industry, and stimulating enterprise all
through the Island. Mr.. Mich OILS (of
Holmes, Bates & Nichols) of Boston, and
Mr. Hawley, of Connecticut are at present
in Kingston.
H NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
The new Hall is being fitted up, and
will be opened on the 1st of January His
ExcelIenCy Sir William Grey is the patron,
and Mr.. Marescaux, manager of the Colonial
Bank, President. An object in view is
the exhibition of commercial samples, in
dustrial machinery, and all appliances
being labOur-saving machines suited to the
Requirements of Jamaica. The Chamber of
Commerce will also consider all subjects of
commercial importanceinth the island, and con-
fer with the Administration thereon. The
News Room will contain newspapers from
all parts of the world-periodica Literature,
Reviews, Prices Current, and all late and
important publications issuing from the
English and American Press. The Hall
will be furnished and fitted up as a Concert
and Lecture Room, and will be rented out
g.. ~~0oI fans T. h. / I =: L.