, 1875-04-24

quiet again, while the authorities and " old
planters" wonder how the story and general
alarm came about.
PLANTERS NETTING.
There 10 to be a convention of the Sugar
Planters of the Colony in the Chamber of Com
MERGE on Tuesday the 18th inst. to decide
upon some common line of action in reference
to the proposal TO impose certain duties in Eng
land on Beet Root equivalent to the bounty
on exports granted by the French Government.
The present proposal is seriously Injurious to
the interests OF the Cane Sugar industries, and
ounningly protective of the interests Of the
British Refneries. I: is believed there will be
q very large attendance on Tuesday.
THE PROGRESS OF ENTERPRISE.
A Company has been started with q capital
of $4,000 1--WE understand already subscribed)
for constructing and working 8 Street Railway
in Kingston, with branches to Hallway Tree,
Rae's Town, and Uppark Camp. The Cover.
nor has promised his support, and 3 bill will
shortly bs introduced into the Legislature for
comforting privileges and powers for the sue
cesSful management Of the undertaking.
The first of two fine ooasting steamers has
been launched for service round the island.
We have no public conveyauces and no pas
senger accommodation with the other ports Of
the island. A journey from Kingston to St.
AIMS costs klO, and to Moatego Bay EGO.
There is therefore a fine field of enterprise for
the Jamaica Steam Navigation Company
starting these steamers
THE QUARTERS REvRNUE.
We learn that the. Revenue for the past
quarter ending 3lst March is not behind the
estimates, but that the effects of the hurricane
in November last, which destroyed the provi-
sion grounds of the peasants have prevented
the collectors from pressing for the taxes over
due, there being q desire to express govern.
ment sympathy in their misfortune. The
effect of this will very soon wear off, and the
quarter ending 30th June will no doubt bear
a very satisfactory comparison with last year.
Nevertheless, it has not been found necessary
to resort to either levies or law proceeding to
collect what is now :; The credit Of the general
public in the shape of Revenue.
SONS OF JAMAICA.
There has been an expression of unqualified
satisfaction by the whole island in the promotion
of Mr.. j. G Mackglashan from the chief clerk
ship Of the Colonial Secretary's Office to the
Chief of the Audit Department. Quite a
young man, but still, one of the most faithful
and unpretending Of the really worthy and OK.
emplary "Sons Of Jamaica" modest and re-
speotfuI in his official life, yet earnest in the
pursuit of his duty, he has earned for himself
the admiration of bis fellow cOionists, and the
respect Of the administration. The country
may we'll congratulate itself upon the compli.
ment thus paid her, in the Governor selecting
one of the abltst of her children to this high
and important office, which gives him under
the New Constitution a seat in the Legislative
Council of the island. 1t only serves to show,
what our "loyal sons may rise to, by the
exercise of that dignity of life and study which
has so distinguished Mr.. Mackglashan in the
public service, and that there are no substan-
tial reasons but incapacity, distrust, and an
absence Of devotion to public duty, which can
stand in the way of "Jamaica's Sons rising
to the highest positions Of trust and honor
in the country.
1t is a matter of congratulation too that it
ID only the best and most able who now gain
this promotion, for an incompetent officer
selected to a position of great responsibility
would be a serious argument at the Colonial
Office against the ACCESSIBILITY of selecting
Jamaicans again, and in this respect the coun-
try owes something to the caution and good
sense of Sir William Grey. We have recent
ly had the appointment of Mr.. Il. W. Living
atom to the Treasury" and now We have Mr..
J. G. Mackglashan to the Auditor Grneralship,
added to Mr.. Fred. Sullivan as Postmaster,
and really if there was nothing else -eneourag-
ing in Jamaica, it is to see and know how
excellently they fill the responsible Offices
they have been called to. It is an incentive
to The country. If there were fewer complaints
against the Constitution and a greater desire