, 1876-10-21
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From Gala Netcs Letter. !

The Barometer has exhibited some remarka.
bic ~festures since the beginning Of August, and
has caused an amount of watchfulness among
seafsring men, comparatively rare 10 this part
of the woril.-phe hurric ane which overlook
St. Thomas on the 18th Sept was watched
from Jamaica from the 7th on its journey
north west, the barometer gradually recovering
itself only on the 18th, at which date it was ap.
preaching North Carolips, striking Wilmington,
N. C, on the 18th, where it did serious da-
image, continuing its progress inland. Had
not the Geographic service of the United States
Signal Bureau been Suspended by reason Of the
reduction Of the annual appropriation for this
service, the people of North Carolina would
have had ten days warning of the approach Of
this cyclone, and shipping would have prepared
against II. What want Of forethought -
saving a few pounds and loosing a vast amount
Of life and property by a cheese pairing policy
aud for political purposes sacrificing a whole
country, its commerce and shipping.
In Jamaica We are apparently going TO have
what is usually termed our October Seasous,'
and there is every Indication Of heir near APP
.proach IS each day The heavy rain clouds gather
up from he horizon, but we cannot be- said to
have had -" tropical rains " as yet.
The sugar ~piabtrrs are jqbilant-.hry have
had all they could dr,ire, ana the pcnkeeperS
arc no less contented. The only parties who
comp ain nrn The coffee planters who require
dry weather to ripen their crop, wbile the sugar
planters and the penkeepers require rain TO bring
the canes epd e ass to perfection. 1t is a hard
matter to 2lraSr everybody, even with the wea-
,her. Several fine properties are in the field for
saie-some of them have been forced into the
market FGy untoward circumstances, others from
"a desi' 70 sell out, " others by direction of the
Encountered Estates Court.
Mr.Richard Barnes, the managing Director
Of the Colonial Bank, arrived here on Saturday
morning in the Para, " accompanied by
Mr.. O'Maey, the manager of the Colonial
Bank ut St. Thomas, who, 1t is said, will re-
lieve Mr. Marescaux, the monager of the
Jamaica Bank, while he proceeds to England
to meet the Directors for a consultation on
Jamaica affairs generally, and tue present ori-
teal ccnd ton of the colony, the Governor
having materially altered the status Of the
colony, and, practically speaking, stopped all
Immigration from India, while JomaicH has
none Of it's progressive or recupera'ive measures
proceeded with as in other colonies. yet taxa
ton has become excessive and the waste Of
public money worse than prodigal. There is
no man in this island who knows more of che
real condition of the country or has laboursd
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development of its resources and manufactures
than Mr.. Mareseaux, yet in all this he has had
the Ba nix as a first consideration but what Of
this with such a policy as that of Sir William
Grey : IL is TO be depIored that the trust which
Mr.. Ma-escaux has put 10 certain individuals
should have proved SO unworthy as it has,
but in other countries, where commercial mora
lity stands higher than ii does in Kingston,
Jamaics. those who betrAy Banks and commit
frauds 60 to Newga.e or Sing Sing, while in
this colony the bank manager and they who
suffer by frauds are " pilloried for the sake of
those. who, with braxcn face and shameless
department 60 at large. and are unscalhed. At
no time has the commercial and sgriculturalcon-
dition Of this colony become more critical than
now, and the Directors are exercising @ wise
policy 10 taking the best possible means of in
forming themselves not only of the planting
interests but of the practical operation of our
laws upon which the security Of capital in q
large measure depend. while these also inHu-
enoe either for good or bad. the commercial
morality Of the island.
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