, 1877-10-31
ed. the picture Of good health, and certain
ly in the best Of spirits"

There has been the same deficiency in
the so-called October rains which we
are experiencing here. Especially on the
seacoast the weather is hot and dry
Contemplating is progressing, and Jamaica
coffee is rising steadily in value. The
pimento crop is short.
Jamaica planters complain Of the great
want of labour, and wish, naturally
enough, that they could import SOM
thousands Of the perishing East Indians.
1t is supposed that there will be o
deficit of $4,000 in the financial year
of le76-77.
Mr.. John Roid has been tried before
the Magistrates, on the accusation Of q
Mr.. Doyen, a Postmaster, for abstracting
a registered letter from the post bag.
After & patent hearing The magistrate
decided that the evidence had utterly
failed to disclose the slightest ground on
which any saint on Mr. Reid's character
could rest"
We take The following from the Jamai-
ca Cleaner:
At a quarterly convocation of the
Grand Lodge of England, held on the
5th September, in The absence of the
Grand Master and Deputy Grand Master,
the Right Wor. Bro. Robert Hamilton,
NJ. D.. District Grand Master of East
jamaica, presided. The sum Of 200
euipeas was voted in aid of the fund
that is being raised towards the relief of
the sufferers by the late terrible FIRE at
St. Johns New Brunswick, and 100
Guineas towards the relief of the sufferers
on the coast of Peru \ grant of 1000
Guineas was made on behalf of the Indian
Famine ReIi Fund,
ANTIGUA.
We are sorry to fad that agricultural
prospects in Antigua are gloomy.
The Times says:
The weather continues too dry even for
planting Guinea Corn, and We Learn that
many experienced planters have given up
all hope Of making anything like a good
crop in 1878. According 10 the public
library record, 80 ms, ana SIS parts of
rein lad fallen in town from the lst .Tanu-
airy to date, against 41 ms, and 70 parts
for the corresponding period Ct 1876
AS tie rainfall Of the city is invariably
greater than that of the country we
may be certain that The average fall
of rain in the county districts is
not as much as 30 ms. Agricultural
prospects are thus darker just now THAI
they were in September '76.
DOMINICA A.
TIE Dominican says:
Owing to the sAortness of the sugar
crop-neorly 1000 hogsheads below the
average-and the consequent stagnation
of trade. the financial position of the Pre-
sidency is somewhat compromised. There
is no cause however for alarm > and we
are nearing the Christmas season, when
brighter prospects open for trade. The
present embairassments are, we hope and
believe, only temporary in character.
This is a purely agricultural colony, and a
bad season has the most telling effect on
local resources. AS regards the public
finances, a bad season will necessarily
affect the calculations of Government, IN
spite of every wise precaution.
BAL A S.
The island is healthy, although the
weather is intensely hot. In some parts
Of the island occasional showers are falling,
but in other parts, as we learn from prl'
vate letters, the canes are suffering severe
ly from the want of rain.
Foul weather was feared at the same
time that Curacao and Grenada suffered
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