, 1877-03-10

crease IN me T9turUS OAS Oeeu pTOuuO0u Ou4euy
by better crushing of the canes and more care
Eul treatment of the juice. A year or two age
70 obtain SO per cent, Of the weight of the
canes in Juice was considered very good now.
70 obtain from SO to 66 per cent. in the returns
10 rsckonAd upon. These results are very en-
Oourssing and should incite or planters TO per-
severe in their efforts to obtain the greatest
possibls proportion Of the sugar in the canes
Ths failure to secure any portion OF it involves
the loss Of all the expenditure lite production
has involved, Again, when saved at the mill
1t IL therefore a double gain.
The introduction Of new machinery fr es'
tates' purposes has not baen GA a scale o):res-
bonding with that Of certain past years, some
new plants have been imports several es-
lates have adopted Mr.. RusAvll's maoerali)n
machinery or q modification ofiti and the
spirited and snterprising proprietor of Bel Air
who hAs extended his borders until they touch
RsiusUeldt on ths river siIo aud Ogls
on the East Coast, has erected machinery for
manufacturing sugar, under what is known as
"Tooth's process" at a cost said to approach
100000.
Attention has lately been attfsoted, by the
appearance In the streets, OF sevsrsl Chinese,
OF olass somewhat superior to the ordinary
run Of immigrants, who have found their way
hisher from California Of course paying their
own passage. One is said TO be a surgeon
who was once 10 the English hospital at Can
son the others are traders-merohant', in
fact, for they import from China the goods liz
which they deal, by way OF San Francisco and
New York. They report that there are great
numbers Of thor countrymen who would gladly
migrate to British Guiana il their passage VAS
paid.
The weather. had been marked by unusually
strong Dresses, and some heavy showers
weather favourable enough for planting opera
,ions. which are going on with unremitting in-
duatry, nearly every mill In the colony being
hard at work. There has been little demand
for produce. locally, tut as the English Mar
ket maintains its high rate, Auctuating only to
very limited extent, the planters are satisfied
10 send The 5ulk Of their wares to The old Coun-
cry.
Six to ten inches more rain fell over the lei.
and in 1875 than in 1874 or 1878. The fall
vas generally from IS TO SO inches, though In
some parts not more than 35 to 20 inches. In
"a IL was 80 to IS. and in rs only 30 to 40
inches, the observations extending over 90
stations.
Grenada.
This is principally & cocoa producing Is.
land. Labour. according to the Chronicle
and GGsett0 =" seems to be transferred from
the cane. fields to the cocoa plantations. While
the yield OF the former threatens a decline
this year. that Of The latter promises to be the
greatest crop the country ever had.
MARTINIQUE.
His Excel ency Admiral de Kergrist, Gov.
srnor of this island, at the opening Of the
Legislative council recently. expressed him.
self thus, on the subject of immigration -
The question of immigration 10 again up
psrmost-a question which you so carefully
dealt with at your last session. The Advanta.
gss and Inconvenience Of the system were
placed in iuxta.position, and the council gene.
rAl decided that it would not suppress the grant
for the introduction of labourers In 1877, full
Of hope that The trade would brig hten, and the
future Of the country be satisfactory. In
effect, but a few days after the closed session.
the news from Europe announced a sensible
rise In the sale OF sugar in the different Mar
ksts. Upon these conditions and in hope Of
prices keeping up from the short stock at
home, . number Of our planters DESTROYS Of en-
bracing the opportunity to improve the pro.
duotivsness of the colony, have addressed q
better to me, requesting that I should get 500
- 900 immigrants. The Director of the In.
terror for his part. has told you that. so soon
IS provision Is made for their introduction, he
will be ready to order the immigrants and 1t
will, therefore. be youE duty to suthoriss the