, 1877-06-13
1875 =. 1888 i"
1876 -. 1880 "
II77 . 1875

island, was erected in the works but, we
believe, 1t failed TO give satisfaction In
unsccustomed hands. This is the more
to be regretted, as t would appear that q
Concfetof is precisely the thing required.
At present the plant consists OF four sets
of the old fashioned coppsrs, in two
main buildings connected by one general
potting room. One of these buildings
containing one,haIf the battery-capacity Of
the works, is Of comparatively recent cree
ton. At che northern extremity of this
building are the clarii4r5, on an upper
story ; and uext is situate the mill and
engine-house, containing a fne beam soni
denSing engine by McOnie of Glasgow.
A cane carrier is attached to the mill,
which is an ordinary three roller one.
TaerO are five jot FOUR large Megass
Houses, three of which, at the time of our
visit the other week, were full to overs
flowing. The abominable weather we
HAYS been having has prevented the me-
9aSs being dried for burning hen0' She
accumulation, aud hence also an enforced
consumption Of coal. wood and bamboo
Instead, entailing extra expense and con-
seqaont loss. Tao only things worthy of
note about thu works are two Smiths
steam pans which do duty in place of
taychcs. The popularity abont these
pans lies IN th3 manner in which the
steam-heat is, ii is supposed, applied most
economically and uniformly. In place Of
a coil OF tubing lying horizontally OF tho
bottom as III u cIariier, some 13e or so of
3 in blind tubes, standing about 8 inches
apart. project upwards for about IS inches.
The liqpor, reduced to about $50 Bcaum6
in tho coppers, is run into the steam pans
to a depth OF, say, 8 feet steam is then
turned INTO the chamber below the pans
and fills the tubes, and the boiling is con.
tjnucd and completed without fear of
burning, the syrup passing direct from
the pans to the coolers. Some OF the So
gar on the top of the hogsheads which we
saw in the c~uring-house, which had all
been made by the steam pan, was about
the best ti0ted and most aromatic spsci-
men OF Muscoyado we ever remember to
ave seen.
But it was with the uniformly good
appearance of the cultivation that we
were most pleased. Quite recently the
cultivation has been extended in q straight
line abacG, to the banks of the muddy
Caroni, u distance of some three miles
from the high-road {; but, we understand
the new land has not yielded such returns
as are calculated to give encouragement
IN the openlng-out Of the other uncultiva-
ted portions of the Estate TO the East and
West OF this, the main trace. Yet even
this portion of the estate is we'll in hand,
and great credit is duo to the manager,
Mr.. OIton, tof the capital condition in
which everything is kept. One cannot
often drive with comfort in a buggy along
an estates cane.traces. especially in o
mOngrel season like the present. 1t 10 in
The field that a liberal management gets
the advantage, because it is there that the
sugar is made /; yet this is precisely the
part Of the expenditure which stay-at-
homo proprietors seem most determined
to cut down. A cane trace you cannot
drive along, generally indicates a cane.
piece scamped in the wedding. 1t must be
by honest work that canes such a. we saw
yet to cut, are produced year after year
on SUCH an old estate. Depend upon it
that artificial manure is of little account
in fair land where there is deep tiIlage-is
of little worth, and may do positive harm
on any land, applied hap hazard and with
out chemical advice. Old Trinidad estates
have been tickled with the hoe again and
nonin. mill MothNr Earth'a akin has