, 1877-10-31

h1uFnISn any QudnCly LnaC was wanted, III
patience was given to wait for the first
returns, and there was elasticity enough
inathe demand to prevent a great fall In
price after an augmented production.
Not being an article of food, there is
some reason to fear that any considerable
increase in the supply would at once
affect the markets in the countries of con-
sumption, and we might see the wretched-
ly low prices of pimento (allspice) meet
their parallel in nutmeg. Pimento, by
the way, is a very common tree here and
there is abundance of it, self planted or
sprung up from seeds carried by birds.
Were it worth while, which it is not,
it could most readily be multiplied to any
amount. When the Montserrat planta.
tions are tapped or neared by railway, the
premium the latter will extend to cacao-
growing in that fine Ward is sure to
encourage the cultivation and raise thge
amount for export. Probably no otbdr
cacao country will then have as many ad-
vantages for producing q good article at
a fair price, and increasing the supply for
some years, as this colony.
The statement laid before the Council
of the expenditure of the Trinidad Railway
10 asserted to be "a sham and disgrace to
any administration" There is, e. g, an
item of 42O,O 04 under the head Of
I" Miscellaneous Expenses" which is
stated to be "comprised chiefly of dis
bufsements made blythe Chief Engineer out
of monthly advances, but Of which no
detailed account is published.
"The Merchants ~, says the Chronicle
10 AnnfftACA IN AApoDIOIo 81 kho Ss
action on our trade with the Main, Of the
imposition Of 30 p. C. additional duties
decreed by the last President of Venezue-
la, Gen. Guzman Blanco, on goods Of
foreign origin imported from any Of
these islands and colonies. The object
OF the decree was two-told,-to iDjurc
Trinidad. st. Thomas, Martinique, &c,
which afforded protection to his enemies,
land to encourage direct trade with
Europe and America. The chief sufferer
would OF course be Venezuela, but the
islands which previously did O large and
and no doubt profitable trade in foreign
merchandise with the Msjn have suffered a
considerable falling off in old connections.
"" DEMERARA A.
For the following items in reference to
this colony We are Indebted to the Jamaica
Cleaner:
s"Ths Sanitary condition of Georgetown
10 occupying the attention Of His ExceIlen.
ay Governor Kortright, who has just ar.
rived in the Colony, and the members of
the Legislative Council. At a recent
meeting of the Court Of Policy, the Attor.
nsy General introduced ca bill to grant
for q limited time, certain powers to the
Colonial Civil Engineer to enable him to
effect certain Improvements in the sanitary
condition of the city of Georgetown"
According to the Royal Gazette of the
26th ultimo, the hand Of the incendialy is
again showing itself in Demerara, one of
the counties of British Guiana. Recently
a logic (megas house) $50 feet in length,
with oil it's contents on Montrose estate,
was burnt to the ground. Owing to the
efficiency Of the police, says our contem..
pofary, the incendiaries are likely to be
soon brought to justice.
We regret to learn that robbery, attend
cd with fatal violence, is still the rule
among the Chinese labourers. Another
case 10 reported in which the offender, in
snasavouring to escape from bis pursuers.
who had seen him robbing, and had laid
hold Of him by the hair, cut of his pigtail
-leAvins II In che spursuers hanH--and