The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-09-17

The Falkland Is ands have an area o
5000. 100 acres. mostly devoted To sheeI
farming. which has proved very profile.
BILE 70 the present settlers. wool being
exported ffou islands that few year,
ego produced nothing but penguini
and SEE lions. II 10 ouly thirteen year,
Q667) since the 6rst settlers. undsl
Gov Robinson, landed on West Fslk
land. aud already there are many Hour.
ishing 'stations, Of sheep and cattle
thereon Sosao Of the smaller islands
have since been taken up by men with
. few hundred pounds Of capital. and
a the climate 10 the hesithiest in the
world. the only wouder is that more
Engiisaosn do not cast their fortunes
in dependency Of Britain whore there
is no income tax. and whore sheep and
land may be obtained on easy tsr@a
sublunsIy hsppiusss. however. ID
seldom without some drs wback. and il
must be confessed that the climate ID
by Do means - genial - that Of the
Canary Isla Ids or Madeira. 1t blows
20 hard during eleven nOuths Of the
yeer that Admiral b used 10 require two
sailors to keep his hat on. and whensver
the Governors term of Office expires he
solicits the Colouisl Secseta
~ TO rsm"ve him to some other settle
ment les. windy. though less sslabri-
Gus. Another drawback 10 the want of
soci.ty or Of immediate contact with
Europe. There is no lime of steamers
that touches ~ Stanley. the only regu.
lvr communication with the outer world
being through the schooner Fssm,
which carries the mails aud passengers
monthly to and from Nontsvideo, .
shousasd miles distant. There are no
roads or coaches for inteenal traffic,
most Of the country around Stanley
being . morsss. which compels the
principal farmers to keep their own
yachts or schooners for repairing to
the capital or sending their wool thish.
or. The city Of StsnssJ onsists Ut the
Government houss. the Bishop's resi
dence, the Custom house, tort, aud Q
few houses. With some i've hundred
For soms years after Great Britain
annexed these islands in 1888. they
served merely ~ . refuge fOr whsiera
and an entrepot for the sesl fishery.
under the auspices Of Samuel Lafons Of
Nonti video. founder of the Falkland
IslsLds OompAny. THIS company sub.
ssausosly enbayked in sheep farming,
importing some fiocks from Patagcnis,
and refining the breed BY . cross with
The Chsviots They now possess lOO.-
600 sheep. which produce G3O, ,OOC
worth OF wool annually, the fleece
averaging 9 pousds and selling st lid
DER pound st Brsdford. where it il
used for eoubing psrposes. The cou'
pasys headquarters are at Port Der'
win, 20 miles fFom Stanley. their farma
sxsssdine along The sesl,oard. BY
Mount Pleasant and Port Fltsroy. e
within Is miles of the capital. So well
situated 10 tho posture for sheep thsl
tAsy yisld' fsoa 70 toands 70 lO(
pounds Of meat. and the heecs il
double the sversgs Of what is obtained
a. ths sdjacsns eountsy ct Bsenos
Ayrn, hut Il coarsef quality owing ts
sHs clinatA Ths company have slss
% 900 hosned cattle. which srs. howev
Or, OF little use unless for tbsir hides
- there 10 no popslatisn :. oenssms
the bssf nor any means Tor exporting
u. sS
There y, meantime. no other colony
ia the British RMpirs thst hes relative
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