, 1881-06-11

warm moist climate appears to be most
suitable for them. We believe that the
trees at maturity are very fue, attaining
the height of more than 100 feet. Tho
nut, in addition to being eatable, yields
good oiln
Referring to the recent p%recipitate de-
parture of a young man from Kingston
who had arrived to labour IN the Church
of England in Jamaica, but was seized
with a horror of the climate. the Editor of
the Jamaica Churchman" made some very
pertinent and excellent remarks On the
general health of clerical immigrants, and
defends the climate from the accusation of
~iAsalubrity. He gives a list of 20 clergy
men arriving here since disestablishment,
only shree of whom left the Island on the
score of i'll health. Only one is dead, from
overwork, and sixteen others are now
%labouring in the Jamaica Church. There is
one excuse to be offered for the young
fellows hurry to get away he formed his
ideas of Jamaica from Kin gston."
BARBADOS.
There is not much news from this colony.
There had been two cases of yellow fever
among sea men, reported officially. With
regard to tho weather and the crops the
Globe has the following.
"We have had a few showers especially
IN some OF the country districts, but the
weather continues to be very oppressive.
There is a great scarcity of native pro.
visions and the rain has not fallen in sufi-
Gent quantities to enable the planting
of provisions to be carried out. Fortu.
nately there is a good supply of American
produce in the market. There nave been
q good many arrivals from the States.
The amount of produce shipped to-date
has been 28,s73 hogsheads Sugar, and
2l,2l0 puncheons Nolasses."
1t was reported that Bishop Beckles,
late OF Sierra Leone, anj a native OF Bar
bados, was TO succeed Bishop hutchinson.
ANTIGUA.
There had been a fire in St. Johns on
May 18th in a provision shop.
''They say the fire was caused by the
ignition of KEROSENE Oil, when the shop
was left in charge of children; it is
thought they applied a lighted match TO
some Oil OIL the ground which instantly
spread until it communicated with tins of
KEROSENE in a few minutes the shop was
ablaze and soon after neatly the whole of
the interior Of the building was Gu fire.,
even to the roof"
ELS, 900 of the Water Works Debent41as
redeemable in 1885 wished to convert them
at once into five per cents to run twenty.
five years but the colony feels itself TO be
sufficiently well off to refuse his offer. They
say they will be able to pay off the deben-
lures when they fall due, and if they wan
more money they think they could get it
at 4 percent,
An interesting report on st Johns har-
Dour, of which wequo'e a fuller account else
wIera, appears in the island papers.
GRENADA.
The Chronicle Of 2Sth May i'll it's packet
Summary gives US the following informa-
ton in regard to the weather and tbs
health of the island.
Excessive heat and alternate heavy
showers accompanied by thunder and
lightning has been the pre- vailing weather
during the la ter portion of the fortnight.
The country districts had suffered greatly
from the long droaglt, but we are pleased
to learn from correspondents that, with
the rains, things have commenced to look
bright again. Intelligence from Carriacou
gives sad accounts of the suferings of the
people there and at Petit Martinique for
the rant of water. The arteSi2n
well recently sun in Hillsborough has
proved a great boon and has been focked
to from all parts of theiisland and from Others
of the Grenadines. As the well has proved
SO successful we trust the Executive will
discern the necessity ofimmediately sinking
others. We suppose the rains have re-
pienished the ponds, and the distress of
the people in the dependencies not only