, 1881-05-18
THE "AVIS,"
CHRISTIANSTED, ST. CROIX.
Wednesday the 18th May 1881.

LII is with great pleasure tnat we
report a continuance Of the favour
able weather which commenced last
week. On Saturday, Sunday and
Monday there were steady and gen.
e'al rains, giving on the whole be-
tween 20 and 80 lines for the greater
part Of the island. Though too late
to prevent considerable injury to the
young plants this rain is a great boon,
and if followed by moderate showers
there is no reason why the next crop
should not be an abundant one.
A heavy fall last evening with thunder
storm. Bassin 10 lines.
The mails per r. NJ. S. arrived
here on Monday Morning. The state
and prospects of the Sugar Market
are thus described in the Sugar Came
for the present month.
The market has again advanced
sd. for nearly all descriptions of raw
sugar, ssfrom the highest to the
lowest kinds. Havana No. 12, how
ever, is Is. Sd. dearer than it was
last month. It seems probable hat
these advances in price will be sus-
tanned, andsvery likely continue, as
the 1880-81 beet crop does not turn
out so much in excess of the last one
as it was thought it would, and the
cane sugar from the West Indies will
probably be 20 per cent. less than
last years. M. LIGHT now estimates
that the beet crop is Is per cent.
more than last years, and, as it is
drawing to a close, he is probably
pretty near the mark. He has re-
duced his estimate by $4,000 tons
since last month, and now estimates
this years yield oven last as only
22O, 600 tons The refined market
after the Easter holidays opened
firm, having advanced Is. since the
beginning Of the month, and pieces
are 1s.6d. dearer."
The Colonial Council for St. Thomas and
st. John held d meeting on the 10th in
slant, at which His Excellency Governor
Arendrup was present. We give an ex-
tract Of this meeting, containing the
Chairman's welcome to His Eycellency and
His Excellency'S answer thereto.
The Chairman addressed his EXcellency
Governor Arendrup as follows:
Your Excellency will allow me in the
name of this Council to congratulate you
on your recovery from your late illness,
and offer you their sentiments of s~atisfac-
ton on your presence, as also welcome you
here in the Council, and hope that your
Excellency will be granted many years of
health to assist at the meetings, and direct
the arduous work for the benefit of this
Island, in which I feel assured that you
will receive the concurrence of the mem-
bers, for although 81 great deal has already
been done, there still remains much moro
to be done for the support II mainte-
nance of our institutions, particularly
those for the education of the coming gene.
ration, who only by proper instruction can
become legal and good citizens, capable in
time to take part III the legislation, and be
more competent than we are.
The members of the Council stood while
the Chairman addressed His Excellency.
The Governor thanked the Chairman and
the hon. members for the kind welcome,
which he had received. He had consider
ed it both a duty and an honour to be pre-.
sent at the first meeting after his arrival
in order to pay his respects to the hon.
Council. Having only recently arrived, he
would at present take no active part here,
until he had made himself thoroughly &C.