, 1885-06-20
BARBADOS NEWS.

There has been one rainy day since our last
Summary was written. the best yielding
day we believe for the year. We refer to
Saturday the 30th May, on which occasion
the rain appears to have been general, fall'
ing not heavily but continuously, from
about IL am. to 2 or 3 in the afternoon.
From the nine Police Stations an averaye
guage is obtained of l'67 inch; most ram
fell in st. Thomas's parish and least i'll these
extremes S. Joseph's marking 2'46 and
LOO respectiv ely. There was a pretty gene
raj shower the day following and some
again on Thursday last, but no RAIN I"
speak OF save on the 3Oth ultimo: today
looks promising, the ponds have again got
a little water wholesome III appearance,
and the field gangs are out again III conSe'
quence of the rain.
Our expectation mentioned in last Sum.
mary that muscovado would reach ~
per hundred pounds was more than tulhl'
led, for ordinary sugar changed hands At
1910 and molasses brought thirteen cents
q gallon. We heard of oScillated sugar
bringing three dollars. Many holders OF
sugar refused to sell at 1910 and now they
have leisure for reflection, If not repentance.
for the pl ice has been r~eceding for many days
to $3.50. and there remains. 1t is a tickllSh
thing to advise holders OF sugar either 10
sell or to hold, but we confess that IL WAS
the continuous rise of nearly a dollar the
hundred pounds during the month OF May
which surprised us, and not the cheek anu
recession which has marked the beginningOf
the current month. The stocks at home are
reported as super-abundant, and the ex'
pecting curtailment OF beet CULTIVATION,
though it may do much for us next year,
n,,, looJ1v oocN.v ann YrnCnARfC ml1h III
this, and therefore the advance OF prices
all through Nav was to us Of the nature
of an agreeable surprise.
There was q falling off in Treasury re-
ceipts during the first quarter OF the year
of some $4,000 as compared with the ike
period of 1884. This falling off is said to De
capable of satisfactory explanation. ANY
way the Treasury has been i'll possesslon
of funds to meet current demand at tie
beginning of May and June.
Governor Sendall has gone to his
Government in" Grenada, and Barbados
has been in isolation since the 2la asiFt,i
the Confederation of Grenada, st. vincent; ,
S. Lucia, and TobagO being a sort OF &C.
complisied fact. We are sorry to part com
pany with them, but wish them cordially
more success unde new arrangement
than they appear to anticipate for tneul'
selves.
The Quebec Steam Company's fne new
shin Trinidad arrived on the 9Th instant
from New York cid st. Lucia, with 2,OlO
packages of merchandise for this port, and
left same day for Trinidad. The Trinidad
is a fine ship of go feet length, 81 feet
beam, 1913 feet depth, 1900 h: p and con-
tains accommodation for 100 first class pas
sengers. The saloons, state rooms, &c. are
furnished with all the latest applicances III
electricity, and are most luxuriantly lifted;
During the stay of the Trinidad the vessei
was thrown open to the inspection OF visi,
tors, who appeared to be highly please9
with the ship and every thing connec1eo
with her.
The quantity of produce shipped to date
is-Sugar $3.50 hhds., Molasses 23,447
puns.
The public health has again improved, and
ia now. we believe. neutrality-suspicious..