, 1888-05-30

can negroes, and indeed took o large mum
Der Ofthem to the coast, wtuere their de-
scendantS now live, fattening and thriving
upon that which of right belongs to the
Mosquito Indian.
Affairs remained in this condition until
about the middle of the present century,
when Nicaragua set up claims to the Mos.
quito Coast as "a part of their territory ; q
ctalm which was IieceSSitated by reason Of
Nicaragua having no entry upon the At
laItlc side south Of Cape Graci Is B DiOs,
which was fast becoming unavailable as q
port by reason of filling up aud Swallowing
OF the bay at that point and the rising Of
the bar at the entrance. The claims of Nj
caragua led to the treaty of Managua in
1861, by which the mosquito Reservation
passed into the prOteCtOrate of Nicaragua,
with sovereignty of the soil resting in the
last named nation and SO the present Pc
culiar government known as the "Munici-
pal Government of the Mosquito Reserva-
tom came into existence. At the same
time, and under the same treaty, Grey
town, which had been sold by the Mos
quito King during a drunken bout, to the
NicaraguanS, for an inadequate price, be-
came a free port, and SO remains to this
day.
The present Importance OF the Mosquito
Coast Is due to the enterprise and indus.
try OF foreigners, principally Americans
and Germans, who nave opened large
tracts of land and developed them into
cOcOanut walks, and banana plantations.
At BluetieldS, the capital OF the Reserve,
and u town OF about 5000 inhabitants, the
banana interest is very large, the planta-
tlOnS stretching on both sides of the Es-
nntlil0 Diunu n,NI 80 -, ~. II n,.
SlQula and Cana rivers, for an aggre.
gate distance of $50 miles. The produce
OF these plantations, owned mostly by
Americans, is carried to the United States
by lines of fruit-carrying steamers to New
Orleans, New York, Philadelphia and
Baltimore. The Morgan line of steamships
from New Orleans, has three vessels leav-
ing on the 10TH 10th. and Both. of each
month, while the lines to the other ports
are about one steamer each month. Thus
an idea Can bb formed Of the Importance
OF the banana interest, when during the
season an average of six vessels leave
BiUetetdS with average cargOeS of $4,000
punches at 40 cents. gold per bunch. At
Pearl Lagoon a town OF about 1000 inha-
bitantS, wh6ro reside the Chief, the Vice
President, The Attorney General and other
principal officers of the Reservation, the arti.
Giles of export can only be Appropriated
at about halt a million Of dollars yearly,
as 70 large quantity is sold to trading Yes
S~elS-moStly S%chOOners from Baltimore ard
New York. The SAM can be said Of Great
River and Wounta, two other important
settlements Of Germans and Americans.
AT Great River large banana plantations
have been recently opened, but as yet no
shipments in large quantities have been
made.
In addition to the above a Boston firm
has a large number IF men iii the woods up
the Rama river getting out mahagOny
timber, This has hitherto been carried to
New York, sd Jamaica, by the Atlas
Line of steamships, but the withdrawal
of the coast steamer of this line has neces-
STATED the sending out of Il steamer from
Boston, q. s., specially fitted for the
timber carrying trade.-PanaWG Star d
Herald.