, 1890-06-04

confectionery lHcIu'IIIS CIOCO-
late confectionery not especially provided .
H0mt n this Act so per centum, advalorem.
GAleese, OF grape sugar, & Ola cent per.
And on the Free List is placed
Sugars all not above No. 26 Dutch stand.
ard jig celOur, all tank bottoms, all sugar
draHItpgs RiM %weei,ingS, sytups OF cane.
juice melada, concentrated melada and con.
crete, aud concentrated l~nOlaSses and mo-
l2Rses,y. 49, ,....r wv.
a~ple@yOugg canes continue to improve,
bat a shower or two would be beneficial.
Wefda not remember a season when so few
supplies have been required as the present,
GAe. raiiAssea infthe year having given the
plaVls,N -goud start. which they have con,
tinasd 3t0 bald. ~.s ... ..@E ~.
&NNiEeA provisions are in fair supply.
8Nest potatoes are selling at sixty cents
per 1UOlbs. The Importation OF ,mangpes
3tOlns ST. Lucia has commenced, and the
fuujt is largely consumed by our people.
Cur market continues to be we'll supplied
with breadStuffS.
The following extract from the Annual
Report of the transactions of the Wind.
ward District Agriculture. Society will be
read with INTEREST,"
"The Windward district agricultural So.
ciety held their first meeting on the 26th
GGNeinbeF 1883. At this and the next meet
ing the rules of the society were framed
and passed. At the firSt.meeting IN 1889,
tie 0ficerS,of the Society were elected, and
Mr. j, 7. Mason read q pager on the OBJ
iects and aims of the Society. During the
year the following sub 'cts we're discussed:
The report Oh the experiments with diff
ferent Chemical manures, etc, conducted at
Dodds by Professor Harrison, and Mr.. }. Il.
RnU0Il, fhn In ffoP ,OnutlADlou .hD vino read
aud texplained certain parts Of the Report,
Tillage, surface draining, rotation OF crops,
breeding and rearing OF stock, "nSilase,
Che loss sustained by the fermentation at
mOlasSeS, tire clarificatiOn Of cane juice
with the aid Of phosphate acid, the appll-
cation Of artificial manurcs, and the proper
ereatment off and the ines for planting
cane. plants. La April, q commune ttiOn
WAS addressed by the Soci, ty to the Gene.
E$h agricultural Society on the subject of
StlcWlHg animals imported here to be- land.
ed without due inspection, aud suggesting
that steps should be taken TO bring the mat
GSr betOre tue Executive. As All outcome Of
this, wS have now a S4 stem OF thorough i'll
slecti0n, aud enjoy immunity from those
diseases OF. our live stock which at that
time were threatening liz, and which but
EorrI4e timely intervention of the Society
mIy, have caused sad havoc among our
looks
La Grippe has seized oa at last. When
We real, towards tue end of last, and in
tha earlier maaths of this year, OF the in
Auepza~ epidemic, that was steadily advanc'
ing. from the ras:, westward, spreading
widely over E1rope and crossing to Ameri.
Cd. 1t. was with some com plaCency we We're
coCGIatulating ourselves upon our escape
from il. Our complacency has not, how.
eyer lasted long, and a large and increasing
n1ta!er of persons in our community are
unfortunately in a position now to enter
more az alphabetically than heretofore into
-tha feelings of those of whose SUFFERING
they erst while knew only by report. We
have it on reliable medical authority that
the prevailing sickness very accurately cor
resp0ndS, making some allowance for. eli
matte conditions 10 the infuenzt that has
recently been .prOstrating it's hundreds, OF
tkSusaJds ii. Europe aud America. sparing
EfeiSher. crowned heads nor the lowliest.r
We bare heeu assured that in itself it is
Nd T iEepiueHtly dangerous malady except
where attended with complications, but
THAI though the percentage of gr I'VE cas- 8
: Is small .yJ by reason OF its attacking 80
lnIgG a number OF per >ois, it is responsible
it:tlVe elul for many deaths in those cou,.
tffss which, 1t visits. ung complications
are ESPECIALLY to I've feared; and u too early
!eAying. Of tbs bed and exposure after tue
=. T:1irilss' aif;tck has sulaSi1ad is much tn bp