, 1890-01-18
Barbados News.
Agricultural Reporter, 3 Jan.)

OcCcmutE, lOOJj W III IOIS DC IClIItiI Ch r
for the heavy rainfall recorded therein
"a rainfall of IL, Is, 20, and in some few
places more than 20 inches being record
ed. January, 1890, has opened with RAIN.
New years day was fair, but yesterday
and today it rained heavily. With such
weather prevailing during the last fort
night, and at this particular stage OF the
season, everything agricultural is e0teWr
de rose, excepting the price of sugar. The
recent decline in the quotations from
America, and the increase in the stocks
III England. have caused some anxiety
to the planters. The cane plants that
were put to the ground before the late
heavy rains had set in, are sprlnglng nice
ly but some Of those which were planted
late have been drowned, and will have
to be supplied. Experienced planters are
of opinion that if the glorious rains which
we had in December had fallen in Octo-
Der, We could hardly reap a lesser crop
than $4,000 Hhds of sugar. Advantage
has been takens whenever the weather
permitted, OF making syrup from the butts
OF the canes chiefly cut from labOurerS
plots for plants, and in one or two places,
some sugar has been made. The manu-
factnFe OF sugar must necessarily com
mence early, as their is a large breadth
of canes to be reaped. Mill points are
hOlsted OH many estates and active pre-
parations are being made to reap the
crop.
Provisions, Fruit, and Fish are plenti-
full and cheap.
Christmas day was fine, and the places
OF worship where early morning service
were held, were filled to repletiOn. Du.
ring the day groups of persons paraded
the streets, displaying their Christmas
T0OOprV. .IndDIn from tie crowds that
thronged the stores in Broad Street, and
the shops IN Swan Street, prior to the
Holiday, we think our merchants and
others must have done q good business.
The day, after Christmas was observed as
a Bank Holiday, and parties were seen
from early morning, vending their way
10 the Railway Station, despite a heavy
dOwnpour of rain.
By the intended new contract of the r.
M. Steamers, the IntercolOnial or Branch
Steamers will leave st. Thomas, Trinidad,
and Demerara, and the HOmeward or
TRANSATLANTIC boat, will leave Jamaica and
Barbados two days earlier than under the
present arrangement. For exampIe,-the
Steamer for England will leave here on
Saturdays instead of Mondays, and the
IntercolOnial boats will arrive ON Saturdays
instead of Mondays, as at present. 1t is
expected that the Outward Steamers will
arrive on Mondays, and that the first boat
will be the AtrGtO. and hat Barbados will
be the first port of call.
1t will be- observed by the official
Sales advertised by the Master in Chan
Gerry, that the new law respecting til" re-
appraisement Of properties in CLancery
has been pau into operation, The estates
that have been Te-appraised have been rails
edin value inomost cases, chiefly on account
OF the large crops upon them as compared
with the: crops with which they were first
appraised; the. value Of the land has not
been Increased. d
On New-year's day, under the auspices
of the Barbados Yacht Club, the race for
the "AmeZ Prize Cup Was run, the dis
tance being one round the island. Eleven
Yacht boats were entered for the race,
the largest of which was SO tons, and the
smallest1 1tton. Soon after 6 o'clock on
Wednesday mOrning,2a very good start
was made under the fair nOrthellv breeze.
The first boat, the Volunteer, reached Car
Isle Bay at 800 pm, quickly followed by
the america, and the Arfoqc, and the last
at $50 pg m. Owing to some misconcep-
ton as to the whereabouts Of the Stake
boat, by the Volunteer, the ArYOW reached it
first. A protest has been made against the
prizes being awarded to the Arror, and on
in~veStigationIit was decided, that as there
were so many. laches by both boats, the
race should be again contested. Several