, 1890-06-21

uuEIHR CHe fortnight. AS u Iuo MOSo
estates finish crop abOnt the middle OF
June; but this year, owing.tO the increased
yield in the fields and boiling houses, ana
certain drawbacks, they will not finish
before July.
.rhe young canes hold their own except
IN the light soils, where they show the
effects of the dry weather, and seem TO beg
Tor water; but on the whole they are very
promising: On Tuesday, the 24th May,
there were heavy rains i'll. several parish
es. In ST. Peter amidst Lucy two 10 three
inches fell during the day. -.
Our produce market has been very Ian
guid1MIfil to-day, when 1920 was paid for
Snga- AMI Ia cents. per gallon" tor mol9SSeS'
Last telegram reports q further advance
in the United States. of America MUsca-
vadO has vi to .4I15el6ths, which. OInght
to cause q corresponding advance here.
AAasL week. planters seemed dis1iritod
having waited in vain tor Nn advance,
hdt' $500 per. humid rel pounds being the
only offer made for sugar, some. having
no room on the stauncheOnS, yielded, and
about 5,00Oahhds.'~ were sOldr at that fig.
ure. It now seems settled that the new
Tariff BfiI OF the United States of Ameri-
ca will not take eff before October, at
earliest, or even. not before October, 1891.
Willett & Gray rep ort as follows -
1.-THE earlier the date the sooner the
condition of ~stagnatioh to the sugar trade
will be ended. While. the general opinion
Is that q tariff bill will be passed, we. md
there are a few good heads in the sugar
trade here who continue to affirm that no
bill will DO passed at this session of Con.
gress. MDOt, then it means a long con
tinied interference with business, which
is to be regretted" .aa.
The following is the amount of Produce
shipped to date :-27,604 .Hhds. Sugar,
and %, 1914, PunS. MOlaSSes, against 38,44O
HhdS. Sugar, and 254l4 PuRs. MOlasses
for the correspondent z period last year.
There has been one meeting of both
bra nchr@ OF the, Ia g~iSlature for the fort
night. The proceedings will be found i'll
our present iSSurs-t,~.t ,t.
The Rec, pts of The Customs. for the
quarter ended Dist March 1890, amounted
to G2S,6@l.9. IL. During the same quart
CIR last year they reached $50, 40. Is 10.
From the abstract OF the working ex-
pensrs and rrvcnueS of the Barbados Rail
way Company for the half year ended Dist
March, 1890, lad before the hi use of
Assembly on the 30tll May, we learn that
the loss on the half. year covered by the
Report was ~, 2OJ;72, and that the total
loss OF the Company since the Railway
has Oeell in operation amounts to 1852 ,627:
80.
$. The Direc tors Of The General Hospital
have decided that it is desirable that land
should be acQuireAs0R the northern anG
western boundaries. a4 the Hnspital-as
far rs an alley near Dir. COopeI's residence
on the north, and ur to COmbermere Street
OH the Western side, so as to form a com,
plete sQiidre. The HOtise Committee have
been authorised to do everything necesSa-
ry. to Garry out the scheme, anil as soon as
they have acquired the necessary infoI ma
ti0n MS TO the quantity and cost Of land,
&c. to lay the matter before the Executive
Committee without further reference to
the Court of Directors. ~ -&4- 4
F., - The sBritlgetOwn Tramways Company
(Ltdf) have held their usual .half-yearly
neeting.s when a dividend at the rate of
8oo5i Was dec Jared, and it was decided,
in. view of the recent extension in the
Black Rock district, to increase the. capt.
tai of the Company by the issue of 400 new
shares. The manner in which: these
shares have been allotted has given rise
to much dissatisfaction among the general
body of Shareholders, qapd il il expected
that steps will be taken to-, make the
Directors allot them in an equitable, man