, 1890-08-30

!. $3.50 &C corresponding date last year. In
the Southern district 1.5S for the month,
1871 for tho year. against 100 ana 24'72
last year.
C6,ist Church-July 1890, ,t'39 for the
year 1896. July last year 1874 Tor the year
24'52.
st. Amdreu-JuIy 1890, 1T2 for tire year
to 30th July, 2086. At the same TIME last
year 27.47.
TIE average Rainfall as recorded at the
Police Station for the week ending Bird
August was 20 parts, and for The week
ending 10Th August, 72 parts, viz: Central
Station r.; B. So; {. So y. 50 &. :96; f.
AZ HOletOwn '63. Ap90pOs. OF the st.
Miclael's Rainfall, we again suggest that
q record be kept either al GItnaairy or The
Lunatic Asylum, as without II return tFoIa
St. Michael the average Cannot be correct
~ compared with previous years.
The Christ Church correspondent of the
Planters Gazette says:
"Our state at the end of July is an ag~
gravated form of that at the end Of June,
The work Of scOrChing and killing, COM
nenced by June, has been successfully
carried on by July, and we find ourselves
at the eud of the month in q very dcplora-
bic condition indeed. Some OF the canes
on the coast are beyond hopes of recovery,
others will revive and perhaps do well if
We get rain sOOn."
The st. Andrew correspondent says
1.-THE weather so favourable for bringing
our Sugar crop to 'happy issue is causing
much anxiety in another direction, and
should we not be favOured With good show
ers in the next few days,an event which, the
weatherwise think rather improbable, oar
Young crop will not be able to hold out
much longer, as already it is showing signs
of distress. and OH the dry Sultry afternoons
of each day puts on all appearance whiclF
is more and more diSCouraglng."
The ST. Thomas correspondent writes
''Verily, July has been At dry month this
year, and from this laih-pTOduclng atmoS-
phere being. displaced, we are to expect ~
continuation of this dry weather. My
LympicsOmeter has not been 80 high sinre
1885, when our rainfall for the FIST severn
months was only SOS inches"
The ST. Philip correspondent writes
"Thea Young Crop is certainly in a most
critical state, the prolonged drought hav-
ing iniuriOusly affected whole district to a
greater or less degree. At F~OarSQNGTe,
standing ont as 1t does exposed to wind
and sun,<it is deplorable to see she SC0rch-
ed appearance of whole fields of canes,-a
condition Of things which has been brought
about by a combination OF circumstances
Heat and lack of moisture, of course, stand
foremost but, undoubtedly the impOsSi-
bility of getting the. trash on the banks
has greatly enhanced the trO bic. Only
those ,traShed early are holding on. The
middle OF the parish and westerns quarter are
still facing the drought boldly, but as each
day comes and goes without any relief, the
chances of recovery diminish. We. are in
a great strait at the present moment, and
q deep rain is needed, and that speedily,
to enable the plants to throw off the diSaS-
trouS effects of q bitter drought. On look
ing np my July Report for 1885, which
was the last year in which we. experienced
dry weather, | find that at the correspond
ing period We seemed almost. better OH lII
some Respects than we are now, although
the rainfall had been less. This, of COURSE
must be in q measure cOnjectural III the
absence of accurate data"
The st. Georges correspondent writes:
1.-THE first signs of distress have shown
themselves, and with a continuation OF the
present weather, before another month
passes, the prospects for next year ViH be
gloomy indeed"
The crop is reaped everywhere and the
returns have been excellent, beating the
record. The Produce shipped to date a.
mounts to 68,433 hhds. Sugar, and 45,746
%puncheons Molasses, against 56,TO5 hhds.
Sugar, and 40,692 puncheons MOlasseS at
the corresponding period last year. This
does not, include the cargoes of s. =. Jnsts"