, 1894-06-20
BARBADOS NEWS.
From the Barbados GlOJe.)

on Monday morning especially, the clouds
gathere ed over the whole horizon, and IN some
places there was a good shower but the
clouds dispersed, and by mid day it was
bright and warn. The want of rain is gen.
eral. and the cry for water il heard III many
districts where, with all the efforts OF the
company that is now contracting to supply
water, the people are suffering very much
GU account o the irregular supply or total
fail e of the supply. The young canes are
struggling to live, and the old canes are fast
disappearing. Estates in some parishes aye
still making sugar. but the crop will soon be
reaped, and it will as was anticipated, be IL
short crop. 10 this tins 9 1884 hogsheads Of
sugar, and 81 ,976 puncheonS of molasses have
been shipped. The price of sugar continues
low. from $50 to / 80 cents the hundred
weight. But even that low price is better
than it was a few weeks ago when it was
down to 1.65 and 175 cents.
The attention of the Legislature has beeI
occupied chiefly with the water question. BY
the proceeding of the House of Assembly,
given elsewhere, it will be seen that the Water
Supply Company are DESTROYS of selling their
plant for $50, 600, and that they had not Sent
a final answer annent their acceptance of the
ermS Of theLegislature. upto Tuesday The cor
rcspondence read in the House Oh that day
d~isoloses that the Government had been ur-
gent on the local Engineer to, fulfil his en-
gagements. Arrangements had been made
with the Bridgetown Company to furnish wa
ter. but there were difficulties in the way, SO
that there were still many districts without Il
supply. Until the Directors in England
have given their final answer to the question
submitted them it is not possible to predict
what the end will be. Mr.. Clarke moved an
NJ.o.- 20 %ho GOvar1Or on VuaS1ay
which amounted to a total break with the
Water Supply Company, but Mr.. Greaves ap-
pealed to the honorable member to hold his
hand till the answer Of the Directors was re-
ceived, which would be by the next meeting Of
the Ho~use-Tuesday III next week, and the
Address was postponed to that day.
At the same meeting Mr.. GreaveS gave no.
tice of a Bill to still further suspend the
Harbour Loan extension Act.
We should state that MI. Uranium took
his seat on his reelection for Bridgetown,
consequent on his appointment as Auditor
General.
The Public Health (or 1'enantries) Act was
further discussed on Tuesday, al d with more
calmness and judgment. Several members
pointed out that it would be unjust to Sacri-
. fee a class of persons that depended upon
small lots of land. and it was admitted, as
we had pointed out In our Columns ON preVI-
Gus occasions, that if improvements were need
ed for public purposes they must be made at
the public cost.
Her Majesty's birthday was celebrated
with much cordially on Monday, aud at the
Review of troops in the afternoon there was
an immense gathering on the Savannah.
DR.. Field has utilised the land at the new
Lunatic Asylum to good purpose. He has
taken 992 for the March quarter by the
sale of provision, milk, and pork. One of
the advantages of the building is that there
was not one isolation of a patient for the
quarter.
There was u meeting Of the st. Michael's
Vestry to-day at which the question Of the
appointment of an Auditor for the parish was
considered. There were ten applicants for
the post, and among them recognized Ac-
countants, but the race lay between Messrs.
Daniels and Uranium; the former being n
V~estryman for the past ten years was elect
ed, by s votes to S land the election submitted
to His Excellency the Governor for approval.
SalaIl &1l2 10. per annum.
The Rev. L. ID. L.. ~Jessamy, at present
Personal Citrate to the Dean, was today ap-
pointed Inspectors Assistant by the Educa-
ton Board at a salary of el3O per annum.
The obituary for the fortnight includes Mr..
Henry Simpson, sometime partner with Mr..