, 1894-05-26
DEAIERARA NEW S.

As an instance Of the scanl consideration
shewn towards the managerS Of sugar estates
when a change OF m magement is thought to
be necessary or eXpr lien, we hear thtt the
first authoritative intelligence Of the ANAL
gamation Of the Anna Regina and Reliance
estates, to which we alluded last week,
reached the manager of the former estate
simultaneously or practically SO, with the
intimation that he was TO hand over the
management at once to his successor. After
service as manager and planting attorney,
extending back over a long series OF years,
Mr.. Chilean on Saturday last, had, as it were,
at a moments notice, to hand over the man
agenIent to another. We do not mention
this incident as an exceptional one, nor have
we the slightest reason for supposing that
Mr.. Chilean considers himself as having been
hardly dealt with; we allude to it simply to
give our readers, non resident in the colony,
some idea of a local custom in planting cir
cles. OCCASIONALLY a manager gets reasonable
intimatiou that a change Of management has
been decided upon; but very often, the first
intimation he gets Is one to hand over the
estate to another, arrange for giving up the
managers house as soon as possible, and call
at the town office where three months salary
will be given to him in lieu Of legal notice.
The custom is not without some show Of
reason, for tradition tells us Of managers
doing their best to ruin he cultivation while
they were under sentence Of dismissal, and
even a well-intentiOned but incapable mana
ger can do incalculatle injury to an estate, in
three months time, especially during un-
propitious weather; it is of the greatest
Consequence, therefore, to make the change
of management in such cases, as expeditions
ly as possible. But there are changes, such
as that of Anna Regina, whore the conditions
here set forth do not exist, and III such cases
we cannot help thinking that the custom of
"sacking at sight" would be more honoured
in the breach than in the observance.
The rumour as 10 an arrangement between.
the DemeraIa Railway Company and the
BeIair Company for the transport of canes,
to which we made reference last week, proves
to be correct, but the canes will he taken not
30 G~oedverwagting, but to Nonpareil, which
lies considerably further TO eastward. The
Railway Company Will provide the rails and
the haulage. and the estates people will
provide the trucks and the labour of loading
and unloading. Mr.. Russell Garnett, attorney
of Mr.. Barr, writes to say that the arrange
ment will not affect Belair proper, that is, the
es Ate formerly known In pre-amalgamation
days as Belair, which as was mentioned i'll
our columns sOne weeks past, is now being
taken up as a plantain farm; the canes will
be grown on that portion of the amalgamated
estate which was formerly known as Industry
Cummings Lodge, &c. The establishment of
a large plantain and ground-provision farm
| right at the door of the city ought to be
! pleasing news to housekeepers, who are in
terested in the supply of one of the staple
articles of food. A large portion OF Belalr
land is already under plantain cultivation,
and farmers are fast taking up the rest