, 1898-01-08

1870 O"AE" - RE'RNSO0 ~ ~ ~ -
Commissioners for the & granting of imperial
subsidies to rapid wei adapted steamship
services sailing AZ regular intervals bet ween
certain West India Islands and the United
States of America. At the same time this
meeting desires t. point out that the grant
ing of subsidies to other West India Colonies
for steamship services bet ween such and the
United States to the exclusion of jamaica
would he unjust and injurious to the in
terests of The trade in fruit which she has
already built up by her own efforts and at
her own expense.
Third. that the cordial thanks of the
people of J& naica are due to Sir Henry
Norman for his able and impartial advocacy
ofthe interests of this island as evinced in
his dissent from the decision of his colleagues
of the Royal Commission.
Fourth, that the Imperial Cove nment be
petitioned to grant a loan Of one hundred
Thousand pounds to be devoted to the assis-
lance and encouras cement of the cultivation of
Tamie, tobacco and other products That the
amount be placed under the control of the
Governor III Privy Council of the island and
applied as follows; 10 providing by way
OF loan two thirds IF the capital reGuired bv
amy approved company incorporated for
either Of the above mentioned purposes,
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subscribed by the general public.
Such loan to bear interest at the rate Of
four per cent per annuA cone and a half per
cent of which to be set aside as a sinking
fund.- and to be q FIRST charge secured by
mortgage on all the property assets and
income Of the company or companies. ANY
company to have the right TO pay of the
loan at any time on six months previous no.
ice. No company to pay a dividend i'll excess
OF SIX per cent per annum to It's sharehoId-
es until the Government loan has been
fully discharged. Any amount remaining
over in any year ID the interest on the
Government loan and ~ a six per cent divi-
dend to shareholders has been paid to be
carried to reserve fund.
His Excellency then abdicatSd the chair in
favor of His Grace the Archbishop, who moved
the following resolution, Bishop Gordon
seconding: That in the opinion of this
public meeting, consisting Of those interested
in agriculture and all other industries, Sir
Henry Blake, our present Governor at the
close Of his administrator in Jamaica, has
earned the grateful thanks Of the entire
community; he has been un~faiIing in his
efforts to locally advance all measures
calculated to produce progress III the moral
ADD material interests Of those portions Of
the community. and advised every one to
cultivate self effort in promoting industrial
progress.
Trinidad, Jan. sth-Mr. Nathan, first
puisne Jud gs Of the Supreme Court of this
island, has been appointed Attorney General
in place Of the late Mr. Garcia; Mr.. Justice
Lewis, the second puisne Judge, succeeds
him.
New York, Jan. 6th-Ths Cologne
Gazette" reports that the attempts i'll Paris
and St. Petersburg having failed china j.
now negotiating in London for a loan Of
SIXTEEN 'millisns sterling upon the security
of the landtax and the engagement of another
Englishman who will succeed Sir Robert
Hart as Inspector General of customs and
the cession of some territory, the latter to bo
a secret for the present
The Times in an editorial on he subject
denies the reported granting Of territory,
stating that upon the contrary Englard's
policy is to maintain China as a going con
Germ. The same paper however considers
that the Government is justified even in
mourning reasonable financial risks hitherto
regarded outside of the Governmental scope
and further remarks with much pleasure that
the English policy receives the support Of
the United States and American popular
opinion.
A telegram from Hong Kong announces the
arrival there of H.. NJ. S. Edgar and that
H.M.S. Grafton" had sailed norIhwards.