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Weekly National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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The British West Indies anticipate a larger sugar crop than in recent years due to favorable weather and improved cultivation, with Jamaica projected at 50,000 hogsheads and Demerara at 45,000. Agricultural tools are increasingly used. Jamaican planters express doubts about the benefits of Coolie immigration.
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The last West India mail brought (says a London paper) highly satisfactory accounts in relation to the crops. The intelligence from the different colonies is thus summed up by the Times:
"From the very favorable season, as well as from the improving cultivation, a larger crop of sugar will be produced in the West Indies than has been obtained for many years. Jamaica, it is said, will make 50,000 hogsheads, Demerara 45,000, and the other islands one-third to a half more than usual.
Agricultural improvements are paid considerable attention to, and the plough and other implements of husbandry are fast coming into use, beneficially replacing manual labor."
From Jamaica we learn that there is by no means an unmixed feeling of congratulation, even among the planters themselves, in the prospect of Coolie immigration. The Falmouth Post thus expresses itself:
"Hill-Coolie immigration, it is said, will tend to restore us to our former prosperity! We doubt this much; for, unless we can get laborers who will remain with us, and who will adopt our customs, manners, and religion, the cost of their introduction, and a provision for sending them back to their native clime, will exceed any temporary advantage that may be derived"
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British West Indies
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larger sugar crop projected: jamaica 50,000 hogsheads, demerara 45,000, other islands one-third to half more than usual. doubts on long-term benefits of coolie immigration due to costs and cultural integration issues.
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Highly satisfactory accounts of crops from the last West India mail. Favorable season and improving cultivation to yield larger sugar crop than in many years. Agricultural improvements, including plough and implements, replacing manual labor. In Jamaica, mixed feelings among planters on Coolie immigration, doubting restoration of prosperity without permanent, assimilated laborers, as costs of introduction and repatriation may exceed temporary advantages.