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... WEST INDIES. State op the Islands. —The West India mail arrived on Tuesday. The news from all the colonies, though presenting*few features of importance, is favourable. At Jamaica the weather continued very fine, and the crops most abundant, but the Windward ...

Published: Thursday 29 July 1847
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 49 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WEST INDIES

... WEST INDIES. By the last arrivals from the West Indies leant that in addition to Nevis, Tortola, and Montserrat, the Legislatures of Barbadoes, St. Vincent’s, and St. Christopher’s have agreed to the measures recommended to them by the Government for ...

Published: Thursday 28 June 1838
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 437 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WEST INDIES

... WEST INDIES. West India Mail. —Arrived at Southampton Sunday, Trent, steamer, with 90,000 dollars specie on account of the American bondholders, and 1,152,000 dollars on merchants’ account, and usual cargo.— Jamaica, August General election progressing ...

Published: Thursday 27 September 1849
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 584 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WEST INDIES

... WEST INDIES. The Bi-monthly Mail. —The accounts brought the last mail report favourably of the crops, which throughout the islands were an average quantity. In Jamaica, rain was wanted. The islands were very healthy, with the exception of Barbadoes, where ...

Published: Thursday 15 June 1848
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 94 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WEST INDIES

... WEST INDIES. The Monthly Mail.— The West India files received the Forth, steamer, arc from Trinidad the 17th, DeinciT.ra and St. Kitl’a the Itllh, Harbadoes* and Dominica the 21st, Jamaica the 23d, and Antigua the 2i;th, ultimo. The present files contain ...

Published: Thursday 31 December 1846
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 70 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WEST INDIES

... WEST INDIES. The West India papers received by the Thames steamer, give satisfactory accounts of the progress of the several leading Islands. The most important feature, however, the present arrival, is the speech of the Earl of Elgin at the opening of ...

Published: Thursday 14 December 1843
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1166 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WEST INDIES

... WEST INDIES. The Hill Coolies.—By the arrival of the Doe, steamer, learn that the sugar crop throughout the West Indies has been most abundant; but there is a groat falling off the coffee crop. The Hill Coolies work well all weathers, and continue to ...

Published: Thursday 14 August 1845
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1415 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WEST INDIES

... WEST INDIES. The Bi-monthly Mail.—By the mail which arrived on the 22d learn from Jamaica that there has been no improvement in the state of the island since the sailing of the last packet. Distress is general, especially amongst the planters; and unless ...

Published: Thursday 01 June 1848
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 131 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WEST INDIES

... WEST INDIES. The usual mail has arrived, but without bringing news. The present state of the colonial market* and the prospects of the sugar trade were the sole topics of discussion in the islands, and meetings were being held, and petitions to Parliament ...

Published: Thursday 16 December 1847
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 50 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

WEST INDIES

... WEST INDIES. A R T I. |''l(E FARM IHLLEND, lately a.lvcrtised for Sale, will now LET for such number of years may agree,| on. Entry at Martinmas first. Apply to the Proprietor, at Atholl Bank, near Perth. Atholl Bank, 28th August, 1844. the Doe, West ...

Published: Thursday 29 August 1844
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 117 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WEST INDIES

... WEST INDIES. State the Islands. —By the last arrival, bringing accounts to the end of April, find that the report of the growing crops are favourable, rain having generally fallen in all the islands. The proposed railway in Barbadocs appears to be re ...

Published: Thursday 28 May 1846
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 155 | Page: 1 | Tags: none

WEST INDIES

... WEST INDIES Earthquake is St. Vincent’s, Grenada, Trinidad, and British Guiana. —On the 29th of August, au earthquake was felt in several of the West Indian islands. The Trinidad paper says—“ would record the occurrence of one of the severest earthquakes ...

Published: Thursday 31 October 1844
Newspaper: Perthshire Advertiser
County: Perthshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 168 | Page: 1 | Tags: none