Details of sale of Estate William; arrival of shipment of supplies; effect of dry weather on sugar growth.
Sem títuloEstate is valued at £31,120.
Sem títuloEffect of lack of rain on sugar crop; lease or sale of Estate William; mules.
Sem títuloDetails of offer for rental of Estate William, St. Croix.
Sem títuloSupplies from Lake Erie; favourable weather; growth of crops; amounts of sugar, rum and molasses produced; molasses and rum prices; he has drawn two bills on Moses and Son G. Melchior. Enclosed is a letter from William Dawson, 26 May 1862, regarding sending supplies from Lakes Ontario, Michigan and Erie.
Sem títuloWeather; crop growth; arrival of the Gerson with supplies; molasses, rum and sugar prices; death of a mutual friend, G.J. Mudie of Upper Love; arrival of mules expected.
Sem títuloDry weather; scarcity of labour; problems with boilers on Estate Good Hope; sale of sugar from Estate Mon Bijou; sudden deaths of Mr. Thornton, manager of Estate Adventure, and Mr. Adam Skeoch, manager of Estate Campo Rico; ill health of P.W. Schousboe.
Sem títuloHe has had Estate William valued and encloses the valuation; small crop from Estate Paradise this year; importation of Asian labourers; the weather; a fire on Estate Good Hope.
Sem títuloReduction in profit from estates due to low prices of produce and high prices of supplies; statement of crops produced by Estates Good Hope, Mon Bijou, William, Paradise and Adventure; settlement of account with George Ryan following his death; mention of Mr. McWilliam, engineer; his hope to delay installing new boiler on Mon Bijou estate until crop is complete; the weather; a severe fire at Spring Garden.
Sem títuloAccounts for sale of sugar from Estates Good Hope, Mon Bijou and William; rum and sugar prices; price of supplies; dry weather.
Sem títuloThe arrival of supplies; high price of supplies; amounts of rum and molasses produced; prices of rum and molasses; dry weather.
Sem títuloCorn meal supplies; custom of giving pork, flour and cherry brandy to labourers at end of crop; petition to reduce export duties on sugar; employment of Mr. Dawson to purchase supplies in America; effects of the dry weather; encloses statistics for crops produced in 1861, numbers of labourers, stock and cultivation [not extant].
Sem títuloShipment of boiler machinery, coals and other supplies has not yet arrived from Glasgow; he has drawn bills to pay the estates' expenses.
Sem títuloHis dismay about delay of shipment of machinery from Glasgow; shipment and prices of coals, staves and other supplies; encloses details of crops and shipments for the year from Estates Good Hope, Mon Bijou, William and Paradise; favourable weather; Danish manure; damage to cargo on board the Triton due to severe gale.
Sem títuloShipment of machinery, shooks and coals to Estate Mon Bijou; sugar shipment; sugar and rum production; favourable weather.
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