picture in my mind's eye a winter— Longbranch, with its 

 comfortable hotels, its rows of pretty cottages along the 

 bay, its excellent drives, and its handsome club house, or 

 casino, in short Nassau, with all the attractions which 

 would induce the wealthy and the invalid to seek its 

 pleasant shelter from the inclement winds of the North. 



The reasons for the present only partial success are 

 evident. A large subsidy has been paid for years to com- 

 panies running ships totally unsuited to the requirements, 

 and the depth of water in the harbour. There has been 

 no regularity in the service. The port has been made an 

 intermediate or secondary one ; rates of freight have been 

 excessive, with the object of reducing the volume of im- 

 ports and exports, and allowing the shortest possible time 



at Nassau. 



Invalids and others, from causes already detailed, have 

 been landed in open boats in rough seas outside the har- 

 bour, and submitted to all kinds of risk and annoyance. 



A cable to Florida is most desirable. 



It is well known that many distinguished persons, poli- 

 tical and financial, although recommended to do so by 

 their medical advisers, have refused to visit Nassau, on 

 account of the distance, which the non-existence of a cable 

 has placed them at, from the great centres of social and 

 intellectual life. 



Finally, I would observe that if my suggestions were 

 carried out on a considerable scale, the population, with 

 increased prosperity, would soon become much larger, and 

 perhaps the islands, under the newly advocated system of 

 State-directed emigration, might attract to its shores 

 some of the best and most intelligent of those persons 

 who are forced by unkind circumstances and over popula- 

 tion to leave their homes in this country. 



A. J. Adderley. 



