TRACTS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, &c. 163 



interests of the Honourable East India Company, and those of 

 individuals. 



" The greatly enhanced prices of beef, pork, and flour from 

 England, and of rice and paddy from India, during the last five 

 years, together with the present state of affairs with America, are 

 circumstances which should operate as a further stimulus to exer- 

 tions ; for by still extending the culture of potatoes and corn, and 

 raising crops suited to the feeding of live-stock, the demands 

 for the above-mentioned articles of import might be greatly 

 diminished ; and little inconvenience would be felt in this remote 

 part of the globe, from those causes which unavoidably have led 

 to the high price of provisions in England. 



" These observations will have due weightwith those landholders 

 who have already manifested a laudable disposition to promote 

 the improvement of the island : but the Governor and Council 

 can entertain but little hopes of their making any impression on 

 the minds of others, who occupy extensive farms, have large 

 establishments of servants, and who still persist in their former 

 habits of inactivity, or absolute idleness ; thus betraying equally 

 a total disregard to their own interests as to the Company's orders. 

 It is therefore once more recommended to the landholders of this 

 description, that they examine the ' Laws and Ordinances,' in 

 their possession, and inform themselves of the Orders of the Court 

 of Directors, particularly those stated at length in the General 

 Letter, dated 30th March, 1810, (page 86 to 90.) 



" It is also proper to apprise the persons alluded to, that annual 

 Reports of the farms, and lists of families and servants are regu- 

 larly transmitted for the information of the Court of Directors, 

 by which will be seen the relative industry of individuals; and 

 consequently the deserving and the undeserving tenants are thus 

 brought to light. Wherefore, if the Court shall discover that 



