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four times the production of 1851, and more than 

 seven times that of 1843. We need no further 

 evidence to show what can be accomplished with 

 industry in the culture of but one product — the 

 Irish potato. 



The remark of a late author, to the effect that 

 the capabilities of this colony cannot be much 

 further developed, is merely the reverse of true. 

 There are hundreds of acres of the finest arable 

 land still lying in a state of barrenness; in fact, 

 there is no reason why the colony should not be 

 raised to a high degree of wealth by infusing 

 into the colonists a better spirit of agricultural 

 enterprise. 



During the past year we have witnessed the 

 arrival of numerous steam-vessels, from ports to the 

 south of these islands, for the purpose of procuring 

 fuel for the completion of their voyage to Europe, 

 This fact tells strongly in favour of Bermuda as a 

 convenient stopping place for steamers plying between 

 America and Europe. 



We had hoped that the magnificent project of the 

 Atlantic Electric Telegraph would not have proved 

 a failure: and that the Old World and the New 

 would have been linked ere now in ties of amity 

 and friendship which no future disagreement should 



