The Potato in Jersey. 
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In packages, by stoain-vcssels to Southampton, Weymouth, 
and Littlehampton, 5458^ tons. 
The first package left the island on the 19th of March : this 
was followed by another on the 2 ith ; by four more on the 
2Gth ; by two on the 7th of April ; by forty-three on the 21st of 
April, when the season may be said to have opened. On the 
30th of the month the number swelled up to one hundred and 
forty-three packages. 
In loose cargoes by sailing-vessels, there were shipped for the 
following ports : — 
Tons. 
Plymoiitli 31 
Newpoi-fc 276i 
Southampton lOOf 
London 469 i 
Cardiff 505 
Lymington 10 
Swansea 917i 
Liverpool Si 
Caernarvon 6 
Gloucester 32 
Sercq 1 
Barbadocs 80 
2431 i 
Thus giving a total of 7890 tons, the value of which we 
deduce from statements of returns to have been as follow : — 
Produce shipped in packages .. .. 44,131 
Produce shipped in loose cargoes .. 11,442 
Total 55,573 
In taking into consideration the produce of the land on which 
the early potatoes have been cultivated, we must not omit to 
add to the amount exported (which shows a gross return of more 
than 17s. 6c?. per vergee on the whole area of the island for the 
export of potatoes only), the quantity left in the island for the 
supply of nearly 60,000 inhabitants, and also the plant for 
the ensuing year. These two items must be very considerable. 
Moreover, we must add to the produce of the same ground the 
successive root-crops fo which Ave have alluded, which enable 
the farmers to keep more of their holdings in grass, and conse- 
quently to increase the number of their stock. Furthermore, let 
us not lose sight of the wonderful activity prevailing in these 
ports during the potato season. Commerce, the twin sister of 
agriculture, is not without its share of benefit. Steam com- 
munication is doubled, and its advantages are extended to 
passenger as well as to cargo traffic. In a word, the whole ma- 
