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perfect liberty being left to buyer and seller to make 
their own terms should they prefer to do so. 
Although the representatives, as a whole, agreed to 
the above, several gave their views as to what the price 
should be, and the Committee much regret to say that 
extreme tiixures were named in some instances — such 
as a minimum of $8.00 per punt — which would 
cMectually preclude any arrangement of purchase being 
entered into, and quite unwarranted by the present day 
price of sugar. The Committee trust that a better 
racognition of the position of sugar will prevail among 
prospective farmers. 
" 3. Canes to be cut and loaded by the grower, and 
'' to be in a fresh and healthy condition." 
This was agreed to. 
''4. (a.) For estates adjoining villages, canes to be 
" transported by means of an aqueduct, joining the 
" village navigation to estates', the cost of aqueduct 
'' to be borne either — 
"1. By villagers with aid from Government; 
''2. By estates where sufficient acreage exists in 
'^ village farmers' canes to justify outlay, or 
'^ 3. By divisipn between estates and villagers. 
" (b.) For estates away from the villages, canes 
'• to be conveyed to the nearest point of the 
" navigation of the estate buying the canes, 
"and to be loaded there." 
(a.) Thi question as to who should bear the 
cost of aqueduct between village and cane 
buying estate led to much discussion and the 
feeling of the meeting was that the estate 
mi^j^ht bear the cost in the event of a sufficient 
acreage being- cultivated to justily the 
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