Perhaps my district, in consequence of this minute subdivision of property, and its contact with the town, is the most troublesome district in the island; and the character of the apprentices differs consequently from that in the more rural districts, where not above half the complaints are made.

I attribute this to their almost daily intercourse with Bridgetown.
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What is the state of agriculture in the island?
When the _planters themselves_ admit that general cultivation was _never_ in a better state, and the plantations extremely clean, _it is more than presumptive_ proof that agriculture generally is in a most prosperous condition.

The vast crop of canes grown this year proves this fact.

Other crops are also luxuriant.
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