A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . portedall the colored laborers that were working on the sugarplantations, taken them by force and sent them to the Fijiand Solomon Islands, where most of them originally camefrom. They also passed laws giving the sugar planters sixpounds (or thirty dollars) per ton bounty on the sugarraised, thinking this would make up for the extra wagesthe sugar planters would have to pay for white labor; butthe planters are now in great trouble, as they cannot getenough white labor to work in the cane fields in thistropical climate. Unless these laws are changed speed
A glimpse of the isles of the Pacific . portedall the colored laborers that were working on the sugarplantations, taken them by force and sent them to the Fijiand Solomon Islands, where most of them originally camefrom. They also passed laws giving the sugar planters sixpounds (or thirty dollars) per ton bounty on the sugarraised, thinking this would make up for the extra wagesthe sugar planters would have to pay for white labor; butthe planters are now in great trouble, as they cannot getenough white labor to work in the cane fields in thistropical climate. Unless these laws are changed speedily,the raising of sugar cane will have to be abandonedentirely. In fact, the planters say that there will never beany more cane planted in Australia. Our steamer called at Townsville for cargo, but. theharbor is shallow, and we were compelled to anchor somedistance out; the freight was brought out in small boats, orlighters. We also called at Cairns. The water there is shallow,and we were compelled to anchor seven miles out to sea. 97. 1 W 1 > ti Ih W C80) > Oi B ^ f-c ^ « <f-i t/5 < D n <; CC tH W M H to <; Q m W o i-r •- Q « W ^ § t3O u-f QJ w 0 H w O Kl W O fc tnH J-o DW As the scenery there is line, we took a small steam tusr o and went ashore, then took the railroad and went twenty-miles up the mountains to the Barron Falls. This water-fall is seven hundred feet high, and a beautiful sight, it isthe finest water-fall in Australia, has a large volume ofwater flowing now, and this is their dry season. All the scenery in this mountainous country is fine. The BarronFalls are ten hundred and sixty-five feet above sea level,and that is as far as we went, but the railway continues torise for many miles, and on the top of the mountains istwenty-five hundred feet above sea level. We saw twoother water-falls which were beautiful, but the volume ofwater flowing over them at this season is small. This is anarrow gauge road, three feet six inch
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