St. Helena.
The island of St. Helena is in a bad way. The revenue is decreasing every year, and public buildings and roads are suffering from want of funds. The establishment reduced to its lowest standard, is small, ill paid, and shares the general depression. Education, religion, local institutions, and in fact, all that make up the social, moral, and commercial machinery of a community, are suffering from want of means. St. Helena's prosperity depends solely upon the ships calling there, and the Suez Canal has all but ruined this historically famous island. As compared with 1873, there was a falling off of 220 ships entered in ISS2. The new improvements in ice- chambers and refrigerating machinery enable vessels to carry supplies of fresh meat and vegetables around the Capo of Good Hope, and the ships that call by accident are no longer customers for native products.
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Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 72, 18 October 1884, Page 5
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147St. Helena. Te Aroha News, Volume II, Issue 72, 18 October 1884, Page 5
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