road shall make those spots mine accessible I cannot doubt, and moreover that many parts of the Southern districts of the Island will from their greater salubrity become attractive may safely be anticipated. Much extended agricultural and horticultural labor will of course enormously tend to lower the present prices paid for the articles of daily consumption and necessity.
The system under which the Markets are let is in all respects objectionable, so that it was long ago decided to change it. The privileges created by the existing state of things are extremely injurious to the people, bringing all the costs and annoyances of monopoly pressing upon the primary articles of subsistence, while the portion which the revenue receives of the large taxation levied on the consumer is comparatively inconsiderable. I refer to the report of the Colonial Treasurer by which it appears that for the Markets the Government receives only £337.10.0 per annum — immediately sublet to some person for £1625 a year (independently