MAURITIUS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3351, 13 April 1868, Page 2

MAURITIUS.

The mail brings us Mauritius news to the 6th February. A fine orop was expected, but *ome, planters would not be., able to recorer from former loises. * Fever Was again increasing alarmingly, ahd v the papers are full of details' of sickness and destittK tion, and of remarks upon the necessity of sanitary" reform, 'lha Cverland Commercial Gazette Biyut',— " Sinos our last, the weather, as far as agriculture is concerned, has been as favourable as could be desired, tend the plantations are very fine, promising, we may say, an abundant crop. On the other hand, the fever is increasing ; the death rate, which is four times what it should be in Port Louis, gives but little idea of the sickness that prevails. j( At thi« time last year there were very few cases ; it was only at the latter end of February that fever pre- ! vailed, and even then the deaths were far Ibelow what they are now. The mortality in January as compared with the two previous yearg was as follows : — '

The mcreaie, as will be seen, is greatest at Pott Louis, compared to the other districts. From the Ist of this month .the mortality in Fort Louis has been above that of the last month." By prirate advices we learn that flour had been sold at Port Louis at 5 dollars 25 coats. The following Teasels are loading for Australia : — ' Alexandra,' for Port Phillip; ' Sea .Nymph, ' for Sydney ; * Star of Peace,' for Melbourne ; ' Rio, 1 for Swan River. Chartered: 'Dragon,' 243 tons register, for Melbourne, at 42s 6d and 5 per cent. The ' St. Magnus ' ,was to leave for Adelaide, about the 10th February, with 1,764 bags of flour, reshaped.

Port Louis Pamplemoaises Kir. dv £temp*rt PJ«cq Sr»nd Port ... §*v»ne Black River Plains Wilhelm* Mok» •>• •»• January, 1866. 1867. 1868. 361 571 899 173 224 < 250 95 127 88 162 114 139 150 91' 135 125 66 65 43 92 62 120 < 94 129 50 64 94 1,282 1,443 2,191