| Males. | Females. | |
| Vreed-en-Hoop (John Gladstone, Esq.) | 65 | 5 |
| Vriedestein, .
|
31 | 0 |
| Anna Regina, (Messrs. Moss,) ... ... | 46 | 3 |
| Belle Vue, (A. Colville, Esq.) ... ... | 79 | 3 |
| Waterloo, (James Blair, Esq.) ... ... | 47 | 0 |
| Highbury, (Messrs. Davidsons & Co.)... | 117 | 11 |
| 385 | 22 |
5. CONDITION OF THE COOLIES AFTER ARRIVAL.--On
the 30th of August, 1838, GOVERNOR LIGHT, having just
made the tour of the colony, writes to LORD GLENELG,
as follows:--"From the reports I have received, and
from my personal observation, the Coolies appear
satisfied
with their position, and have not disappointed their employers."
In another dispatch, dated the 19th of November, 1838, his
Excellency states, that "the general
good health of the emigrants from India, is equal to
that of any other labourer in this colony," the Creole Negro, of
course not excepted; and in this view the assistant Colonial
Secretary, Mr. WOLSELEY, concurs, for he appends
to his general report on the state of the immigrants, "The
Coolies have acclimatized well, and have suffered
no
disadvantage by emigrating to this colony." At a still
later period, the 11th of January, 1839, Governor
LIGHT, in a dispatch to LORD GLENELG, observes, "If
my information be correct, the Hill Coolies were accustomed
to a marshy soil, to very low wages, and precarious
scanty food, and though on limited wages, in comparison
with the free labourer, yet are as carefully protected
from