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We believe that the charges of transportation, wan- 

 house, aud elevator companies are subject- 



lated by law, and we favor the enactment "f such laws 

 as, while assuring to capital a fair return for its u>e, 

 will fullv protect the people from unjust or discrimi- 

 natiuif charges or tariti>. 



When the Territory of Wiishinjrton if admitted into 

 the L'nion, we ask tliat the boundaries be extended to 

 include North Idaho. 



A Prohibition ticket was also in the field. 

 At the November election the Republican 

 candidates \vere successful, changing a Demo- 

 cratic plurality of 2,200 in 1886 to a Republican 

 plurality of over 7,300. For Delegates, Allen 

 received 26,291 votes ; Voorhees, 18,920; and 

 Roger S. Greene (Prohibition), 1,137. At the 

 same election, members of the Territorial Legis- 

 lature for 1889 \verechosen. The Republicans 

 elected 11 of the 12 members of the Council, 

 aud 21 of the 24 members of the Lower House. 



WEST INDIES. British. Bahamas. The Ba- 

 hamas are a chain of islands lying between 

 20 42' and 27 ; 3-4' north latitude, and 72 40' 

 and 79 5' west longitude, composed of about 

 twenty inhabited islands and an immense num- 

 ber of islets and rocks, comprising altogether 

 4.466 square miles. The principal island is 

 New Providence. The population in 1886 was 

 47.278. The town of Nassau has about 5,000 

 inhabitants. The Governor is ET. A. Blake. 

 The commercial relations of the colony are 

 mainly with the United States. Considerable 

 quantities of pineapples, oranges, and bananas 

 are exported. The public debt amounts to 

 83,126. The revenue in 1886 was 43,920 ; 

 the expenditure, 44.629. The imports in 1886 

 were valued at 189,410, and the exports at 

 150,390. The total tonnage entered and 

 cleared in the same year was 209,996. 



Barbados is in latitude 13 4' north, longitude 

 59 7' west, and is the most windward of the 

 Caribbee Islands. It is nearly 21 English miles 

 long by 14 in breadth. The population of the 

 island is 180,000. The Governor is Sir Charles C. 

 Lees. Almost the sole productions are sugar and 

 molasses. In 1886 the island exported 45,768 

 hogsheads of the former and 33,218 puncheons 

 of the latter. The public debt does not exceed 

 29,800. The revenue in 1886 was 136.286, 

 and the expenditure 136,628. The total im- 

 ports reached 863,491 ; the exports. 739,911. 

 The aggregate tonnage of vessels entered and 

 cleared in 1886 was 916,242. 



Bermuda. The "Bermudas " form a group 

 of about 300 small islands in the western At- 

 lantic Ocean, in latitude 32 15' north and lon- 

 gitude 64 51' west. The Governor is Lieut.- 

 Gen. Thomas Lionel John Gallwey. The popu- 

 lation in 188(5 was 15,177: that of Hamilton, 

 the capital. 2.100. The public debt in 1886 was 

 2.714: the revenue. 30,518; and the ex- 

 penditure 28,432. The chief products are 

 early potatoes, onions, tomatoes, and beets, 

 which are sent to New York. The imports in 

 1886 were valued at 279,190; the exports, 

 78.546. The total tonnage entered and cleared 

 in the same year was 281,528. 



H rit ink (i'i<i(in<i.T\n* colony is on the South 

 American Continent, extending from ea-t to 

 west ahout 2<in mile-. It includes the settle- 

 ments of Demerara, Essequibo, and Berbice. 



Its area is about ln'.i. -qiiare miles. About 



130 square miles are under cultivation. The 

 Governor is Charles Bruce. The capital is 

 Georgetown, with 52.<HMi inhabitant-. The 

 chief product is sugar, there being, in 1886, in 

 active operation, 105 sugar-estate-, cult; 

 76,203 acres. The population of the colon v in 

 1886 was 274,:jll, of whom 74,026 were abo- 

 rigines; 94.7-^ Basl [ndiaas; 3.346 Chi- 

 ll, 847 Portuguese; and 4,231 negroes. The 

 public debt, on Dec. 31, 1886, was 446,700. 

 The revenue in 1886 was 446,025 and the 

 expenditure 476,964. The imports in 1886 

 were valued at 1,436,297; export - 

 585. The tonnage of shipping entered and 

 cleared in 1886 was ('127.845. 



Jamaica, an island in the Caribbean Sea, 

 southward of the eastern extremity of Cuba. 

 The Cayman Islands are dependencies of Ja- 

 maica, and have an area of 89 miles. The 

 population of Jamaica in 1886 was 620,000, 

 the number of whites not exceeding 15,000. 

 The population of Kingston, the capital, is 

 38,566. The Governor is Gen. Sir H. W. 

 Norman. The chief crops are sugar, coffee, 

 ginger, and pimento ; and the exports com- 

 prise, in addition to those products, rum, dye- 

 woods, and fruit. There are 150 acres of Gov- 

 ernment cinchona -plantations. The number 

 of sugar-estates in operation is 198. The pub- 

 lic debt amounts to 1,552,543. The revenue 

 in 1886 was 564,375; the expenditure, i 

 735. The imports in 1886 were valued at 

 1.325,603; the exports at 1,280,118. The 

 amount of shipping entered and cleared in 

 1886 was 881,516 tons. 



Trinidad. This island is about sixteen miles 

 eastward of Venezuela, and is separated from 

 the continent by the Gulf of Paria, into which 

 fall the northern mouths of the Orinoco. The 

 colony will henceforth include Tobago. The 

 population in 1886 was 178.270; that of Port 

 of Spain, the capital, being 31,858 ; of San Fer- 

 nando. 6,335. The total length of railroads 

 in operation, all Government property, is 51 J 

 miles. There are 63 miles of telegraph. The 

 public debt amounts to 571,880. The revenue 

 in 1886 was 453,407; the expenditure, 443.- 

 503. The imports in the same year were val- 

 ued at 2,503,514: the exports at 2. 5u9. 140. 

 The amount of shipping entered and cleared in 

 1886 was 1,196,076 tons. 



British Honduras, a colony on the eastern 

 coast of Central America, bounded north by 

 Yucatan, west by a straight line drawn from 

 the rapids of Graeias-a-Pios on the river Sars- 

 toon to Garbutt's Falls on the river Belize, 

 and thence due north to the Mexican frontier. 

 The area is 7.562 square miles. The popula- 

 tion does not exceed 30,000 ; that of the chief 

 port, Belize, being 5,767. The Governor is 

 K. T. Goldswortby. The public debt amounts 



