WEST INDIES. 



WES'i MA. 



The Danish Antilles. Tho possessions of 



Denmark con-i-t of three small islands. SnntH 

 Cm/ nr St. ( 'roix has un urea nf 71 square 

 milfs, ami a population of ls,j;t<) individuals, i.f 

 vvlmiii alxiiil .~>,IMK) an- white. St. Tliuimis has 

 an area <>f -'' square mile-, and M.:;MI inhab- 

 itants, according i<> the preliminary rctm 



the cen-u- nf Feb. 1. iv'io. St. .John, with an 

 an -a. nf '21 >i|iiaiv miles, had at tin- -ami- date a 

 population "f ! 'H- ( 'hri-tiau Hans Arendrup 

 n Governor since IHHI. lie is assisted \>\ 

 an Kxecutive Council and by a Legislative 

 Council con-i-ting partly of elective and partly 

 of nominated mem UTS. St..lohn and St. Tin. mas 

 have a Colonial Council in common, and St. 

 Croix a separate .me. The principal products 

 of St. Croix arc rum, sugar, and molasses. St. 

 Thomas has a rich soil, producing vegetables 

 ami fruits in great variety, ami tobacco ami 

 coffee of fine quality. This island is a free |>rt. 

 The steamships of the European and American 

 Hues stop there, and .Charlotte Amalia, a town 

 of 13.000 inhabitants, is the chief commercial 

 depot for many of the West Indian islands. The 

 commerce nf the islands is chiefly with Den- 

 mark, the L'nited States, and (ireat Britain. In 



the year ending Jane 80, isyii, the I'nited states 

 imported from the Danish colony merchandise 

 of the value of ^.")SS,7;{!), and exported t.> ih- 

 islands g-.od- ,,f the value of $794,203. The 

 total imports into St. Thomas for the year end- 

 in- March 31, 1889, were $1. 120,000, of which 

 $343,000 came from the United States and an 

 equal amount from Great Britain. 



The French Colonies. Guadeloupe, in the 

 Lesser Antilles, has an area of 360 square miles 

 and a population of 182,182. The Governor is 

 assisted by a Legislative Council, the meml>ers 

 of which are elected. The chief town is Pointe- 

 a-Pitre, with a population of 15,172. The politi- 

 cal capital, Basse Terre, has 9,500 inhabitants. 

 The receipts in 1889 balanced expenditures ami 

 amounted to ."i.i'O?. i:!U francs. The expenditure 

 of France was 2.1 -J-.M is.") francs in 1890. Then- 

 is a debt of 1.000.000 francs. There are 60 

 miles of railroad. The trade is mainly with 

 France and the I'liited States. The total value 

 of the imports in isslt was 24,700,000 francs, and 

 that of the exports -.>:!..")( M),000 francs. The prod- 

 ucts are sugar, coffee, cacao, vanilla, t| 

 manioc, yams, rice, maize, vegetables, tobacco, 

 ramie fiber, cotton, India-rubier, cabinet woods, 

 anotto, sheep, pigs, and cattle. The de|>end- 

 encies of Guadeloupe are the islands of La 

 De-irade. Li- Saintes and IVtite-Terre. Marie 

 Galante, St. Barthelerny. and San Martiti. with 

 a combined area of 100 square miles and 23,005 

 inhabitants. 



Martinique, in the Caribl>ean Sea, has an 

 area of 3HO -quarc miles The population in 

 1888 was 17.~).sr>:!. St. Pierre, the chief town. 

 had 18,707 inhabitants. Tin chief product is 

 sugar. All tropical fruits and vegetables grow 

 prolitically, ami bananas are an ini|ortant article 

 of export. Tho chief imports are flour, fer- 

 tilizers, rice, salted fish, and cotton goods. The 

 exports con-i-t rnainlv of sugar and li>, 

 Tho total value of the ini|M>rts in 1888 was 

 22,900.000 fram-s. ,, n d that of exports 21.500.000 

 francs. There are 120 miles of railroad. The 

 receipts and expenditures in 1889 balanced at 

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3,523,227 franc*. Td r<- of tta boot* 



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colony i- admin;-!, led b\ .1 ' r, kOl tuu 



an elective (i. n, ml Council. 



The Ihitrh Antillr*. nrof 



Curasao consist)* of the i-lnnd- ' < 



Aruba. a part i.f SMII Mar 1 



and Saba. Curacao I -quaii- 



mile- and -,''. V 7T inhabitant-. I',, nuirc i(h nn 

 area of 95 square mile*, ha* 4,?<>1 ii ' 

 Aruba. <>!) square mil. t. has !#&'< 



Dutch or southern jwrt of San Mart 

 4.-i:tl |>eople on 17 square milif ; and Si 

 tache and Saba, one 7 and th< -quart 



mile- in i \t. nt. are |-.,j,|,,| n -| < ti\.-lv by 

 l.'ii;.'. and 2,524 person-. The -nl. ny in nJmin- 



d l>y a (loM-ni'.r. who i* assisted 

 Council coin|>osed of four itiui:!-. i- nominatrd 

 by the Crown, one U-ing the An<Tiii-y-<ieneral. 

 The revenue for If. < n, 



estimated in the budget, und tin . \ ( . nditurp was 

 CiT','.' (H) guilders, the delu n ncy In-irg -npp. 

 the home Government. The budget for 

 makes receipts ami expen-cs balanee atr>xl.211 

 guilders. The imports in valued at 



0,240.066 guilders, and the the smaller 



islands at />! 0,2(10 guilders. In 1886 the imports 

 were L'.s 1 11.211 guilder-, ami the \ports, ext-lu- 

 si\e of Curacao. .ir.lMU-t ^uiidir-. Th. 

 products are corn, beans cattle, lime, salt, and 

 fruits. The rinds of orange- are slupj*d \>. 

 Holland, where they are used for the manu- 

 facture of the liquor known as Curacy 

 1889-'90 the imports from the Dutch A 

 into the I'nited States were $194.036 in value, 

 and t! from the I'nited Mates to those 



islands were $00!' 



\MM \ I IH, I MA. a S.iithrni State, ad- 

 mitted to the I'nion June li. 1868; an-i, 



quare miles: jopulation in IbW), 7C2.794. 

 Capital. Charleston. 



Government. The fcillowing were the I" 

 officers during the year: Governor. A. H. Flem- 

 ing: Secretary of' State. William A. Oh ley ; 

 irer, William (i. Thompson : Auditor. 

 Patrick F. Duffey ; Attorney-General, Alfred 

 Caldwell ; Sui>cnnti ndcnt of Fn-e S-hools, 

 Benjamin S. Morgan ; Adjutant-Gem rai. B. H. 

 Oxley; President of theSupn n t "urt. Daniel 

 B. Lncas; Judge-. Henn Brnnnon. J. W. Knjf- 

 li-h. II. A. IMt; clerk, n. >. Longall Denio- 



TheSna riiocrats and 10 



Republican-; the Hou.-e. of 44 Democrats and 21 



KeJUlbli. all-. 



Finances. The total debt. le the sinking 

 fund, in 1*90 was $184,511, again*! $127.511 in 

 1880. The l-ndvd debt in 1890 WM $188 

 the floating debt. $4!.000. The lebt per eaptfa. 

 therefore. E fund, in 1890w24 



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appnipriation to the World's Fair 

 amounts to $4<MH>. U-mu' $2 >.>" more llwn 

 the appropriation made for the ( . : : 



iMlSJtlOll o( 



nd oflleulth. 

 -HI. for Fit 



Itridgviiurt, IIarri-<i: ' 

 ending June 1. 1804: Dr. 1 

 inn. for the term ending Juno 1. 1HW. Sseoad 

 District. Dr. L. > . ' tb 



