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and 1 not) persons employed in the fisheries, I he 

 annual pniduct of which is I' 17, 000. 



Tin- revenue of the colony in 1890 was 186,- 

 IT'.t. and the expenditure, 181.685. The ex- 

 fur the establishments were 65,206 in 



l^;i. The su f r.i.:;io was spent on puUie, 



schools in 1SJM). and l':{3.635 in |x>or relief. The 

 debt ainoiinls to WO, 100. The imports for 1890 

 were J 1,1 98,72:5 in value, and the exports, 1.- 

 201,889. The value of the sugar exported was 

 l'SIs,(i80; of mola-ses. <J16->,200; of salt fish, 

 <:::i.u;:$; of flour, 25,297. The imports of linen 

 and cotton goods were 198.645 ; of flour, 90,- 

 (i-.'n ; ot rioe, l'4!,621. The vessels entered and 

 cleared had an aggregate tonnage of 1,246,262 

 tons. There is a railroad, 24 miles long, which 

 receives an annual subsidy of 6,000. 



Trinidad. Trinidad is an island of the Lesser 

 Antilles, lying off the coast of Venezuela, north 

 of the mouth of the Orinoco River. There is a 

 Legislative Council of 18 members, of whom 8 

 are official and the rest are appointed by the 

 Governor. The Governor, at present Sir F. 

 Napier Broome, receives a salary of 5,000. 

 Tobago, which since Jan. 1, 1889, has been ad- 

 ministratively dependent on Barbadoes, has a 

 commissioner. The area of Trinidad is 1.754 

 square miles. The population in 1890 was 208,- 

 030. Tobago, with an area of 114 square miles, 

 had a population of 20,727. The capital of 

 Trinidad is Port of Spain, which has 33,782 

 inhabitants. The number of births in 1890 was 

 <..i..Y7 ; deaths, 5.612 ; marriages, 986. There 

 were 4,921 immigrants in 1890, most of whom 

 were East Indian coolies. About 194,000 acres 

 are under cultivation, of which 52,160 acres are 

 devoted to the sugar-cane, 43,360 to coffee and 

 cacao, 18,053 to ground produce, and 2,767 to 

 cocoanuts. The export 01 asphaltum is steadily 

 increasing. There is a railroad, 54 miles in 

 length, of which the gross receipts for 1890 

 amounted to 51,912. The export of sugar in 

 1890 amounted to 630,815 ; of molasses, 62,- 

 929 ; of cacao, 603,506. The chief imports 

 were: flour, 122,512; rice, 125,222; cotton 

 and other cloths, 346,517; pickled meat, 64,- 

 .VV). The total imports amounted to 2,248,893, 

 and the exports to 2,179,432. The imports of 

 Tobago were 23,403, and the exports 19,371. 

 The tonnage entered and cleared during 1800 

 was 1,276,870 tons. The exports of cacao and 

 of cocoanuts have doubled since 1881, and within 

 two or three years a considerable trade in 

 oranges, bananas, pineapples, and limes has 

 sprung up wiih the United States. 



l.(>i>ward Islands. The group com prises : An- 

 tigua, with an area of 108 square miles, and its 

 dependencies, Barbuda and Redonda, 62 square 

 miles, having in all a population of 36,700 ; the 

 Virgin Islands, 58 square miles, with 4,640 in- 

 habitants ; Dominica, 291 square miles, with 

 29,000 inhabitants; St. Kitt's, 05 square miles, 

 Nevis, 50 square miles, and Anguilla, 35 square 

 miles, with an aggregate population of 47,660 ; 

 and Montserrat, 82 square miles, with ll,7(ii> in 

 habitants. The Governor is Sir William Fred- 

 erick Haynes Smith. Antigua produces sugar 

 and pineapples. The sugar export in 1889 was 

 16,220 tons, of the value of 180,701. The total 

 exports from the island in 1890 were valued at 

 218,223, and the imports at 184,591 ; exports 



from the Virgin Islands, 5,050, and imports, 

 4,144 ; exports from St. Kitt's and Nevis. 225.- 

 2.'f3. and imports, 181,546 ; exports from Mont- 

 serrat, 22,755, and imports, 24.096 ; exports 

 from Dominica, 41,009, and imports, 'j.'.T 

 882. The total exports of sugar from the islands 

 were valued at 396.914; of n; i:i,304. 



The imports of breadstuffs into St. Kid's and 

 Nevis in 1889 were 33,279 in value ; of textile 

 goods, 86,580. The tonnage entered and cleared 

 was 488,262. 



Windward Islands. The group comprises : 

 Grenada, with an area of 120 square miles and 

 51,427 inhabitants ; St. Vincent, 182 square 

 miles, with 41,054 inhabitants; St. Lucia, area 

 245 square miles, with 41,713 inhabitants ; and 

 the Grenadines, attached a part to St. Vincent 

 and part to Grenada, the largest island being 

 Carriacou, with 6,000 population. The Governor 

 is Sir W. P. Hely-Hutchinson. In Grenada, 

 cacao, cotton, and spices are grown ; the prod 

 ucts of St. Vincent, which is owned and cul- 

 tivated chiefly by three firms, are sugar, rum, 

 spices, arrowroot, cacao, and timber ; and in St. 

 Lucia they are sugar, cacao, and logwood. The 

 exports of St. Lucia for 1890 were 197,452 in 

 value, and the imports. 206,693 ; exports of St. 

 Vincent, 104,744, and imports, 97,808 ; ex- 

 ports of Grenada, 266,302, and imports, 170,- 

 874. The export of cacao from Grenada was 

 228,889; of spice, 15,955; of sugar from St. 

 Vincent, 53,062 ; of arrowroot, 31,270 ; of 

 sugar from St. Lucia, 83,578 ; of cacao, 26,- 

 864; of logwood, 9,438. The tonnage entered 

 and cleared in 1890 at St. Vincent was 300,222 

 tons ; at St. Lucia, 878.315 tons; at Grenada, 

 477,028 tons. The public revenue of the different 

 islands, each of which has its' separate administra- 

 tion, was in 1890 as follows : St. Lucia, 50,232 ; 

 St. Vincent, 27,047 ; Grenada, 47,422. The 

 expenditures were : for St. Lucia, 45,4-10 ; for 

 St. Vincent, !i5,941 ; for Grenada, 53,356. A 

 new coaling station has been established at 

 Castries Bay, St. Lucia, and the troops hitherto 

 stationed at Barbadoes are to be removed to that 

 island. A large sum has been spent in convert- 

 ing the harbor, which is spacious and safe, into 

 a strongly fortified arsenal. The people of St. 

 Vincent have been very indignant over an ordi- 

 nance from the Colonial Oflice in London, and in 

 1892 this difficulty led to the resignation of all 

 the members of the Colonial Council. Every 

 citizen who was applied to declined to serve 

 under the Government in the place of the retir- 

 ing officials 



Tin- Bahamas. The Bahama Islands have a 

 total area of 5,450 square miles, and in 1888 had 

 48,000 inhabitants. The number of births in 

 1890 was 1,871 ; of deaths, 899. The value of 

 the sponge fishery in 1890 was (53,099. The ex- 

 ports of pineapples were 49.795. The area 

 planted to sisal plants in the beginning of 1891 

 was over 4,200 acres. The Governor is Sir Am- 

 brose Shea. The revenue for 1S90 \va< '::> I..V.V,. 

 and the expenditure, 48,688. The total exports 

 amounted to 168,121. and tho imports to l"J22.- 

 512. There were 270,874 tons entered and c-leared. 



The Danish Antilles. The West India islands 

 subject to Denmark are : St. Croix or Santa 

 Cruz, having an area of 74 square miles and 18,- 

 430 inhabitants ; St. Thomas, with an area of 



