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yuilla, 35 square miles, increased in population 

 from 3,099 to 3,890. Anguilla grows vegetables 

 and produces salt. 



The revenue of the presidency in 1900 was 39,- 

 !>ii4 : expenditure, 43,964; debt, 73,950; im- 

 ports 136.435; exports, 109,783; tonnage en- 

 tered and cleared, 523,213 tons. 



Dominica has an area of 291 square miles. The 

 population increased from 26,841 in 1891 to 28,894 

 in 1901. The products are Liberian coffee, fruits, 

 cacao, limes, and sugar. The revenue in 1900 was 

 28.113; expenditure, 26,780; debt, 70,900; 

 imports, 80,144; exports, 68,452; tonnage en- 

 tered and cleared, 467,686 tons. 



Mnntserrat has an area of 32 square miles. 

 The population increased from 11,762 in 1891 to 

 12.215 in 1901. The products are coffee, sugar, 

 cacao, arrowroot, and lime-juice. The revenue 

 in 1900 was 6,664; expenditure, 9,597; debt, 

 11,400; customs receipts, 4,958; imports, 26,- 

 911 ; exports, 8,115; tonnage entered and cleared, 

 198,730 tons. 



The imports of cotton goods into the Leeward 

 Islands in 1900 were 64,677; of flour, 51,722; 

 of fish, 20,503. The expenditure on public works 

 was 17,225; on police, 10,451; debt charges, 

 10,451. 



Trinidad has an area of 1,754 square miles. 

 The population in 1901 was 253,250. Port of Spain, 

 the capital, has 55,000 inhabitants. The depend- 

 ent island of Tobago has an area of 114 square 

 miles and 18,750 inhabitants. The people of both 

 islands are mostly of mixed blood. French, Span- 

 ish, Corsicans, Venezuelans, Portuguese, and Brit- 

 ish have settled in Trinidad at different times, and 

 the negro slave population was once large. The 

 present population comprises 89,178 Roman Catho- 

 lics, 74,549 Anglicans, 29,771 other Christians, and 

 about 78,000 East Indians. The number of mar- 

 riages in 1900 was 1,081; of births, 10,021; of 

 deaths, 6,841. The area under sugar-cane in 1900 

 was 51,500 acres; under cacao, 150,800 acres; under 

 coffee, 3,980 acres; under ground provisions, 34,- 

 400 acres; under coconut-palms, 11,200 acres; 

 in pasture, 15,000 acres. From the pitch lake in 

 the center of Trinidad 158,750 tons of asphalt were 

 exported in 1900. There are 80 miles of railroad 

 and 690 miles of telegraphs. In Tobago, which 

 is often visited by tourists from the United States 

 and Great Britain, cotton and tobacco are culti- 

 vated. Petroleum has recently been discovered. 

 The revenue of Trinidad and Tobago for the year 

 ending June 30, 1900, was 661,874, and expendi- 

 ture 630,200. The revenue from customs was 

 318.941. The expenditure on public works was 

 37.S01; on police, 46,706; debt charges, 50,- 

 623 : amount of public debt, 918,473. The value 

 of imports in 1900 was 2,500,258; exports, 

 2,584,549. The imports of flour were 152,270; 

 of textile goods, 381,106; of rice, 111,745; of 

 machinery and hardware, 154,744; exports of 

 sugar, 552,206; of cacao, 979,672; of asphalt, 

 176,079; of hides, 108,151; of rubber, 53,101. 

 The tonnage entered and cleared was 1,178,494 

 tons. The Governor of Trinidad in 1902 was Sir 

 Cornelius Alfred Moloney. The Legislative Coun- 

 cil consists of 9 official and 11 appointed non-offi- 

 cial members. Tobago was made a ward of Trin- 

 idad on Jan. 1, 1899. 



The Windward Ixlnndx have a common Gov- 

 ernor, Sir Robert Baxter Llewelyn, but each island 

 has its Legislative Council, 'containing official 

 members and nominated non-official member-. 

 Orenada has an area of 133 square miles, with 

 6.V>23 inhabitants. There are 41 schools, with 

 !i..~>2! pupils. Cacao, spices, cotton, and sugar are 

 the chief products. The island of Carriacou, one 



of the Grenadines attached to Grenada, has a 

 population of 6,000. 



Nf. \ lucent has an area of 132 square miles and 

 41,054 inhabitants, of whom 2,445 are whites. 

 Kingstown, the capital, has 4,547 inhabitants. 

 Sugar, rum, arrowroot, and spices are produced 

 and timber is cut in the forests. The northern 

 end of the island was devastated in 1902 by an 

 eruption of La Soufriere and 1,600 people per- 

 ished, while 5,000 were made destitute. 



8t. Lucia has an area of 233 square miles, with 

 49,895 inhabitants. The town of Castries has 

 7,910. The number of births in 1900 was 1,995; 

 of deaths, 1,087. The main products are sugar, 

 rum, logwood, and cacao. 



The revenue of St. Lucia in 1900 was 72,108, 

 of which customs produced 35,980; expenditure, 

 64,750, of which 7,850 went for public works 

 and 13.219 for debt charges; public debt, 176,- 

 680; imports, 403,593, of which 30,291 repre- 

 sent cotton goods; exports, 104,881, of which 

 53,578 represent sugar and 38,247 cacao; ton- 

 nage entered and cleared, 1,841,593 tons. 



The revenue of St. Vincent was 27,674, of 

 which customs produced 15,032; expenditure, 

 36,121, of which 1,432 were spent on public 

 works; debt, 14,470; imports, 98,591; exports. 

 100,327; tonnage entered and cleared, 289,712 

 tons. 



The revenue of Grenada in 1900 was 70,363, 

 of which 36,584 came from customs ; expenditure, 

 62,718, of which public works took 3,169; pub- 

 lic debt, 127,570; imports, 232,790; exports, 

 311,681, of which 269,931 represent cacao; ton- 

 nage entered and cleared, 439,009 tons. 



Barbados has an area of 166 square miles and 

 a population estimated at 195,000. The number of 

 births in 1900 was 7,337; of deaths, 4,663. The 

 Governor is Sir Frederic Mitchell Hodgson. There 

 were 169 elementary schools with 13,795 pupils in 

 1900. There are about 30,000 acres in sugar, 

 yielding 50,571 hogsheads in 1900. The export of 

 glance pitch in 1900 was 1,120 tons, valued at 

 6,162. About 1,000 men and 250 boats are en- 

 gaged in fishing, and the annual value of the catch 

 is 17,000. The shipping of the colony in 1900 

 consisted of 46 sailing vessels and 2 steamers of an 

 aggregate tonnage of 6,768 tons. There are 24 

 miles of railroad and 635 miles of telephone-line. 

 The revenue in 1900 was 185,475, of which 

 105,290 were derived from customs; expenditure, 

 182,866, of which 22,712 were spent on police, 

 9,677 on public works, and 19,497 on debt 

 charges. The amount of the debt was 416,850. 

 The value of imports in 1900 was 1,045,252, of 

 which 160,987 were for textiles, 67.223 for 

 flour, 84,412 for rice, and 57,677 for fish. The 

 exports were valued at 909,011, of which 509,- 

 706 represent sugar and 148.936 molasses. The 

 tonnage entered and cleared was 1,361,466 Ions. 



The BaJifimax, consisting of 20 inhabited is- 

 lands, besides many which are uninhabited, off the 

 southeast coast of Florida, have an area of 5,450 

 square miles, with a population in 1901 of 53.~:>~>. 

 The number of births in 1900 was 2,030: deaths. 

 1,234. There were 43 Government schools with 

 5,776 pupils enrolled. Pineapples, oranges, and 

 grapes are grown for export and the cultivation 

 of sisal fiber is increasing, the area planted bcinj.' 

 22,341 acres in the beginning of 1901. Sponui -. 

 shells, pearls, and ambeiirris are valuable sea prod- 

 ucts. The Governor in 1902 was Sir Gilbert T. 

 ( ,uter. The revenue in 1900 amounted to 7*.- 

 860. of which 67.992 came from customs; expend- 

 iture, 82,837, of which 12,111 were for public 

 works, 16,614 for debt, and 5,933 for police. 

 The amount of the debt was 112,226. The value 



