595 



Great Britain and the United States furnish most of the supplies and 

 are the chief markets for the Bahamas. The amount of exports and imports 

 shown in the following tables is in proportion to the restricted number of 

 vessels which enter and clear from Bahama ports: 



TABLE SHOWING PRINCIPAL IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE 

 UNITED STATES DURING THE YEAR 1902. 



Imports. United Kingdom. United States. 



Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. 



Cotton, woolen, linen and 



silk goods Unenumerated. 20,844 Unenumerated. 23,190 



Earthenware, glassware, &c. . " 6,345 " 33,395 



Tinware, hardware " 2,233 " 7,414 



Preserved fruits, &c " 3,732 " 11,810 



Ale and porter gallons 8,068 1,184 3,958 683 



Whiskey " 2,978 1,345 547 294 



Wines " 1,437 565 1,255 536 



Linseed and other oils ... " 5,184 683 124,812 3,908 



Rice Ibs. 2,046,072 9,051 207,154 965 



Sugar (refined) " 87,944 435 364,867 2,645 



Sugar (unrefined) " 739,257 4,129 60,086 363 



Iron nails " 109,234 745 



Copper and yellow metal . . " 16,650 353 4,306 129 



Candles " 7,904 176 5,439 138 



Soap (common) " 16,711 245 259,705 2,146 



TABLE SHOWING PRINCIPAL EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE 

 UNITED STATES DURING THE YEAR 1902. 



Exports. United Kingdom. I'nited States. 



Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. 







Bahama hemp Ibs. 8,814 92 2,336,497 37,482 



Cascarilla bark " 18,036 227 159,921 1,837 



Sponge " 179,797 8,867 753,382 50,339 



Turtle-shells " 16,773 6,707 3,886 1,979 



Sea shells barrels 678 481 2,007 1,399 



Conch shells No. 51,544 168 171,502 1,102 



Canned fruit cases 16 6 46,695 8,323 



GOVERNMENT. 



The Bahama Islands are governed as a Crown colony of Great Britain. 

 The Governor, who is appointed by the Crown, serves six years, unless his 

 term is shortened by removal or by death. To assist the Governor in the admin- 

 istration of the Islands, a legislature of twenty-nine members elected by 

 the people of the Bahama Islands constitutes an Assembly. The representa- 

 tion in the Assembly is as follows: 



