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every year on an average, which gives the ratio of 1*36 per cent. 

 a result highly satisfactory. 



If we take separately the different classes into which the popu- 

 lation may be said to be naturally divided, we arrive at some 

 interesting conclusions, and such as are highly gratifying, so far 

 as the natives of the island are concerned. 



Natives of Trinidad, 782 ; yearly average, 156. 

 Natives of Africa, 950; yearly average, 190. 

 Natives of Asia, 1,462; yearly average, 292. 

 Natives of Great Britain and British possessions, 2,280 ; yearly 

 average, 456. 



Natives of foreign countries, 473 ; yearly average, 95. 

 Except as regards Asiatics, we may take the returns of 1851 

 as representing the number of individuals belonging to each class. 

 I think I can safely increase the number of Asiatics by 2,500, 

 making their total number in the island 6,700. 

 We then have the following results : 



Natives of Trinidad, 156 offenders ; population, 40,584 ratio, 

 0-38 per cent. 



Natives of Africa, 190 ; population, 8,150 ratio, 2*33 per 

 cent. 



Natives of Asia, 292 ; population, 6,700 ratio, 4*35 per cent. 

 Emigrants from other parts, 550 ; population, 16,658 ratio, 

 3*30 per cent. 



If we deduct from the number of offences committed by 

 Asiatics, those which may be regarded as breaches of the immi- 

 gration regulations, we shall have about 300 cases of ordinary 

 offences, giving a yearly average of 60 cases, or the ratio of 0'89 

 per cent. ; and immigrants from the British West India Islands 

 would then stand in an unenviable pre-eminence amongst the 

 inmates of the Royal Gaol, as appears from the following considera- 

 tions : Grenada, Barbadoes, Montserrat, and St. Christopher, 

 supply the larger amount of offenders, the yearly average being 

 respectively 68, 53, 50, and 49 : so that the average number of 

 prisoners from the three first islands is greater than that of the 

 natives of Trinidad. Among foreign countries, Venezuela, France 

 with her possessions, and the United States of America, contribute 

 nearly the same proportion, the respective numbers being 29, 22, 

 and 21 per annum. It now remains for me to perform the 

 gratifying task of exhibiting the merits of Trinidad as compared 



