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to 121,334 dollars, and besides a certain contribution towards 

 the sinking fund. Next come the warden's salaries and com- 

 missions, 15,955 dollars, from which are to be deducted about 

 1,100 dollars arrears of salary, leaving a sum of nearly 15,000 

 dollars to be distributed between ten wardens, or at the rate of 

 1,500 dollars each; then 13,500 dollars are expended on the police, 

 9,545 dollars on education, and 7,600 dollars on charity. 



If we take the different unions separately, comparing popula- 

 tion and taxation, we arrive at the following results : 



Diego-Martin Union. Population in 1851, 5,506. Receipts, 

 9,197 dollars. Proportion per inhabitant, 1'67 dollars. Rates, 

 1-28 dollars. Spirit licenses, 0'28 dollars. 



St. Ann's Union. Population, 6,564. Receipts, 16,637 

 dollars. Proportion, 2 '48 dollars. Rates, 1'56 dollars. Spirit 

 licenses, 0'35 dollars. 



Tacarigua Union. Population, 7,938. Receipts, 19,393 

 dollars. Proportion, 2*44 dollars. Rates, 149 dollars. Spirit 

 licenses, 0'97 dollars. 



Arima Union. Population, 3,306. Receipts, 9,184 dollars. 

 Proportion, 2'77 dollars. Rates, 1*73 dollars. Spirit licenses, 

 0-20 dollars. 



Couva Union. Population, 7,755. Receipts, 29,433 dollars. 

 Proportion, 3 '83 dollars. Rates, 1*76 dollars. Spirit licenses, 

 0-46 dollars. 



North Naparima Union. Population, 5,997. Receipts, 17,174 

 dollars. Proportion, 2'86 dollars. Rates, 2*28 dollars. Spirit 

 licenses, 0-46 dollars. 



South Naparima Union. Population, 6,636 dollars. Receipts, 

 19,948 dollars. Proportion, 3'00 dollars. Rates, 1-83 dollars. 

 Spirit licenses, 0'35 dollars. 



Cedros Union. Population, 3,158. Receipts, 12,140 dollars. 

 Proportion, 3*84 dollars. Rates, 1*89 dollars. Spirit licenses, 

 0-30 dollars. 



Thus the union in which each inhabitant contributes the 

 largest proportion of local taxes, is Cedros, viz., 3 '84 dollars; next, 

 Couva, 3-83 dollars ; and South Naparima, 3-00 dollars. Those 

 wherein each pays least are Diego-Martin, 1'67 dollars ; St. Ann's, 

 2-48 dollars ; Tacarigua, 2'44 dollars. 



Those in which the proportionate expenditure is greatest, are 

 Couva, 3 '21 dollars ; Cedros, 3*08 dollars, and North Naparima, 



