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the real state of the case There are six distinct and 

 separate governments in the British West Indian Islands.* 

 These are the Governments of Jamaica, the Bahama 

 Islands, B .rbados, the Windward Islands, the Leeward 

 Islands, and of Trinidad, each of which has its own 

 Governor-in-Chief. Barbados and the Bahamas have 

 Constitutions of the free-born Englishman kind, survivals 

 of the old King- Lords-and-Ccmmons type: that is to 



* The following statistical details are taken from that useful publica- 

 tion, The Colonial Office List. The figures are for 1887 : — 



Population. Revenue. Expe idtture. Imports. Exports. 



£ £ £ £ 



Jamaica 580,804 590,192 613,960 1,322336 1,509,010 



and Turks' Islands 4. 732 8.350 6,378 26.727 26,015 



