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southern districts of the United States. It is recommended that 

 steam navigation be established between New Providence and the 

 out islands. 



"Turk's Islands. — These are an appendage to the government 

 of Jamaica. The chief source of revenue is derived from the salinas, 

 an export duty on salt being levied of one farthing per bushel of 

 35 imperial quarts. The population is only 3,250 souls, and with 

 that fact we may dismiss this little group. 



" Trinidad. — Taking an average of three years, the customs and 

 tonnage duties figure for about £74,000, and the local revenues, 

 which are the receipts of the ward unions, average £25,000. Lord 

 Harris divided the island into wards, for which he is highly praised. 

 The expenditure on the fixed establishments of the island is put 

 down at about £53,000 ; but the unfixed and contingent charges are 

 very large in proportion, those for 1859, exceeding £120,000. The 

 value of the imports in 1859, was £730,000, and of the exports, 

 £820,000. As cotton now occupies the manufacturiag mind, we may 

 state that in the year 1859, Trinidad exported 295 bales. The 

 financial balance sheet last forwarded shows the estimated revenue of 

 the island at £176,000, and the expenditure at £180,000, but this 

 excess is increased by some local items which we need not enume- 

 rate ; it is sufficient to state that the Grovernor proposes to make 

 good the deficiency by an income tax of 5d., ia the pound on all 

 incomes of £100 and upwards, and he expects it will yield £8000 a 

 year. Thus this bad fiscal principle, which all parties agree cannot 

 be made practically equitable, is about to travel to the West Indies. 

 The most interesting part of this report refers to immigration. It is 

 known that most of the colonies must have perished, or returned to 

 a state of weeds and jungle, had not labourers been procured from 

 India and China after the Negro Emancipation Act had been passed. 

 In 1858 the Indian population in Trinidad was 8,854 ; in 1859, it 

 was 13,544, but this was not entirely due to fresh arrivals, but was 

 partly attributable to the registration of many adults omitted in the 

 former census, and principally to a more particular registration of 

 children. In 1859 there were in the island 3,868 immigrants whose 

 term of industrial residence had expired, and who are at liberty to work 

 or not : but of these 1,360 renewed contracts with their employers, 

 at a premium of from £2 to £4 per annum. This is a satisfactory 

 proof that they have been well treated, and are content with their 



