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bargain. Of the 3,868 who have thus terminated their industrial 

 residence, all are entitled to return passages, except 750 who arrived 

 since January, 1854, who are consequently under a contract of resi- 

 dence for ten years, of which one-half must be passed under written 

 agreement and one-half not. This leaves 3,118 entitled at 'present to 

 return passages. Of these 210 registered themselves as wishful to 

 proceed to India, but before the period of their departure arrived the 

 great majority changed their minds and entered into fresh contracts? 

 so that out of the total number only 35 resolved to quit, and most of 

 these had acquired comparative affluence in trade. These are highly 

 gratifying facts, and silence the libel of tliose who have compared 

 the immigration system to slavery in disguise. The Bengalee coolies 

 are preferred to those from Madras on account of their superior 

 docility ; and the latter are said to be intemperate, idle, and de- 

 sponding. In Trinidad there are orphan homes and training schools 

 for Indian immigrants, and there is a well-balanced proportion 

 between the children of both sexes, which augurs favourably for their 

 social future. 



" Beitish GriTiAKA. — The revenue for the year 1 859 was £275,- 

 618, and the expenditure £263,194. The import duties are said to 

 show an improvement of £24,000, but the total amoimt is not stated. 

 The debt of the colony was £449,802, of which £320,000 was due to 

 Her Majesty's Grovernment. The military defences of the port, 

 abandoned for want of means in 1854, have been resumed. The 

 batteries are nearly complete, and are deemed effective against priva- 

 teers. This is all of general interest that can be gathered from the 

 report of Governor Wodehouse, which is very scanty ; nor is there a 

 single appendix. 



" Barbados. — The revenue for the year 1859 was £87,000 ; the 

 expenditure £80,000 ; but on the four years ending with 1859 there 

 was a surplus to the treasury of £32,000. During the last four years 

 the debt of the colony has been extinguished, for though there 

 remains an outstanding claim of £290, it cannot be called in. The 

 imports for the year 1859 were £1,049,000 ; the exports £1,225,000. 

 Barbados supplies foreign manure to the neighbouring British 

 colonies and partially to the French. This inter-colonial trade in 

 guano averages in value about £45,000 per annum. G-overnor 

 Hmcks, formerly Prime Minister of Canada, describes the condition 

 of the island as prosperous. 



