ANTIGUA, SABA. 



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formerly a naval station witli barracks, forts and arsenals, whicli repelled trade, 

 and the basin has since remained deserted. 



St. John, a town of 16,000 inhabitants, is the centre of administration for a 

 presidency comprising Barbuda and Redonda, and for all the English " Leeward 

 Islands " from the Virgin archipelago to Dominica. Here reside the governor and 

 the president, who are assisted by an executive council appointed by the Crown, and 



Fig. 222.— St. Eustathts. 

 Scale 1 : 86,000. 



Depths. 



0to5 

 Fathoms. 



5 to 50 

 Fathoms. 



.50 Fathoms 

 and upwards. 



. 2,200 Yards. 



a legislature, half of whose members are elected by a limited body of voters. 

 1885 there were only 208 electors, who were outnumbered by the officials 



In 



Saba and St. Eustatius. 



Both of these islets, northernmost of the inner volcanic range, belong to 

 Holland, though English is the current language, as it is in all the West Indian 



