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Gambia, were reconstituted under Letters Patent of 

 the 17th December, 1874, into one Government, 

 comprising Her Majesty's Settlement of Sierra 

 Leone, embracing all places, settlements, and terri- 

 tories which may at any time belong to Her Majesty 

 in West Africa between the 6th and 12th degrees of 

 N. latitude, and lying to the westward of the loth 

 degree of W. longitude, and Her Majesty's Settlement 

 on the Gambia, comprising all places, settlements, 

 and territories which may at any time belong to Her 

 Majesty in West Africa, between the 12th and 15th 

 degrees of N. latitude, and lying to the westward of 

 the loth degree of W. longitude. 



The population of the British Settlements on the 

 Gambia, with an area of 6g square miles, was given, 

 in 1881, as 14,150, of whom 105 were Europeans, 

 including crews of ships in harbour. Of the total, 

 4,454 were returned as farmers and farm labourers, 

 and 506 as mechanics whose pursuits are mainly, if 

 not altogether, confined to the Island of St Mary. 



The population of Sierra Leone and its dependen- 

 cies, with an estimated area of 3,000 square miles, 

 was given, in 1881, as 60,546, of whom 271 were 

 whites, inclusive of 108 crews of vessels in harbour. 

 Of this total 12,317 were farmers, farm labourers, and 

 market people, and 2,293 mechanics. On the former 

 group the Colonial Secretary reported as follows : — 



"Farmers, farm labourers, and market people number 

 12,317, but one half of these belong to the Quiah and 



