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Imperial Department, and Jamaica Department. 



The Royal Commissioners thus appear to have founded their recom- 

 mendations for the new Imperial Department, mainly on the work 

 which they ascertained, was being carried on in Jamaica. 



It will be useful to compare the area, population and revenue of the 

 Islands which will receive the fostering care of the Imperial Grovern- 

 ment, and the expenditure proposed under the new Department, with 

 the area and the expenditure of Jamaica. 



The figures in the following table are for the year 1896, and are 

 taken from the Colonial Office List : — 

 Area Sq. Miles. 



Leeward Is. ^ 



' 1,508 



Population. 



He venue. 



Windward Is 

 Barbados , 

 Tobago J 

 Jamaica 



4,207 



480,076 



694,49r 



471,606 



777,133 



Comparing these figures, it would appear that approximately for 

 every £2 spent by the Imperial Government on the other [Islands, 

 Jamaica should spend ^3 or half as much again. 



The following table compares the estimates by the Imperial Govern- 

 ment of the expenditure which they consider necessary, and the esti- 

 mate for the year 1898-99 of the Jamaica Department : — 



Department of Agriculture in Lee- Department of Public Gardens 



ward and Windicard Islands. 

 Barbados and Tobago. 

 Chief Officer ... . £1,000 

 Clerk and travelling Super- 

 intendent 600 

 Eight Curators and ten In- 

 structors 3,070 

 Travelling and Office ex- 

 penses 600 

 Bulletins and Leaflets 500 

 Nine Gardens and experi- 

 ment stations 4,630 



and Plantations in Jamaica 



Director ... ^6600 



Clerk and Assistants 368 



Six Superintendents 903 



Travelling and other charges 

 including Bulletin 502 



Six Gardens| 



2,332 



£10,400 

 £2,000 



Total 



Four Industrial Schools 

 Additional grants : — 



Horticultural Shows 500 

 Agricultural teaching in 



elementary schools 500 

 Agricultural teaching in 



Colleges and Schools 2,600 

 Sugar Cane experiments 

 in British Guiana 1,000 



Grand Total £i 7,000 



Total 



£4,695 



Other charges not on Esti- 

 mate- 

 One Industrial School £680 

 Agricultural Society 2,000 



Grand Total £7,375 



* From the E<eporc of the West India Commissioners. 



t Including three — King's House, Bath and Kingston Garden*, [irhich are not 

 Agricultural Gardens. 



