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SECOND BOOK. 
GOVERNMENT IN THE PARISHES (p. 191). 
Parishes. — Jamaica is divided into three counties, which are 
further divided into fourteen parishes. 
County of Surrey. 
County of Middlesex. 
County of Cornwall. 
Kingston. 
St. Catherine. 
St. Elizabeth, 
St. Andrew. 
St. Mary. 
Trelawny. 
St. Thomas. 
Clarendon. 
St. James. 
Portland. 
St. Ann. 
Hanover. 
Manchester. 
Westmoreland. 
Parochial Board. — A Board is elected in each parish for three 
years for the management of local affairs. 
The Duties of the Board include: 
(a) Levying rates for poor relief, sanitary purposes, and general purposes. 
(b) Maintaining roads other than the main roads. 
(c) Attending to conditions of health. 
(d) Providing markets, water-supply, &c. 
PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICES (p. 192-197). 
The Duties of a government are: 
1. Legislative ; or the making of laws. 
2. Administrative ; or carrying out the laws. 
3. Judicial ; or enforcing obedience to the laws, and the punishment of 
offenders. 
Departments. — These duties are carried out by various depart- 
ments, of which the chief (in Jamaica) are: 
1. The Colonial Secretary’s Office. 
2. The Public Works Department. 
3. The Treasury Department. 
4. The Customs, Excise, and Inland Revenue. 
5. The Post-Office Department. 
6. The Judicial and Legal Department. 
7. The Police Department. 
8. The Education Department. 
9. The Government Medical Service. 
10. The Public Gardens and Plantations Departments, &c. 
THE COURTS OF JUSTICE (p. 197). 
For the administration of justice we have: 
1. The Supreme Court. 
