THE HISTORY, 
CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL, 
OF THE 
BRITISH COLONIES 
IN THE 
WEST INDIES. 
BOOK VI. 
GOVERNMENT AND COMMERCE . 
CHAPTER I. 
Colonial Establishments.-—Of the Captain General or 
Chief Governor; his powers and privileges.—Some 
reflections on the usual choice of persons for this high 
office.—Lieutenant General, Lieutenant Governor, and 
President —Of the Council, their Office and Functions. 
—Origin of their claim to a share in the Legislature .—- 
Its necessity, propriety, and legality considered.—Some 
corrections in the constitution of this body proposed. 
T HE British establishments in the West Indies 
are commonly termed king's governments, in 
contradistinction to the proprietary and charter go¬ 
vernments which were known in North America; 
and, from what has been stated in some preceding 
parts of this work, the reader must have observed, 
how very nearly their internal constitutions conform 
