chap, hi*] WEST INDIES. in 
ed Kingston, the capital of the island, and the seat 
of its government, and three villages that bear the 
name of towns, but they are inconsiderable ham¬ 
lets, consisting each of a few houses only. 
But the public establishment that reflects the 
greatest honour on St. Vincent’s is its celebrated 
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botanic garden, under the provident and well 
directed care of Mr. Anderson. It consists of 
thirty acres, of which no less than sixteen are in 
high cultivation, abounding not only with almost 
every species of the vegetable world, which the 
hand of nature has bestowed on these islands for 
use and beauty, for food and luxury, but also with 
many valuable exotics from the East Indies, and 
South America.—-If it be surpassed in this latter re¬ 
spect, by the magnificent garden of Mr. East,* 
it claims at least the honour of seniority, and does 
infinite credit both to its original founders and pre¬ 
sent directors. 
In the frame of its government and the admini¬ 
stration of executive justice, St. Vincent’s seems to 
differ in no respect from Grenada.—The council 
consist of twelve members, the assembly of seven¬ 
teen. The Governor’s salary (exclusive of fees of 
office) is two thousand pounds sterling, of which 
one thousand three hundred pounds is a charge up¬ 
on the fund arising from the duty of four and an 
half per centum. The remainder is by grant of 
the assembly. 
* In Jamaica. Seep. zi2. 
