U2 HISTORY OF THE [boor nu 
The military force consists at present of a regi¬ 
ment of infantry, and a company of artillery, sent 
from England; and a black corps, raised in the 
country—but provided for with the former on the 
British establishment, and receiving no additional 
pay from the island. The militia consists of two 
regiments of foot, serving without pay of any kind. 
The number of inhabitants appears, by the last 
returns to government, to be one thousand four 
hundred and fifty whites, and eleven thousand 
eight hundred and fifty-three negroes. 
Of the labour of these people I have no other 
means of shewing the returns, than from the In¬ 
spector General’s account of the exports of this 
island for 1787, a table of which, as in the case of 
the other islands, is subjoined. In this table how¬ 
ever, I conceive is comprehended the produce ot 
the several islands dependant on the St. V incent’s 
government, viz. Bequia, containing 3,700 acres. 
This little island is valuable from the commodious¬ 
ness of its fine harbour, called Admiralty bay; Uni¬ 
on, containing 2,150 acres; Canouane, containing 
1,777 acres; and Mustique, containing about 1,203 
acres;* the negroes employed in the cultivation of 
these islands (in number about 1,400) being, I be j 
lieve, included in the 11,853 before mentioned. 
* There are likewise the little islots of Petit Martinique, Petit 
St. Vincent, Maillereau, and Balieseau, each of which produces a 
little cotton. 
