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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — WEST INDIES
(1897), 1,824 ; deaths, 1,163. Education (1897) : 34 schools (10 Protestant, 24 Roman Catholic), 4,447 pupils; Government grant, £2,844 3s. S^d. In 1897 there were 1,013 summary convictions, and 12 convictions in superior courts. Sugar, cocoa, rum, and logwood are chief products. Savings banks (end of 1897), 1,294 depositors, 8,498Z. deposits. Letters and postcards despatched, 72,718 ; books and papers, 6,324; parcels, 459.
Statistics of West Indies.
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Revenue
Expenditure
1895
1896
1897
1895
1896
1897
£
£
£
£
£
£
Bahamas .
55,643
65,126
62,754
55,758
60,134
63,405
Barbados .
146,215
176,932
184,606
152,039
184,020
172,551
Jamaica 1
818,687
754,086
677,064
783,231
807,975
766,534
Turks Island
7,312
9,707
9,477
7,547
7,383
8,384
Windward Islands : —
St. Lucia .
48,558
55,331
60,639
57,578
56,060
56,743
St. Vincent
26,037
26,990
25,396
27,901
26,588
26,520
Grenada .
58,695
56,275
56,973
65,343
60,523
58,549
Leeward Islands :—
Virgin Islands .
1,534
1,469
1,675
1,954
1,670
1,776
^St. Christopher
)
< Nevis
43,215
49,561
V 45,247
55,395
56,501
51,795
(Anguilla .
)
Antigua .
44,348
54,951
46,329
70,221
57,345
53,417
Montserrat
7,126
7,775
7,906
10,703
8,732
9,895
Dominica
22,860
24,905
23,610
27,102
25,189
24,061
Trinidad . . . i
552,275
577,141
567,158
549,771
558,699
579,027
Tobago . Total .
8,591
9,321
8,107
8,218
9,269
8,387
1,841,096
1,869,570
1,776,941
1,872,761
1,920,088
1,881,044
1 For years ended March 31.
Customs revenue (1897): — Bahamas, 53,456^.; Barbados, 106,880Z. ; Jamaica, 283,042Z. ; St. Lucia, 29,844Z. ; St. Vincent, 10, 961 Z. ; Grenada, 26,292^.; Virgin Islands, 720^.; St. Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla, 24,720Z. ; Antigua, 23,800Z. ; Montserrat, 3,684Z. ; Dominica, 10,652Z. ; Trinidad, 244,685Z. ; Tobago, 2,687Z.
The chief branches of expenditure (1897) were : — Jamaica : charges of debt, 112,651Z. ; police, 62,410Z. ; public works, 40,982/'. ; Bahamas : public works, 7,219Z. ; debt charges, 8,385^. ; salaries, 18,218iJ. ; police, 5,5491. ; Barbados: salaries, 78,406Z. ; debt charges, 1,561Z. ; police, 23,370Z. ; St. Vincent: public works, 2,769Z. ; St, Lucia: public works, 6,292/.; salaries, 17,734/. ; Grenada : public works, 9,615/. ; Trinidad : public works, 97,540/.; police, 44,044/. ; debt charges, 37,046/. ; salaries, 214,594/.
In 1897 the Public Debt of Jamaica was 1,994,184/. ; of Bahamas, 119,026/. ; of Barbados, 409,150/.; of Trinidad, 516,518/.; of St. Vincent, 19,100/. ; of Grenada, 127,770/. ; of Tobago, 9,500/. ; of Montserrat, 24,600/. ; of St. Kitts, Nevis, and Anguilla, 89,450/.; St. Lucia, 191,980/.; Antigua, 150,671/.; Dominica, 70,900/.
