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Imports and exports (including specie) for six years : —

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Export*

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Imports Export*



1914 367,524

1915 363,410

1916 475.067

£

223,491

243,431 332.679

1917 1918

4 £ 493,584 402,477 367,180 171 539,242 140

Principal imports (1919) were : Cotton, linen, and woollen goods, 71,685/. flour, 88,458/. ; earthenware, 1,303/. ; hardware, 5,257/. ; cornmeal and hominy, 25,474/ ; rice, 13,295/. ; sugar, 27,596/. ; milk, 8,189/. ; lard, butter, and oleo, 27,222/. ; spirits, wines, and malt, 46,684/. ; cigars, cigarettes, and tobacco", 9,679/. : boots and shoes, 16,545/. ; furniture, 2,760/. ; oils, 11,080/. ; paints, 6,121/. ; cordage and twine, 6,831/. ; meats, 14,237/.; foodstuffs, 11,035/. ; biscuits, 1,835/.; coffee, 3,898/.; grain, 11,236/. ; lumber and shingles, 18,200/. ; hats and caps, 3,235/. ; iron and steel manufactures, 6,060/. ; soaps, 4,189/.

Imports from United Kingdom (1919) were ralued at 34,179/., or 63 per cent.; from America, 435,922/., or 80'8 percent. ; from British West Indies, at 45,764/., or 84 per cent. ; from Canada, 20,328/. or 3'4 per cent. ; other countries, 2,843/., or o percent.

Principal exports (1919) were: Sisal, 6,341,363 lbs., 85,131/.; sponge, 1,699,679 lbs., 204,437/. ; salt, 88,422 bushels, 1,639/. ; pineapples, pre- served, 7,591/. ; fish, 3,130/. ; fruit, 1,723/. ; hides and skins, 1,298/. ; tomatoes, 5,095/. ; shells, 3,113/. ; turtle shell, 33,626/. Exports to the United Kingdom were 63,221/., or 1654 per cent. ; America, 243,320/., or 63 '67 per cent. ; other countries, 75,599/., or 19 '79 per cent.

The total shipping entered and cleared in 1919 was 159,310 tons, of which 33,098 were British, 117,724 American, and 8,498 other countries.

In 1918 the total number of postal packets, exclusive of parcels, received and dispatched, was 810,155. In 1919-20 9,305 telegraph messages were handled by radio, the only existing means for telegraphy. There are 460 telephone stations in Nassau and suburbs.

The Royal Bank of Canada has a branch at Nassau. British silver and bronze coin are legal tender without limit. British Treasury notes are in circulation, and American gold and silver certificates, though not legal tender, are accepted.

BARBADOS

Lies to the E. of the Windward Islands.

Governor.— Lt.-Col. Sir C. R. M. O'Brien, K.C.M.G. (2,500/.), with Executive Council, Executive Committee, Legislative Council of 9 Members (appointed by the King), and House of Assembly of 24 members, elected annually by the people ; in 1919, there were 1,836 registered electors.

Colonial Secretary.—

Area, 166 square miles ; population (census of 1911), 171,893. Estimated population, December 31, 1919, 200,368. Capital, Bridgetown ; population 16,648 ; Speightstown, 1,500. Births (1919) 5,389, deaths 6,064. Govern- ment grants to the Church of England, 9,720/. ; Wesleyan, 700/. ; Moravians, 400/. ; Roman Catholic, 50/.— per annum, 10,870/. Education is under the care of the Government. In 1919 there were 136 primary schools, 19,363 pupils on rolls, and 11,351 in average attendance ; 6 second-grade