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 348 THE BRITISH EMPIRE :— WINDWARD ISLANDS

Board for local affairs. Area 133 square miles; population, census 1911, 66,750. Births, 1919, 2,471 ; deaths, 1,332. Estimated population, December 31, 1919, 74,490. There were (1919) 11 Government and 48 Government-aided elementary schools, with 9,689 pupils and average attendance 5,669 ; Government grant (1919) 8,1751. ; and 1 secondary school for boys ; and grants of 150/. per year are made for secondary education to each of two girls' schools. In 1919 there were 1,944 summary convictions.

In the period April 1 to December 31, 1919, the revenue was 87, 295Z. ; the expenditure, 107,011/. (year 1918-19, revenue, 110,11 6Z. ; expenditure, 107,981/.). Public debt," 1919, 206,070/. Total value of imports, 1919, 438.110Z.; of exports, 637,249/. Chief expoits : cocoa, 539,740/. (99,368 cwt.), nutmegs, 54,281/., mace, 14,218/., lime juice, 3,155/. Value of imports from United Kingdom, 94,237?.; United States of America, 202,465Z. ; of exports to United Kingdom, 328,522/.; to United States of America, 107,867/. Total shipping entered, 1919, 737,560 tons, nearly all British.

There were (li*16) about 30,200 acres under cultivation. Sugar manu- facture is increasing ; rum is produced locally, 63,395 proof gallons in 1919. Important products exported are cocoa, 99,368 cwt. in 1919 ; nutmegs , 15,354 cwt.; mace, 2,193 cwt.; raw cotton, 2,748 cwt. ; cotton seed, 7,067 cwt. In 1919, 1,564 depositors in savings banks ; balance (Dec. 31) 19,382/. There are 959 miles of telephone line including trunk line and connexions.

The largest of the Grenadines attached to Grenada is Carriacou ; area, 6,913 acres ;- population, census 1911, 6,886. Under a land settlement scheme, begun by the Government in 1903, operations up to March 31, 1917, comprised the purchase of estates costing (directly and indirectly), 12,776/., and the disposal of allotment* for which 11,115/. had been received.

St. Vincent. Administrator and Colonial Secretary. — R. Popliain Lobh, C.M.G The Legislative Council consists of the Administrator, 3 official and 4 nominated unofficial members. Area, 150 "3 square miles ; population, census 1911, 41,877; estimated on December 31, 1919, 53,210, Capital, Kingstown, population, 4,300 (1911 census). Births, April to December, 1919, 1,320; deaths, 706; marriages, 99. For the year April 1918-April, 1919, births, 1,795 ; deaths, 1,113 ; marriages, 134. Education April to December, 1919 : 27 primary schools ; 3,581 pupils on rolls ; 1,859 average attendance; Government grant, 1,481/. There is also a secondary school for boys (40 pupils), and one for girls (20 pupils). Ten convictions in the Supreme Court, and 710 in the Inferior Court during the period April to December, 1919.

Revenue, April to December, 1919, 34,111/., of which 14,596/. was from customs (year 1918-19, 41,503/. and 20,141/. respectively) ; expenditure, 35,861/. (1918-19, 36,356/.) Public debt on December 31, 1919, 10,200/. Imports, 1919, 185,128/. ; exports, 153,892/. Value of imports from United Kingdom, 58,121/. ; of exports to United Kingdom, 87,523/. Total shipping. 313,599 tons.

Arrowroot, cotton, sugar, ruin, cocoa, and spices are produced. The Sea Island cotton grown is the best in the British Empire, it not the world. Vincent in addition is famed for the excellence of its arrowroot. Much of the cultivated land is in a few hands, but a large peasant pro- prietary is being established under Government auspices, and maiv small holdings in the high mountain lands have been sold by the Crown. About 20,000 acres (one-fourth of area) under cultivation. Besides the post a] service, there is a telephone system with about 163 miles of line.

St. Luoia. Administrator and Colonial Secretary, Lieut. -Col. W. B. jj Davidson-Houston, C.M.G., with a nominated Executive and Legislative Council. Area, 233 square miles ; population (Census 1911), 48,637 (22,336 I