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“...were erected in 1741,
on land purchased by the Government, as barracks for
the infantry stationed in the island.
St. John’s is lighted by electric light, and its streets
are very clean. The houses are nearly all made of wood
painted white. The rather commonplace monument on
the wharf was erected by the people of Antigua to the:
memory of the late Bishop Westerby, who died in 1888,;
aged 75.
The Post Office is on the left-hand side of the High:
Street, near the wharf, and the office of Barclays Banki
is in Newgate Street at the end of Market Street.
The Cotton Factory is in Newgate Street. Antigua is:
one of the centres of the revived cotton industry in the:
West Indies, and a visit to the factory during crop time,,...”
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