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“...Chapter VIII
THE LEEWARD ISLANDS
The Leeward Islands are a British Colony comprising
the Presidencies of Antigua (with its dependencies Bar-
buda and Redonda), Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis
(including Anguilla), Dominica and the Virgin Islands,
which were federated by an Act of the Imperial Parlia-
ment in 1871 (34 and 35 Viet. cap. 107). Their total
area is 704 square miles, or about that of the county of
Surrey. The seat of government is Antigua.
ANTIGUA
Where Nelson refitted his ships in 1805
Antigua—pronounced “ Anteega ”—which is situated
in latitude 170 6' N. and longitude 6i° 45' W., about 40
miles east of Nevis, the same distance north of Guade-
loupe, and 27 miles north-east of Montserrat, has an area
of 108 square miles and a population of 28,864. The
island, which is the seat of government of the Leeward
Islands, is oval in shape, and has three distinct charac-
teristics. In the south and south-west it is volcanic and
mountainous; in the north and north-east it is of coral...”
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