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“...their height. The owners of slaves received the
benefits of the shares allotted to their slaves. It would appear
that some of the public officials and the ministers of religion
received their salaries in bushels of salt; which calls to mind
the ancient solarium or salt allowance of the Roman soldier.
Towards the end of the eighteenth century the Bahamas Govern-
ment, perceiving the strategic and growing commercial im-
portance of the islands, laid claim to them as forming geo-
graphically an integral part of the Bahamas group, and, despite
the vigorous protests of the Bermuda salt-rakers, it was deter-
mined by Order in Council in 1804 that the legislation of the
Bahamas Government should be extended over them. After
a bitter struggle lasting over half a century, it was ultimately
recognised that difficulties of communication and conflicting
commercial and industrial interests between the Turks Islands
and the other islands of the colony rendered common legisla-
tion impracticable and impossible...”
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