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“...CONTENTS CHA'- PAGE I. General Information . . i C II. General Information (coni.) . 27 . III. Barbados . . . . *57 \ IV. British Guiana . . . . 78 V. Jamaica * . . , 100 ^ VI. Trinidad......................... \ VII. Tobago . - _ rj2 ^VIII. Grenada......................jgj IX. St. Vincent . -173 ■ X. St. Lucia....................X88 < XI. Antigua......................... f XII. St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Montserrat . . . .216 ^ XIII. Dominica . . - .................234 XIV. The Virgin Islands, Guade- loupe, Martinique . . 246 « A...”
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“...xii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Laborie, St. Lucia . . . . To face i>. 17 3 Kingstown, St. Vincent It 173 A Street in St. John’s, Antigua . It 212 A Typical Market Scene . ft 212 The Dockyard, English Harbour, Antigua '» 213 Camelford’s Anchor, English Harbour, Antigua . *. ft 213 Brimstone Hill, St. Kitts ft 240 Roseau, Dominica, from the Sea ft 240 A Typical Valley in Dominica . ft 241 Bidding our Friends “ Good-bye ” ft ■ 241 LIST OF MAPS AND TABLES MAPS The West Indies PAGE Barbados ...... 64 A Topographicall Description and Admeasure- ment of the Yland of Barbados (An old Map, 1673) 72 British Guiana 80 Jamaica 112 Trinidad . • . . . . . 144 Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent, &c. . 160 St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Kitts and Dominica Nevis, 208 TABLES Dollars and Sterling Tables . End of book Some Information about the British West Indies . . . JJ It Tariff of Cable Charges per Word ft ft...”
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“...% 1**^ THE WEST INDIAN SEASON 1909-10 St. Thomas (fourteen days). They then call at Antigua, Dominica/Barnaaos, Trinidad, Demerara, and Paramaribo, ^jrst-saloon passengers only are carried, and tickef^fo^tn^round voyage, which occupies about eightweeks, cost £38. Steamers: St. Jan, St. Croix, ana St. 1 nomas (3500 tons each). A fully-qualified medical officer and a stewardess are carried on each oi tne steamers, t he cabins are situated amidships on the main and upper decks. Fares from London :— ’ Hotels. Single St. Thomas £17 10 o Dominica } '^l8 » • Return £33 10 o £35 to o Barbados Trinidad \ Demerara / Single o 0 £30 00 Return £36 o o £38 0 o The Hamburg-American Line have arranged for two cruises in the Moltke (13,000 tons) from New York to the West Indies and Spanish Main, on January 17 and February 19, 1910. In Barbados the Crane Hotel has been reopened (Pension 8s. 4d. to 10s. 6d. per day) and the Crane House Hotel closed. In British Guiana Mrs. Forbes’s lodgings are closed, but...”
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“...79,871 68,383 288,665 78,008 96,554 417,299 St. Vincent. . ƒ1906-7 \ 1907-8 26,031 28,465 24,650 24,653 83,755 94,265 St. Lucia . . f1906-7 60,OZ2 60,293 242,469 220,313 1 1907-8 67,351 64,840 310,309 264,401 95,971 Antigua . . . ƒ1906-7 44,175 45,207 132,763 1 1907-8 50,620 46,968 168,396 I58,8l8 174,972 St. Kitts-Nevis ƒ 1906-7 49,613 46,067 160,195 \ 1907-8 50,351 47,170 180,347 189,903 Dominica . . ƒ 1906-7 34,149 31,055 103,224 X06,246 \ 1907-8 39,865 31,486 128,650 124,294 Montserrat . . ƒ1906-7 8,732. 6,578 22,807 23,982 1 1907-8 10,233 8,0x6 32,756 35,183 Virgin Islands. ƒ 1906-7 \ 1907-8 2,425 3,971 2,032 4,367 6,440 7,009 5,760 6,027 The latest estimates regarding population are as follows:— Barbados 194.518 St. Lucia 54,599 British Guiana 304,549 Antigua 34,953 Jamaica 830,361 St. Kitts 30,813 Trinidad 3ï6,I4I Nevis 14,076 Tobago 30,636 Dominica 3L943 Grenada 70,783 Anguilla 4,400 St. Vincent 51,779 Montserrat 13,315 The Virgin Islands 4,908 Errata. Page 129, line...”
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“...classifica- tion, which no longer holds good, the terms Windward and Leeward being now applied to two quite different groups of British islands, to which reference is made below. The British West Indian Islands are divided into six groups of colonies:—(i) the Bahamas, (2) Barbados, (3) Jamaica, with Turks and Caicos Islands, and the Caymans, (4) Trinidad and Tobago, (5) the Windward Islands, including St Lucia, St. Vincent, Grenada and the Grena- dines, and (6) the Leeward Islands, comprising Antigua, with Barbuda and Redonda, St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla, Montserrat, Dominica and the Virgin Islands. The colonies of British Guiana on the mainland of South America and British Honduras in Central America are also generally considered part of the British West Indies, owing to their proximity and to the...”
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“...8 GUIDE TO THE WÉST INDIES of perfection. Oranges while actually green are exquisite, and the tangerine variety is infinitely better than any ever seen at home. The grafted mangoes, for which Jamaica is especially famous, are exquisitely delicate in flavour, while a sound Antigua pine-apple is something to dream about. It is not long before the visitor makes the ac- quaintance of some of the following fruits, which are among the most popular in the West Indies: custard, mammee and star apples, bread-fruit, bread-nuts, cashews, Barbados cherries, citrons, granadillas (the fruit of the passion flower), guavas, limes, mangoes, melons, Avocado pears, pome- granates, sapodillas, shaddocks, and sour sops. In Trinidad, the small oysters which adhere to the roots of the mangrove trees form a novelty, and should be asked for; while in British Guiana it would be rank heresy to ignore the famous “pepper-pot.” The ingredients of this savoury dish are, pork cut into small pieces and fried until brown...”
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“...doubloons are all negotiable. Public accounts are as a rule shown in sterling j but as banking and private accounts are mainly kept in dollars and cents, and as much trading is conducted on this basis, a table for comparing relative values of dollars and cents and j£ s. d. is given at the end of the book. Banks. The Colonial Bank (capital, ^2,000,000; paid up, £600,000 ; reserve fund, ^15 0,000. Lon- don address, 13 Bishopsgate Street Within, E.C.; New York address, 82 Wall Street) has branches in Antigua, Barbados, British Guiana (Berbice and Demerara), Dominica, Grenada (brancfT'at St. George’s and an agent at Grenville), Jamaica (branch at Kingston, sub-branch at Montego Bay, and agents at Falmouth and Savanna-la-Mar), St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Thomas, St. Vincent, and Trinidad (branch at Port of Spain, and agent at San Fernando). The Bank issues letters of credit, drafts on demand, and telegraphic transfers on the branches, receives for collection bills of exchange, and conducts general banking...”
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“...conjunction with the Cunard Steam- ship Company, the company affords an alternative , route to and from Jamaica via New York in twelve days for ^11 (first cabin in Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.’s steamer, and second cabin in Cunard Steamship Co.’s steamer). Barbados is the junction for intercolonial steamers, and pas- sengers and mails are transhipped there for St. Vincent, Grenada, and Georgetown, Demerara (British Guiana) in the south fortnightly, and St. Lucia, Martinique, Dominica, Montserrat, Antigua, Nevis and St. Kitts in the north once a month. Besides the intercolonial steamers of about 2000 tons, there are smaller vessels plying (a) round Dominica, (b) between Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, and- Barbados fortnightly, (c) round...”
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“...GENERAL INFORMATION 15 Jamaica, (d) round St. Lucia, (e) round Trinidad and between Trinidad and Tobago, and (ƒ) round Grenada. During the tourist season special yacht- ing steamers are run for attractive tours at low rates. Ordinary fares :— Single Tickets, Out or Home. Return Tickets, Out or Home. Southampton. To or From. First Cabin. *2 c* First Cabin. Second Cabin. Col. X. Col. 2. Ser- vants. Jl Col. X. Col. 2. Ser- vants. Antigua . . . Barbados . . Demerara . Dominica Grenada . . . Jamaica . La Guayra . New York . . Martinique . Montserrat . Nevis .... St. Kitts . . . St. Lucia . . St. Vincent . . Tobago . Trinidad . . . 'S ■g $ 3 'S 'S 3 'Êfè 3 iS 'g ■sfs
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“...16 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES NORTHERN ISLANDS ROUTE Barbados 118 | St. Lucia 163 j 45 I Martinique 212 I 94 1 49 I Dominica 321 j 203 j 158 j 109 | Montserrat 358 I 240 I iqs I 146 I 37 I Antigua 407 I 289 j 244 I iqs I 86 I 49 1 Nevis WINDWARD ISLANDS AND DEMERARA ROUTE Barbados 97 1 St. Vincent 181 1 | 84 | Grenada 561 I 464 1 380 1 Demerara______________________ pieet;—West Indian transatlantic steamers: Atrato, 5347 tons; Orinoco, 4572 tons; Trent, 5525 tons; Tagus, 5545 tons, and La Plata, 4464 tons. Intercolonial steamers: Eden, 2145 tons; Esk, 2145 tons, and Solent, 1908 tons. Coasting steamers: Arno, 607 tons; Spey, 470 tons; Yare, 299 tons; Taw, 180 tons; Tees, 180 tons, and Wear, 180 tons. From The Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Bristol. q0 jfj (Elder, Dempster & Co., Colonial House, Liverpool, London and Bristol), Avonmouth (Bris- tol) to Turks Island and Kingston, Jamaica, fort- nightly. Length of voyage, ten to twelve days. Fares: Saloon, single, ^18 to ^25 ; return...”
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“...Berbice, Steamship Co. Ltd. From (William Smith & Co., of 86 Leadenhall Street, London- London, E.C.), London to Demerara and Berbice. Fares, ^17, ios. and ^20. The Direct Line (Prentice, Service & Hender- son, 175 West George Street, Glasgow), and The London Line (Scrutton, Sons & Co., 9 Grace- church Street, London, E.C.), London to British Guiana and all the West Indian Islands. Fares : Barbados, Demerara, and Trinidad, ^17, ios.; Antigua, Berbice (British Guiana), Dominica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vin- cent, and Tobago, ^20; Antigua, Nevis or St. Kitts, by steamer direct to St. Kitts, ^17, ios. The Harrison Line (Richard Bulman & Co., From of Mersey Chambers, Liverpool). Cargo steamers LlverP°°1- from Liverpool to Barbados, Trinidad, and Belize (British Honduras). Fares : Barbados and Trini- dad» 7> ios.; Belize, ^25. Frederick Leyland Co. (1900) Ltd. (27 James...”
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“...and St. Jan. Children over twelve full fare, from two to twelve, half fare, and under two years free. Pickford Ó* Black Steamship Company, Ltd. From (Halifax, N.S.). The steamers of this company, Canada- which is under contract with the Canadian Government, sail from St. John, New Brunswick, and Halifax, N.S., every twelve days, on the fol- lowing routes alternately:— Ports of Call. Distance. Time. Halifax to Bermuda. 800 miles 72 hours Bermuda to St. Kitts 925 .» 86 ,, St. Kitts to Antigua . 60 ,, 6 ,, Antigua to Dominica 123 ,, 12 1, Dominica to Barbados 170 ,, IS Barbados to Trinidad 210 ,, 20 ,, Trinidad to Demerara 36° >> 36 .. Total . . Halifax to Bermuda 800 ,, 72 ,, Bermuda to Montserrat . 970 »• 90 ,, Montserrat to St. Lucia . 175 >> 17 ,, St. Lucia to St. Vincent . 56 >> 6 „ St. Vincent to Barbados . 97 m IO , | Barbados to Trinidad 210 ,, 20 „ Trinidad to Demerara 360 .1 36 Total 2668...”
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“...22 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES Fares: Halifax to St. Kitts, Antigua, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Lucia, or St. Vincent, first cabin, single, $50 (;£io, 8s. 4d.), return, $90 G£i8,15s.); second cabin, single, $35 (£7, 5s- i°d.), return, $60 (;£i2, ios.); to Barbados, first cabin, single, $55 (;£ii, 9s. 2d.), return, $100 (^20, 16s. 8d.); second cabin, single, $40 (^8, 6s. 8d ), return, $70 (^14, ns. 8d.); to Trinidad, first cabin, single, $60(^12, ios.),return, $110(^22,18s. 4d.); second cabin, single, $40 (£&, 6s. 8d.), return, $70 (£14, ns. 8d.), and to Demerara, first cabin, single, $75 (^15, 12s. 6d.), return, $130 (^27, is. 8d.); second cabin, single, $50 (£10, 8s. 4d), return, $80 (^16, 13s. 4d.). Deck cabins, $5 extra each berth. Children under twelve, half rate; under eight, quarter fare; one child under three, free. First cabin passengers are allowed 20 cubic feet of baggage, second, 15 feet of baggage free, excess being charged for at is. per cubic foot. The steamers running on the...”
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“...Sampson, 2104 tons; Admiral Farragut, 2104 tons; Admiral Schley, 2104 tons; Brooklin, 1357 tons; Barnstaple, 1356 tons, and seventy-four others. The Quebec Steamship Company, Ltd. (A. Emilius Outerbridge & Co., 29 Broadway, New York). The steamers of this line, which was started more than twenty-five years ago under contract with Guzman Blanco, President of Venezuela, for a service between New York, La Guayra, and Puerto Rico, sail from New York to St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Kitts, St. Martin’s, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, Domi- nica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Barbados, and Demerara. The voyage from New York to...”
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“...in dollars and cents (;£i=$4 87 cents). The poundage fees range from 3d. for sums not exceeding jQi, and 5 s. 3d. for sums over ^38 but not exceeding ^40. The limit transmissible is £40 to the British West Indies, and £20 to Cuba and Puerto Rico. Orders must be taken out a full day before the departure of the mail. When, however, application is made too late, the advice will be telegraphed for 6d., with supplementary fee of 6d. for each order. British Postal Orders are now issued and paid in Antigua, Barbados, British Guiana, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Trinidad, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Parcels from the same places will be delivered in the United Kingdom...”
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“...but in 1833 this too was abolished. By the famous Act passed on 28th August in that year it was decided that all the slaves in the British Colonies were to become free on the first of August 1834, but were to be apprenticed to their former owners until 1838, and in the case of agri- cultural labourers until 1840; while ^20,000,000 was voted as compensation to the slave owners at the Cape, in Mauritius, and in the West Indies, the proportion allotted to the latter colonies being ^16,500,000. Antigua and the Bermudas dis- pensed with the apprenticeship system altogether, and it was in no case continued after 1838. Slavery was abolished in the French Colonies in 1848, in the Dutch West Indies in 1863, in Puerto Rico in 1873, and in St. Thomas in 1876. The slaves were gradually emancipated in Cuba by an Act of the Spanish Senate of December 24, 1879, which took effect on February r8, 1880, and the total abolition of slavery in that island was effected by a decree dated October 6, 1886. After...”
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“...there are also Roman Catholics and Jews in the island. In Barbados the majority of the inhabitants belong to the Church of England, which is endowed from the general revenue. The island is the see of a bishop, in which is included the Wind- ward Islands also. Small Government grants are given to the Wesleyans and Moravians, and also to the Roman Catholics, who are, however, few in number. The Leeward Islands also form the see of a bishop of the Church of England, whose principal followers are in Antigua and...”
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“...Masonry. A Provincial Grand Mark Masons’ Lodge governs four Mark Masons’ Lodges. In Scottish Masonry there is a District Grand Lodge, five Craft Lodges, one Royal Arch Chapter, and five Mark Lodges. British Guiana possesses a District Grand Lodge under the English constitu- tion, with three Craft Lodges, one Royal Arch Chapter, a Rose Croix Chapter, and a Preceptory of the Knights Templar, with a Priory of the Knights of Malta attached. There is also one Craft Lodge under the Scotch constitution. Antigua has one Craft Lodge and a Rose Croix Chapter. It will thus be seen that Freemasonry...”
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“...GENERAL INFORMATION SS manac. By E. C.* Garraway. London: Brad- bury, Agnew & Co. Antigua. Antigua and the Antiguans. London: Saunders & Otley, 1844. History of the Island of Antigua. By V. L. /, y Oliver, 1894-9. y' Dominica, a ^Fertile Island. By F. Sterns Fadelle. Obtainable at the West India Committee Rooms, London, is. Dominica: Hints and Notes to Intending Settlers. By His Honour H. Hesketh Bell, C.M.G. Obtainable at the West India Com- mittee Rooms, London. 3d. Notes on Dominica. By Symington Grieve. London ; A. & C. Black, 1906. 2s. 6d. X St. Kitts. A Young Squire of the Seventeenth Century. By J. C. Jeaffreson. London : 1878. Cuba. The War in Cuba. By J. B. Atkins. London : 1899. The Rough Riders. By Th. Roosevelt. London: 1899. Cuba Past and Present. By R. Davey. London : 1898....”
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“...CHAPTER XI ANTIGUA Where Nelson refitted in 1805 General Antigua, which is situated about 40 miles east Aflpe0t of Nevis, about the same distance north of Gua- deloupe, and 27 miles north-east of Montserrat, has an area of 108 square miles and a population °f 34>i78. The island, which is of an oval shape, has three distinct characteristics. In the south and south-west it is volcanic and mountainous. In the north and north-east it is of coral forma- tion, and the soil is composed of calcareous marls and coarse sandstone, while the central part is flat and of clayey formation. Unfortunately for the planters, it has no rivers, though Bendal’s Stream supplies a sufficiency of water for the sugar factory of the same name. The shores are lined with coral reefs, but the island has many natural harbours, notably St. John’s Harbour on the north-west, fully 2 miles long by three quarters of a mile broad, the historic English Harbour, formerly the port of call of the mail steamers at the south with...”