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“...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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“...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 service are:
Olenda, 4000 tons; Orinoco, 3000 tons; Oruro,
2000 tons, and Ocama, 2000 tons.
Every consideration is shown to tourists desirous
of making the round trip, and time is allowed to
visit each island and to see the “ sights.”
On the 15th of every month, the Beta, 1100
tons, sails from Halifax to Bermuda, Turks Island,
Santiago, Cuba, and Jamaica; and the Boston,
1600 tons, sails from Halifax to Santiago, Cuba,
and Jamaica on the 1st of every month. The...”
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“...exception of Nevis, Montserrat, the Virgin
Islands, and Tobago, are in telegraphic communica-
tion with the outside world by means of the cables
of the West India and Panama Telegraph Company,
Limited (Dashwood House, Old Broad Street,
London), and the Direct West India Cable Com-
pany, Limited (33 Old Broad Street, London);
and between Trinidad and Tobago, communication
has been established by radio-telegraphy. Tele-
grams by the Direct West India Cable Company
should be marked on the address “ via Bermuda,”
for which additional words no charge is made. At
the end of the book will be found a table, for the
compilation of which the writer is indebted to the
West India and Panama Telegraph Company,
giving the tariff per word between British Guiana,
the various West Indian Islands, Great Britain,
Canada, the United States, and the principal
European countries.
Though not so complete as they were before
the abandonment of the West Indian mail con-...”
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“...Governor
and a House of Assembly consisting of twenty-
four members, elected annually by the people
on the basis of a moderate franchise. At general
elections to the latter body there is frequently no
contest, a fact which speaks volumes for the con-
tented state of the inhabitants, who prefer to
devote their time to the development of the island
rather than to political strife, an example which
might with advantage be followed elsewhere. Next
to the House of Commons and the House of
Assembly in Bermuda, the Barbados House of
Assembly is the most ancient legislative body in
British dominions.
Bridgetown.—The Marine Hotel, Hastings, two Hotels.
miles from town. Horse trams pass the grounds.
A good and airy hotel, conducted on the American
system. R.L.A., 4s. to 8s. per day. B. 3s. L. 3s.
D. 4s. Pension 8s. 4d. to 12s. 6d. per day, or
with rooms with baths, 16s. 8d. per day. Each
meal served in room, is. o|d. extra. The Ice
House Hotel, near the harbour. Pension 6s. 3d.
per day, _£8, 6s. 8d. per...”
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“...192 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES
island and built a fort there at an earlier date,
the English undoubtedly formed the first settle-
ment in St. Lucia. The crew of the Olive Blossom,
after visiting Barbados, called there; and in 1638
settlers from Bermuda and St. Kitts, under the
command of Captain Judlee, landed in the island ;
but they had trouble with the natives, who killed
their Governor and drove them from the island.
In 1650 Du Parquet bought St. Lucia, and sent
forty settlers to it under Rousselan, who married
a Carib woman, thereby establishing cordial rela-
tions with the natives. On his death, however,
they murdered three of his successors before the
treaty of 1660 was settled, securing the Caribs
from interference in Dominica and St. Vincent
on condition of their keeping the peace elsewhere.
In 1664 Lord Willoughby sent 1000 Barbadians
to the island, defraying their expenses out of the
4h Per cent, export duty, which for many years
was a grievance of the Barbadians. The French
were...”
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“...colonies, by
the excessive infant mortality among the negroes.
Columbus discovered Antigua on his second History,
voyage in 1493, and christened it after Sta.
Maria la Antigua, a church in Seville. In 1629
D’Esnambuc made an abortive attempt to settle
the island, but he was driven away by want of
water, and it was not settled until 1632, when
some English from St. Kitts established themselves
there. During the Commonwealth it remained
Royalist, and was included with Virginia, Bar-
bados, and Bermuda in the Imperial Act of 1650,
which prohibited trade with those dependencies
on account of their rebellious attitude towards the
home Government. Lord Willoughby of Parham,
lessee of the patent left by Lord Carlisle to his
son, visited the Leeward Islands from Barbados
in 1650, and encouraged them to resist the
Commonwealth. He was compelled to relinquish
the government of the islands in 1652, but
he returned in 1663 after the Restoration, and
governed until 1666, when he was lost at sea,
and...”
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