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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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“...ST. LUCIA
191
Year. Revenue. Eto”di‘ Imports. Exports.
General. Bunker Coal. Total. ’ HI
1900 1901- 2 1902- 3 1903- 4 i9<>4-5 1905-6 £ 72,108 67.365 72.193 66,009 69,272 61,877 £ 64.75° 67,486 69,408 70,692 65,508 62,521 £ 4°3.597 302,652 326,324 351,086 370,706 285,986 £ 104,881 77.871 73.458 105,983 101,449 109,027 £ 124,555 110,196 84,295 63,506 70,581 102,626 £ 229,436 ' 188,067 j 157.753 169,489 1 172,030 1 211,653
as
The principal exports in the year 1905-6 were
follows:—
Value.
Sugar . . • • £45.163
Cocoa.......................38,041
St. Lucia is damp, and therefore less healthy climate,
for Europeans than some of the neighbouring
colonies. The temperature varies from 59° Fahr.
to 95° Fahr., the coolest month being February,
and the hottest July. The rainfall is between
80 and 100 inches per annum. The death rate
is 20 per thousand.
St. Lucia derives its name from the fact that it History,
was discovered on St. Lucy’s Day, 13th December
1502. Its possession was a constant...”
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