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“...TO THE WEST INDIES
height. The owners 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
Government, perceiving the strategic and growing commercial
importance 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 Turks Islands
and the other islands of the colony rendered common legisla-
tion impracticable. In 1848 an...”
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