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“...). 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
business connected with the West Indies. The
Colonial Bank also affords banking facilities be-
tween the West Indies and Canada through its
agents in the Dominion, the Bank of British
North America. The Bank of Nova Scotia has
branch offices in Jamaica and Trinidad, and the
Union Bank of Halifax has recently opened an...”
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“...GENERAL INFORMATION 13
office in Jamaica. The British Guiana Bank
(established 18365 capital, $1,400,000, $926,520
paid up) has its headquarters in Georgetown,
Demerara (38-40 Robb Street), a branch in Ber-
bice, and agencies in all the British islands.
Having made up his or her mind to visit the Routes to
West Indies, the next matter for the consideration todies^
of the tourist is the route to be taken. The
facilities for reaching the West Indies, whether
from the United Kingdom, Canada, or the United
States, are ample, and, except in the case of
Jamaica and some of the foreign islands, there
are more or less frequent opportunities for getting
from island to island by steamer, sloops, or
schooners. Unless compelled to do so by stress
of circumstances, tourists will do well to avoid the
two latter means of communication, which are
uncertain and often involve considerable discom-
fort. As a general rule, the only sleeping accommo-
dation on such vessels is in what...”
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“...GENERAL INFORMATION
2 I
leave Hamburg for St. Thomas and Havana, Cuba,
arriving at St. Thomas on the ioth or nth, and
Havana on the 15 th or 16th. Fares: First cabin,
£19. These steamers give a convenient oppor-
tunity for travelling between St. Thomas and
Havana. Fares: 6s. 8d. On the return
journey they leave Havana on the 1st or 2nd,
reaching St. Thomas on' the 5 th or 6th. The
steamers on this service are Syria 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...”
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“.... 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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“...ANTIGUA
215
tried by court-martial but honourably acquitted,
only to fall in a duel by the hands of Captain
Bert, a native of Barbados.”
Like the students’ prisons at Heidelberg Uni-
versity, the walls of the barracks bear many in-
scriptions written by former inmates and visitors,
and among them is pointed out one painted by
the Prince of Wales when he visited Antigua in
H.M.S. Canada. It runs “A merry Xmas and a
happy New Year 2 you all.”
A variety of pleasant drives can be taken from
St. John’s, including (1) to Parham, returning by
way of Vernon’s (2 hours); (2) by way of Weir’s,
St. George’s Church and Millar’s (ij hours); (3)
via Gunthorpe’s Factory, Weir’s, St. George’s and
Millar’s (if hours); (4) by the English Harbour
road to Belle Vue, and thence by way of Ver-
non’s to St. John’s (2 hours); (5) via Marble Hill,
Weatherill’s, Langford’s, and Friar’s Hill (i£
hours); (6) via Friar’s Hill, Langford’s, Thibou’s,
Judge’s, and Cassada Garden (2 hours); and...”
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“..., Sir Tobias, 156
Bridgetown (Barbados), 61,63, 65
Briggs, Sir Graham, 75
Brighton sugar estate, 217
Brimstone Hill, 223, 225
Bristol, sailings from, 16
British Cotton Growing Associa-
tion, the, 297
British Guiana, 2, 6, 8, 7S-D9,289,
290, 291
British Guiana, books on, 53
British Guiana Bank, the, 13
British Honduras, 2
Brown’s Town, 109
Brussels Convention, the, 286
Buccaneers, the, 106, 121, 266,
275
Buen Ayre, 282
Buff Bay, 123
Bulkeley, 65
Bushy Park, Barbados, 65
Bushy Park, Jamaica, 111
Cabbage Palm, 7, 70
Cablegrams, 38. See table at
end
Cacao. . See Cocoa
Caicos Island, 2, 100
California, 137
Calliaqua, 186
Cambridge, m
Camelford, Lord, 212-214
Camelford’s Anchor, 212
Canada, sailings from, 21
Cannibals, 82
Cannouan Island, 174
Caparo, 137
Carapichaima, 137
Carenage Harbour, 162, 168,169
Carenage Town, 169
Caribbean Islands, 61, 62
Caribs, the, 41,155,164,172,174,
176, 192, 205, 218, 237,263
Carlisle, Earl of, 61-62, 176, 191,
205, 237...”
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“... . • • • i 3 3 1 5 3 o 86 (3/7) I IO 3 0 5 10 (4/1) 4 I O 9° (3/9) O 14 (°(7l O 92 (3/10) I I 2 4 0 04 (0/2) 2 7 3 6
St. Kitts . O 3 I 7 2 ij o 93 (3/i°i) O 72 I 6 4 45 (3/7) 2 4 O 97 (4/02) O 27 (i/if) O 79 (3/32) 0 25 (i/oi) I O O r9 (0/9-2) I 2 4 I 10-4
St. Lucia . O IO o 7i 2 2I I 08 (4/6) O 6 O 7 4 25 (3/5) 2 ni I 12 (4/8) O 58 (2/5) O 75 (3/12) 0 56 (2/4) I O O 5° (2/1) O 4 O i°4
St. Thomas I I 2 IO 5 0 o 83 (3/5I) I 8 2 9 4 80 (3/10) 3 IO O 87 (3/72) O 09 (0/42) O 86 (3/7) O 04 (0/2) O IO 2 I 2 5 3 3
St. Vincent I I O 6 2 0 I 11 (4/7è) O 7 O 5 4 3° 13/52) 3 ii I 15 (4/9z) O 65 (2/82) O 76 (3/2) 0 62 (2/7) I ~ 1 2 2 O 4 0 57 (2/4-2) O 8
Trinidad . i 8J I I I 4 I 22 (5/1) I 3 O 6 4 9° (3/ii) 3 64 I 26 (5/3) O 86 (3/7) O 88 (3/8) O 83 (3/si) I Io| O io|- O 78 (3/3) O 8
Cuba (Havana, &c.) • 2 III 3 4f 5 7 o 85 (3/6IJ 2 92 3 3i 4 i° (3/3I) I 4i O 85 (3/6*) O 60 W6)n O 10 (o/5) 0 92 (3/10) 3 32 3 ii 0 86 (3/7) 3 2 3 8
("Canada, Nova Scotia . 3 42 3 9 k 6 o o 72 (3/-) 3 2 h 3...”
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