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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...”
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“... Cobham in 1719, but relinquished. It was again captured by the British in 1809, but was restored to its former owners. From Vigo the transatlantic voyage begins. The vessels of the Imperial Direct West India Mail Service start from Avonmouth, Bristol, and passengers embark overnight, leaving Paddington by an evening train. Two days out the cold winds begin to lose their sting, and on the third there is felt an appreciable change in the climate, which becomes sensibly milder, even if the weather is...”
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“... gangways, while woolly- headed diving boys of every shade of colour paddle about in rude home-made boats soliciting coins, which they retrieve from the water with remarkable skill and agility. In the case of the Imperial Direct West India Mail Service the ocean steamer first touches at Turks Island, arriving at Kingston, Jamaica, in from ten to eleven days; but the main incidents of the voyage are identical. If the steamer arrives, as it generally does, at dawn, it well repays one to...”
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“...GENERAL INFORMATION 39 tract in 1905, visitors to the West Indies will find postal facilities ample. There is mail communi- cation with the United Kingdom fortnightly by the steamers of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., and in the case of Jamaica by those of the Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Co., Ltd. There are also frequent opportunities for posting by private ships, letters in this case being marked “ per s.s.---” or “ per first opportunity ”; but, as a general rule, it is best to adhere to the regular mail steamers. The prepaid rate of postage on letters from the United Kingdom to the British West Indies, and vice versa, is id. per J oz., and to foreign possessions 2^d. per \ oz. On postcards the rate is id. each, and on papers -|d. per 2 oz., whatever the destination may be. In Barbados, Grenada, St. Vincent, and Trini- Express dad letters are accepted for express delivery in the United Kingdom, the full fee of 3d. being collected from the addressee...”
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“...BARBADOS 63 In 1834 the Legislature of Barbados passed an Act repealing the duty; but it was not finally abolished until 1838 by an Act of the Imperial Government. Barbados possesses representative institutions Constitution, without responsible government. The Govern- ment consists of a nominated Legislative Council of nine members, presided over by the 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...”
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“...Hackleton’s Cliff. *j2 GUIDE TO THÉ WÉST INDIES Paleologus was discovered in the vault of Sir Peter Colleton under the organ loft. According to the Greek custom the coffin, which was of lead, lay with the head to the west and the feet pointing to the east; and as the skeleton was embedded in quicklime, another Greek custom, there remained no doubt as to identity of remains. In 1906 a memorial stone was erected by public subscrip- tion to mark the place where the remains of Paleologus were interred. The memorial, made of Portland stone, represents the porch of a Greek temple, with Doric columns and with the cross of Constantine in the centre. It bears the following inscription, the wording of which was borrowed as far as possible from the monument of Theodoro Paleologus in Llandulph Church, Cornwall:— HERE LYETH YE BODY OF FERDINANDO PALEOLOGUS DESCENDED FROM YE IMPERIAL LYNE OF YE LAST CHRISTIAN EMPERORS OF GREECE CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH 1655-1656...”
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“...JAMAICA 113 the island may be obtained by taking a trip in Round one of the two coastal steamers of the Royal services. Mail Steam Packet Co. or the Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Co., which start from Kingston, and take about four days to perform the journey. The following is the itinerary of the steamer of the R.M.S.P. Co., but it must be understood that the hours are only given to indicate the time taken between each port, and inquiries as to the times of departure should be made at the offices of the company, 8 Port Royal Street:— Leave Kingston . Monday evening. Arrive Alligator Pond . 6 a.m. Tuesday. » Black River 10 A.M. „ 99 Sav.-la-Mar 3 p-m- .» 99 Lucea 6 a.m. Wednesday. 99 Montego Bay IO A.M. „ 99 Falmouth . 2 P.M. „ 99 Dry Harbour 6 P.M. „ 99 St. Ann’s Bay . 11 a.m. Thursday. 99 Port Maria 2 P.M* ,, 99 Port Antonio 7 P.M. „ 99 Morant Bay 6 a.m. Friday. 99 Port Morant Noon „ Leave Port Maria 8 a.m. Saturday. Arrive Ocho Rios Noon „ 99...”
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“...114 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES Arrive Montego Bay 2 p.m. Monday. 4 p-m. „ „ Lucea „ Sav.-la-Mar ,, Black River i p.m. „ 5 P-M- n io a.m. Tuesday. „ Alligator Pond „ Kingston . Noon Wednesday. The coastal steamer of the Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Co. follows the same route, leaving Kingston every Tuesday at 7 a.m. The agent of the company in Jamaica is Mr. E. A. H. Haggart, who has an office in Kingston. The fare round the island is only £3, first class. Sports. Cricket is king in Jamaica, and the cricket Cricket, dubs include Kingston, the Garrison, Melbourne, Fbotball. an<^ Lucas. Football also has its votaries in the Tennis, cooler months, and lawn tennis and croquet are played all the year round. Tennis tournaments, open to strangers if introduced, are held at the Polo. St. Andrew’s Club, at the Cross Roads. Polo is very popular, and is played weekly at the Camp and on the ground of the Kingston Polo Club. Golf. The links of the St. Andrew’s...”
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“...ST. VINCENT 181 It also contains a large collection of plants of economic interest, besides those of an ornamental nature. It is one of the institutions under the control of the Imperial Department of Agriculture for the West Indies, and it serves as an efficient centre for the propagation and distribution of important industrial and other plants to local planters. To visitors from temperate climes, trees and plants, such as arrowroot, banana, cannon-ball, cinnamon, cocoa, clove, black pepper, bread-fruit, india-rubber, mango, mahogany, nut- meg, pine-apple, teak, traveller’s palm, vanilla, and various palms and ferns, can scarcely fail to be of interest. The Government Central Sea Island The Cotton Cotton Ginnery is situated within five minutes’Glnnery' walk of the landing-stage, and should certainly be visited. It is one of the best of its kind in the West Indies, being capable of ginning and baling upwards of 4000 lbs. of cotton lint per working day of nine...”
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“...182 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES experimental plots. There is also a small Stock Farm attached to it, where pedigree animals are kept. The pupils of the school, about twenty-five in number, receive a sound education in practical agriculture and applied sciences free of cost to their parents. Visitors can inspect this institu- tion also on application to the resident master in charge. Both the Cotton Ginnery and Agricultural School are under the control of the Imperial Department of Agriculture. Soufrière. If time Permits> an expedition should be made to the Soufrière, the volcano (3500 feet high) situated at the northern end of the island, which suddenly burst into violent eruption on 7th May 1902, a day in advance of La Montagne Pelée in Martinique, after being quiescent since 1812, and continued in a state of activity until March 1903. The following account of the eruption, which re- sulted in the loss of 2000 lives, was given by the Rev. J. H. Darrell of Kingstown...”
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“...ANTIGUA 205 be taken as any criterion of the climate, as it is increased, as in so many West Indian 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...”
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“...DOMINICA 235 principal of them are the Layou and Pagoua, which nearly intersect the range of mountains in the middle of the island. At this part, the range resolves itself into undulating country of some 20,000 acres, varying from 200 to 1500 feet in height, called the Layou Flats. This district, which is very fertile and admirably adapted for the cultivation of cocoa, coffee, limes, rubber, spices, oranges, and almost every kin^of tropical produce, has undergone rapid development since it was rendered accessible by the Imperial Road, which is 18 miles in length and extends to Bassinville. The road was begun in 1899, the cost, which was ^15,000, being defrayed by an Imperial grant. When properly bridged and reduced to a suitable gradient for carts, it will be of more use to settlers for getting their produce to the coast than it is at present. Roseau, the capital (population 2764), on the leeward side of the island, has only an open roadstead, but Prince Rupert’s...”
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“...DOMINICA 245 while periodically the whole of the lake is emptied by means, it is presumed, of some sub- terranean channel. A ride should be taken along the new Imperial Road, so named because it was The Imperial ' a gift to the island from the mother country. The Road' views from Sylvania of the mountains, and from Lancashire through the valley to the sea, seven miles distant, are indescribably beautiful. A few miles farther on is Riversdale, situated at the ex- treme height of the Layou Flats. A ride or drive ■for a few miles along the Coast Road to the north The Coast or south of Roseau conveys to the EuropeanRoad- visitor a good idea of the dwellings and of the manners and customs of the West Indian peas- antry, which are a never-ending source of interest. About two miles to the south of the town is the fishing village of La Pointe Michel, which is fringed with graceful cocoa-nut palms. Many of the residents are refugees from the Martinique villages which were...”
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“... decided to extend a business in this direction; and from such small beginnings has arisen the United Fruit Company with its large fleet of 1 steamers, one or more of which sail from Jamaica every day to American ports with a full comple- * ment of bananas. The industry received an impetus in 1900, ■*** when the Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Company was formed, and granted a subsidy of ^40,000 per annum for ten years to buy and carry 20,000 bunches of bananas every week from...”
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“..., and prices rose very rapidly. There was a serious cotton famine in Lancashire, and the British Cotton Growing Association was formed in Manchester to promote the growth of cotton in British dominions, and consequently to render Great Britain less dependent on foreign countries for its cotton supply. To the credit of the West Indian planters be it said, they very readily experimented with cotton seed imported from the United States, and, with the help of the Imperial Department of Agriculture, the cotton industry has been successfully re-established in...”
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“...302 GUIDE TO THE WEST INDIES Turks Islands. The Royal Standard (weekly). Trinidad. The Mirror (daily). The Port of Spain Gazette (daily, Sundays included). Antigua. The Antigua Standard (weekly). St. Kitts. The St. Christopher Gazette (weekly). The St. Kitts Daily Express (daily). Dominica. The Dominica Guardian. The Dominican. The Leeward Islands Free Press. (All weekly.) Grenada. St. George’s Chronicle (weekly). The Federalist. St. Lucia. The Voice of St. Lucia (weekly). The St Lucia Guardian (weekly).' St. Vincent. The Times (weekly). The Sentry (weekly). British Honduras. The Clarion (weekly). The Colonial Guardian (weekly). The Imperial Department of Agriculture, of 1 which the headquarters are at Bridgetown, Bar- bados, issues The Agricultural News, a weekly journal devoted to Agriculture, and a monthly Bulletin. The Botanical Departments of Jamaica j and Trinidad also issue agricultural and scientific Bulletins periodically, and for those...”
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“...3io INDEX Hollymount, 108, 128 Home, Lieut.-Governor Ninian, 165, 171 Homeward voyage, 303 Hope Bay, hi Hope Gardens, Kingston, 120 Hotels — Barbados, 63 ; British Guiana, 84 ; Jamaica, 107; Trinidad, 135; Tobago, 157; Grenada, 166; St. Vincent, 177; St. Lucia, 194 ; Antigua, 207; St. Kitts, 221; Nevis, 227; Montserrat, 233; Dominica, 239; Guadeloupe, 252; Marti- nique, 254; St. Thomas, 264 ; St. Croix, 270; Puerto Rico, 281 Huevos, 131 Hugues, Victor, the French re- publican, 165, 171, 193, 238 Hurricanes, 5, 71, 133, 155, 164, 175» 180, 223, 231, 236, 249, 252, 274, 280 Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Co., Ltd., 16, 31, 34,113, 294 im Thum, Sir E., 79, 97-99 Indigo, 253 Industries, 984-300, 58, 79, 102, *32» 153» 162* 174* 189» 2°3. 217, 226, 231, 236, 248, 250, 253, 262, 269, 271, 274, 280 Infectious diseases, 6 Ipswich, in, 128 Irish brogue in Montserrat, 50 Irish prisoners as settlers, 46 Jackson, Colonel, 105 Jamaica, 2, 100-199...”