T. Russell. The town of Nassau contains about 5,000 in- S. P. Saunders. habitants. T. A. Thompson. James H. Young. J. W. Culmer. G. B. Adderley. R. W. Farrington. A. C. Moseley. Josiah Deveaux. Civil Establishment. Balfour, B. T Edition for 1889. .. Lieut.-Governor *The Governors previous to 1800 will be found in the Clerk, G. E. Taylor, 751. Receiver-General and Treasurer, Robert Butler, 4007 Registrar of Records and of Courts of Ordinary and Smyth, Sir J. C. 1st Clerk and Collector, J. A. Culbert, 2501.; 2nd. | Incumbent of St. Peter and St. Stephen, Abaco, Rev. H. ditto, T. V. Mathews, 1507. 3rd Clerk, J. T. Lightbourn, 601. Port Officer, Warehouse-Keeper, and Examining Officer, H. C. Lightbourn, 2501., and 851. boat allowance. Surveyor-General, Civil Engineer, and Commissioner of Crown Lands, I. W. Fowler, 3001. Clerks, J. H. McKinney, 1367. Inspector of Public Schools, G. Cole, 2507., and 1007. travelling allowance. Postmaster, Robert Smith, 2501. Resident Surgeon Superintendent of New Providence Chaplain, Rev. R. Saunders, 251. Inspector of Lighthouses, Staff Commander E. S. Judicial Establishment. Chief Justice, Chancellor, and Judge of Admiralty, Henry W. Austin, 7247., and fees in Admiralty. Attorney-General, O. D. Malcolm, Q.C., 400l., and fees in the Vice-Admiralty Court. Provost-Marshal and Inspector of Police, F. C. Halkett, 4007. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Coroner, G. C. Camplejohn, 2507., and fees as Judge, Court of Bankruptcy. Prothonotary, E. E. Duncombe, 2427., and fees as Registrar, Vice-Admiralty Court. Stipendiary and Circuit Magistrates, T. A. Thompson (personal allowance 1007.) and J. M. Rae, 5001. each. Clerk in Police Magistrate's Office, Nassau, P. W. D. Abaco, T. G. N. Bethel, 1507., allowance 157. Crooked Island, Thos. O'Connor, 1507. Exuma, John A. Bowe, 407. Philpot, 150l., and 501. rent and allow The exact date of the discovery of Barbados is not known. It is said to have been first visited by the Portuguese, who finding it uninhabited and rude in appearance, named the isle Los Barbados, from the number of bearded fig-trees which they found. It was nominally taken possession of by the English ship "Olive" in 1605, when it was almost uninhabited. In 1625 Sir William Courteen, a London merchant, under the protection of the Earl Harbour Island, J. S. Solomon, 215/., allow- of Marlborough, who held a grant of the island ance 201 Inagua, G. A. McGregor, 2007. Long Island, Erskine J. Stuart, 701. from James I, fitted out two large ships, only one of which arrived at Barbados, and the party, which consisted of some thirty persons, landed on the Ragged Island, Thomas ap Rees, 407. and leeward side of the island formed a town called 10. allowance. Rum Cay, C. L. Johnson, 407. San Salvador, J. B. Dorsett, 1007. Jaior of Nassau, W. F. Dalzell, 1507. Ecclesiastical. Bishop of Nassau, The Right Rev. E. T. Churton D.D. Rector of Christ Church, Nassau, Rev R. Swann, 275!. and a house. Rector of St. Matthew and St. Ann, Nassau, Rev. R. St. Mary, Nassau, Rev. C. C.Wakefield, B.A. Incumbent of St. Philip, Inagua, Rev. W. L. Glanville, 1507., and 201. rent. James' (or Hole) Town, and appointed Captain William Deane their governor. In 1627 the Earl of Carlisle obtained a grant from Charles I of all the Caribbee Islands. This grant was opposed by the former patentee, Lord Marlborough, but the matter was compromised on the Earl of Carlisle agreeing to settle on the Earl of Marlborough an annuity of 3007. Soon after this the Earl of Carlisle being employed on a diplomatic mission, the Earl of Pembroke, then Lord Chamberlain, obtained a revocation of the former nobleman's patent in his favour, and supported Sir W. Courteen; but on the Earl of Carlisle's return from his embassy, he remonstrated with the king, who reinstated him in possession of the territory. Wolferstone, a native of Bermuda, was then commissioned by the Earl of Carlisle as governor, and in 1628 sixty-four settlers arrived in Carlisle Bay, commenced the erection of wooden houses, threw a bridge across the river which intersected the ground, and laid the foundation of Bridgetown, the present capital. The leeward and windward men opposed each other, the latter ultimately triumphing. The civil war which raged in England contributed to people and enrich the island; and on the downfall of Charles, many families attached to the Royal cause found shelter in Barbados. The island was afterwards governed by Lord Willoughby, a Royalist, to whom it was conveyed by Lord Carlisle (son of the first patentee); but when the island was subdued by the Commonwealth, he was banished. In 1662, after the Restoration, Lord Willoughby renewed his claim, and the kinsmen and heirs of the two earls brought forward demands on the settlers. To satisfy these claims, a duty of 4 per cent. on all exports was imposed; and under certain conditions the proprietary government was dissolved and the sovereignty of Barbados annexed to the British Crown. The inhabitants long protested against the imposition of the 4 per cent. duties, but without success; and it was not till 1838, four years after the abolition of slavery, that the tax was abolished by an Act of Parliament. Barbados has not, like most of the neighbouring islands, changed owners: it has always remained in possession of Great Britain. General Description. Bridgetown, the chief town and port, is situated in the parish of St. Michael, in lattitude 13° 5' 42" North, and longitude 3° 58' 29" West. This town contains, according to the census of 1881, 20,947 inhabitants. The estimated population now is 25,000; Speightstown, the only other town, has 1,500 inhabitants. Carlisle Bay, the harbour of Barbados, is an open roadstead, much exposed to the wind from the south and south-west. There is an inner harbour or careenage, protected by a structure called the Mole Head. It is a port of registry, and had registered on 31st December, 1888, 41 vessels, of a total gross tonnage of 6,830 tons. The island is almost encircled by coral reefs, which in some parts, as off the parish of St. Phillip, extend nearly 3 miles to seaward, and prove very dangerous to navigation. Industry. The chief articles planted for exportation for some years after the settlement of the island were indigo, cotton-wool, ginger, and aloes, besides several kinds of woods; and the manufacture of sugar does not appear to have been practised with much success till about the middle of the 17th century, when the cultivation of the sugar-cane increased rapidly, and the plant became, in commercial importance, the island's most valuable production. At that period, too, the introduction of African labour was commenced. It is stated that, in 1863, there were 358 sugar-works in operation. At the present time they number over 500. The produce of 1871 amounted to 53,800 hogsheads of sugar and 33,500 puncheons of molasses; in 1876, 37,848 hogsheads of sugar, and 24,001 puncheons of molasses. In 1888 the produce amounted to 68,743 hogsheads of sugar and 42,832 puncheons of molasses. Population. crease having been checked by the migration to other West Indian Islands of large numbers of the labouring population. By the census of 1881 the population is returned at 171,860. It is now estimated at 180,000. English is universally spoken. Labour is cheap, and the productive capacity of the soil has been greatly brought out. The island has the appearance of a well-kept garden. Currency and Banking. Accounts are kept in sterling, and British coin is legal tender and the chief medium of circulation. There is no limit to the legal tender of British silver, and there is but little gold in circulation. The only bank doing business in Barbados is the Colonial Bank, capital paid up 600,000. sterling. Total number of branches throughout West Indies 13, total amount of deposits 1,682,946l. (31st Dec., 1888), total amount of note circulation (five dollar notes) 457,9531. In Barbados, estimated circulation 50,000Z. There is a Government savings bank, which had on 31st December, 1888, 8,364 depositors, and deposits amounting to 97,2107. Internal Communication. A railway from Bridgetown to the parish of Saint Andrew (23 railes as surveyed) was commenced in 1880, and completed on 10th September, 1882. The total cost of construction was 200,000l.; the receipts for the year ended 31st March, 1889, were 11,2531., and the expenses 13,317. It belongs to the Barbados Railway Company, Limited. There is telephonic communication between the police stations by 35 miles of line, which cost 1,4657., and is open to public use. Mail Service, Postage, &c. The Royal Mail steamers arrive in and leave Barbados every alternate week from and to England. There is also fortnightly communication with all the West Indies by these steamers. Besides the Royal Mail, a steamer of the West Indian and Pacific, or the Harrison Line, arrives every week from Liverpool. The direct line from London arrives monthly. The Quebec line of steamers arrive fortnightly from the United States. The fortnightly steamer from New York to Brazil also touches, both going and returning. There is a station of the West India and Panama Telegraph Company at Barbados, and direct cable communication with St. Vincent, and thence to the other West Indies, America, and Europe. Rates of Postage. Education. England 8d. A Government system of elementary education was established by Law No. 41 of the 9th December, 1878, which authorises an expenditure not exceeding 15,000l. anually. The population of the island in 1851 amounted to 135,939; and although it is estimated that some 20,000 were carried off by cholera in 1854, the census of 1861 showed a total of 152,727 inhabitants. By the census of 1871 there were 162,042 inhabitants, of whom 16,560 were white, and the The central administration is vested in a Board remainder coloured and black; the natural in-appointed by the Governor, and the local control |