Colombia, H. A. Cunha.

Guatemala, J. C. H. Lewis.

Vice-Consuls and Consular Agents.

Spain, S. E. Pietersz, V.C., Kingston.
France, C. A. Malabre, V.C., Kingston.
Spain, G. S. Phillips, V.C., Montego Bay; G. S.
Phillips, V.C., Montego Bay; A. A. Lindo, Port
Antonio; Robert Nunes, Falmouth.
Sweden and Norway, G. S. Phillips, V.C., Montego
Bay; Robert Mines, V.C., Falmouth; S. C.
Peynado, V.C., Black River; Z. Jones, V.C.,
Sav. la Mar; W. G. Price, V.C., Milk River.;
United States, Robert Nunes, C.A., Falmouth;

LABUAN.

Samah G. Corinaldi, C.A., Montego Bay; M. Solomon, C.A., St. Ann's Bay; C. S. Farquharson, C.A., Sav. la Mar; P. A. Moodie, C.A., St. Antonio; W. G. Price, C.A., Milk River; L. D. Baker, junior, C.A., Port Morant. Venezuela, S. Soutar, V.C., Kingston.

7,578

7,995

7,212

7,359

6,713

6,717

4,509

4,525

4,391

The island of Labuan is situated on the northwest coast of Borneo, in 5° 16' N. lat., and 115° 15' E. long. Its area is 30-23 square miles. It is distant from the coast, at the nearest point, about six miles, and from Brunei, the capital of Borneo proper, about thirty miles.

The island, then uninhabited, was ceded to Great Britain by the Sultan of Borneo in 1846, and occupied in 1848.

Much expectation as to the success of the new settlement was founded upon the existence of rich coal deposits in the island, the development of which was undertaken by a Company which was formed in England at the time, under the name of "The Eastern Archipelago Company." The Company failed, and so have several others, and the coal resources of Labuan remain still undeveloped.

Labuan has a fine port, and is a market for much of the produce of the neighbouring coasts of Borneo, and the Sulu Archipelago, such as sago, bees'-wax, edible birds' nests, camphor, guttapercha, india-rubber, rattans, pearls, tortoise-shell, and trepang, which are forwarded by the Labuan traders to Singapore.

There are three sago manufactories in the island,

where the raw material received from the coast is converted into sago flour, which is exported to some extent for the Singapore market.

The inhabitants are chiefly Malays from Borneo, and Chinese, the latter being chiefly petty traders. The Government is administered by a Governor and a nominated Legislative Council.

Until the year 1869 the expenditure of the Colony was partly defrayed by an Imperial grant in aid, but since then the colony has supported itself. In 1871 the military garrison maintained by the Imperial Goverment was withdrawn, and an armed police force substituted by the Colony.

The chief sources of Revenue are the farming of

1877

Population, nearly 6,000. Governors.

1847 Sir James Brooke, K.C.B.
1848 William Napier, Lieut.-Governor.
1850 J. Scott, Lieut.-Governor (now Sir John Scott,
K.C.M.G.)
1856 Hon. G. W. Edwardes.
1861 T. F. Callaghan.
1866 Hugh Low (acting).

1867 Sir J. Pope Hennessy, K.C.M.G.
1871 Sir H. E. Bulwer, K.C.M.G.
1875 Herbert Taylor Ussher, C.M.G.
1879 Charles Cameron Lees, C.M.G.
1881 P. Leys (acting).

* The Imports return includes Imports from the Coast, which are afterwards re-exported to Singapore, and counted again as Exports. The Export returns include an item which is allowed for re-exportations to the Coast in each year in native boats.

Legislative Council.

was made by Sir William Colebrook in 1832 to revive the General Legislature, and though the

Civil Establishment.

Governor (vacant), 800%, and 3007. from Imperial Funds, as H.M. Consul-General for Borneo. Acting Governor, P. Leys. Is also H.B.M.'s Consul-General.

Private Secretary, L. B. von Donop (acting), 1007. Colonial Treasurer, A. S. Hamilton, Lieut. R.N. 400Z.

Police Magistrate, L. B. von Donop (acting). Surveyor and Superintendent of Convicts, A. S. Hamilton, 1007.

Colonial Surgeon (vacant), 3251.

Colonial Apothecary, R. Wilson, 2007.

Harbour and Post Master, A. S. Hamilton, R.N.
Chief Constable, Christopher Boyd, 2001.

Gaoler, H. Holkar, 2007.*

and the Legislature never actually met, yet the right to revive it was clear, and there is no doubt that the Act of 1871 is no more than a revival of

the ancient constitution of the islands. Subjoined is the text of the Act.

СНАР. 107.

An Act for the Federation and general Government of the Leeward Islands (amended by local Act No. 11 of 1878). [21st August, 1871.]

Whereas the several legislative bodies of Her Majesty's Leeward Islands have, by certain resolutions, signified their desire for the union of the said Islands under one Government in manner therein set forth, and have requested that the said resolutions may be embodied in an Act of the Imperial Parliament with all such provisions as may neces

The Governor, President.

Hon. W. H. Treacher.

Hon. A. S. Hamilton, Lieut. R.N.
Ecclesiastical.

Bishop, The Right Rev. G. F. Hose, M.A., LL.D.
Roman Catholic Mission-

The Very Rev. F. T. Jackson.

THE LEEWARD ISLANDS.

The Leeward Islands, comprising the Colonies of Antigua, Montserrat, St. Kitts, Nevis, Dominica, and the Virgin Islands, were constituted a single Federal Colony by an Act passed in the Imperial Parliament in the Session of 1871, 34 & 35 Vict., cap. 107. The text of the Act, which is given below, will explain the constitution and powers of the Federal Government and the relations between that Government and the several Island Governments. Sir Benjamin Pine, to whose energy and ability the passage of the measure in the islands is largely due, was honoured by Her Majesty after the passing of the Imperial Act with the dignity of a Knight Commander of the order of St. Michael and St. George; Messrs. Wigley and Freeling, the administrators of St. Kitts and Dominica, being on the same occasion made Companions of the Order, and Sir Oliver Nugent, President of the Legislative Council of Antigua, receiving the honour of Knighthood.

It may be mentioned, as of historical interest, that the Leeward Islands possessed a common Legislature as far back as the reign of William and Mary. Some Acts passed by that Legislature are still in force in the several Islands, notably one "to provide for the want of fines and common recoveries," under which entails and settlements of real property are effected, and which is considered creditable to the sagacity of the Colonists of the day as having anticipated by nearly a century and a half a very beneficial reform only effected in this country in the year 1833, by the Act 3 and 4, Will. IV, c. 74. The General Legislature met for the last time in 1798, when it passed a highly humane slave amelioration Act, which was allowed, a Catholic Emancipation Act, and an Act repealing the duty on exports of 4 per cent. for the benefit of the English exchequer-both which were disallowed. An attempt

expedient that the said union should be established: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:

1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Leeward Islands Act, 1871."

2. So soon as this Act shall come into operation in the Leeward Islands, those islands shall form one colony, consisting of six presidencies, namely, the several islands of Antigua, Montserrat Saint Christopher, Nevis, and Dominica, with their respective dependencies, and the Virgin Islands.

3. In this Act the following terms shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them, unless there be something in the subject or context repugnant thereto (that is to say):

"Governor" shall mean the Governor or officer for the time being administering the general government of the Leeward Islands "General Government" and "General Legisla ture" shall respectively mean the Government and Legislature of the Leeward Islands: "Island Government," "Island Council," and "Island Legislature," shall mean respectively the Government, Legislative body, or Legislature of one of the above-named Presidencies:

"Proclamation" shall mean a written or printed notice under the hand of the Governor, published by his order in each of the Presidencies which it may directly concern.

4. This Act shall come into operation in the Leeward Islands on a day to be declared by proclamation.

5. There shall be an Executive Council of the Leeward Islands, consisting of such persons or officers as the Queen may from time to time name or designate.

6. The Queen may from time to time appoint such officers of the general Government as Her Majesty may think fit, with such salaries as may be assigned to them by the General Legislature.

7. There shall be in the Leeward Islands a Legislative Body, to be styled "The General Legislative Council," composed of Ten elective and Ten nonelective members [thus re-enacted by Act 15 of 1882].

Provided that the proceedings of the Council shall not be invalid on account of any vacancies therein.

8. Of the elective members, Four shall be taken from the Island Council of Antigua, Two from the

Legislative Assembly of Dominica, and Four from among the unofficial members of the Legislative Council of St. Christopher and Nevis. The members for Antigua and Dominica shall respectively be chosen by the elective members of the Island Council from which they are taken, and those for St. Christopher by the non-official members of the Legislative Council of St. Christopher, and Nevis in such manner as the said Island Council may, from time to time, by any standing rule determine, and within such period as may, from time to time, be prescribed by proclamation, and every such member shall ipso facto vacate his seat on ceasing to be a member of such Island Council. [This section is printed as re-enacted by the Leeward Islands Act 15 of 1882.]

9. The non-elective members shall be appointed by the Queen in such manner and under such conditions as Her Majesty may think fit, and shall be as follows:

A President, who at the time of his appointment shall be member of some Island Council: The Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Auditor-General, the President of the Presidency of Saint Christopher and Nevis. Five unofficial members, of whom one shall be taken from the Island Councils of Antigua, Dominica, St. Christopher and Nevis, Montserrat, and the Virgin Islands respectively, and who shall ipso facto vacate their seats on ceasing to be members of such Councils.

10. Subject to the provisions of the twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth sections of this Act, the Governor, with the consent of the General Legislative Council, hereinafter referred to as "the Council," may make laws for the Leeward Islands, or any part thereof, on the following subjects:

1. The law of real and personal property, including wills, testaments, probate, and administration of estates of deceased persons:

2. The mercantile law:

3. The law relating to husband and wife, parent and child, marriage, divorce, and guardianship of infants:

4. The criminal law:

5. The constitution of courts of law, the criminal and civil administration of justice, including the jurisdiction, practice, and procedure of all courts of law, criminal and civil: 6. The establishment and regulation of a common convict station and a common prison discipline:

7. The establishment and regulation of a general police force, and of the other protective forces of the Leeward Islands:

8. The post office and the electric telegraph: 9. Quarantine:

10. Currency:

11. Weights and measures:

relating to any of the subjects named n the preceding section may at any time be repealed or altered by the General Legislature, and shall, without any formal repeal, be void so far as it is repugnant to any law passed by the General Legislature. 12. The Council may from time to time be convoked, prorogued, and dissolved by any instrument under the hand and seal of the Governor.

13. The Council shall be so convoked within six months after this Act shall come into operation in the Leeward Islands, and afterwards once (at least) in every year.

14. The place of meeting of the Council shall from time to time be fixed by proclamation. 15. The duration of the Council, unless sooner dissolved, shall be three years.

16. Every member of the Council shall, before taking his seat, take and subscribe before the Governor, or some person authorized by him, the following oath of allegiance:

"I, A. B., do swear that I will be faithful and "bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, "her heirs and successors, according to law.

"So help me GOD." But any person authorized by law to affirm or declare instead of taking an oath may make such affirmation or declaration in lieu of the said oath. 17. The Council shall appoint one of the members of the Council to be vice-president thereof.

18. Every member of the Council, except the official members, may resign his seat therein by writing under his hand addressed to the Governor.

19. Every elective member who shall accept any office under the Crown shall vacate his seat in the said Council, but shall be eligible for re-election.

20. When any elective member vacates his seat in the Council otherwise than by the dissolution or other determination thereof, the elective members of the island council which he represented shall choose a successor within three months after notice of such vacancy shall have been proclaimed in the presidency; and they fail to do so within that time the Governor shall appoint a person from that island council to fill such vacancy.

21. Until otherwise determined by the Council, the Council shall not be considered as constituted for the despatch of business unless at least eleven members be present and assisting thereat.

22. Questions arising in the Council shall be decided by a majority of voices; the President shall, in all cases, have a vote, and when the voices are equal the decision shall be deemed to be in the negative.

23. No vote or resolution shall be proposed in the Council having for its object to charge any part of the revenues arising within the said Leeward Islands, except by one of the official members, or with the express approval or direction of the

13. Education:

24. When a Bill passed by the Council is presented to the Governor for his assent, he shall declare according to his discretion either that he assents thereto, or that he refuses his assent to the same, or that he reserves the same for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon.

25. When the Governor assents to a Bill, he shall by the first convenient opportunity send an authentic copy of the law to one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, and it shall be lawful for Her Majesty at any time within eighteen months after such copy shall have been received by the said Secretary of State to notify to the Governor her disallowance of such law through one of her Principal Secretaries of State, and every such law shall becoine

null and void from and after the day on which the said Governor shall signify such disallowance by message to the Council, or from and after a day to be named by proclamation.

26. A Bill reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure shall take effect so soon as Her Majesty shall have given her assent to the same by Order in Council, and the Governor shall have signified such assent by message to the Council or proclamation, provided that no such message or proclamation shall be issued after two years from the day on which the Bill was presented to the Governor for his assent.

27. The Council shall at its first meeting, and may from time to time afterwards, as occasion may require, adopt standing rules and orders for the orderly conduct of business, which rules and orders shall take effect when confirmed by the Governor.

28. The expenses of such establishments as are common to all the Leeward Islands, other than the remuneration and travelling expenses of the members of the Council, shall be fixed by the Council, and shall, until otherwise apportioned by the Council, be divided into sixteen parts, which shall be charged as follows:

Such charges, however, as may be incurred in respect of immigration shall be shared only by such islands as may elect to participate therein.

29. An estimate of such expenses shall be every year prepared by the General Government and laid before the Council, and when passed by the Council shall be published in the Leeward Islands; and after such publication the Governor may, from time to time, as the occasion may require, draw on the public treasury of each presidency for the whole or any part of the amount due from such presidency.

30. The Council may, by any law or laws, alter from time to time any of the provisions of this Act: Provided that every such law shall be reserved by the said Governor for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure.

31. The term Governor or officer administering the Government, when used in any island enactment heretofore passed, shall, after this Act shall come into operation, and until otherwise provided by the Island Legislature, be taken to mean the Governor of the Leeward Islands or any other person appointed in that behalf by writing under

his hand and under the Public Seal of the Presidency.

32. The powers conferred on Her Majesty by the fifth, sixth, and ninth sections of this Act may be exercised by instructions or warrants under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet, or may be delegated to the Governor by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom; and such instructions, warrants, or letters patent may be issued before this Act shall come into ope

ration in the Leeward Islands.

33. It shall be lawfulf or Her Majesty, by Order in Council, from time to time, on address from the Legislative Body of any of the West Indian Islands not included in this Act and from the Council, to bring such island under the operation of this Act, on such terms and conditions in each case as are in the addresses expressed, and as Her Majesty thinks fit to approve, and the provisions of any Order in

ANTIGUA.

An island situated in W. long. 61° 45', and N. lat. 17 6. It is about 54 miles in circumference. Antigua was discovered by Columbus in 1493, who named it after a church in Seville, called Santa Maria La Antigua. It was first inhabited by a few English in 1632. In 1663, Charles II. made a formal grant of the island to Lord Willoughby, who sent out a large number of colonists. After an interval of French occupation, it was declared a British possession by the Treaty of Breda, 1666. There are no rivers, and few springs in the island, and consequently it is exposed to frequent droughts. Area of the island is 108 square miles. About £7,500 is annually spent in the support of Poor Houses, Hospitals, Board of Health, and for Medical Relief, Vaccination, &c. There are 14 places of worship belonging to the Church of England, 13 Moravian, 10 Wesleyan.

The Constitution consists of a Governor, aided by an Executive Council, the members of which are appointed by the Crown; and a Legislative Council consisting of 24 members, of which the Colonial Secretary, Attorney-General, AuditorGeneral, and Treasurer, are ex-officio members; 8 members nominated by the Crown and 12 elected

members.

The qualifications for Members and Voters were fixed by an Act of 1845, and are as follows:-

For Members.-An annual income of 667. derived from real property within the Island, or an annual income of 2007. derived from profession or trade, &c. Voters for the city and towns must possess land either in fee simple, or as a tenant for a period of not less than six months previous to election, and of the yearly value of 26. Voters for the country divisions-possession of ten acres of land in fee simple, or of five acres with building thereon, or land of the value of 1117., or one acre of land and building value 2227., or tenancy paying not less than 881. per annum.

The Island is divided into eleven electoral districts. Of the 208 voters registered for the whole Island, 130 are registered for the City of St. John. The districts are as follows:

Members.

Liqueurs, per gallon

050

Sugar, refined, per lb.

001

Tea, per lb.

004

Tobacco, per lb.

05

Tobacco, manufactured, per lb.

Dickenson's Bay and Five Islands

Town of Parham

Division of Old and New North Sound

Wines, whether bottled or not, on every

Wood, pitch pine, for every 1,000 feet by superficial measure of an inch thick White pine, for every 1,000 feet by superficial measure of an inch thick

ditto

.

Shingles, cypress and wallaba, per 1000 0 4 2

25 0 0

084

063

063

description, per 1000

021

1

Wood hoops, per 1000.

050

Staves, per 1000.

063

Shooks, hogsheads, puncheons, or tierces,

006

008

021

Division of Falmouth and Rendezvous Bay, and Towns Falmouth and English Harbour

each single pack without heading. Ditto, with heading

Coals, per ton.

And after these rates for any greater or less quantity of such goods respectively. All nonenumerated articles, six per cent. ad valorem. Packages, viz.: butts, hogsheads, puncheons, tierces, and trunks on their invoice, or in case of there being no invoice, assessed value.