REPOET ON' THE BAHAMAS For the Year 1864. BT GOVERNOR RAWSON. LONDON: PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, PBINTEES TO THE QTJEEX'S M03I EXCEILEST S1AJ3E31T. FOE HER MAJESTY'S- STATIONERY OFFICE. 1866. INDEX TO KEPORT. ' I. Gbogbaphicai, axd Eelativi: Position - - _ - ^6 2. Number and Size --__._. 9 3. Geological Formation - - - 11 4. Soil - - - - . . . - 12 5. Climate and Meteorology - - - - . - 13 6. Population : — 1. Origin ... ... . -16 2. Number _- - - - .- -T-_ -17 3. Distribution - -- - 17 4. Baces " - - - '. - - - -18 5. Employments - - - " - - - -18 6. Proportion of the sexes - - - - _ -19 7. Ages - r - - -~ " - . -19 8. Births and deaths - 19 9. Sanitary state - - - - - 21 10. Immigration and emigration - - - . - 22 11. Religious belief and instruction - ..__/. _ - 22 „ 12. Education - . - - - - . _. - 25 _ 13. Libraries, newspapers, and publications - - - - 26 14. Crime - - - - - - » -27 15. Pauperism ...... 30 7. GOVEENMEST : 1. Constitution ----- - -. . - . - - .- . - _ - 30 2. Local institutions - - - " _ 31 3. Legislation of 1864 - - - - 32 8. Land : — 1. Area -------.33 2. Terms of grant and sale - 33 3. Division ... .-..33 - 9. Agriculture - - - - - -34 10. Productions : — 1. Guano ... _ .... 35 2. Salt - ; - - --'--' -."- - 36 3. Vegetable productions ... - - . - 3S 4. Timber - - .. ... . 33 -5. Fruit trees - - - - - 39 6. Pine-apples - - - • » - - -42 7. Cotton - - - - .. t . - -- 46 - 8. Sponge - - - - -....» -.46 9. Shells - - - - - - .; 48 10. Turtle and turtle shell - - - - - - - 4s - 11. Miscellaneous - - - - - •-.•-.. - 49 11. COMilEBCE : — 1. Imports and exports - - - - - 49 2. Blockade-runniDg trade - - . . 53 3. "Wrecks - - - - - .. " - - - 56 4. Lighthouses and beacons - - -'._;-- - 61 5. Ports - -.- - -' - - -62 6. Tariff - - - - - - - -63 7. Shipping .-.----.63 8. Ship-building - - - - - - -65 9. Registry of ships - - 65 10. Tonnage dues - - 05 11. Public market, Nassau ... ci; 12. Prices and wages - - C6 LIST OF APPENDICES TO REPORT. 70 74 11, COMJIEKCE — COnt. Pa£° 13. Exchange and coin - ' 14. Banking ----- 15. Debts, bankruptcies, and insolvencies - - - - o» 12. REVENUE AXD ExrENDITVliE : 1. Receipts and payments - 2. Debts ------ 3. Assets and liabilities - ... - 74 13. Post Office ....----74 14. Public Works ..-----75 15. Defences: — Military and Naval F;rc33 - - - - - - 78 Militia .-77 16. Police ---------77 17. IxsTiiniro's - - - - ' - - - -78 18. Works on tub Bahamas - - - -. - - 79 19. Conclusion --------80 1. Separate Reports on out-islands : ' '" ' . 1. Abaco - - - - - -.--•-- 81 2. Grand Bahama - - - - . . - - - 82 3. Biminis - - - - - " - -- ' ' - 82 - 4. Berry islands - - - - - - 82 5. Eleuthera - - - -,. - - - - 82 6. St. Salvador . - - - - - -.-85 7. Exuma - - - - - - - 86 8. Inagua .---.---87 9. Ac-klin's Island - - - - - - — 89 10. Crooked Island - - - - . - - - 89 ,. 11. Fortune Island .-.-.--89 2. List of hurricanes, 1780-1 S65 - - - - - . - 90 3. Meteorological Observations at Nassau, Animal, 1S55-64 - - - 91 4. Do. do. Monthly do. - - -* 92 5. Abstract of Population Returns, 1851 - - - - 93 6. Do. do. 1861 - - - - -¦--.- -.-.94 7. Ages of population, West India islands, 1861 - - - - 95 8. Births and deaths registered, J35J-1 864 - - - - - 95 9. Criminal Returns, Nassau Prison do. - - - - - 96 10. Do. General Court do. - - - 98 11. Salt exported, 1864 - . - - - - - 100 12. Imports, exports, and customs* duties, 1350-64 - - - - 102 13. Imports from United States and British North America, 1860-6.4 . - . . - . 103 14. "Exports to do. do. do. - - 104 15. Imports and "exports, 1856-60 - - - - 105- 16. Imports of each article, 1864 -.._-. -ioS 17. Exports of do. do. . - - . . _ 107 18. Arrivals and departures, blockade-running trade, 1861-64 ... 108 19. Trade with each port, blockade-ruxming trade, 1861-64 ... 109 20. Wrecking licences, boats and men 1865 _ - . - 110 21. Customs duties, 1857-64 ---.-._ \\\ 22. Shipping, entered and cleared,- 1855-64 -. _ . . . xi2 23. Do. distinguishing trade, 1855 and 1864 - - - ""-" H4 24. Do. do. flag do. • - - . - 116 25. Do. do. flag and trade, 18P0 - 117" 26. Do. do. built and registered, 1855-64 - - \\q 27. Revenue and expenditure 1857-64 - - -119 28. Revenue from each source do. - - - . _ -119 29. Expenditure classified do. - - . . - 120 30. Letters and postage, 1853-64 - - 10Q REPORT ON THE BAHAMAS For the Year 1864. Copt of a DESPATCH from Governor Rawson to the Right Honourable Edward Cardwell, M.P. (No. 33.) Sir, Government House, Nassau, January 20, 1866. I have the honour to transmit herewith my Report to accompany the Blue Book of this Colony for the year 1864, which was forwarded by the last mail. 2. I regret the delay which has occurred in the transmission of this, and of the Blue Book ; hut I trust that on an examination of the Report the delay will be excused. 3. Having sought in vain, both before and since my arrival in the Colony, for any works which would, separately or collectively, furnish a recent and tolerably comprehensive view of this extensive archipelago, and having heard a similar complaint from many other persons, I have endeavoured to avail myself of the facilities which I possess for preparing a report that would supply the want of such a work, and prove useful for present and future reference. 4. In consequence of the abnormal state of affairs in this Island during the last four years, now happily- brought to a close, I have been obliged to extend my inquiries to a period antecedent to 1861, in order to ascertain and describe the ordinary condition of the population and commerce of the Colony. This ha3 increased the volume and the labour of preparation of the Report, but it "will now furnish a correct, and- tolerably full, delineation of the recent and present condition of the islands, and serve not only as a o-oide to the Legislature, merchants, and intending immigrants, but as a standpoint from which to measure the future progress and development of the resources of the Colony; I have, &c. (Signed) " RAWSON W. RAWSON, Governor. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P., &c. &c. &c Report by Governor Rawson, C.B., to accompany the Blue Book for the Year 1864. 1. Geographical and Relative Position. l/The Bahamas form a very numerous group of islands, some of which are of considerable size, of cays or islets, rocks, and reefs, which lie on the east coast of North America, to the north of Cuba and St. Domingo, and which encircle and almost enclose the Gulf of Mexico to the northward of those islands, leaving only three navigable outlets from the gulf in this direction, viz., 1°, the Florida Channel, to the north; running along the coast of the United States, and west of all the Bahama group ; 2°, the Providence Channels, passing through the group to the north, and separating the Great and Little Banks ; and, 3°, the Old Bahama Channel, passing to the south of the Great Bahama Bank, between it and Cuba. 2. These islands are situated on two great coral banks of un equal size, called the Little Bahama Bank and the Great Bahama Bank ; and lie, for the most part, On the windward edge of those banks, or of the ocean sounds, or tongues, which pierce them. 3. The Little Bank, the most northerly, is only one-sixth of the other in size. It commences at Matamillas Reef, which is in latitude 27° 34' north, and longitude 79° 8' west, and lies opposite the state of Florida, at a distance of 70 miles from its shore. Thence it runs eastward, gradually bending to the southward until it reaches the " Hole in the Wall/' at the southern extremity of the island of Abaco, in latitude 25° 51' north, and longitude 77° 10' west. The western edge runs almost south, about 33 miles, and then trends eastward to the same point. The breadth ofthe bank varies from 35 to 60 miles. Its area is about 5,560 square miles, of which the islands occupy about 1,200 square miles. 4. It contains only two «elands of considerable size ; .Abaco, which, with its numerous cays,' extends along the eastern edge of the bank for a distance of about 100 milesfrom Matamillas Reef to the southernmost point of the bank; and Grand Bahama, which extends along the southern edge, overlapped and sheltered by Abaco. This latter island is divided by a narrow channel into Great and Little Abaco.' 5. The Little Bank is separated from the Great Bank by the Providence Channels, which are distinguished as the North western and North-eastern. It is not more than 45 miles distant from any part of the Great Bank ; at the nearest point it is only 15 miles. , 6. The N.E. Providence Channel separates it from Eleuthera and the cays on its northern shore, which lie 27 miles to the S TC of the " Hole in the Wall." 7. From Eleuthera follow, in the same direction, S.E. and then south, a succession of long narrow islands, viz., St. Salvador, or Cat Island, where Columbus first landed, Long Island, Ragged Island and its cays, to the SE. point of the bank at Cay Verde, and S.W. to Cay St. Domingo, the most southerly point, in latitude 21° 42' north and longitude 75° 45' west. Outside the bank 48 miles r-nst of the south of St. Salvador, lies Watling Island (al?=o by some called St. Salvador, and supposed to have been the first landing place of Columbus), and 24 miles from the N.E. end of Long Island lies Rum Cay. The small Island of Conception lies between St. Salvador (Cat Island) and Rum Cay. 8. S.E. of Long Island the chain of islands is continued in the same direction outside of the Great Bahama Bank. They succeed in the following order : Crooked Island, separated from Long Island by a channel of the same name, 25 miles in width ; Acklin's Island, separated from Crooked Island by a shallow channel reputed at one time to have been fordable in its narrowest part. These two islands are of considerable size. To the N.E. of Crooked Island, lies Sumana, or Atwood, Cay ; to the east of Acklin's Island, Plana, or French Cays, a cluster of small islets. To the S.E. of them lies Mayaguana, a considerable island. - Thence^ in the same direction, the Caicos Islands,; once attached to the Bahamas, but now, with the Turk Islands, " forming a dependency of Jamaica, and separated from Mayaguana, by the Caicos Channel, 30 miles in width. At a short distance to the S.E., in latitude 21° 26' north and longitude 71° 7' west, lie the Turk Islands, the last of this chain of inhabited islands, which extends about 600 miles, from within 70 miles of the coast of -Florida to about 100 miles of the coast of St. Domingo. 9. Three smaller banks of coral and sand, viz., Mouchoir Carre", Silver, and Navidad, separated by channels of 30 to 40 miles in width, extend this chain to the S.E, for a further distance of about 150 miles. 10. From 60 to 70 miles south of Acklin's - Island and Mayaguana, nearly in the latitude of the Turk Islands, lie Great and Little Inagua, or Heneagua, the former of which is one of the largest and finest of the Bahama group. They are quite detached from all the other islands, and are about 65 miles, -nortb^ptifee... north-western extremity of St. Domingo. ,' :V^v~ \p^"^/~ ¦*; 11. Parallel to the centre of the above chain lies the island of- ! Exuma, with its extensive chain of cays, lying upon the '.eastern' edge of the Great Bahama Bank, and on the western, aide of the Exuma Sound, which breaks the continuity of -the bank between St. Salvador and Long Island, and runs about 100 miles in a . north-westerly direction, with an average width of 40 miles.-" -"-• .', 12. New Providence, which was the island first settled Ly Europeans, and of which the chief and only town, Nassau, has always been the seat of Government, lies on the northern edge of the bank, 50 miles S.W. of the N.E. extremity of the bank. It is situated at the eastern entrance of a deep sound, called the 8 Tongue of the Ocean, which penetrates the centre of the bank for a distance of 110 miles, with an average width of 25 to 30 miles, and it is approached from the N.E. and N.W. by the two Providence Channels, which, as already stated, separate the Great from the Little Bank. 13. On the western edge of the Tongue of the Ocean, skirting the bank, lies Andros Island, which is by far the largest of the group. It is 95 miles in length, and 38 in its greatest width. 14. To the N.E. of Andros, and forming a crescent, with its arc facing the east, are the Berry Islands, a succession of small cays, with about 40 miles between the horns of the crescent. These islands are only 30 miles from the S.W. shore of Abaco. 15. Thence the bank trends westward to the Gulf of Florida, where, in latitude 26° 8' north, and longitude 79° 7' west, it turns, and runs southward to the 23rd parallel. There, at a distance of 25 miles from Cuba, it trends S.E., and runs 200 miles to Cay St. Domingo, already mentioned as the southern extremity of the bank. It is separated from Cuba by the Old Bahama Channel. The only other inhabited islands in this vast expanse of shoal water are the Biminis, which are two small but pretty and fertile cays, about 25 miles south of the north-western point of the bank. The total area of this bank is about 37,000 square miles, of which the islands occupy about 2,357 square miles. 16. To the westward of the Great Bahama Bank, and separated from it by the Santareen Channel, lies the Cay Sal Bank, enclosing an area of about 1,430 square miles, and lying between latitude 23° 24' and 24° 10' north, and between longitude 79° 28' and 80° 31' west. Cay Sal, Anguiila, and a few other uninhabited cays are situated on it. The Spanish Government claimed the sovereignty over this bank many years ago, and the question has never yet been settled. 17. The whole of the trade from- North America and Europe to the Gulf of Mexico passes by the north of these islands. Steamers bound to the south stem the rapid current of the ¦'Florida Channel. Sailing vessels pass between Abaco and ®lgathera(j; throughrthe providence Channels, within 40 miles of •^Nassau* into<4h^;,G;ulfv^>f,j|,Iorida, All the return-bound trade to *he.,norfh^.^ietlier-rJJsiB^|team or sails, passes witlr the stream ^th*^ri-ii^^onda Chapel. j^^^Pp^fepiNorlli America to Cuba, St. Domingo, Jauiaiaa;;the:G:u|f^of Honduras, and the northern coast of South aAmvriea.'paefe^sOuUiwardl to windward of the group, and close Wthe shore of ^aga*c T^e return trade, and all the European .trade £rora the ,"Ssitr< eoutiiiies, passes north, either throuoh. the Crooked 'Isluiidrkssage.6iU4e Mayaguana or Caicos Channels. 19. These islands, therefore, lie in the track of two o-reat streams of trade, and at times scores of vessels pass daily by the " Hole in the- Wall" and the south-western point of Ina°ua. 2. Number and Size. 1. The number of these islands and cays, never hitherto counted, appears to be as follows : — Rocks. ... . ^. 1. Little Bahama Bank. 1. Abaco, Great and Little - 2. Grand Bahama - 2 1 82 39 208 24 Total - • 3 121 232 2. Great Bahama Bank. 1. Eleuthera - 2. St. Salvador - - - 3. "Long -Island - - . - 4. Exuma, Great and Little 5. Ragged Island and Cays, including Jumen- tos Reef and Columbus Bank. 6. New Providence - - - 7. Green Cay .... 8. Andros - - 9. Berry Islands - - - - 10. Binnnis, from Great Isaacs to Orange Cays 11. On the south side of the Bank 1 1 1 2 21 3 1 2 29 9 16 166 50 19 4 146 52 12 2 146 17 94 815204 143 17 355 5883 Total 14 505 1,932 .3. Outside the Great Bahama Bank to Windward. 1. Conception - - - 2. Watling's Island - ~ 3. Bum Cay - 4. Crooked Island - 5. Fortune Island (Long Cay) 6. Acklin's Island, including Castle Island and Mira por Vos - 7. Atwood Cay _ 8. French Cays - .-.-.. 9. Mayaguana 10. Hog Sties .... 11. Inagua, Great and Little - L 1 11 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 5 2 12 3 2 1 18 6 5 2449 6 1 4 3 Total 12 28 116 4. Cay Sal Bank - — 7 107 Grand Total 29 661 2,387 Note.— Compiled by Capt. Stuart, ofthe Lighthouse yacht, from the Admiralty charts an the trade winds blow steadily from E.N.E. to S.E. from April to October. In the winter they are interrupted by the strong S.W. and N.W. winds which prevail over the N.W. part of the group, and in summer sometimes by calms. 3. The other portions of the group may be considerecLto be in the variables ; but from May to September easterly winds pre dominate. In October and November strong north- easters blow, and sometimes "last as long as nine days. From December- to April the wind blows strong, commencing from S.S.W., increasing in force -as it veers to the N-W-j and from thence ^gradually decreasing until it hauls to the north-east. :' r. - ... " 47 "Tfie~ seasons are-well marked; ' The -suramer,-whifih-4s the- rai.ny season, lasts from May to .November. The thermometer then ranges from 75° to 85°, rarely higher. The rains are generally followed by cooling breezes from the east. In the winter the thermometer seldom falls below 60° or rises above 80p. Refreshing winds from the north cool the mid-day air, and the mornings and evenings are peculiarly fresh and invigorating. 5. Hurricanes occasionally occur in the group. Twenty-four are recorded between the years 1780 and 1865. But the island of New Providence has not suffered from any since 1813. The usual season for them is from August to October. \ One only occurred in the last week of July, and one in the early part of November. During those months the islands are exposed to alternations of sultry calms and strong and sometimes violent gales. (See Appendix No. 2.) 6. The island of New Providence has been visited with 14 tornadoes, one in 1825 and one in 1850, their course being nearly in the same direction, from south and west to north and east. Within their vortex, which had very narrow limits, neither trees nor buildings could resist their force, and several persons lost their lives. 7. The reputation of New Providence for salubrity and the charms of its climate has been long established, and has annually attracted to Nassau numbers of invalids and visitors during the winter from the United States and British North American provinces. It would offer a suitable home to invalids from more southerly climes, who would not dare -to. brave the piercing gold of the neighbouring continent. - 8. The subjoined Table shows the temperature and prevailing winds at Nassau in each month of the year, and the gradual increase and decrease of the temperature at different seasons. More detailed Meteorological Tables will -he found -- in -the Appendices Nos. 3 and 4, abstracted from the records of the Military Observatory established at Nassau. ,.',-' -Mean" of Daily Observations "on Week-days for 10 Years ' - *¦¦;> - from 1855 to 1864. ¦': '.-¦ - - ' i - Thermometer - ¦ * . Winds at 9aju. Sain Fall on Maximum - Pressure of at 9 a.m. ¦„' Wo. of Week "Wind. Months. The Four Chief Points • Days. Ground Average of Observation s iri in Order of Prevalence. Chief All Month. taken at Max. Med. Min. Points other - 9 a.m. and named. Days, 3 p.m. ;' ¦ ins. lbs. January - 75 70 66 N.E. E. SJ& N. 21 6 .2-4 3 7 February - 76 71" 66 N.e:e:~ S.E; S. "18 6 5 2-4" . 3-1 March - 78 72 66 E. S.E. N.E. N- 18 9 . 4-5 3-2 April 81 73 68 N.E. E. S. S.E. 21 5 . .2-4 : 2-7- May- - : - -84 ¦ 78- -71 NE. &E. E. -S.- - 21 6c 6-9 Tf- 3-4 " June -,' .88 81 74 S.E. E. NE. S.' 24 2* 6-4 2-5 July 88 :. 82 ^75 - E. S-JE, Sr- N-E, .24 . —¦ -3- -6'5- - -1-9- - August - 88 81 7S e: S.E." 'g: ' n:ev 24 3 6-7 2-3 September 86- 81- 75 r ( E. NE. S.E. N 23 v 3 .*% .... ,2-4. - October - -82 -77' 73 N.E. E.' S.E. N. . 22 5 " 7-4 3-1 November 79 74 70 ¦N.E.'E. E. S.E. 22 4 2-8 4' December 77; 73 69 N.E.JE. S.E,-N,- 21 e 2-4 3.. Average 82 76 71 ¦ -¦ — — 4-6 2-8 9. From the above and the Tables in the Appendix it may be gathered: — • , 1°. Barometer.— \. That the mean height of the barometer is exactly 30 inchesv 2. That it obtains its greatest height in the three months from December to February, and is lowest in the two months of October and November. 15 3. That the annular variations were very trifling until 1862, when, apparently, there must have been a change in the instrument or in the mode of observation, because in 1862-64 there is a constant increase in height ofthe maximum (Col. 3), averaging 0'13, which is to be seen also in the 9. a.m. observations (Col. 1), after allowing for the corrections pointed out in the note. 4. That there was a constant difference in the observations taken in the morning and afternoon, averaging on the whole period a decrease of 005 of height in the afternoon. 5. That the difference between the average of maximum and minimum observations in the'10 years has fluctuated between 0*25 and 0'46. It was greatest in 1862 and least in 1859. 6. That the corresponding differences in the several months have fluctuated between 0-20 and 0*48 ; the greatest being in November and March, and the least in July and August. 2°. Thermometer. — 1. That the four months, June to September, are the hottest, and of nearly equal temperature, viz., 88°. 2. That January, February, and March are the three coldest inontks, and of nearly equal tempera lure, viz., 66°. 3. That the greatest maximum heat exceeds the average heat by not more than 12°, and that the greatest minimum falls short of it by 10°. The extreme variation,. therefore, is 22°. .<¦ ¦ .3°.. Rainfall. — 1. That the chief yearly rainfall is from May to October, "and. is heaviest in the last month. During these six months it amounted to 44 inches, and during the remaining six months to 19 inches. " 2. That the greatest fall of rain does not correspond with the greatest pressure of wind. -A". -Wind. — 1. That the highest winds usually prevail .in November and January, and the average '.from October to March inclusive considerably exceeds the average of the remainincr six months. ' 1'". .."" - 2,- That the differences between . the ..observations as to the direction of the /wind taken in the morning and the afternoon are not of sufficient importance to disturb the calculations based on those of the earlier hour. 3. That "north-easterly and easterly winds arc the most "pre valent from September to February, during which months they blow during one-half or two-thirds of the whole time. Northerly winds seldom blow except during those months, and then only for three days in a month ; in June to August the average is less than a day. Easterly and south-easterly winds prevail chiefly from March to August. South-westers are most prevalent in February and. March, to the extent of two or three days in a month ; westerly winds from February to April to the extent only of one to one and a half days n a month, and during the rest of ths year of less than a day monthly ; north-westers from November to March about two days in a month. Their relative frequency through out the year is shown in the following statement, of the per- 7 '2 per cent. 262 JJ 24-4 J> 18-6 JJ 11- JJ 5- JJ 2-3 JJ 53 JJ 100- 16 centagc proportion of clays in a year during which they prevailed at 9 a.m. North North-east - East South-east South South-west - West North-west - Total - 5°. Cloud — I. The density of cloud does not vary much throughout the year, but is rather greater from May to October than during the other six months. 6. Population. Origin. — 1. Columbus found an aboriginal Indian population on these islands in 1492. They were drafted away by the Spaniards to work in the mines and pearl fisheries elsewhere, and were exterminated before the English colonized New Providence in 1629. The Spaniards drove them out in 1641, but did not hold the island. It was again taken possession of by the English in 1667, and granted in 1680 (2nd Nov.) by Charles II. to the Duke of Albemarle and five other proprietary Lords, who attempted to settle the islands, but without success, and abandoned the enter- prize. 2. In 1 703 New Providence wa3 ravaged, and the inhabitants expelled by the Spaniards and ^rench, when it became a refuge for pirates until 1718, when the British Government rooted them. out, and established a regular colonial administration. Many families were induced to settle in Nassau, and among them a body 3. Daring the early part of the American war, in 1776, the island was attacked and plundered by an American squadron, but abandoned as untenable ; and in 1781 the Spaniards took possession of it. It was recaptured by a small force from South Carolina, and at the peace in 1783 was restored by treaty, to the British Crown. In 1787 (19th March) the islands were re-conveyed to the Crown by the inheritors of- the original proprietors, who received each a compensation of 2,0007. 4. Of the out-islands, the most northern, Abaco and Eleuthera, with their cays, were the first peopled at the commencement of the last century. The Windward Islands, viz., St. Salvador, Long, Watling's, Crooked, Acklin Islands, and Bum Cay, were peopled and brought into a high state of cultivation by loyalist families, who emigrated thither with their slaves from Georgia and South 17 Carolina after the close of the American war. Inagua was not peopled until 1805. Mayaguana is still almost uninhabited. Up tu 1808 labour was supplied by cargoes of negroes from the African coast. Slavery existed in the islands until the general emancipation in 1837. Number. — 1. The population at different periods has been as follows : — Tears. White. Free Coloured. Slaves. Total. Males. Females. Males. Females. Malts. Females. Males. Females. Total. 1810* 18221826* 1831 1S41 1851*1861* 1,726 2,7022 297 3,6G8 2,965 1,630 3,220 2,2913,863 2,993 676 With 897 "With S.6S3 869 white. 1,362 white. 8,819 4,7905,251 4,5924,727 4,527 5,019 4,5944,830 7,1927,953 7,786 8,095 12,18013,747 17,466 8,026 8,209 8,247 8,693 12,31513,772 17,821 15,218t16,192 16,03316,788 24,495]: 27,519 35,287 * A census was taken in these years. f Exclusive of 900 at Abaco. J In two or three small islands the whites were not distinguished. 2. "An abstract of the details ofthe last two censuses, taken in 1851 and 1861, is furnished in Appendices Nos. 5 and 6. Distribution. — 1. The largest number occupy New Providence, viz., 11,503, out of 35,287, or exactly one-third; and of these upwards of 10,000 live in Nassau and its suburbs. «- Of these the principal are Grant's Town and Bain's Town, of which the population in 1861 was respectively 2,398 and 1,315. The only other village of any size in the island is Sandilands, at Fox Hill, to the eastward, which, with the adjoining settlements of Dunmore Town and the Creek, contain 817 inhabitants. .Cnrmichael in the centre of the island, Adelaide on the south, and Gambier on the north, contain each a few inhabitants, chiefly Africans by birth. 2. Eleuthera ranks next in order. It contains several villages, and a large agricultural population. The next largest settlements are those of Harbour Island, on the north-east shore of Eleuthera, and Green Turtle Cay, on the east coast of Abaco. The first contained, in 1861, 1,994 inhabitants, the latter 716. 3. These islands or cays serve conveniently as the residence of the population, who are occupied chiefly in fishing, 'sponging, and wreckino-, but their fields are on the adjoining '. mainland. In Abaco, if not in Eleuthera, the early settlers appear to have taken up their abode in villages on the mainland, and to have abandoned them for the cays on the shore, which were found more convenient for their principal occupations. Other cays off these two islands are occupied in the same manner. The settlements on the mainland are small and widely dispersed, i A more detailed description of them will be found in the separate account of each island. 4. Governor's Harbour, in Eleuthera, and Mathew Town, in Inao-ua, are the only other settlements which deserve special notice. In the other islands the population is generally scattered, 173eO. b IS or collc^d in small settlements, often consisting of three or four cottages. [j. "The population of the several islands, with the area and comparative density of the former, are sliown in the following table : — | Population Area in Square Population per ! in 1S61. Miles. Square Mile. New Providence 11,503 85 135-3 Eleuthera ... 5,209 164 31-7 „ Spanish Wells 331 io 662- Long Island - 2,571 130 19-7 St. Salvador ... 2,378 160 14-8 Abaco - 2,362 776 3- Exuma - 2,289 110 20-8 Harbour Island - • - - 1,994 1* 1,329" Andros - - - 13,66 1,600 •8 Inagua - - ... 994 •560 1-8 Grand Bahama ... ,,', .-».-., - .853 . 430 2- , Rum Cay - - 654 29 22-5 Crooked Island . - - 627 76 8-2 Acklin Island - - -' 517 120 4-3 "Watling's Island - . - .480 60 8- Fortune Island (Long Cay) T 470 8 59- Ragged Island - "-,-,. - 272 5 54-4 Siminis - 210 8* 24-7 Berry Islands - - - £02 — Great Harbour Cay - " - -¦ 4J — . Mayaguana (in 1857, 20 inhabitants) - - — 96 •2 :" .:;-. ,:.-.', 35,287 424 v.. _ Maces.— rl. In .the larger .settlements, the white and coloured population are divided in vaiying proportions. In the smaller settlements the one or the other generally preponderates. - 2. Some of the suburbs of Nassau are occupied exclusively by the coloured races. Grant's Town and Bain's Town contained, in 1861, 3,713 inhabitants, almost all of this class. In parts of them a considerable number of native Africans are settled, one or two races congregating in a particular neighbourhood, Seven distinct raees_ are known, viz., the Nangoes, a numerous, industrious, and thriving people, the Congoes, Congars or Nangoebars, with a few. Eboes, Mandingoes Fullahs, and Hanssars. 3. A moderate number of discharged soldiers, recruited in Africa, who. have wanted the disposition, or the means, to return to their native country, swell this class ofthe population. Employments.— 1. The greater proportion of the population is employed in agriculture; some in producing salt; and a laro-e number in fishing, sponging, and wrecking. Many agriculturists 19 keep boats, and go wrecking when an opportunity offers. " The building of ships and hoats, the former seldom exceeding 100 tons," is carried on to a considerable, extent.. They- are chiefly made of native woods, are very durable, and -generally of admirable form. There are no other manufactures, except of ropes, hats, baskets, &c, made of palmetto. 2. In the census returns of 1S61 the occupations of the population were classed as follows : — * Officials ... 145 Professionals - - - - 96 Traders and clerks - - - 394 Mechanics and handicraftsmen - - 1,080 Planters and farmers - 2,739 Seamen and fishermen - 2,262 Labourers and servants - - = 5,717. 3. The maritime population is numerically large in New Providence, but the proportion to other classes is greatest in Harbour Island, Abaco, and Grand Bahama. Proportion ofthe Sexes. — 1. This has been remarkably equal during the last 50 years, with only a preponderance of females, as might be expected, among the free coloured population during the time of slavery. At the last census in 1861 the numbers of each sex were,^- Males - - - - 17,466 \y*oa» Females - 17,821 j™>**1 ' Ages.— 1. The large proportion of persons living, at the census .of 1861, under 20 years of age, shows favourably, as compared with England and Wales, and with several other of the_West India" colonies, and indicates a quick natural growth of the population. -: "-. - ; — ; - 2. The following is abstracted from Appendix No. 7 : — Proportion of Population. . . , - ,'..:-"-;¦ under 20Tfears of Age. . In Bahamas - -. England and Wales Antigua St. Vincent - - - - Grenada * Barbadoes - * Births and Deaths. — 1. A system of registration, and officers to carry it out, exist throughout the islands. They make annual returns, which, although they may not be sufficiently accurate to. justify a comparison of births or deaths with the population, may: suffice to show the excess of births over deaths. . See Appendix No. 8. Throughout the Colony the births were nearly double the deaths in the last 10 years, viz.,— 1855-64.— Births 12,657 Deaths ..... -6,706 B 2 "559 per cent. 45 0 33 421 . S3 50-4 -„ 33 493 -33 58-4. 33 ¦ 20 But in the outjslands they greatly exceeded that' proportion, viz., — '•- '"'•" Births - " J^- Deaths - -' - - * - -3,859 , 2. The mortality of New Providence is affected, by the existence of a considerable seaport town, frequented by strangers and foreign shipping, which, with the prevalence of yellow,, fever in lS62.and 1S64, has notably changed the proportions. „But previously to the American war, and the existence of those epidemics, the pfoportion was favourable. ¦'" Births. Deaths/ 1855-60 - - 2,099 ... 1,305 1861-64 - - 1,409 - 1,542 Total 3,508 . 2,847 3. The annexed abstract of the reported causes of death in 1864 will show the nature of the diseases' prevailing in the Bahamas, and. the differences between New Providence and the . out-islands. ..'._. Number. -Per-centage Proportion. -—. Causes. 11" 60 *3 aw t, a ©r3 2 Out- Islands. 'S a & P«vers : Ordinary - 67 147 214" 13-3 29-7 21-5 Yellow - 141 5 146 28-3 1" 14-6 ~ Scarlet, Eruptive, &c. : - 15" 38- " 53 - 3' •7-7— t-s Eiseases of Lungs and Heart - 72 59 131 14-3 12- 13-2 „ . Bowels and Liver - 40 33 73 8- C-7 7-3 T'ropsies -_..,- Diseases of Brain and Nerves : 13 13 . " 26 2-6 2-6 2-6 Apoplexy and. Palsy . . - . Convulsions and Spasms - . 24 38 6 62 30 100 _ 4-8 7-6 .. t:2t 12-6 ._8.-.._: 10-1 Pndden and' Violent - 13 28 41 2-6 I ' 5"7 • 4-1 Stillborn - 3 7 10 •6". 1-4 .:-¦; i • ChiMuirth - - 2 5 7 ¦4 1- •7 Other Causes -...-.. _ - „..:74 91 . 165 1.4-7 18-4. .16-6 Total 502 494 996 100- IOC 100- 4. It will be" seen that yellow fever was almost confined to New Providence. Five deaths only occurred elsewherej-viz., in Inngua, in the last quarter of the year. Other fevers have occurred chiefly in Harbour Island, Spanish Wells, and Eleuthera, where, in the towns, the inhabitants are overcrowded, and do hot pay sufficient attention to the cleanliness of their yards and street* 1 he want oF medical attendance probably leads to the excels" of mortality from affections of the brain and nerves in the out- island--. 21 5. The influence of seasons is shown in the following abstract of the causes of death in the several quarters of the year from 1st January 1863 to 30th September 1865. The period is not sufficiently long to afford any positive results, but they may be accepted as tolerably correct. Average Quarterly Number. ¦ Pcr-centagc Proportion. Causes. o A -§' o . 3 ¦al ¦*! 3 «i§ 'u ~ ft-a "3 so is| 5- " ¦^ 5 *sr=\ "+ • v' " " thera* - - ' - J_ » ^ •. :: bt. 1 atnclc^- St. Salvador (or Crfftlslandj „ St. Salvador. - Exuma -- "- ~ - „ St. Andrew. Long Island and- Ragged! - ¦ c+ -pi ¦* Island- ¦"-".'.¦-"¦-/ » ¦ -»t.-raul^ These two are united under one minister. Crooked Island, Acklin's ~\ St D *rl Island, and Long Island J » Inagua. -_ .-...-. — ,, St. Philip. Abaco, in which the BiO ; "— minis have been in- [ ¦ i r«.- -p eluded by ecclesiastical | - ¦ ""-. authority _..- .-J y ^...-^ . .„•-... .x^;' ¦¦¦¦ Andros, Grand Bahama,! '-«.- "-« "¦ , , and Berry Islands ... ¦-}...{ .»- St.Stephen. The last two are united under one minister. ... _ ¦— - -. • - ::-' • Watling's Island and Rum \ D, ™ . , , Cav - - - f - " -' Christopher. 4. Stipends are provided by Acts of the Local Legislature for all these parishes except the last. Besides these 13 clergymen, there are 16 paid and 9 unpaid catechists throughout the diocese. . The former are supported by the Bahama Church Society. 5. The endowment of the bishopric is provided by the Imperial . .Treasury. On the creation of the see, the office of Arch deacon of Nassau was abolished, and the stipend (1,000/. a year) was appropriated to the support of the see. A small allowance for house rent and travelling expenses (145/. a year) is made to the Bishop by the Local Legislature. 24 6. Of other denominations the Wesleyans and Baptists are ther most numerous. The former have for a long period had several ministers throughout the northern islands, chiefly Abaco ana" Eleuthera, with their inhabited cays. 7. The present number of ministers is seven, of whom three serve in four chapels in Nassau. Two ministers, resident at Rock Sound and Governor's Harbour, provide for two circuits in. James Cistern, Hatchet Bay,. St. John's Hill, and Gregory. Town . (the Cove) forming the second circuit. One minister, resident at Harbour Island, has six chapels, viz., at Harbour Island, Spanish Wells, the Bluff, the Current, Current Island, and the Bogue. The Abaco circuit, whose minister resides at Green Turtle Cay, includes four chapels, viz., at that Cay, Marsh Harbour, Hope Town, and Cherokee Sound. A few members of the church reside at Andros and the Biminis, which are visited by ministers from New Providence. .. . 8.- The number of attendants; -communicants, Sunday schools, and scholars in each circuit are returned as follows : — Circuits. Attendants. Communi- | cants | Sunday or Adult Schools. .Members. | Scholars thereinV- New Providence Eleuthera (1st Circuit) Do. (2nd do.) - Harbour Island Abaco - Andros Island - Biminis - - - -. - 1,8001,4001,2001,700 1,040 50 .80 979 .716 398679352 19 - 20 - 33 5 4 5 1 479 416 328414 372 35 Total" - -"--: "¦ 7,270 "3,163 "21' 2,044 , 9. _ The Baptists are more . widely extended. . The London Baptist Missionary Society has two districts, with a single mis sionary appointed to each. Their central residences .are Nassau . and Inagua. The number of members in each is reported to be, — 1. New Providence Andros - Grand Bahama- El.euthera - San Salvador Exuma - Ragged Island 823 143 148 101 397 218 44 1,874 •lb Inagua - 5 Long Cay - Not stated. Rum Cay - .- - 153 Long Island - - 167 Watling's Island - - - 34 Mayaguana - 5 474 Total . r . - . 2,348 10. Besides this there is a body of Baptists independent of the above Society, who are numerous in Nassau, and have branches in most ofthe out-islands, viz., St. Salvador, Eleuthera, Exuma, Rum Cay, Watling's Island, Long Island, Crooked Island, Acklin Island, Andros and Current Island, and counting 1,896 members of the congregations and Sunday scholars, under one or two head ehlers at each station. 11. The Church of Scotland ha3 a church and minister, but not a numerous body of members, in Nassau. The Church of Rome has no church and few members. - 12. The influence of the clergy of all denominations is con siderable in New Providence and the out-islands, and has in general been beneficially exerted for the improvement of their flocks, and for the maintenance of law and order. Education. — 1. From an early period the Legislature has made "provision for maintaining a system of popular education aiid training upon an unsectarian basis. A Board of. Education has existed .since 1841. Since 1847 it has been composed, exclusively of lay members, belonging either to the Executive Council, or to one -of- the "branches of the -Legislature-. — The" system adopted in the schools is that of the British and Foreign School Society. ' 3. By-a reeent Act -passed in 1864, the Board of Education is required to be composed of the Governor and five members of the Legislature. Provision is made for an Inspector General of Schools; salaries for 29 schools are granted, amounting to 1,920/., and about 650/. for other expenses. 3. Further provision for educational purposes was made by Acts of the last' Session, raising the total of grants in' 1865 to 4,065/., exclusive of 1,300/. expended upon the piu-chase and fitting up of a new central school, and of 800/. voted for the erection of two other schoolhouses in Nassau. 4. The number of schools supported, or aided, by the Govern- 26 ment in each island, and the number of scholars attending at the close of 1864, were as follows: — Districts. No. of li o. of Scholars. Schools. 1 Male. Temale. Total. New Providence (Nassau and "1 suburbs) --- - - J 5 197. 207 504* Abaco - . . 2 69 . 26 . -105 Grand Bahama * - .""" 1 ¦' 19 ~" 14" —"33 Harbour Island - 1 70 — 70 Spanish Wells 1 20 9 29 Eleuthera, - 4 141 70 211 St. Salvador 2 94 87 18-1 Exuma - ------ 1 39 38. , 77 Rum Cay - 1 25 19 .44 Watling's Island - 1 9 .6 15 ,. Long Island - 1 15 14 29 Crooked Island - 1 40 23 63 Ragged Island ' - I 31 31 62 Inagua I 39 — 39 - Andros 2 54 54 108 Total - 25 862 1 608 1,570* * Including 100 infants whosesex was not distinguished. 5. Besides the Government schools there are in Nassau a few private schools, several dame schools, and some Sunday schools connected with the several churches. There is no college, or normal school. Both are much required. In the out-islands there are a few private schools, and most of the churches have Sunday schools attached to them. Among the teachers are some zealous and sufficiently competent persona ; and. among the. schools a few which are efficiently conducted ; but in general the qualifications of the former are but meagre. Few, if any, are acquainted with the recent improvements in the methods of instruction and management, and the amount of education, in its true sense and of instruction in its more limited sense, acquired in these schools falls short of the intention and. liberal provisions of the Legis lature. " •*; ° 6. The appointment of a new inspector, after a considerable interval, is likely to produce a rapid change, and the people of the out-islands are beginning to display a greater interest in then- schools, and a. desire that their children should receive the benefit of them. Schools fees are required, but. have not hitherto been levied in the majority of schools. Libraries, Newspapers and PuMications.-l. Nassau possesses' a large and well-stocked Public Library, which was established by 27 a local Act in 1847. Harbour Island, Inagua, and others of the out-islands also have libraries and reading-rooms. 2. The Legislature pays the salary of a librarian in that of Nassau, and contributes to the support of three of the others. There are three printing presses in Nassau ; none elsewhere in the Colony. Three newspapers are published there twice a week. They seldom discuss politics. No books and few pamphlets have been printed in the Colony. 3. A well-digested almanac was published for several years from 1848 to 1862, but it dropped from \vaut "of "support" in tlie: latter.. year. . Crime. — 1. The small variation in the amount of crime, as shown in the committals to prison under sentences of the Police Magis trates and General Court, during the' five years 1855—59, its sudden increase in 1860-61, before the effects of the American war commenced to be felt in Nassau, and the injurious effects of the blockade-running business in 1862-64, are seen in the follow- ing table : — •¦¦¦¦?.--¦ Admitted into Prison from Police Court. :-yV-.. -¦ - - Years. - Males. 1 Females. !¦ 1855 - 1 ' . 292 |' .84 1856 - 290 106 1857 28.3.. ; 168 1858 - - 233 124. _ 1859 - 283 ' -i.- 158 ;.- 1860 ..' 370 ,._j i_, 203.; 1861 - 375 ;-;.--- isV i: :-.:.;.. ..:j .. 1862 - 523 223 -¦¦;¦"¦¦-: i 1863 -, - 689 ! 189 1864 - 891 ' 221 Averages of — * - 1855-59 .-:«. 276 | .128 1860-61 - 372 j- 196 1862-64 - 701 ;, 214 j 2. The nature of the offences with which the persons were charged before the Police Magistrates in Nassau during the past five years is shown in Appendix No. 9. The following is an abstract : — - ¦» 2S Number OF Persoi* 'S CHARGED • .. 18C0. ISC). 1SC2. 1803. ISO*.- o V— og3 3 o s5 1- Males. Pemalea. VI la ao 1. Offences against the person - 2. Offences against property with violence - 3. Offences against property -without violence - 82 4 9S 186 22 13 168 57 I 81 1 235 17 30 142 87135 3 298 24 30 1G9 123 9 165 2 390 20 26 143 181 4 269 28 22 4. Offences, malicious, against property 5. Forgery and offences against the currency 6. Other offences 2 435 171 Total 370 203 375 189 523 223 689 189 8.91 221 3. The number of persons tried in the General Court, distin guishing their offences, is shown in Appendix No. 1 0. The follow ing; is an abstract : — Tears. Convicted. Acquitted. Total Tried. 1855 16 6 22 1856- 21 2 23 1857 20 6 26 1858 22 13 35 1859 20 4 24 1860 . 23 14 37 1861 13 4 17 1862 22 12 34 1863 59 23 82 1864 75 24 99 4. The nature of the offences for which they were" "tried during" the same period was : — 1855-61. 1362-64. Total. Average. Total. Average. 1. Offences against the person 2. Offences against property with violence - 3. Offences against property without violence - - 4. Offences, malicious, against property 5. Forgery, and offences against the currency - 6. Other offences - 63 19 81 8 6 7 93 12 11 1 73 9 82 53 43 24 3 27 2 1 14 Total - 184 27 215 71 29 5. The Returns do not afford the means of separating prisoners committed for trial by magistrates in the out-islands from those committed in Nassau, but the proportion of the former is small. 6. The average number of prisoners under confinement in the public gaol at Nassau, in the years 1859 to 1864, with some description of the offenders and their sentences, is shown in the following abstracts. The admission of a decimal fraction was necessary in order to show that some one or more individuals, of a class had been imprisoned, although not for a sufficient period to form an unit in the annual average. 1859. 1860. 1861. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females, Sentenced ny General Court : — With hard labour - 21-5 5-6 21-6 6-4 19-3 2-6 Without hard labour •7 •3 1-3 ¦6 3- •6 Sentenced by Police Court : — With hard labour - 33- 19- 37-5 23-3 33-2 23' Without hard labour 7-5 2-7 7- 2' 16- 5- For want of security •5 — '2 — 1-2 ¦9 Debtors ... 1-5 •1 1- — >. .7 — For trial and examination 3-6 » 1-3 11-1 1-4 5-4 1-3 Military Courts-martial - 6-7 — 4-7 . _ — 6-5 •2 Total 75-2 28-7 84-7 33-2 86-5 32-5 Daily average 47- 15- 52- 15-6 49-5 15- - 1862. 1863. , 1864. " - " - < Males. Females^ Males. -Females. Males. Females. Sentenced by Genend Court: — - -- - - --- '- Foreign seamen: Penal servitude - With.hard labour - Without hard labour 1-1-6 — 3-6 •1 — 4-2 1- — Natives: Penal servitude - With hard labour - Without hard labour 1-5 7- 1- 2- 10-7 5-1 1-7 •6 2-6 1- 23-7 7-65-3 I*1-4 •3 Sentenced by Police Court : Foreign seamen : With hard labour - Without hard labour For want of security 7-5 4-5 . . 9-92-6 •3 — H-9 12-1 •6 Natives: With hard labour - Without hard labour For want of security 41-5 13-7 1-1 21-6 5-1 •1 57-1 6* 1-3 17-1 2-C 1- 63-7 16 7 23 24-7 22 •5 30 1862. 1863. 1864. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. For trial and examination : — Foreign seamen - Natives - Debtors : Foreign - Natives - - - •- -~ Soldiers Civil offences Military offences - 1-5 6-9 •2•2 1- 12- 2-1 3-7 14- •2 1-1 2-1 24-3 2-1 4-3 12-1 •6 •9 3-9 17- 2- Total - 102-9 30-3 144-1 27- 191-2 31-7 Daily average - 49-4 11-4 78-7 10-7 111-1 13-1 7. From this latter statement it appears that foreign seamen averaged on the' three years 25 per cent., or one-fourth, of the total number imprisoned, and increased from 22 per cent, in the first, to 26 per cent in the last, year of the period. Soldiers, too, have formed a large per-centage in all the three years, confined chiefly for military offences. Pauperism. — No poor's rate is levied in the islands, but an asylum has been for a long period established in Nassau, and a «um has been annually voted for the reception and maintenance of aged and infirm persons, This institution has grownup into a hospital and asylum for lunatics and lepers. But it continues to receive paupers, and the Commissioners are charged with the administration of relief to paupers in the out-islands. The number receiving relief is not large, but the "number who are dependent in a great measure upon friends and neighbours, and who barely find a subsistence, is not inconsiderable." 7. Government. 'Constitution. — 1. The Government of the Bahamas resembles that of most of the West Indian Islands, and is modelled after that of England. Its constitution is not Jbased, upon any charter, but originated in successive Royal Commissions to the Governors, empowering them to convoke a General Assembly. 2. The present Legislature consists of the Governor, appointed by the Crown, who is also commander-in-chief, vice-admiral,, and ordinary; he was also chancellor untillst December 1865 • a Legislative Council, consisting of nine members, also appointed'by the Crown ; and a House of Assembly, of 28 members elected by the people. The Legislature meets once a year, enacts all laws and regulates the finances of the, Colony. The Governor is assisted by an executive council of nine members. 31 3. The Colony is divided into 13 electoral districts, viz. :-— Registered Electors in 1864. New Providence : . City of Nassau - - returning 4 members 518 Eastern District 93 2 99' 885 "Western District j) 2 439 Abaco - 39 3 }> 467 Harbour Island and West Eleuthera 33 3 y-y 441 Eleuthra, East - 33 3 39 486 Exuma -- - 33 3 . 39 561 St. Salvador ... 33 1 33 407 Crooked Island, including Acklin and Fortune Islands 33 1 53 250 Rum Cay, including Watling's Island - -. 39 1 3> 236 Long Island, including Ragged Island - - - . 93 2 33 528 Inagua, including Mayaguana 33 1 35 190 Andros, including Grand Bahama and Berry Islands 93 tal 2 39 541 To 28 39 5,949 4. The number who voted at the last general election in 1861 was 4,351. 5. The qualification of a member is a clear estate, real or personal, of 500Z. sterling. The qualifications of electors are full age, and a residence of 12 months, during six of which they must have 'been a freeholder or housekeeper, or, if resident six months, they must have paid duties to the amount of 50?. old currency, or 26L 0s. lOd. ster ling. " '."''. "-"-' ''"' "';"''" "~c ¦' ' r'"' Local Institutions. — 1. There are no municipalities, but pro vision is marie for their constitution by an Act of 1837. There is a board of public works created by a local Act, and composed of members of the Executive Council. The Road Committees of the out-islands have by an Act of this year (1865) been con verted into local boards of works. A Board of Health, appointed by the Governor, is charged with the surveillance of the health of the whole Colony. _ 2. The Courts of Law consist of a general court, presided by a chief justice, with an assistant judge, who is also judge of the Court of Common Pleas. The powers, practice, and jurisdiction of the former resemble, and are nearly co-extensive with, those of the several separate courts of law in England. , In the present year (1865) the powers of chancellor have been transferred from the Governor to the General Court. The common law is the foundation of the jurisprudence of the Colony, but the amend ments introduced from time to time in England have been gene- rally adopted without delay. Grand juries were abolished in 1848, and the Attorney-General was vested with the powers of public prosecutor. At the same time it was provided that in all civil enses, and in all but capital criminal cases, the verdict of two-thirds of the petty jury might be taken, and that in capital cases two-thirds might acquit, but not convict. 3. The Colony is divided into five magisterial districts, con sisting of: — 1. New Providence. 2. Harbour Island, including Eleuthera and St. Salvador. 3. Abaco, including Grand Bahama, the Biminis,. and Berry Islnnds. 4. Long Island, including Exuma, Rum Cay, Watling's Island, and Ragged Island. 5. Inagua, including Crooked Island, Fortune Island (Long Cay), Acklin Island, and Mayaguana. 6. In the first four the "stipendiary magistrate is called the 11 Police Magistrate," in the fifth " Resident Justice." Besides these inferior courts there are unpaid justices ofthe peace through out the islands, who have the same powers at common law as justices have in England. They have also in the out-islands a Tpetty debt jurisdiction to the extent of 101. 7. A police has been created for New Providence and the out islands under the charge of an inspector who is stationed in Nassau. - .. Legislation of 1864. — 1. The principal Acts passed in 1864 were : — 1. To consolidate the Laws relating to Popular Education, cap. 35. 2. To consolidate the Laws relating to the Stipendiary Police Force of the Colony, cap. 20. .<>.., 3. To continue the " Licensed Vessels '' (Wrecking) Act for Ten Years, cap. 24. 4. To make further Provision for the Receiver General's Office, cap. 27. ' . "5. The same for. the Post Office, cap. 36. 6. To increase temporarily the Salaries of the Civil Servants, cap. 12. ¦ -,- ' 7. To increase the Salary ofthe Governor for a Term of Six Years, cap. 13. 8. To impose certain additional Tonnage Dues, cap. 17. 9. To give Force to Contracts between Masters and Servants made out ofthe Colony, cap. 10. 10. To make further Provision for erecting a new Gaol in Nassau, cap. 15. 12. To provide a new Slaughterhouse in Nassau, cap. 28. 13. To provide a Maintenance for Wives deserted by" their Husbands, cap. 3. 14 To provide for sick and destitute Seamen and Strano-ers in Nassau, cap. 2. ° 33 8. — Land, Area. — 1. Ofthe total area, amounting to 2,831,680 acres, only 300,691 acres have been granted. In the return of surveys from the several islands two-thirds of the extent is estimated as fit for cultivation. Of the several islands, exclusive of Andros, Inagua, and Mayaguana, and comprising an area of 1,387,840 acres, 82,893 acres, or about 7 per cent., are estimated to be water. Terms of Grant and Sale. — 1. Previously to .1833 the Crown lands were granted on quit rent to individuals, with certain reser vations and upon certain, conditions^ the .- nonfulfilment of which entailed forfeiture. Before 1802 the quit rent was 2*. per 100 acres, or less than one farthing an acre ; after that date one penny per acre. 2. In 1833 Her Majesty's Government directed that Crown lands should only be disposed of by public sale, with an upset price, the purchasers defraying all expenses of survey, grant, &c. About that time 95,718 acres in different islands were escheated to the Crown for nonpayment of quit rents, viz. : — Acres. In St. Salvador (Cat Island) - - 16,726 „ Abaco - - - 15,186 „ Andros - - - 14,908 „ Crooked Island - - - 12,888 „ Long Island - - - - 8,518 „ Eleuthera - - - 7,732 „ Inagua - - - 7,180 „ Exuma - - - 4,320 „ Watling's Island - - - 3,805 „ Grand Bahama - - 1,668 „ New Providence - - - 1,072 „ Rum Cay - - none „ other small islands and cays i - Total - 1,715 ------ - 95,718 3. This table furnishes an indication qf the islands in which the cultivation of the soil had received the greatest check by either the destitution or departure of the original proprietors. 4. The upset price fixed in 1833 was 2s. Id. (half a dollar) an acre. In 1838 it was raised to 20s. ; as this was found too high it was reduced in Nov. 1839 to 2 and 2\ dollars (8s . 4d. to 10s. 5d.) an acre, according to size. In 1843 it was reduced to 6s., and in 1857 raised to 10s. an acre, at which latter rate it now remains. Division. — 1. Before 1833 grants of considerable extent were made. Each head of a family was entitled to receive 40 acres, and for every other member of his family, adult or infant, slave or free, 20 additional acres. Some of these large grants remain un divided. None of them are cultivated or depastured, even to a moderate extent. Since 1833 the system of sale by auction and the establishment of an upset price, of which a moiety had to be 17550. c paid down, chocked the demand for large grants. The majority of grants are now of 20 to 50 acres. From 1844 to 1864 there ' appear to have been only four applications for grants of more than 100 acres, and one of 1,000 acres, the latter being of forest land in Andros. 2. Up to September 1S64 the mode of disposal was as follows; — Upon an applicant exhibiting to the surveyor-general a receipt of the cashier of the Public Bank for a moiety of the upset price, or for the whole in the case of town lands, the applications were recorded, and submitted to the Governor for approval. When there were a sufficient number1 of -approved applications the lands were advertised, and sold by auction to the highest bidder. The purchasers generally took possession before survey. When the number of lots sold upon one island could be surveyed without a disproportionate charge for each survey, a deputy surveyor was authorized to perform the work. Upon the payment of the balance of the purchase money the grant was made, the money was drawn from the bank, and the surplus, after payment of expenses, was paid into the treasury. Since September last all sums received on account of land purchased have been paid direct to the treasury. In 1836 a land board was created for the purpose of laying out and creating settlements, and. certain, lands were vested in it, but in 1839 the board surrendered the lands and ceased its operations. 3. The survey department is not efficient. The surveyor- general is also civil engineer and inspector of lighthouses. The surveys are prepared by deputies; of these there are 12, but - several do not practise, and none of them occupy themselves ex clusively with surveying. New Providence and some of the islands have been surveyed, others only partially. An excellent maritime survey of the group has been completed, by the Admiralty, with the exception of the northern portion of the Little Bahama Bank. 4. A Deeds Registry Office exists, in which all grants and transfers are recorded. ITie registry of the latter, js not compul sory, but it is generally practised, as priority of registry gives a preferential title. - . 9. — Agriculture. 1. In a country in which the plough and the sickle are almost unknown, it can scarcely be said that agriculture exists. With the exception of the pine-apple, which has since the last century been grown in fields of large size, and to a considerable extent, in Eleuthera, St. Salvador, and other of the Windward Islands, and of cotton, the cultivation of which has been resumed to a limited extent in Long Island and some of the neighbouring islands it cannot be said that any production of the soil is cultivated in the Bahamas. Indian corn, Guinea corn, pumpkins, eddoes and other vegetables, the food of the people, are planted, but generally with out system, manure, or other preparation of the ground, and are left to chance. In seasons of drought the crops fail to a great extent Irrigation cannot be easily practised where there are r.o running streams. The inhabitants lave not yet learned to supply the deficiency by storing the periodical rains in natural or artificial dams or tank3. 2. Groves of orange trees and cocoa-nut trees have been planted in New Proudence, Eleuthera and other of the northern islands. Fruit trees of various kinds are crowded around the dwellings of the cottagers, growing luxuriantly, but planted with out order, unselected, unpruned, and unimproved, often finding a place .and .nourishment for their roots.in crannies and fissures of the rocks, into which it would appear impossible for them to pene trate. 3. Between 1783 and 1810 cotton was cultivated to a con siderable extent. At the latter date it began to dwindle, and it ceased altogether after the emancipation of the slaves. Sugar ha3 also been made, and tobacco and coffee have been grown, on some ofthe islands, but the cultivation of these crops ceased with the exhaustion of the virgin soil on (he fields first cleared, and with the loss of labour by the extinction of slavery. .4. The ease with which land was procured up to 1833 by grants upon quit rents, which were not collected and were allowed to fall into arrear, enabled proprietors to clear fresh land whenever that under cultivation began to fail, and the great fertility of the virgin soil compensated for the cost of clearing ; there was there fore no inducement to restore or to improve the soil by artificial means, and although the facilities for breaking up fresh land no longer exist, growers have not yet learned to employ the guano, with which many of the islets abound, or the sea-weed which is thrown up in abundance upon many of the shores. As the land best adapted for the pine-apple is limited in extent, the growers of that plant in some places let their lands lie fallow for a number of years, and then resume their cultivation of them. A rotation of crops is unknown. Agricultural implements for the economy of time and labour are unknown. 5. The breeding and feeding of homed cattle, horses, and sheep was formerly carried on to a considerable extent in some of the islands, viz., Long Island, Exuma, St. Salvador, Rum Cay, Watling's Island, and Crooked Island, and the market of Nassau was.well supplied with colonial meat, but this has ceased to be the case. Cattle for slaughtering are imported from Cuba and Florida. Mutton is very scarce in the Nassau market. Sheep are sometimes imported from Nova Scotia. Pork is the only animal food of which the supply does not fail, and the quality is tolerably good. The decrease in the rearing of cattle and sheep is attributed in a great measure to the want of fences and protection, which led to the destruction of the latter by dog3, and of the former by persons on whose grounds, they trespassed, or by their owners, to avoid the annoyances to which their frequent trespasses gave rise. c 2 36 1 0. — Productions. The Bahamas yield neither metals nor minerals, except salt. ' Guano is found in considerable quantities on several of the cays, chiefly on those to the S.E. of the group. It has not been used in the Colony, but exported to the United States, where it finds a ready market. It contains but a small proportion of ammonia, and consists chiefly of phosphates of lime,_ and is esteemed as a valuable manure. The ordinary price is about <,'15=: 37. per ton. The exportation in the last six years have been of the value of 4,338/., estimated at about 1/. per ton, of which 2,3947. was confined to the years 1859-61, and 1/044 J. to the year 1864. Suit. — 1. This has been an article of production and exporta tion, for a long period ; it is mentioned as such in the American atlas of 1782, though probably at that time the principal quantity of small size and inferior quality. „ black wood J Brazillette of good size and'quality. Poison wood, used for pump boxes. • Stopper, small, but excellent for piling in water. 3. Of trees yielding barks of- commercial value the Cascarilla (Croton cascarilla) and Cinnamon (Canella alba) are the only two deserving of notice.. The Candle-berry Myrtle (My rica uvi- fera), producing vegetable wax, is found, and thrives in the- Colony. 4. The- value of native woods- and bark exported during the last ten years has been : — ¦. • -. . . Value of Exports. Tears. "Woods. Bark. ¦ £ £ 1855 - 1,023 208 1856 - 630 135 1857 - 360 ' 1,423 1858 - 642 336 1859 - 2,183 ' 1,63* 1860 - . . - 1,395 883 1861 - 1,241 800 1862 - 1,365 1,179 1863 - 485 . 530 1864 - ¦ 2,106 704 Fruit Trees. — 1. The soil and climate of the Bahamas are admirably adapted for all tropical and semi-tropical fruits. The following species are indigenous : Achras sapota Anacardium occidental Ananassa sativa Anona squamosa „ muricata Carica papaya Citrus vulgarislimonum Sappodilla. Cashew. Pine-apple. Sweet sop. Sour sop. Papaw. - Sour orange. Lemon. 40 Chrysophyllum caivito Chrysobalaiuis, iearo Cocos nucifcra Coccoloba uvifcra Cucumis vitrullus Mammea americana Musa sapientum „ paradisiaca Passiflora fcetida Psidium pomiferum - Spondias lutea „ mombin „ myrobalanon Tamarindus occidentalis Vitis vinifera 2. The following species periods : Anona reticulata Arachis hypogoea Artocarpus incisa Blighia sapida Citrus medica „ aurantium „ bigaradia „ decumana „ nobilis „ lima Eugenia jambo3 Ficus carica Mangifera medica Persea gratissima Punica granata Phcenix dactylifera - Momordica balsamina Morus multicaulis Terminalia latifolia - Vitis vinifera , Zizyphus - Star apple. - Cocoa plum. - Cocoa nut. - Sea-side grape. - Water melon. - Mammea - Plantain. - Banana. Love in a mist. - Guava. - Spanish hog plum. - Hog^ plum. - Scarlet hog plum. - Tamarind. - Wild grape. have been introduced at different - Jamaica (Custard) apple. - Ground nut. - Bread fruit. - Ackee. - Citron. - Orange. Do. mandarin. - Shaddock. Do. - Lime. - Rose apple. - rig. - Mango. - Avocado pear. - Pomegranate. - Date. - Balsam apple. - Mulberry. - Broad leaf (Almond). - Grape. - Jujube. 3. Of the above species, oranges, grape fruit, and shaddocks have been cultivated for exportation, chiefly to the United States. Oranges form one ofthe few staple exports ofthe Colony. They are shipped from the islands of New Providence, Abaco, Harbour Island, and Eleuthera. The extent of the shipments of enumerated fruit, other than pine-apples, in the years 1855 and 1864 is shown in the following: table : 185 5. Nassau, N. P. Abaco, Harbour Island. Eleuthera. Total. Description. Quantities. 1 Value. Quantities Value. Quantities. Value. Quantities Value. Quantities. Value. £ £ £ £ s. & s. Oranges to United States - - Mil. 959 1,525 125 219 243 422 41 98 0 1,368 2,264 0 Grape fruit, to Great Britain . - No. „ United States - „ 4^,19347,010 140 60 — •— — "- — — | 95,203 200 0 Shaddock, to Great Britain „ „ United States „ 2,714 44 50 1 — — — -- — — | 2,758 51 0 Lemons and Limes ... Bris. 129 63 __ __ 96 46 27 8 0 252 117 0 Cocoa nuts - - - -. No. . __ , 3,000 6 __ 3,000 6 0 Sappodillas r. - - „ — __ — , , 10,000 10 __ — 10,000 10 0 Melons » « - - M _ _ — _ , G,700 120 — — 6,700 120 0 Bananas >¦ Bunches 961 55 — _ 5,500 257 687 22 0 7,148 334 0 Tamarinds - Brls. Totals — — — — 10 2 — — U! 2 0 — 1,894 — 219 — 863 — 128 0 — 3,104 0 1864. Oranges, to Great Britain - - Mil. 8 14 _^ . M— , , , , __ } 1,765 2,267 0 „ United States „ v 370 473 _ — 1,137 1,467 250 313 0 Grape fruit, do. - - No. ¦ ¦-. ,7,ooo 5 __ _ 2,400 3 — _ 9,400 8 0 Shaddocks (none exported). ". '.'¦¦¦' Lemons and Limes to United States - Brls. — _ m— _ 56 24 1 0 6 57 24 6 Cocoa nuts to United States - No. 1,500 5 _- _ 58,400 199 — — 59,900 204 0 Sappodillas do. „ — — _ — 3,000 3 — — 3,000 3 0 Melons do. „ 800 6 _ _ 600 10 50 0 10 950 16 10 Bananas do. - -Bunches 200 10 _ _ 8,150 455 20 2 0 8,370 467 0 Tamarinds to Great Britain - - Brls. Totals - - , 1 1 — — — — — — 1 1 0 — 014 — — — 2,161 — 315 16 — 2,990 16 42 4. The value of such exportations, of which in these two years exactly three-fourths consisted of oranges, was in each of the last ten years as follows : — Years. Value. Years. Value. 1855 £ 3,104 I860 £ 3,870 1856 3,394 1861 4,185 1857 4,021 1862 4,326 1858 3,723 1863 1,301 1859 4,428 1864 2,990 5. Oranges will fetch from 305. to 32s. per thousand. The demand for lemons and limes is so small that their value does not exceed 10s. to 5s. per thousand respectively. New York offers a steady market for oranges. The southern ports, as Charleston and Savannah, used to take a certain quantity, from 80,000 to 100,000, at a time before the late civil war. Fine-apples. — 1. These must be ranked next to fruit trees. They have, like salt, been long an article of production and ex portation to the United States, and they are now shipped in considerable quantities to London. The cultivation was com menced about 100 years ago at Governor's Harbour, Tarpum Bay, and Bock Sound in Eleuthera, and in 20 years it had become very general in that island. The' first cargo to England was shipped in 1842. 2. It appears uncertain whether the plant is a native of these islands, or was introduced from the Windward Islands or Cuba. Three varieties are grown : 1°, the bird's eye, which is the original, or indigenous, variety ; 2°, the sugar loaf; 3°, the Cuba, or scarlet, which was introduced about 1850 or 1852, and the cultivation of which has been rapidly extending during the last five years. 3. The sugar loaf, which is a juicy luscious fruit, and keeps better on a long voyage, is preferred for the English market. The Cuba, which is a larger fruit, firmer, and less sweet, is preferred in the United States, where it arrives in good condition after the shorter voyage, and fetches a higher price by one-fifth than the sugar loaf. It is found that it will thrive in soil which was con sidered unfit for the other kinds. 4. The cultivation of the bird's eye kind is going out. This variety is found to .be more liable to the depredations of rats than the others. An instance of the loss by these animals may be cited. In one field of 40 acres of sugar loaf pine, the reduction in the yield of a recent year was -estimated at 6,000 dozen, or one-third of the crop of the preceding year.} Land crabs are also very destructive to pines, in some .places, as at the east end and bight of Eleuthera. Like locusts elsewhere, they invade a field, march straight through it, and consume every fruit in their course. Destructive droughts occur at intervals of six or seven years. 43 5. The cultivation of the pine is chiefly carried on in Eleuthera, but it is also grown in other of the islands to windward, and St. Salvador has lately enjoyed a high reputation for the quality of its fruit, and several vessels have loaded there for the London market. It is not grown to any extent in New Providence. 6. The principal ports of shipment to England in Eleuthera are the three already mentioned and Savannah Sound. The largest shipments to the United States are from Harbour Island. The following statement shows the quantities cleared from each island in the years 1855 and 1864, but the clearances from Nassau represent almost entirely shipments from Eleuthera and St. Sal vador, and those from Harbour Island represent the production of Eleuthera : — 1S55. 1864. Islands. To Great Britain. To United States. To Great Britain. To United States. Quantities. Value. Quantities. Value. Quantities. Value. Quautities. Value- Dozens. £ Dozens. £ Dozens. ¦ £ Dozens. £ Nassau, NJP. - 9,500 1,979 7,600 767 53,000 7,037 78,240 6,860 Harbour Island — ¦ ¦ — 36,500 3,357 — .¦— 100,7*5 9,526 Eleuthera 6,969 1,436 4,982 4,284 8,500 1,479 39,700 3,699 Abaco — — 9,568 1,125 — .— 10,511 1,204 Total - 16,469 3,415 58,560 9,533 61,500 8,516 229,226 21,299 7. The fruit is usually carried down to the boats in baskets on the heads of the labourers. It is a great advantage when, as at Tarpum Bay, it can be put on board the ship without tranship ment. Much handling injures the fruit: At Rock Sound the produce of one estate is carried about two miles in spring waggons.. This is the ontyTroad used for the purpose in the island. 8. One-fourth of the land under cultivation is usually- in full bearing. An acre of land will contain on an average 2,000 dozen slips of the sugar loaf variety, and'1,600 of the Cuba variety. . The first crops, gathered in the second year of growth, will yield 1,500 dozen pines; the second and third, 1,000 dozen. 9. The fields are cleaned, or ought to be cleaned, six times in the year. The labourer* are obliged to wear canvass leggings and gauntlets to protect them from the spines of the leaves. The yield of the sugar loaf kind is one-third of the quantity planted ; of the Cuba kind one-half. But the plants of the former last longer, say five years, while those of the latter last only three years. The average weight of a sugar loaf fpiue is 3 lbs. ; of a Cuba pine, 3^ lbs. 41 10. An idea of the extent and increase of the production of this fruit may be formed from the following statement of the quantities and value ofthe asportations during the last ten years : — Average Value Years. Quantities. Total Value. per Dozen. Dozens. £ s. d. 1855 75,119 12,948 3 5 1856 134,237 12,394 1 10 1857 163,163 19,303 2 3 1858 195,099 19,748 2 0 1859 160,060 9,161 1 1 1860 153,500 17,346 2 3 1861 185,098 16,469 1 9 1862 172,000 23,174 2 8 1863 213,000 21,842 2 0 1864 277,000 29,380 2 1 Average 172,827 18,176 2 1 11. The ports of New York and London alone afford a steady market for pines. Other ports in the United States, such as Boston and Philadelphia, take from six to eight cargoes in a season, and those in the British North American Provinces seldom take a single cargo, or even half a one. No shipments are made to any other European port than London. The price is too high for the Liverpool and Lancashire markets. The competition of native fruits excludes pines from France. Epidemics in the States spoil the market for a while. 12. To the United States the fruit is shipped like turnips, stripped of everything but its head, and packed loose and as close as possible in the hold. It occupies only two days to gather. and ship a cargo for the United States. To England .the whole tree, as it is called, was formerly shipped, leaves and shoots wrapped round the' fruit, which they were supposed to keep fresh ; but since 1858 only the shoots are left on the stalk. The gathering and loading for the English market occupy four or five days. The fruit is arranged in tiers, and great attention is paid to ventilation. The hatches are left open day and night throughout the voyage. Cargoes to England average 3,000 to 3,500 dozen, and to the United States 4,000 to 5,000 dozen. 13. The difference in the mode of shipment causes a difference in the price. The" grower who, by parting with the shoots, loses the means of continuing or extending his cultivation, except by procuring shoots from other sources, must charge a higher price, and during the last two years there has been a great demand for shoots or slips ; accordingly there is a fixed difference of price between the pines bought for the English and American markets £ s. d. 93 15 0 62 10 0 62 10 0 The average price of the former maybe stated at 3s. a dozen, of the latter at 2s. The actual average valuation of shipments in 1864 to England was 2s. 9c?., and to the United States' Is. lOd. per dozen. 14. There is not much fluctuation in the price. Purchasers generally offer the price of the preceding year unless some extra ordinary circumjtarices affecting the supply or demand should occur. They do not offer a higher price for larger or better fruit. The grower, therefore, has no inducement to improve the size or quality of his produce ; he looks to quantity alone. 15. The expense of cultivation and shipment may be stated at Is. to Is. 6f/. per dozen, the selling price being 2s. to 3s. per dozen. The net proceeds of an acre in ordinary years are con sequently, — In the first year „ second year ,, third year Another informant states the average net yield at 601. a year. The obstacles to the extension of the cultivation have been the limited quantity of land supposed to be suitable and the scarcity of labour. 16. There are usually two cuttings Jn a year. The Cuba pine is earlier than the sugar-loaf, and the two cuttings are early in May and late in June. The first cutting of the sugar-loaf variety is from the 1st to the 20th June, the second in July and August. The fruit of the first cutting is generally the best, and keeps best. In the United States it fetches double the price of the second, viz., 6d. apiece, instead of 3d. In England the average price is about Is. apiece. The finest, of which the number is small, have sold of late years as high as 3s. 6d. apiece. Quantities sell at that price per dozen, or 3|rf. apiece. 17. The limited period of cutting and shipment leads to hurry and waste, to a necessity for proceeding in spite of bad weather or other unfavourable circumstances, and to an excessive competition in the foreign market. The losses on shipment are often great. Many vessels come out in ballast from England ; these usually clear at Nassau, and call at the ports of shipment to take in their cargoes. The cost of a voyage to and from England is from 350/. to 400L or 500/., and to and from the United States 600 to 800 dollars. Vessels chartered in the Bahamas to take a cargo to the United States may be engaged at 400 to 500 dollars. /L8. The loss by decay, &c, on the voyage is very uncertain, and is often large. The causes which influence the amount are unknown, but it is generally supposed that shipments made in rainy seasons will not keep, owing probably to the excessive juiciness of the fruit, f If the loss doe3 not exceed 30 per cent., the transaction will yield a profit, but it often amounts to 75 per 46 -' cent,, and sometimes the whole cargo is destroyed. The average length of a voyage to England is 28 or 29 days ; voyages have been made in 21 or 22 day?, and have also extended to 40 days. 19. The mode of sale differs in England and the United States: in the former the fruit is sorted, parcelled, and catalogued, and sold in a fixed place on a fixed day; there is therefore sometimes the delay of some days before it can be sold. In New York ifc is sold in any quantities from the ship according to the demand, and is taken aw ay by the purchasers. Cotton. — 1. The cultivation of this plant appears to have been introduced after 1783 by the loyalist refugees from Georgia and North Carolina, who settled in the Windward Islands of the group, and to have been kept up until about 1810. There are no records of the quantities produced or exported. In 1800 the lands had begun to be exhausted, through want of agricultural knowledge and skill, and' there was a .general complaint of distress. Capital had been sunk and expended. Since 1810, and especially since the emancipation of the slaves, cotton has ceased to be an object of cultivation, although plants have continued to exist in many islands, and here and there a small plantation, the produce of which has been cleaned by the hand, has escaped destruction. But in 1864 a company, supported "by American and colonial capital, commenced operations in Long Island. A considerable tract of land was cleaned and planted. Wool to the value of several thousand pounds sterling has been shipped during the present year, and now other companies are being formed for the cultivation of cotton in Watling's Island, Exuma, New Providence, &c 2. Looking to the amount known to have been produced about the end of last century, and to the quantity of available land, to the suitableness of the climate, and to the fact that the cotton plant becomes a perennial here, and will produce from- three to seven years without fresh planting, there is every reason to anticipate that, with the application of capital and labour, and of an improved system of agriculture, all three long strangers in the out-islands, an abundant and profitable supply of the finest qualities of cotton may be produced, rivalling, if not surpassing, that ofthe southern states of North America, and contributing to replace the antici pated deficiency in the future crops of those territories. Sponge— I. This has become an important and valuable pro duction of the Colony. A large number of boats and men are employed in procuring sponges from the bottom of the ocean, where they grow, or are formed, adhering to rocks. They are obtained by diving, or by detaching and. lifting them with a hookv made for the purpose, in waters varying in depth from 12 feet to 5 fathoms. They are found throughout the islands, but principally, on the shores of Exuma, Andros, and Abaco 47 2. In their natural state they are covered with a black gelatinous animal substance; this used to be removed by buryinc the sponges in the sand for several days, and then beatino- them with sticks, after which they were dried, sorted, and shipped to Nassau. At present, however, they are kept on deck for two or three clays, when thry lose their vital power, and are then placed in a crawl for eight or ten days, when they arc cleaned and left spread on the beach for several days for the purpose of bleachino-, in which state they are brought to Nassau. There they are sold in parcels ; the roots are cut off; they are then trimmed and packed for exportation. A considerable number of persons are employed in these several operations. 3. The Bahama sponge is inferior to the Mediterranean species ;' 25 or 30 years ago it was of little value. It was classed as coarse and fine, the former including the qualities now known as velvet, sheepwool, and grass, and selling for four or five dollars, 16s. 8d. to 20s. lOd. the cwt. ; the fine or glove, sponge sold for 10 dollars, 41s. 8d. per cwt. 4. Now it is divided into the eight following classes, to each of which is affixed the average price per lb., which it fetched in 1864. 1st. Common or boat sponge, with white or yellow tissue, called here sheepwool,"' and in America carriage sponge, Is. 8d. per lb. 2nd. Common or velvet sponge, with brown tissue, Is. 8 d. per lb. 3rd. Large fine brown (fine hard head), Is. 8d. per lb. 4th. Large coarse brown (coarse hard bead), lOd. per lb. 5th. Common coarse or grass sponge, Ad. per lb. 6th. Large fine, soft tissue, not strong, called glove sponge, id. per lb. 7th. Small fine, soft tissue, and good forms, called beef sponge, . found chiefly or only about the Andros Island shoals, 2s. 6d. per lb, 8th. Small fine, hard tissue (small, fine", hard head, or hard brown), best quality, also often called beef sponge, Is. 2d. per lb. ' ¦;' 5. Within" the last 25 years sponge has been' applied to a great many new purposes. The price of some qualities has doubled, of others quadrupled, and of some, such as "velvet and sheep- wool (Nos. Jl and 2), for which apparently, there could have been no foreign demand, the price is ten times greater than formerly. 6. Large quantities- of all the above kinds are exported to the United States; of Nos. 2 and 6 to England, and of Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, and 7 to France, which takes the finest qualities. They there undergo a final operation of cleaning and dyeing. 48 7. The exportations during the last 10 years have been: — Years. Quantities. Total Value. Average Value per Cwt. Cwts. £ £ s. d. 1855 2,386 9,613 4 0 6 1856 1,800 6,723 3 14 7 1857 2,657 11,025 4 3 0 1858 3,357 17,254 5 2 8 1859 4,737 24,114 5 1 10 1860 4,196 29,450 7 0 4 1861 6,466 32,159 4 19 5 1862 3,503 13,724 3 18 3 1863 1,869 14,889 7 19 3 1864 2,348 14,745 6 5 7 Average 3,331 17,369 5 4 3 8. At present, perhaps owing to the large reduction in the collection and exportation during the late war in the United States, the supply is not equal to the demand, and prices rule high. Shells. — 1. The several varieties of the so-called conch shell, with which the shores of these islands abound, have at times, and up to the commencement of the late civil war, formed an important object of oxportation, and their collection has afforded a useful means of employment to the maritime and littoral population. The value of the exportations, chiefly made to France, during the last 10 years has been — Years. Value. Years. Value. 1855 £ 788 1860 _ £ 1,727 1856 - . 2,263 1861 _ _ 550 1857 6,351 1862 „ „ 765 1858 2,481 1863 .. „ 988 1859 2,224 1864 - - 786 Turtle and Turtle Shell form the only other article of regular annual exportation ; the former dwindled away during the°civil war, the latter rather increased ; whence it may be inferred that tho fitpply of live turtle increased, but that they were consumed in Nassau. The meat of the turtle is sold in the market like beef and at the same price. 49 Value exported. Years. Turtle. Turtle Shell. f £ 1835 782 391 1856 890 358 1857 952 207 1858 1,049 354 1859 881 342 1860 768 348 1861 783 273 1862 538 196 1863 208 334 1864 89 422 Miscellaneous. — -1. The remaining articles of production and manufacture exported during the last 10 years are not of sufficient importance to deserve any special notice. They comprise ambergris, arrowroot, cotton wool (in 1864), green ginger, straw hats.; hides, honey, horses, potatoes, preserves, rags, shell-work, starch, tur pentine and resin, and wax. 1 1 . Commerce. Imports and Exports. — 1. The foreign trade of the Colony is chiefly confined to the port of Nassau in New Providence* and is not usually extended beyond the United Kingdom and France in- Europe, and the United States, British North American Provinces. British West Indies, Cuba, and Hayti, in the western hemisphere, Harbour Island and Inagua have a direct trade with- the United States, exchanging respectively their fruit and salt for American goods, chiefly provisions. 2. The late civil war in the United States led to Nassau becoming one of the chief emporiums for a trade with the ports of the Southern Confederacy, blockaded by the Federal Government. The extent to which this was carried on is shown in the following figures, abstracted from Appendix No. 12. Total Value of Goods imported into and exported- from th& Bahamas, 1S60-1864. Imports. Years. 1860 18611862 1863 1864 £ 234,029 274,584 1,250,322 4,295,316 5,346,112 •- Exports. £ 157,350 195,584 1,007,755 3,368,5674,672,398 17550. 50 3. The blockade of the Southern ports was first proclaimed on the 19th April 1861. Only four vessels, two of which were steamers, appear to have run the blockade from Charleston to Nassau in the remainder of that year. Consequently the years 1860 and 1861 exhibit the normal state ofthe trade ofthe Colony, a little increased during the latter year by the abnormal state of the trade with the neighbouring continent. 4. The operation of the new trade is shown in the following abstract of Appendices Nos. 13 and 14: — Years. Imports from United , Kingdom. British North America. United States. £ £ £ ., ....-'., 1860 25,442 762 92,800 1861 51,025 166 136,002 1862 762,627 20,803 352,520 1863 1,054,775 60,797 2,932,945 1864 1,218,914 51,217 3,772,389 5. Of which latter sum 3,584,587/. represents cotton, imported, with few exceptions, from the two southern Confederate ports of Charleston and Wilmington. .:. ,,;,.. Years. Exports to .. - w _ . ^i^*i V -. '- ¦'*" United Kingdom. British North America. United States. > £ £ £ 1860 37,901 1,401 79,834 1861 43,901 2,304 .104,027 1862 304,733 547,258 134,579 1863 2,124,539 978,681 155,014 1864 3,511,208 889,470 93,314 6. The exports to British North America represent goods cleared chiefly for St John's, New Brunswick, but intended to be run through the blockade. 7. The normal state of the trade of the Colony is shown In the following abstract for the year 1860 : — .Countries. Total Value. For-ccntage Pro portion. Imports. Exports. Imports. Exports. £ £ per cent. per cent. United Kingdom 25,442 37,901 10-9 24-1 British North America 762 1,401 ¦3 •9 „ West Indies 2,662 2,732 1-2 1-7 United States (America) 92,800 79,834 396 50-7 Colonies of Spain (Cuba) 4,909 1,672 2-1 1-1 ,, Denmark (St. Thomas) 10 — — — France ... 2,061 ' 31,976 •9 20-3 Hayti - 2,493 1,834 1-1 1-2 Wrecks ... 102,890 — 439 — Total - 234,029 157,350 100- 100- 8. The proportion of wrecked goods imported was large in 1860, but it may be taken on an average at two-fifths of the imports; shipments from the United States at two-fifths; and from the United Kingdom and other countries at one-fifth. Of the export trade more than one-half is to the United States ; nearly one-third to the United Kingdom, and more than one-half of the remainder to France. The details of this for the five years before the civil war in the United States, 1856-1860, are shown in Appendix No. 15. 9. A description of the quantities and value of the several articles of imports and exports in the year 1864 is furnished in Appendices Nos. 16 and 17, and a similar return of the value of the trade with British Norih America and the United States, as exhibiting the nature ofthe blockade running trade, is furnished for the five years 1860-1864, Appendices Nos. 13 and 14. 10. The following abstract will furnish an idea of the principal enumerated articles imported and exported in 1864. Imported. Of -which -was Ee- Quantities. Value. exported to United States and British North America. Ale » - gallons - ;. dozen 365,7421 102,775 / £ 55,823 £ 2,039 Brandy - gallons 191,591 98,535 3,013 Coal tons 46,862 44,119 nil. Coffee cwts. 11,487 34,936 27,708 Cotton, raw bales 62,898 3,490,069 niL Flour, wheaten - barrels 27,708 33,947 414 52 Of which •vras Re exported to United Quautities. Value. States and British North America. £ £ Meat, salted cwts. 25,796 32,176 18,832 Oil gallons 97,825 24,603 5,780 Rice cwts. 34,743 29,885 nil. Sugar, refined 55,828 156.267 26,385 Tobacco - 16,192 94,652 348 „ cigars 1,000 11,060 48,514 5,477 Wine gallons 44,314 26,523 8,016 Other enumerated ai ¦tides - 163,538 Unenumerated articl es 1,012,525 Total 5,346,112 Exported. Value of Exports — — — Quantities. Value. to United States and British North America. £ £ Coffee cwts. 7,919 2S,054 27,708 Cotton 1 Linen > goods - - £ — 391,460 391,460 Woollen J '¦;-¦ Cotton, raw- bales 54,612 3,493,122 - '¦¦: — "r- Hardware "I Earthenware J £ — 195,090 ; 189,206 Leather, raw " JJ — 10,132 9,558 „ manufactured JJ — 44,373 42,103 Meat, salted cwts. 15.512 19,818 18,832 Pine- apples - 1,000 dozen 277 29,380 — Sugar, refined cwts. 8,710 26,472 26,385 Tobacco, manufacturec t cwts. 27,236 92,998 Miscellaneous - — 336,490 106,814 Total - 4,672,398 9S2,1S5 11. The third column of each statement represents the value chiefly of goods shipped to run the blockade. The total value of this trade, including the amount of the restricted commerce carried on with the Federal States, in each of the five years was as follows : — 53 Imported. Years. United States. British N. America. Total. £ ;£ £ 1860 92,800 762 93,562 1S61 136,002 166 136,16S 1862 352,520 5,758 358,278 1863 2,932,945 60,797 2,993,742 1864 3,665,086 51,217 3,716,303 EXFORTED. Years. United States. British N. America. Total. £ £ £ I860 " 79,834 1,401 "81,235 1861 104,071 2,304 106-,375 1862 134,579 547,258 681,837 1863 155,014 978.681 1,133,695 1864 92,715 889,470 982,185 Blockade-running Trade. — 1. The following- additional parti culars relating to the blockade-running trade will be of interest 2. The first vessel that arrived from a blockaded port was the " Prince of Wales," a small Confederate schooner of 74 tons, manned by five men, which arrived from Charleston with 140 bales of cotton on the 5th December 1861. The first vessel which left Nassau to run the blockade, clearing for St. John's, N. B., was the Confederate steamer " Theodora," which sailed on the - 16th December 1861 with a cargo, having arrived on the 10th December with 75 bales of cotton. 3. The last vessel which arrived was the steamer " Imogene," which brought a cargo of cotton from Galveston on 10th May 1865." The" last which cleared to run the blockade direct from Nassau was the steamer " Little Hattie," which left on the 25th February 1865. 4. Fort Fisher fell on the 17th January 1865; the news reached Nassau on the 24th of that month. Charleston was evacuated on the 10th February following. The news arrived at Nassau on the 18th February. 5. After the end of February a few steamers left for Havana with the view of trying for an opening on the coast of Texas ; only two returned to this port with cargoes. 6. The first British vessels that engaged in the trade were schooners whichxame out from Charleston in March 1862. The steamer "Gladiator" left Nassau on the 27th December 1861, 54 and ran into Charleston on 2nd January 1862, but did not return to Nassau. . 7. During the years 1862-63 a considerable trade was carried on in sailing vessels, chiefly schooners and sloops ; and even two open boats,°one of two tons, ran the blockade from the coast of Florida in 1862. But after the month of May 1863 the trade was carried on almost exclusively by steamers, and became con fined to the ports of Charleston and Wilmington. During these years 72 vessels left for the American coast laden with salt, and 23 vessels arrived with turpentine. The rest, with 14 ex ceptions, were laden with cotton, and in 29 cases with cotton and other produce. 8. The extent of the trade, and the excess of vessels which left Nassau, is shown in the following abstract of Appendix No. 18. Arrived from Southern States. Departed for Southern States. Years. Steamers. Small Sailing Vessels. Steamers. Small Sailing Vessels. 1861 1862 ... 186318641865 2 32 113105 35 2 74 27 6 3 46 173165 41 1 109 48 2 Total - 288 109 428 288 160 109 , Excess of Departures - 140 51 9. Of these 42 steamers are known to have been captured and 22 to have been wrecked, chiefly off the ports of Charleston and Wilmington, Others never returned to this port. Of the total number 32 were Confederate vessels. , . 10. The trade with each port is shown in Appendix No. 19. Of 400 vessels which arrived from the Southern States, 156 came from Charleston, 164 from Wilmington, and only 80 from other ports. Of the total departures 588, three-fourths, viz., 432, cleared for St. John's, New Brunswick^ Their exact destination was not made known. 11. Of the 23 steamers which remained in harbour, or arrived in it, after the southern ports were taken,— 12 cleared for England. 3 cleared for Havana. 4 „ Halifax. 1 „ St. Thomas. 2 „ Bermuda. 1 „ Matamoras. 12. During the whole period, 1861 to 1865, 164 steamers connected with the trade of the Southern States entered the port of Nassau. Of these 108 brought cargoes from the coast. 56 are recorded as having left the port, but do not figure amono- the arrivals from the coast. 13. The following is the number of times which successful steamers entered with cargoes from the coast. The majority of these had succeeded in passing the blockading fleet twice on each voyage. No. of Voyages. No. of Steamers. 1 - - 51 2 - - - 23 3 --. 6 4 - - - 5 5 - - 2 6 - - - 4 7 - 2 8 - 3 9 - - - -3 10 - - - 2 18 - - _l 14. The latter fortunate vessel was the " Syren," which left for Charleston on her 19th voyage upon the 13th February 1865, ignorant of the capture of that place, and fell into the hands of the Federals. 15. The steamers at first employed were such as happened to be in the Southern ports, or were purchased at random in Eng land and sent out for the trade. A class of vessels specially adapted for it, and of a size suited to the port of Charleston, were afterwards built. The first of thi3 class, the "Banshee," of 216 tons burthen, was launched at Liverpool in November 1862. It was the first steel boat which crossed the Atlantic. Her plates- were only one-eighth of an inch thick. She made her first three voyages to and from Wilmington, with full cargoes each way, in the short space of six weeks, and was captured on her fourth voyage. 16. At a later period a larger class of vessels was built and sent out, some 260 feet long by 32 in width,, and drawing only seven feet when loaded. The " Coquette " and " Vulture " are types of these. Their tonnage respectively was 390 and 335 tons. Some of this class have made the voyage between Wilmington and Nassau (about 600 miles) in 44 hours. Shortly before the close of the war another class, of still greater capacity and speed, one with twin screws, were sent out, but only one or two of these found employment. 17. The cost of running these vessels, and the salaries paid to their officers and pilots, were very high. In 1863 the expenses of a vessel which could carry 800 bales (including wages, coal, pro visions, labour, repair?, and agents' commissions), was about 3,000?. 56 for a round trip to and fro. In the following year the expenses were increased to 5,000/., on account chiefly of higher wages and hio-her bounties consequent, upon increased risk to the officers and crew. The salary of the captain rose from 600/. to 1,000/. for the trip, with the privilege of carrying 10 bales of cotton on his own account ; the purser and first officer received each 300/., with a similar privilege of carrying two bales each, and the pilot received 1,000/., with the privilege of carrying five bales. 18. A first class steamer avould run from Charleston or Wil mington to Nassau in- about 48 hours. She could be discharged in 24 hours, the labourers working day and night ; but three clays for unloading and reloading was considered good despatch. The excitement, extravagance, and waste which prevailed under such circumstances may be easily imagined. Wrechs.-^-l. It has_been mentioned that two-fifths of the im ports during the last few years consist of goods saved from vessels wrecked within the. Colony. The. number .of these is large, owing ia the vast trade which passes through, or near, these most dangerous coasts, fringed with shoals, and bristling with cays and rocks, as shown in preceding portions of this report, where not only strong and shifting currents, and sudden and violent gales, expose the conscientious and wary navigator to unexpected dangers and difficulties, but where innumerable localities and opportunities offer a temptation to the dishonest shipmaster wil fully to cast away his vessel for the purpose of defrauding the underwriters, or of obtaining by secret arrangement with the wreckers a share in the salvage. 2. The frequency of these occurrences, and the rich prizes sometimes obtained by the wreckers, have led to a large number of the inhabitants in some of the islands devoting themselves principally, though few, if any, exclusively, to the occupation of wrecking, cruising about those places where accidents most fre quently occur, or being ready to rush off as soon as they hear of a vessel stranded, or in danger of stranding. This has had the necessary and usual effect of demoralizing the persons engaged in such occupations, of diverting their attention from agriculture, or any other industrial pursuit, exposing them to the trials and temptations of alternate abundance and want, and accustomino- them to rejoice in the misfortunes which bring calamity and ruin to others. At the same time it cannot be denied that numerous lives and much property are saved through their instrumentality ; that large numbers of intrepid and hardy seamen are reared up, and that a large income is legitimately derived by the colonists from this source, which, however undesirable, is incidental to their geographical position. 3. The Local Legislature has endeavovred to bring the wreck ing system under control by a law which requires licences to be taken cut for men and vessels, provides for the appointment of wreckm asters, apportions the share of salvage which each vessel 57 and its crew may claim, and imposes penalties for certain acts of misconduct. But it requires both enforcement and amendment. 4. The number and description of wrecks has been consider ably affected by the erection of numerous lighthouses, and still more by the late civil war in the United States, and the number of licensed vessels and men has been greatly reduced. In 1858 there were licensed — Vessels Men In 1865 only, Vessels Men 302 2,679 176 712* 5. I have recently made a separate report upon the number of wrecks which have been reported as occurring within the Colony during the last seven years (in Despatch No. 267, of 25th November 1865). I may reproduce here the principal facts therein detailed, and add some other particulars illustrative of the wrecking system. 6. The number of wrecks reported in 1858-64 was 313, of which 259 were total losses. In the earlier years no record was kept of partial loss, and in 1864 are included 1 9 vessels which came into Nassau in distress, leaky, or requiring repair. Years. Total Loss. Other. Total. 1858 46 46 1859 41 — 41 1860 44 1 45 1861 32 8 40 ¦ 1862 .32 6 -- 38 1863 33 3 36 - 1864 Total 31 36 67 259 54. 313 7. The localities in which the above disasters occurred are shown in the following statement: — To Windward : On Little Bahama Bank - - - 35 Of whioh on Abaco, 31. On and outside of Great Bahama Bank : To the East - - - - 59 Of which on Long Cay, 27. To the South-east - " - - - 57 Of which on Inagua, 43. Total to Windward - 15 * See Appendix No. 20. 58 To the South - - 3 To Leeward : Ou Cay Sal Bank (to the South-west) 3 On Great Bahama Bank : To the West 43 Of which on the Biminis, 17 ; Orange Cays, 12. On the Bank (Central Channel) - 38 Of which on Lojjg Bank, 10; the Gingerbread Ground, 9. Central - 26 Of which on the Berry Islands, 1 1. On Little Bahama Bank - 17 Of which on Grand Bahama, 10. Total to Leeward 127 At sea, not stated, or outside the group 32 Total - - 313 8. In 238 case3 the ports of departure and destination are recorded, and the casualties are shown to affect indifferently the up and down trades, viz: 121 vessels bound north, 117 vessels- bound south. But out of 74 vessels wrecked in the trade with the Gulf of Mexico, chiefly with ports cf the United States, 48 were bound south, and 26 north. 9. The number and proportion of wrecks to windward and to leeward, respectively, have been greatly affected by the civil war in America, which stopped the commercial communication between the two sections of the United States. Ofthe wrecks to leeward,. indicating the trade with the Gulf of Mexico, the proportion before the war, viz., 1858-60, was 51-6, to 46 -8 of wrecks to windward. In the years 1861-64 these proportions were as 39'9 to 59-5. 10. Of the 313 casualties, nearly two-thirds occurred in the winter months, although the hurricane season in these latitudes prevails from August to October, viz. : Wrecks. Per-centage proportion. . . From November to April - 199 63 • 6 From May to October - - 114 36-4 313 100- 11. The season of the year does not appear to affect specially either the windw.ard or leeward trade, but possibly it may affect the up and down trades differently in these localities. 12. Of the total number of wrecks whose nationality was reported (300), 110 were British, 157 American, 13 French, 6 Spanish, and 12 belonged to other nations. The proportion of ¦American was much greater before the war. While in 1858-60 the British averaged annually 8, and the American 29 vessels, the 59 latter averaged in 1860-64 only 14, and the British rose in 1864 to 42 vessels. 13. This change in the proportion was caused not only by the cessation of American commerce with the Gulf of Mexico, but it was increased by the transfer of a large number of American ve^els to British registry. In the port of Nassau alone 229 vessels were so transferred in the four years 1860-64, while during the preceding six years the number was only 18. 14. The size and character of the vessels wrecked may be inferred from the fact that of 139 whose rig was recorded, — 38 were schooners. 23 „ brigantine3. 24 „ brigs. 32 „ barques. 9 „ 126 49 139 sailing vessels. steamers, men-of-war. „ commercial. 15. It is remarked that the value of the wrecks has fallen off* of late years, even before the war in America ; that a smaller number of large . and valuable ships have been wrecked. The following two statements of the salvage awarded in each of the last ten years, and in the last six cases brought before the Vice- Admiralty Court, will afford some idea of the profits to wreckers, and of the small proportion of cases that come before that Court. Jlerelict Cases Salvage Cases .Tears. No. of Cases. Amount of Sal vage awarded. Average Amount per Case. No. of Cases. Amount of Sal vage awarded. Average Amount per Case. £ s. d. £ „ £ s. d. £ 1855 10 3,836 3 9 383 Nil. — — 1856 5 3,250 10 9 650 4 8,742 9 11 2,185 1857 5 ¦253 18 0 50" 7 9,185 1 5 1,312 1858 -5 408 14 10 81 I 4,994 .15 8 4,994 1859 2 J59 6 6 79 3 5,512 1 5 1,837 1860 6 865 13 4 144 5 10,429 3 9 2;085 —- 1861 8 252 10 6 31 2 5,540 12 4 3,770 1862 6 135 14 11 22 4 2,859 11 9 714 1863 5 1,446 15 4 289 5 10,592 16 I 2,118 1864 ' 7 709 2 7 101 6 2,102 2 4 350 Total-' - 59 11,318 10 5 — 37 59,958 14 8 — Average - - - - 191 - - 1,620 GO VaTuo of Hull j and Cargo on I which Salvage ' was awarded. I Per-centaqe awarded. Amount of Sal vage awarded. Number of Boats and others anions whom, tlio Amount awarded was divisible. £ ; £ 5. d. 11 1 4,072 33J 1,374 10 1 13 vessels, and some open boats. 2 4,803 From 10 to33j 1,372 11 5 19 vessels. 3 2-3,630 25 C,667 0 0 6 vessels, and 101 men from the shore. 4 22,000 — 80 0 0 1 vessel. 5 5,037 37 1,892 0 0 9 vessels. 6 Sot stated. Not stated. 745 0 0 1 6. The aggregate of the four cases which represent the ordinary character of salvage transactions shows a- total sum of 11,304/. Is. 6d. awarded to the wreckers, and an average of 2,826Z. per vessel. 17. In the case of the American steamer " Plerrnan Living stone," which was stranded and got off in September 1865, the salvage agreed upon between the master and the salvors was 30,000 dollars. The latter, after discounting the bill, received 5,480?. 3s. This was divisible among 32 vessels and boats^ entitled to 1 52 shares. The owners, or others interested in the fitting out, ¦ofthe vessels received between them 1,826 1 14s. 4rf., or rather less than 607. per vessel and boat. The 152 men received between them 2,6537. 8s. Sd., or 17Z. lis. 5d. each. 18. The nature of the cargoes of the 313 wrecked vessels reported between 1853 and 1864 was as follows : — Assorted cargoes - Colonial produce - Provisions Timber, &c. Metals, Minerals, &c. Other In ballast - Not stated 86 81 30 49 23 6 28 10 Total - 313 19. The valuation entered at the Customs of all wrecked o-oods which passed through the books of the Department in the last ten years, distinguishing the value of hulks and materials, of the un- enumerated articles which paid the 20 per cent, consumption duty, and of free goods on which the auction duty of 5 per cent, was paid, was as follows : — 61 Hulks and Materials. Paying Ad va Pre? Goods Oth?r paying Years. lorem Duty of payiiis Auction Duty Spc'.-ifio Dutii-s, Total. 20 per cent. of 5 per cent. or re-exported. A £ £ £ A 1855 2,847 12,160 34,600 Not stated Not stated 1856 3,927 15,375 20,320 , 46,682 90,304 1857 4,620 6,945 4.9S0 71,028 87,573 1858 4,613 17,255 1,120 41,521 64,509 1859 3,087 9,195 16,100 41,429 69,811 1S60 2,940 16,180 5,040 78,730 102.S90 1861 2,693 1,335 4,800 57,691 66,519 1862 3.7S7 1,495 3,440 40,456 49,178 1863 1,667 7,760 5,160 36,079 50,666 1864 667 7,200 2,560 40,987 51,414 Total 30,848 94,900 98,120 454,603 I 638,864 average salvage, 20. It is stated on good authority that the allowed chiefly by arbitration, which twenty yeara ago amounted to 60 per cent,, has not, during the last five years, exceeded 40 per cent., and that the charges for commission amount to 10 per cent, on the merchandise saved, and for labour, storage, &c. to 4 per cent. more. It may be inferred, therefore, from the above the extent to which the, population of the colony, maritime and com mercial, has been and continues to be interested in this source of employment and income. Lighthouses and Beacons. — 1. In connexion with the subject of wrecks, and the efforts made by Her Majesty's Government to diminish their frequency by the erection of lighthouses on the most" dangerous points of the Bahama group, the following list of lights and beacons constructed and maintained by the Board of Trade may be enumerated : — ¦-..¦¦ Date of Erection. --- - 1 1836 May. Gun Cay. S. of the Biminis, on the Great Bahama Bank. Lat. 25° 34' 30" N.; Long, 79° 6' 30" W.; revolving, 80' ft. above the sea. Radius, 11-83 miles. 2. — 1836, June. Abaco (Hole-in-the-Wall). On S.E. point of Abaco, at entrance of N.E. Providence Channel. Lat. 25° 51' 11" 3ST. ; Long. 77° 11' 11" W.j revolv ing, 160 ft. above the sea. Radius, 16-73 miles. 3.— Begun in 1838. Cay ISal (Double-headed shot-cays). On. KW. point of Cay Sal Bank, W. of Great Bahama Bank. Lat. 23° 56' 23" N. ; Long. 80° 26' 38" W. ; fixed, 100 ft. above the sea. Radius, 13-23 miles. Great Isaacs. On a small cay within N. W. point of Great Bahama Bank, near entrance of jST.vV". Providence Channel. Lat. 26° 2' K ; Long. 79° 6' 30" W. ; revolving, 158 ft. above the sea. Radius, 16*50 miles. 5.— 1860, March. Cay Lobos. On a cay on southern edge of Great Bahama Bank, facing Cayo Romano, Cuba. Lat. 22° 22' 30" N. ; Long. 77° 35' .5" W. ; fixed, 146 ft. above the sea. Radius, 16 miles. " 4. — 1859, August. C2 6 —1 863, April. Stirrup's Cay. On a cay near N.W. point of the group of Berry islands, in N.W. Providence Channel, near entrance of channel across Great Bahama. Bank. Lat. 20° 49'40"N.; Long. 77° 54' W.; fixed, 81 ft. above the sea, Radius, 1 1 -91 miles. 7 1863. Auo-ust. Elbow Cay. On a cay off the most easterly point of the coast of Abaco. Lat. 26" 33' 30" N. ; Long. 76° 58' 30" W. ; fixed, 123 ft, above the sea. Radius, 14-7 miles. A light is in the course of erection on Castle Island, at the S.W. point of Acklin's Island, to guide navigators passing through the Crooked Island passage. 2. The Colonial Government has erected, and maintains, a Hght on Hog Island, at the entrance of the harbour of Nassau : Lat. 25° 5° 6" N. ; Long. 77° 21' 2" W.; 70 feet above the sea. Radius, 11-07 miles. And in 1865 a small fixed light was erected at Athol Island, about four miles to the eastward of the harbour of Nassau : Lat. 25° 5' N. ; Long. 77° 17' 30" W. ; 50 ft. above the sea. -Radius, 9 miles. 3. Beacons are erected at — Ship Channel Bock, Exuma Cays Adderley Cay, Exuma - Channel Cay (Morse Channel), Exuma - Stocking Island, Exuma Gun Hill, Little Exuma Booby Cay, Long Island Hogsty Reef, near Inagua, fallen down ; about to be replaced. 4. The expenditure for the lighthouse service paid in the Colony, including the maintenance of a brig employed in visiting the stations and supplying them with provisions, and the cost of provisions and oil received from England, amounted in 1863 to 8,4197/. 3s. 2d., in 1864 to 8,6437. 12s. Ports of Entry. — 1. The established ports of entry are — 1. Nassau, in New Providence, including Salt Cay Bank, Andros Island, Green Cay, the cays extending southerly from Ship Channel Cay to Harvey Cay, Berry Islands, Bimini Islands, and all adjacent islands and cays within above limits. 2. Green Turtle Cay, in Abaco, including Little Abaco, Grand Bahama, and all islands and cays on the Little Bahama Bank. 3. Dunmore Town, in Harbour Island, including the part of Eleuthera west of Glass Window, all adjacent islands and cays to the S.W. point of Current. 4. Governor's Harbour, in Eleuthera, including the remainder of Eleuthera and the adjacent islands and cays. 5. Great Exuma, including Little Exuma, all cays from Harvey's Cay to White Cay, Great and Little St. Salvador, and all adjacent cays within the above limits. 6. Clarence Harbour, Long Island, and all adjacent islands and cays. 70 feet high, 40 ?> 50 jj 126 j> 50 jj 57 jj C3 7. Rum Cay, Including Watling's Island, Conception Island, and all adjacent islands and cays. 8 Fortune Island (Long Cay), including Crooked Island, Acklin Island, Atwood cays, French or Plana cays, Mira Por Vos cays, Hogsty reef, and all adjacent islands and cays within the above limits. 9. Ragged Island, including aU islands and cays from Pear Cay to Cay Verde and Cay St. Domingo. 10. Inagua (Mathew's Town), including Little Inagua, Maya guana, and all adjacent islands and cays. 2. At each of the above places there is a sub-collector of customs; Nassau and Mathew's Town (Inagua) are warehousing ports. Tariff. — 1. A large proportion ofthe revenue is derived from customs duties. Specific duties are imposed upon the principal articles of consumption,. and upon a few other articles, and duties of 15 per cent, are charged upon unenumerated articles imported direct, and 20 per cent, upon those imported otherwise, which includes wrecked goods. 2. During the last eight years, both before and during the American war, the customs duties have yielded nearly three- fourths, viz., 73 per cent., of the total revenue. Previoxi3iy to the war the duties on unenumerated articles amounted to 27 per cent. of the whole revenue from customs ; during the war the proportion increased to 36 per cent. See Appendix No. 21. Shipping. — 1. The foreign trade of the whole Colony, and of each of the islands, for the last ten years is shown in Appendix No. 22. No record is kept of the trade between the several islands. Appendices Nos. 23 to 25 have been added to show the countries with which trade was carried on, and the nationality of the vessels in which it was carried on, during two years before the American war, and during the last year of that war. It would have occupied too much space to have carried this over the same period as that to which Appendix No. 19 refers. The year 1855 has been added because the returns of that year exhibit the trade of each out island separately. 2. From these statements it results that, of the total tonnage which entered ports in the Colony from 1855 to 1860, during the normal state of the trade of the Colony, — 532 per cent, arrived at Nassau, N: P. 18"1 „ „ Inagua. 72 „ „ Harbour Island. 6- „ „ Crooked Island. 4-6 „ „ Eleuthera 3*4 „ „ Abaco. 3- „ „ Rum Cay. 2-4 „ „ Ragged Island. 1-2 ,; „ Exuma. •9 „ „ Long Island. Total 100- G4 3. In 1860 the proportion had increased in favour of Nassau to 64 per cent, ofthe total tonnage. 4. Secondly, that the tonnage entered from each country during the three yeai-3 1855, 1860, and 1864 was respectively, — 1855. I860. 1864. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. From the United Kingdom 4-7 7'6' 31-1 „ British North America 1- •5 1-8 „ „ West Indies - 18- 19-2 5-2 „ Hamburg ... — — 1 „ France - — 2-1 •3 „ Portugal - - - - — — •1 ,i United States, Northern - ,, „ Southern - } 57-4 57-2 | •21-7 23 9 „ Colonies of Spain (Cuba) - 8-2 8-3 9-4 „ „ France — — 1-4 „ . „ Denmark (St. Thos.) 5-5 •8 . 2-4 „ Hayti -' '- 3-5 4-3 •4 " „ Mexico - - - - — — 1-4 „ Central America •6 „ Brazil - 1-1 Total -_ - 100- 100- 100- 5. It will be seen from the above how small the trade with Europe is under ordinary circumstances. 6. Thirdly, that the tonnage belonging to each country during the same years was, — ¦-..,- Belonging to 1855. I860. 1864. Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. United Kingdom I 56'1 { 7-6 51-3 British colonies - 53-2 20-6 France - 2-5 •9 Denmark ... 1-6 — _, Spain - -•5 •3 •3 Holland - s "3 _ _ .. . Hamburg . - — •1 United States - .39-7 35-3 26-7 Havti - 1-8 l-l •1 Total 100- 100- 100- 7. A harbour master and a health officer for the port of Nassau are appointed and paid by the Government, and pilots, paid by Co fees according to the draught of vessels, are appointed by the Government for that port and the other principal ports of the Colony. Ship-building. — 1. The size and tonnage of vessels and boats built within the Colony and registered at Nassau have fallen off considerably of late years. The aggregate of the three years 1855-57 was 79 vessels of 2,829 tons, and of the three years 1862-64 78 vessels of only 841 tons. During the ten years 1855-64 there were constructed in — Abaco - - 108 vessels of 2,233 tons. Harbour Island - 26 „ 1,227 „ Nassau - - 59 „ 1,217 „ Andros - 13 „ 228 „ Eleuthera - - 5 „ 183 „ Long Cay - - 6 „ 153 „ All others - 13 „ 175 „ Total - 234 „ 5,559 „ 2. These vessels are chiefly schooners and -sloops. Harbour Island and Eleuthera alone have since 1855 launched any of a size above 30 tons, but for the la3t three years they have only launched one sloop of 12 tons. See Appendix No. 26. Registry of Ships. — 1. During the late American war a con siderable number of American vessels, northern and southern, were registered as British vessels at the port of Nassau under bills of sale, genuine or colourable ; this has been already noticed. The number in each of the last ten years has- been— Years. No. > 18" 1855 - - - 3' 1856 - - - 2 1857 - - - 5 1858 - - - — 1859 - - - 4 1860 - - - 4 J }¦ Total, 347. 1861 - - - 39 ~| | 1862 - - - 87 . „9q 1863 - - - in r29J 1861 - - - 92 J Tonnage Dues. — 1. A charge of Is. per ton is levied on all vessels arriving from ports beyond the limits of the Bahamas, but a drawback of one half of that amount is allowed upon all vessels taking away a full cargo of Bahama produce, or filling up with Bahama produce, without landing any part of their original cargo; and by an Act of 1865 a further remission ofthe whole of the duty is granted to vessels taking away whole cargoes of salt or fruit, or in the proportion of 10 tons thereof to every 20 tons of their registered tonnage. 2. A tonnage duty of Is. per ton is also charged on all vessels departing from the Colony with a cargo not consisting entirely of 17550. • e 66 obtain a the Bahama produce. This was imposed originally to revenue from vessels laden with cotton which bad run blockade in the late civil war in America. 3. A charge of Is. per ton is imposed upon all vessels for which a British register is obtained in the port of Nassau. This also was originally imposed to meet the numerous cases of American ships transferred to British registry during the late civil war. Both charges are now maintained for revenue purposes. 4. The total revenue derived le last eight years, — Years. from this source has been during Amount. £ 1857 - - 1j598 1858 - - 409' 1859 - - - 1,253 1860 - - - 1,227 1861 - , - - L714 1862 - - 2,421 1863 - - - 6,005 18fi4 P>457 100"* (2,774 Export tonnage dues. 5. The returns do not show the amount of drawback paid upon vessels shipping Bahama produce, but upon the total tonnage which arrived from 1857 to 1864 the above dues, paid on arrivals, averaged 10^d. per ton. Allowing, therefore, for the mail steamer, which does not pay tonnage dues, and any other vessels entitled to claim exemption, the loss by drawback amounts to about 1^<£. out of the Is. payable per ton. Public Market, Nassau. — 1. This is maintained under a local Act, which authorizes the commissioners to levy certain rents upon stalls and wharves erected by them, and for the use_ of the slaughter-house. The following statement of the receipts during the last six years will show the effect ofthe blockade-running trade upon the consumption of the city. Years. 1859 18601861 1862 18631864 Amount. £ s. d. 358 7 0 465 2 2 523 8 8 644 4 11 855 18 0 1,184 4 6 Average. £ 449 894 Prices and Wages. — 1. No reliable statement can be furnished of prices or wages for the last' few years. In ordinary times the price of meat is from 8d. to Is. per lb., and of bread. 3d. per lb. The wages of servants, from 30s. to 50s. a month for males, and from 10s. to 20s. a month for females. The wages of predial 07 labourers from l.«. 3d. to 2s. 6(7. a day, and of artlzans from 4s. to 8s., but no measure can be applied to the demands of any of these classes during the years 1863-4 ; 20s. to 24s. a day for a carpenter, 10s. for a common labourer, was frequently demanded and given. The Government was charged 27s. a day for a tin smith, and 24s. for a plumber. The prices of almost all articles of consumption rose proportionally, and the Legislature was oblfo-ed to make a temporary addition of 25 per cent, to the salaries of all public officers during the years 1864 and 1865. An allowance was also made from colonial funds to officers of the garrison for the greater part of that period. Exchange and Coin. — 1. The ordinary rate of exchange upon London is 1J to 2 per cent, premium. The difference in the rate upon 30 and 60 days bills is about ^ to 1 per cent. The rates in 1864 of bills drawn by the public bank and merchants were as follows: — Months. At 30 Days. . At 60 Days. January - 1 per cent, premium. 1 per cent, premium. February - 2 jj ¦ n - March H jj i April 2 jj i May 3 2 June 3 2 July 3 jj 2 August - t 3 1 September 1* jj 1 jj October - 1 jj . At par. November H jj 1 per cent, premium". December H j> . 1 2. English gold and English and United States silver coins, chiefly the latter, circulate in abundance. There is no paper money. Banking.—-!. There is not any private bank in the Colony. A public bank has been established in Nassau since 1836; it originated in a savings bank, established under an Act ofthe local legislature in the preceding year. Its transactions during the last two years have been very large. The receipts and payments during the last six years have been as follows : — Years. Receipts. Payments. £ £ 1859 457,552 436,678 1860 ¦ 456,582 455,225 -- 1861 574,662 587,617 1862 790,877 773,509 1863 2,128,721 1,988,661 1864 3,585,574 3,413,995 C8 2. The cash balances have increased in proportion. 31st December of the same years they were :- Years. 18,59 1860 1861 1862 18631864 Amount. £ 68,361 59,46444,509 61,691 201,746 373.324 On the 3. In the last two years they have consisted of the following coins : — Gold, English „ American „ Spanish „ French Silver - A Total 1S63. £ 10,157 97,083 6,297 88,208 201,746 1864. £ 34,320 178,125 25,43732,937 102,504 373,324 4. The foreign gold was Introduced and has been used exclusively for mercantile transactions connected with the blockade-running business. The balance had been reduced on the 30th June 1865 to 252,553/. ; of this, 45.579/., or nearly one-fourth, consisted of monies belonging to the Government and various public boards. 5. The bank allows 4J percent, upon fixed deposits, and charges 6 per cent, upon loans. It has yielded a small surplus to the Government during the last eight years, viz. : — Amount. Years. 18571858 185918601861186218631864 £ 300200 250 500 1,000 Debts, Bankruptcies, and Insolvencies.— The islands have been remarkably free from commercial crises during the last 20 vears and recourse is seldom had to the Bankruptcy Court This was' established m 1845. The number of cases tried and of the 69 liabilities and assets in each, is shown in the .annexed statement. In the 20 years from 1845 to 1864 only four cases of bankruptcy and seven of insolvency came before the court, the total liabilities in which were only 8,251/. Number of Cases brought before the Court of Bankruptcy in each Year from 1845 to 1864. Years. Bankruptcies, i Insolvencies. Liabilities. Assets. £ £ 1845 to 1850 __ — — — 1851 1 — 1,582 2,827 1852 1 — 4,852 — 1853 — — — 1854 1 85 24 1855 — 1 99 8 1856 1 — 204 14 1857 _— 1 906 303 1858 . — 3 355 89 1859 — - 1 44 -x 1860 . — — . — 1861 1 — 124 . 135 1862 — — — — 1863 — — — ¦ : — 1864 \ ' — — — Total 4 7 8,251 3,404 2. In the Court of Common Pleas, in which all actions not exceeding 20/. are cognizable, the number of .causes .since the constitution of the court in 1858 has been : — Years. Deb13' Trover and other Causes. Total. — - 1858 329 23 352 1859 — 506 31 •" 537 1860 574 33 - 607 1861 616 15 631 1862 534 44 ¦•' 578 1863 718 42 760 1864 817 61 878 3. The blockade-running trade has not been accompanied with any bankruptcies or insolvencies within the Colony, but it has been attended with a considerable increase of petty debts. ro 1 2, Revenue and Expenditure. 1. The net revenue of the four years 1857-60, including 6,266/. derived from loans, amounted to 135,591/., and averaged 33.898/. a year. (See Appendix, No. 27.) The expenditure during the same period, including 2,696/. of debt repaid, amounted to 135,533/., and averaged 33,884/. a year. The annual financial transactions since that period have been : — Receipts. Years. Net Revenue. Loans. Total. £ £ £ 1861 35,541 13,376 48,917 1862 39,356 7,775 47,131 1863 67,906 — 67,906 1864 102,024 -» 102,024 Expenditure. Years. General. Repayment of Debt. '¦ Total. £ £ £ 1861 • - 49,959 — 49,959 1862 41,831 — 41,831 1863 44,541 8,868 53,409 :... 1864 63,718 34,918 98,636 2. The chief object for which a debt was incurred in the years 1859 and 1861-62 was the erection of an extensive and com modious hotel in Nassau, which cost up to the close of 1864 19,804/. This was constructed at the public expense, under an Act ofthe Legislature passed in 1859, for the purpose of offerino- better accommoJation to the annual visitors, invalids, and others from the United States and British North America. "Without such an establishment it would have been almost impossible to have provided for the influx of persons connected with the blockade- running trade. The increased revenue derived from the increased consumption, and new taxes imposed during the last two years of that trade, enabled the Government to pay off the whole of the debt, and left a balance of 20,575/. in the treasury. 71 3. The amounts derived from each source of revenue, and ex pended upon each service, during the eight years 1857 to 1864 are shown In Appendices Noa 28 and 29. A comparison of the years 1860 and 1864 will suffice to show the normal and abnormal state of each. Revenue. Smuvoc OUUltCB • I860.' 1864. Fixed : £- £ Customs duties 26,467 75,587 Tonnage » 1,227 7,457 Anchorage fees 68 437 Harbour - 120 677 Entrance 239 689 Clearance 282 1,190 Auction duty 252 128 „ tax 1,769 2,558 Liquor licenses 400 780 Sale of medicmes ditto 60 20 Assessed taxes 219 332 Market rate and tolls 482 1,191 Griinpowder' magazine 14 117 Dog tax . 22 29 Town rate J 2,977 1,071 1 Cart and dray licences 23 38 Wrecking licences 736 213 : Billiard saloon tax under 29 Vict. c. 1"7. - — 30 Hospital money — , 534 Tonnage dues ! 2,774 , Registry - 353 ¦-" Warehouse charges Total — 4,250 35,356 100,461 Incidental : Fees of office 327 597 • Pew rents 225 998 Interest, Public Bank — ¦ , 1,000 Queen's Fines - - 754 1,966 Post Office - ¦., , - Quarantine 26 844251 Miscellaneous Total, gross 327 518 37,017 106,637 Deduct drawbacks Total, net 1,145 4,613 35,872 102,024 72 Expenditure. 1860. 1864. Departments : p. ... f Salaries - \ Contingencies Ecclesiastical ... Judicial - £ 7,837 4,062 2,916 7,523 £ 14,744 1,4933,282 12,019 Total - 22,338 31,539 Services : Pensions - - - - Hospital and paupers Education Board - Puhlic Works - Other appropriations 884 1,5201,741 2,900 6,358 1,686 2,741 1,206 11,83813,179 Total - 13,403 30,650 Total, exclusive of debt - 35,744 62,194 Debt: Interest - Capital repaid ... 1,131 1,524 34,918 Total 1,131 36,442 Total, inclusive of debt 36,875 38,636 4. The classification of civil contingencies has not been the same in the two years. A portion of those in 1860 should have been classed with other appropriations. In 1865 an addition of 25 per cent, was made to the salaries of all the public servants. But a revision of these had taken place between the two years, and an addition had been made to several, while a quinquennial allowance, or a certain increase, varying from 5 to 10 per cent., has been granted retrospectively and prospectively for every five years' service to all officers whose salary does not exceed 600/. a year. This allowance amounted in 1864 to 603/. 6s. 5. The permanent additions made to the charge of each esta blishment during the years 1861 to 1865 have been : — Governor and Staff Registry of Eecords Civil Engineer Beceiver-General's Department Harbour Department Post Office £ s. d. 1,150 0 0 300 0 0 400 0 0 1,085 0 0 90 0 0 218 0 0 i> Auditor " _ _ Judicial Establishment Magistrates Police - Prisons - Ecclesiastical Establishment Education do. Libraries - Board of Health - New Providence Asylum - Bank House of Assembly Miscellaneous Total £ s. d 100 0 0 166 0 10 450 0 0 3,921 0 0 414 16 G 1,009 3 4 911 5 0 108 0 0 150 0 0 200 0 0 75 0 0 97 10 0 86 11 8 10,932 7 4 6._ The following statement will show the amount of revenue received in the several out-islands during the years 1862-64, and of the disbursements in each during the latter year. But these do not represent all the payments on account of the islands, as the salaries of some of the officers and other charges are defrayed at Nassau, by paying to the accounts of officers" and contractors in the Public Bank in that city. Receipts. Payments. Islands. 1862. 18G3. 1864. 1864. £ £ £ £ Abaco 626 816 1,401 694 Harbour Island 1,615 2,515 2,877 1,232 Eleuthera - 397 1,009 670 100 Exuma 3 2 1 • — _ Bum Cay - 70 12 37 -Z_ Long Island 17 25 253 7 Long Cay - 784 2,199 2,984 330 Bagged Island 36 75 80 1 Inagua 2,096 . 3,825 3,252 673 Total 5,647 10,482 11,559 3,040 7. The receipts in some of the islands, and especially at Long Cay and Inagua, are derived from the duties on wrecked goods landed and sold there, which do not enter into the consumption of the locality, but are shipped elsewhere, chiefly at Nassau. 8. The extent to which the comparison of receipts and pay ments is affected by disbursements made in Nassau is shown by 74 the following comparative statement with regard to Harbour Island. Receipts. Disbursements. Years. In Harbour In Harbour Total. Island. Island. £ £ £ £ 1858 1,457 926 417 1,343 1859 1,786 929 344 1,273 1860 2,001 806 426 1,232 1861 1,844 716 339 1,055 1862 1,561 725 549 1,274 1863 2,245 754 553 1,307 1864 2,856 1,032 804 1,836 Total - 13,752 5,891 3,434 9,325 Debt. — The Public Debt, which amounted on the 1st January 1863 to 43,786/., was paid off before the close of the year 1864. Assets and Liabilities. — It is always a difficult task to estimate these. It will be sufficient to state the principal items of each on 31st December 1864. Assets. Balance on 1st January 1865 - Value of Hotel (taken at half its cost) - £ s. 20,575 1 10,000 0 d. 2 0 Liabilities. £ s. d. Widows and Orphans' Fund - - 12,574 0 8 Police Reward Fund - 700 4 4 Market Fund - 1,920 2 0 Town and Harbour Eate Fund - 7,466 1 11 Voted for New Public Prison, Balance - 14,370 „ Public Abutments, Estimate - 6,000 „ New Cemetery, do. - 2,000 13. Post Office. 1. The returns of this department, exhibited in App. No. 39, afford another measure of the increase of trade in the last four years, especially iu 1863-64. They are not complete, as they only show the number of letters and newspapers sent out of the Colony. But, applying this criterion, the increase of letters and total postal revenue has been as follows : — Letters sent out ofthe Colony. Total Postal Revenue. Annual Per centage Increase. Average of 1855-60 No. 6,789 £ 258 % In the year 1861 1862 1863 1864 12,474 21,563 34,937 43,903 499 795 1,895 3,125 9359 137 65 2. The Money Order regulations have been extended to the Colony, and a large amount has passed through this channel. 3. The correspondence with, the several out-islands that passes through the Government interinsularu schooner, which visits the under-mentioned islands monthly, will show the comparative im portance of the commercial relations of each with Nassau, The correspondence with the other islands is carried on by private vessels, much to their inconvenience, and does not pass through the Post Office. Letters passing through the Post Office in Nassau in 1864. Islands. Sent. Received. Total. Long Island 190 225 415 San Salvador 68 44 112 Bum Cay 135 157 292 Watling's Island - 43 21 64 Exuma - - - 38 14 52 Crooked Island - 187 154 341 Inagua - 656 667 1,325 Total 1,317 1,284 2,601 14. Public Works. 1. By an Act passed in 1856 the Governor and Executive Council, or a committee thereof, are constituted a Board of Public Works for the Colony, who shall have cbarge of all public buildings of the Colony, with the exception of those held for an ecclesiastical purpose, and of the public roads and streets in the 76 Island of New Providence ; those of the out-islands having been placed in the hands of local commissioners, who, by an Act passed in 1865, have'also been charged with the care and_ maintenance of all public buildings and works in their several districts. The board submits annual estimates for new works and repairs. When votes are passed the monies are placed at its disposal. The civil engineer of the Colony is its executive officer. It has a clerk to conduct its correspondence and accounts. The present committee consists of five members of the Council. 2. Its expenditure, according to the classification in the Blue Book returns, for the last eight years has been: — In 1857 - - - 2,705 1858 - - - 4,073 1859 - - - 3,070 I860 - - - 2,900 1861 - - - 2,401 1862 - - . - 2,609 1863 » 3,571 1864 , - - - 11,838 3. But it is believed that in some of these years sums havebeen included under the heads of " Departmental Contingencies " and " Other Appropriations," which have been expended by the Board Works. 4. In the case of extraordinary expenditure for public works of magnitude the Legislature has of late years appointed special commissioners for each separately, as in the case of the Boyal Victoria Hotel, the New Prison, and the New Cemetery in Nassau. 5. The extent of roads in any of the islands of the group is small. In most of the out-islands none have been made of late years, and those that were made at the beginning of the century have fallen into disrepair. In some the inhabitants are beginning' to appreciate their value, and to seek for their extension and improvement. 15. Defences. 1. For many years past the defences of the islands have been limited to Nassau in New Providence, where the head-quarters of a wing of one of the West India regiments, with a small detach ment of artillery, have • been maintained at the sole cost of the Imperial Government. Troops have been quartered a long time ago at Harbour Island, where there are the remains of some field works. The military expenditure in the island amounted in 1864 to 23,756/. lis. 2d., which was about the same as in 1863. 2. A vessel of war has been stationed in the Harbour of Nassau more or less frequently. - The commissariat expenditure for ships of war on the station in 1864 was 3,187/. 16s. lid 77 3. The western and main entrance of Nassau Harbour is protected by Fort Charlotte, au extensive work, erected at the commencement of the century on the low ridge of hills running parallel with the harbour at the back of the town, and by an onen- watcr battery facing the entrance, ci Jleur de Veau. The eastern entrance is protected by a small battery, erected a century a^o. 4. In 18G5 a sum of G,500/. was voted by the Colonial Legis lature in oi-der to improve these defences, which are now under consideration by an officer of the Eoyal Engineers, detached by Her Majesty's Government for this service. Militia. — 1. A few years ago an effective militia existed, in the island. By an Act of 1839 it was to consist, of 500 men, ex clusive of officers, to be formed into one regiment of infantry, and one of field, and another of marine, artillery, the men to be chosen by ballot. By an Act of 1845 it was recited that the militia law of the Colony was then in many respects objectionable, and that it was expedient to amend it, and to place the militia, in accordance with the feeling of the loyal inhabitants, on a more efficient footing ; and it was provided that service should only be required for five years at a time from male inhabitants between 18 and 42 years of age, with numerous exemptions; that volun teers should be enlisted ; that the force should consist of one battalion of infantry of 385 men, including volunteers, one com pany of field artillery of 100 men, and one company of marine artillery of 60 men. Sanction was given to the formation of an additional company of 100 rifle or cavalry volunteers. 2. But in 1857 another Act was passed, reciting that it had been found impracticable properly to organize, drill, and keep the battalion of infantry in an efficient state of discipline, and that the other corps authorized by the Act of 1845 constituted a militia force amply sufficient for all the requirements of the island. The said battalion was therefore disbanded. ¦-• -3. The last ballot for the.two artillery companies tookplace io. 1860. But they do not appear to have been mustered for drill, and nothing but their staff continues to exist. A deputy quarter master-general and a quartermaster of militia still exist. The latter receives a small sum annually for the keep of the arms under his charge. The Colony possesses also four effective field- pieces, presented to it by Her Majesty's Government. 16. Police. 1. By an Act passed in 1864 the police force of the Colony was fixed at: — One inspector, resident in Nassau. Two Serjeants, do. Nine corporals. Fifty-two constables of the first class. Thirty-three do. second class. 73. 2. The distribution of the corporals and constables is as follows; — Corporals. Constables. — . 1st Class. 2nd Class. New Providence, Nassau 6 40 __ Do. Bural Districts — — . 2 Abaco and Cays, 3 Stations 1 2 3 Grand Bahama — 2 Harbour Island 1 4 — Eleuthera, 4 Stations - — 1 6 St. Salvador - — 3 Long Island - __ — 3 Exuma - — — 3 Rum Cay ... Watling's Island — — 2 1 Long Island - Crooked Island — — 3 1 Fortune Island (Long Cay) Acklin's Island — 2 1 Inagua ... Berry Islands - - - Biminis ... 1 2 1 1 2 Total 9 52 33 3. At stations where there is no stipendiary police magistrate the constables are under the superintendence of the local justices of the peace. 17. Institutions. 1. Savings Bank. Established in Nassau by local Act in 1835. No. of accounts open at -close of 1863, 112; opened in 1864, 38; closed in the same year 10; open at close of 1864, 140. Amount deposited in 1864,2,655/. 12s. Id.; withdrawn, 94/. 6s. 3d. ; remaining on 31st December, 4,219/. 3s. lid. 2. Public Library and Museum. Established in Nassau by local Act in 1847. Under management of trustees, aided from Colonial funds. 3. Public Libraries. Established by local Acts at Dunmore Town, Harbour Island, in 1854 ; at Mathew Town, Inagua, in 1855; and at New Plymontb, Abaco, in 1862. Managed by trustees, aided from Colonial funds. 4. Agricultural Society. Incorporated in Nassau by local Act in 1854 ; dormant for many years ; revived in 1865 ; aided from Colonial funds. 5. Bahama Institute. Incorporated in Nassau by local Act in 1865; dormant since 1863; revived in 1865. £ ' £ 851 In 1861 - - 1,620 1,275 1862 - - - 1,490 1,325 1863 - - 1,823 1,520 1864 . - - 2,741 79 6. Fire Brigade. Established in Nassau under local Act of 1860. Paid from Colonial funds. 7. New Providence Asylum. Established in Nassau under a local Act of 1819 as a " Poor House Establishment," enlarged and .gradually adapted for use as an infirmary and an asylum for lunatics and lepers. Placed by an Act of 1845 under a board of three commissioners, who were also charged with the adminis tration of all matters connected with the support of the aged and infirm poor on the several out-islands, the stipendiary and other justices of the peace being ex-officio guardians of such . poor in their respective districts. Supported entirely by Colonial funds. The executive officers consist of a non-resident physician and a resident superintendent. Expenditure (exclusive of extension and repair of buildings) : — £ In 1857 185818591860 The expenditure In the last year was partially met by receipts on account of seamen patients. 8. Public Dispensary. Established in Nassau under a local Act of 1846. Small salaries are provided from Colonial funds for a keeper and medical attendant. Medicines to be supplied to the poor at prime cost. 9. St. Andrew's Society. Established in Nassau in 1798. This has become a charitable institution, without distinction of nation ality. 10. Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons. Established in Nassau under the Eeglstry of the United Grand Lodge of England. 11. Among the religious societies in Nassau may be mentioned the Bahama Church Society, and similar societies connected with the Wesleyan and Baptist Congregations, and the Bahama Auxiliary Bible Society. 12. The above enumeration does not pretend to be complete, but it will suffice to show that Nassau at least is not wanting in several of those institutions which serve to mark its social and educational standard. 18. Works on the Bahamas. 1. The works, which afford any valuable and interesting infor mation regarding the Bahamas, exclusive of brief and imperfect articles in encyclopaedias and geographical dictionaries, brief notices in the several histories of Columbus, some of the local almanacs, 1848 to 1862, and fugitive pieces in periodicals, are few in number, and all of distant date, viz. : — Memoirs of Peter Henry Bruce. London, 1732. Catesby's Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahamas. London, 1770. so McKmnen's Tour in the West Indies. About 1800. Montgomery Martin's History of British Colonies. London, 1834. Eeports of Mr. Harvey, Out-Island Civil Engineer, 1856-57. 1858. Governor Gregory's Eeport, also, accompanying the Blue Book Eeport'of 1849, is a comprehensive and valuable record ofthe state ofthe islands at that date. 19. Conclusion. 1. An attempt has been made in the foregoing report to con fine withiu as brief a space as possible the information necessary to give a clear and tolerably full view of the physical features, past history, and present condition of the Bahama Islands. 2. As the last four years, 1861-64, embrace the period of the recent civil war in America, which gave rise to an extra ordinary and abnormal trade between Nassau and the cotton- producing States of the late Confederacy, it was necessary to extend the review of several commercial and social branches of inquiry over a longer period than would otherwise have been requisite, in order to ascertain the ordinary normal condition of the Colony, and to examine the effects of this transitory trade upon it. The commencement of the year 1865 witnessed the termination of the struggle in the United State?. The trade of •the Colony soon relapsed into its ordinary channels, but it was considerably affected during the greater portion of the year- 1865 by the derangement and plethora remaining from this period of excitement. 3. The means are also afforded in this report of tracing and measuring the future development of the productions, resources, and commerce of the islands, to which ita inhabitants must look i for a continuance of many of the improvements and comforts with which they have become familiar through the stimulus given to employment and profitable enterprise during the last five years. EAWSON W. EAWSON, Governor. 81 APPENDICES Appendix No. 1. Sspaeate Repoets on several .of the Otrr-IsLAXDS, chiefly -compiled from Reports of the Local Stipendiary Magistrates. I.-^-Abaco. 1. There are but few settlements, and those of the least importance, on the main land. Those originally planted there have been abandoned. The area of the main land is about 496,700 acres. All the settlements,- whether on the main island or the neighbouring cays, are to windward, differing in this respect from Eleuthera. 2. Green Turtle Cay, situated off the north-eastern shore of Abaco, is the principal settlement in this district. The Magistrate reports that the moral and material condition of New Plymouth, the township of the island, and the seat of the magistracy, has considerably improved. The calendar of crime has been unusually light for some time past, and the character of offences happily not flagrant. There has not been any con viction of capital felony in. the district for upwards of four years past, and there has been but one commitment to the New Plymouth gaol, and that for 10 days only, during the last half year of 1864. 3. The liberality of the Legislature has rendered the prison and police department becomingly respectable and efficient, and has enabled the local authorities to effect the regular and satisfactory cleansing of the streets roads, and burial grounds, and also the erection of a small but useful 'stone wharf or jetty at the upper end ofthe creek. 4. The revenue of the district has been increased during the last three years, in consequence of the local advantages of this place as a "port of entry' its proximity to the Southern States of America rendering it eoBvement t» vessels running the blockade, the cargoes of which are frequently entered and transhipped to Nassau. 5. Hope Town, Little Guano Cay, is next in importance to New Plymouth as regards population and commerce. It is situated at a distance of 25 miles south-east of Green Turtle Cay. The male inhabi tants are hardy and adventurous, and possess several useful vessels. It is not a port of entry. . 6 The late erection of a lighthouse on the island has operated against their wrecking pursuits, the destruction of vessels in the vicinity of " the Elbow ""having been previously a source of considerable gain to the inhabitants. . 7 The island being characteristically healthy, the natural increase ot the population has been considerable ; but the roads and other delineations in the township have been recklessly disregarded, and the houses are JU8 Cherohee Sound is a settlement on "Great Abaco," south of Little Guano Cay. It is not of growing importance, because of the recess of its locality and its shallow and unsafe roadstead. The inhabitants are rjeaceable and industrious, most ofthe males being employed as fishermen for the Nassau market, which calling has of late proved very remunera tive. 17550. F 82 9. Marsh Harbour, also on Groat Abaco, is somewhat inconveniently situated, beincr extended on the sea coast for two or more miles,- involving the maintenance of a long road. The inhabitants number about 200, aud are principally engaged "in the gathering of sponge and the growth of oranges, a large quantity of the latter being sold annually for the American market. 2. — Graxd Bahama. 1. This extensive island, comprising 275,200 acres, has greatly declined in its products and general importance. The soil has been sadly im poverished by the injudicious burning of the land. The principal settle ments skirt the southern side of the island, and the coast being rocky and boisterous during the prevalence of winds it is not convenient nor safe for protracted visits from the police magistrate. 2. Its population iu 1861 was 858, but many of the inhabitants have emigrated to Nassau in search of employment, and several have settled on North Bimini, and on some of the other cays, where the soil is grate ful and remunerative. A gang of about 40 men have lately entered into the employment of an individual who is engaged in the preparation of turpentine and tar on Great Abaco, and which undertaking it is hoped will prove profitable to all concerned. 3.— -Bikinis. 1. The locality of these islands renders them attractive as a wrecking district, and the population has greatly increased. It was only 210 in 1861. There are two islands, North and South. The former, which contains about 1,900 acres, is occupied by the population. The Southern, which is about double the size, viz, 3,500 acres, and is only separated by a narrow channel, is used by them for cultivation. 2. Alice Town, the first settlement, has improved in the number and character of its houses, and another settlement or township is being formed to the northward of Alice. Town, which has been designated " Bayley's Town." _ . 3. The occupation of the inhabitants is principally that of wrecking, and the harbour and roadstead are frequently the rendezvous of numerous wrecking vessels, at which time the licentiousness of the people is painfully manifested. Its distance from the magisterial head quarters ofthe district, the infrequent visits of any clergyman, the absence of any school or teacher, and of any local justice, and of any one resident on the island qualified for such an office, are . sufficient causes of the j>resent condition of the population.. 4. — Beret Islands. 1. These cays are grouped at convenient distances, but the number of the inhabitants is very inconsiderable. The erection of the Stirrup's Cay lighthouse on the most northerly cay of the group will diminish the number of wrecks on and near these islands, and still further reduce their attractions. The area of the largest of the islands, viz., Great Harbour Cay, is about 3,800 acres. 5. — Eleuthera. 1. The district of Eleuthera includes the following settlements :— Harbour Island, Spanish Wells, Bluff, Current, Current Island, Gregory Town, East End Point, Governor's Harbour, Savanna Sound, Tarpum Bay, Bock Sound, and "East End;" twelve settlements which the police magistrate of the district is expected to visit each, half year. The population in 1861 was — Of Eleuthera - 5,209 ,, Harbour Island ... 1^994 Total - - - 7,203 83 The area of Eleuthera is about 105,000 acres. Its extreme length 57 miles ; its extreme breadth 11 miles ; its average breadth only four miles. The area of Harbour Island is only lh square miles. 2. The head quarters of the magistrate is at Dunmore Town on Harbour Island, which is situated on the north side of the island of Eleuthera. about five miles from its north-west extremity, and which, with the small contiguous cays, form a semicirclo, and enclose between them and the Eleuthera shoro one of the most extensive harbours in tho Bahamas. It is, however, difficult of access. The inhabitants carry on a direct trade with the United States. The area of the island is about 250 acres. 3. Dunmore Town (so called from the Earl of Dunmore, who frequently spent a few weeks at Harbour Island), is one ofthe oldest settlements in the Bahamas ; in fact, several of the families are believed to be descen dants of the Buccaneers. The inhabitants are now chiefly wreckers, but they devote portions ofthe year to the cultivation ofthe soil, and are in dustrious. The Harbour islanders in 1782 or 1783 assisted Colonel Deveaux in the recapture of Nassau from the Spaniards, for which a large tract of land on the main land of Eleuthera, abreast of Harbour Island, was given to them. It is now held by grant of the Crown as tenants in common. Some of the people have pine fields and orange orchards on this land; but corn, potatoes, yams, melons, &c, are the principal vegetables and fruits raised. They have been recently. induced to com mence the cultivation of cotton, and it may be hoped that if they are successful they will continue it, and that it will in a great measure lead to the abandonment of wrecking. 4. The population is almost equally divided between whites and blacks. There are one or two very good stores at Dunmore Town, where pro visions aud English goods may be purchased at Nassau prices. The town was originally irregularly laid out, but now, in consequence of each lot having been divided and sub-divided for several generations among the descendants of the original proprietor, there is scarcely a foot of land which has not been built upon, rendering sanitary precautions almost impossible to be effected. The area of the old and new town is only 64 acres and a small fraction. The number of inhabited houses is 480. The population in 1861 was 1,994, and is now supposed to be considerably greater. There are therefore 1\ houses and 31 inhabitants to an acre, and 4J persons to a house. The average size of the houses is 20 feet by 15 or 20 feet," sometimes occupied by two families. If the population be taken at 2,500, the density is about 40 to an acre, or 124 square yards to each individual, which i3 nearly six times the average of the 781 principal towns in England according to the census returns of 1861. The con sequence is that for the last two or three' years the place has been very sickly, and typhoid fever has committed considerable ravages among the inhabitants. 6. The residents are mostly Wesleyans, and have a commodious chapel ; and not even in the " cathedral " is displayed on Sundays a greater number, or a more expensive display of dresses, chiefly silks. The number attending the episcopal charch is comparatively small. The parish church of St. John has just been enlarged and much improved. There are no cattle on the island, not for want of fodder, but for want of enclosures. A few hogs are kept in sties. Consequently the food is con fined almost entirely to fish, a few vegetables, and salt meats. 7. The nesFsettlemenfc of importance is Spanish Wells on St. George's Cay, at the" extreme N.W. point of Eleuthera, about five miles from Harbour Island. At this settlement there are about 500 inhabitants, chiefly whites, engaged in fishing. They have, however, fields on the adjacent shore of Eleuthera, in which they grow a few provisions for their own use, and a few pines and oranges. As at Harbour Island, so at Spanish Weils, they have continued to divide and sub-divide their lots among their children, so that the houses now almost touch each other ; in some places the so-called street is not over three or four feet in width. Tho v F 2 SI area of the settlement docs not exceed three acres ; so that the popula tion is upwards of 150 -to an acre. They are the most primitive people, aud uncleanly in their habits. All attempts to introduce sanitary rules among them have hitherto failed. Consequently typhoid fever has lingered here, too, for the last three years. . 8. Prom St. George's Cay, ina north-westerly direction, extend Koyal Island and Egg Island, which latter forms the eastern edge of the Hole- in-the-Wall passage. 9. About five miles south of Spanish Wells, but on the Eleuthera shore, U the Bluff, a settlement of blacks (about 150). This is almost entirelya fruit growing settlement, containing perhaps the best orange orchards in Eleuthera. Many thousands of oranges are shipped from here to America annually. , . 10. Ten miles south of the Bluff is the Current settlement, which derives its name from the narrow passage separating the island of Eleu thera from Current Island, and through which the tide rushes with great impetuosity. This is a very pretty little settlement, and is kept very clean and tidy. It is a fruit-growing one also. Cocoa-nuts and bananas, as well as oranges, are shipped from it to the United States. 11. From the current the island runs in an easterly direction. Between the current aud Gregory Town is the "narrow passage," where the island is very nearly divided, and over which the waves of the Atlantic in stormy weather make a complete breach, rendering it very dangerous, if not impossible to pass. 12. Gregory Town, or the Cove, is about three miles from the narrow passage. The entrance to Gregory Town is between, high cliffs, which encircle a harbour of about 70 in diameter. Inland the cliffs are depressed to but a few feet elevation, and in this fall is the settlement. It is one of the chief pine-growing settlements of Eleuthera. "The population is mixed, and about 250 in number. 13. Between Gregory Town and Governor's Harbour, which is the largest, wealthiest, and most populous settlement on Eleuthera, and a port of eutry, is East End point, a small settlement of no importance. Governor's Harbour is on a rock of about 300 yards long by 100 wide, and is connected with the main land by a narrow neck of sand. Of late years several of the more wealthy of the inhabitants have removed to the main land ; but the church, Wesleyan chapel, revenue office and police office are on the rock, and the density of the populution equals, if it does not exceed, that of Spanish Wells. Governor's harbour is said to be in miniature very like the Kock of Gibraltar, with the neutral ground and coast of Spain. The pines sent to the London market are usually shipped from this settlement, and from the fields in the immediate vicinity. Population about 400. 14. The only settlement on the north shore of Eleuthera is Savanna Sound, about 10 mile3 east of Governor's Harbour, with a population of about 250. Their chief employment is agriculture ; but most of the men are seafaring, and are sought after by the merchants of "Harbour Island, as well as Nassau, as being excellent sailors. It is peculiar that the people of Tarpum Bay, the settlement on the south shore nearly abreast of Savanna Sound, should present so unfavourable a contrast in physical appearance and in social condition to Savanna Sounders, male and female, who are apparently robust and hearty. The population nearly all coloured. 15. At Tarpum Bay the people live almost entirely on the produce of their fields, which is not very abundant, the land having been worked out long ago. Perhaps at no settlement in the Bahamas are the people so poor. 16. Bock Sound, if not as populous as Governor's Harbour, is nearly so. Most ofthe inhabitants are white, and very poor and primitive, very ignorant and indifferent to improvement. One or two extensive pine planters reside here, and give employment to some of the people ; but most of them, during a part of the year, work upon a large tract of land which for many So years has bec-n hold in common by them, although it is now nearly exhausted. ^ During the winter months they are employed in wreckin" among the islands of this Government. They are becoming very deo-cne- rate from constant intermarriage, and by the poverty of their food. Thcy raise a number of hogs but take no care of them. Tho harbour is au excellent one, and enables the people to keep some very fine sailing boats. 17. From Bock Sound to the east end of Eleuthera, a distance of about 30 miles, the people are scattered and engaged entirely in agriculture. They grow piues, oranges, corn, and what is called " ground provisions." They seem to be better off, more intelligent, and more industrious than the people of the last two mentioned settlements. At the extreme east end are the ruins of one or two estates, bearing traces of better days, and of having once boon under a high state of culture. They are the only specimens of these to be found on Eleuthera. In this district there are a few head of cows, which, with a few horses about Governor's Harbour, are, it is believed, the only cattle to be found on tho island. 18. It will be seen that the principal settlements are on the western and leeward side of the island. Here tho pine-apple was first grown for exportation, and it continues to be the principal staple of the island. 6. — St. Salvador. 1. This island is said to be one ofthe finest for agricultural purposes in the Bahamas. During the time of slavery there were some very fine estates scattered through the island, but now they are all in ruins, and are only the mementoes of better days. With the introduction of the cul tivation of cotton it may be hoped that the day is not far distant when this island will be restored to something like its former prosperity and wealth. 2. The population in 1861 was 2,378. The area is 102,400 acres. Its shape resembles somewhat that of a boot. Its extreme length is 42 miles ; its "average breadth four mile3 ; audits extreme breadth from the toe, as it were, to the heel of the foot 14 miles. 3. The land in general is very good, but thousands of acres have been destroyed by carelessness and improper cultivation. One is considerably pained in riding through to notice this waste. Land which, had it been planted with pines, would have produced most abundantly, and returned thousands of dollars', has been wasted with potatoes and com, and allowed to grow up in grass in one or two years. They might partly be excused had they turned the grass to some use by enclosing their fields as pastures for cattle, but they have not had the industry to do this. The consequence is, that, with facilities for raising thousands of cattle, very few are to be found, except on those estates on which the walls were erected during the time of slavery, and even they are fast being destroyed. Excellent pasture walls have been pulled down merely to hunb for a few crabs which had concealed themselves beneath the stones. The general character of the people, with a few honourable and praiseworthy exceptions, is marked by laziness and indifference to improvement. .4. At the abolition of slavery there were considerable tracts of Crown land oh the island. The greater part of it has now, however, been purchased or partly paid for ; but there is still some Crown land remaining, some of which is pine land. 5. The Bight has always been considered as the chief settlement. Here is a church, school, prison, and post office ; and if the cotton culti vation is continued it will probably be the port of entry, in consequence of its being the best harbour, but at present the North End is the most flourishing part of the island. The most intelligent and well-to-do of the people reside in that district, and the largest pine fields are there, but the anchorage is not a good one. 6. Eii>ht or ten miles east of Arthur's Town, the North End settlement, is Bennett's Harbour, at which there is a salt pond, and where an un successful attempt has been made to bring the pond into cultivation. 7. The next settlement is the Bluff, which is perhaps the wealthiest on the island. The residents are settled on a very large estate, the heirs to which are not in tho Colony, and have no representatives or agents in it. The largest crops of corn are annually raised here. Several cargoes of pines are shipped from the estate, and there are a number of cattle. There are some very good houses, and altogether it is the most well-to-do settlement of the island, but the people do not bear a very high character. ¦ They pay no rent or shares. Between the Bluff and the Bight, about 30 miles, the people are all scattered in very small settlements on private land, engaged entirely in the cultivation of corn and potatoes. 8. The Manchester Cotton Company have their estates about five or six miles from the Bight, just about that part of the island where it makes an abrupt turn and runs in a southerly direction. 9. There is a settlement at the Devil's Point, the people of which have the reputation of being the worst at St. Salvador, of being not only lazy but of being addicted to the most vicious and immoral habits. They are- also for the most part squatters on Crown land, or on land of absent proprietors. Between the Devil's Point and Port Howe and Columbus Point the people are scattered in various small settlements. In this part of the district preparations are being made for the cultivation of cotton. The land is excellent, and if the people are industrious aud persevering they will be amply repaid for any labour bestowed on it. . 10. At Port Howe is Miss Fontaris's estate, formerly belonging to Mr. Williams; this estate was supposed to have been one of the best in the Bahamas, particularly for the breeding of cattle and horses, great care having been taken in the improvement of the breed. Thorough-bred. stallions were imported from England, and even at this day the blood is visible in the horses of St. Salvador. It has now, however, like all the others, gone to ruin. The house alone is kept in something like the order of former days. On the walls of the hall are inscribed the names of all visitors, among which are to be found the names of several Governors and officers of the army and navy. 11. Adjoining this estate is "Bayley Town," a settlement which will probably improve in consequence of the valuable pine lands in the immediate vicinity. 12. Bayley Town is on the south-east shore. Thence the road runs along the north shore until its junction with the road which branches from the Bight and makes a detour around the "southern shore to Port Howe. Along the north road are the estates on and about Columbus Point, which were considered in former days to be the most prosperous on the island. They, too, have gone to destruction, and now only a scanty supply of provisions for the use ofthe residents is raised upon them. 7.— ExuitA. * *1. The island of Exuma includes Great and Little Exuma. Their united area, exclusive of that of 166 cays connected with them, is about 70,400 acres. Their population in 1861 was 2,289." The extreme length of Great Exuma is 32 miles ; of Little Exuma, 12 miles. Their average breadth does not exceed 2J, nor their extreme breadth 7 miles. 2 At the east end of the latter is Hog; Cay, owned entirely by a lady (Miss Hume), who resides in Nassau. It was once a flourishing stock farm, and still has some stock remaining on it, viz., about 300 head of sheep and 30 head of cattle. There are not more than three or four in habitants, just sufficient to attend to the stock. It is separated from Little Exuma by a narrow strip of the sea, called the Cut. 3. The eastern end of Little Exuma, from the Cut to the Salt Pond, where the collector of revenue used to reside, is owned by two families, the Farrington's and Sears', and is a valuable stock farm ; it has now ou 87 it about 700 head of sheep and 100 head of cattle ; also, about 10 or 12 horses. 4. Next is Williams Town, where the -collector resided, near the Salt Pond, m a house the property of the Government. There are not more than six or eight families here. The blacks are iu abject poverty, caused by their own indolence, as the laud in the neighbourhood is good and the proprietors are anxious to have it cultivated. 5. The Salt Pond is one of the best in tho Bahamas. About eioht years ago a company was formed to work it, but did not succeed. It has been much neglected of late years, but is now again in a working state, and might be leased to persons who would improve it and make it°a source of revenue to the Colony. 6. Between the pond and the strip of water separating Little from Great Exuma, (called the Ferry,) are several tracts of land owned by Mrs. Dames, Miss Sears, and Mrs. Ferguson. The last-named lady, who resides in Nassau, has some stock on her place, viz., about 7-0- head of sheep and 15 head of cattle, with persons on the place to attend to them. The other tracts are lying idle. 7. The Cut or Ferry separating Little and Great Exuma is about 200 yards wide. The first settlement on Great Exuma, after crossing the Ferry is called Hartwell, also owned by Mrs. Ferguson. Some six families live here, and are industrious and comfortable. 8. The next is Kolle Town, which property was formerly owned by Lord Bolle, and at the emancipation was given by him to his former slaves and their descendants. They are industrious aud comfortable. 9. Next is George Town in the Harbour. The people here are lazy and in a state of abject poverty. There, is a church and gaol here. Messrs. Solomon and Alsugreen, Justices of the Peace, reside in the neighbour hood on their own estates. ¦ 10. Next is Moss Town, on the south side of the island. The people here are mostly poor and somewhat indolent. There is a school under the Board of Education. Mr.- Kerr is the master. -The school is believed to be well conducted and has a fair attendance of children. 11. There are several small settlements and plantations-dotted along the public road as far as Stephenton, which is the largest settlement on the island. This was also Lord Bolle's, and was given to him by his slaves on their emancipation. The people are in middling circumstances ; some poor and some comfortable. There was a school here under the Board of Education, but it has been closed for want of attendance. 12. About five- miles from the west end of Exuma is Norman's Pond Cay, owned by Mrs. George Adderley ; there is a smaU but valuable pond here. The salt can be raked and shipped at less expense than at any other island or cay in the Bahamas. 60,000 or 70,000 bushels have been shipped there within the last year. 13. Exuma has a public road running through it, in length about 45 or 50 miles. It is in bad order and requires the bush to be well cleaned out of it, and in some few places the holes filled up and levelled off. This the inhabitants can easily do alter the amendment of the Boad Act. 14. Exuma is well adapted for raising cattle and sheep. It produces grass in abundance, as in former times it has been well cultivated. As near as can be estimated, there are now on it 1,500" head of sheep, 400 hogs, 40 horses, 600 cows and a few goats. \ The mutton on Exuma is con sidered superior. The harbour is situated' about the centre of the island, _and the present acting collector and magistrate resides close to it. 8. — Inagua. 1. This is one of the largest and most important islands in the group, although- the latest inhabited. Its area is about 339,200 acres. In 1847 it contained only 172 .inhabitants ; in 1861, 994. Its chief settlement, Mathew Town, on the'western side of the island, is laid out with regularity ; and for its extent, and the. size and style of its buildings, will compare S3 advatngeotuly with any out-lying township of the Colony. Salt is the staple production, obtained from a pond situated a mile from the town, of which at present about 200 acre3 are in operation, capable, with an adequate supply of labour, of producing, in favourable sea-sous, at the least 1,500, 000 bushels annually of the best quality. Owing in part to unfavourable seasons, the scarcity aud expensiveness of labour', and the want of adequate capital, about 250 acres which had been partially improved and got into working order, were abandoned between the years 1854 and 1858 by the lessees, after sustaining very serious losses ; but since the last-inontioned period, the seasons having'been more favourable, those who were able and disposed to persevere in the business have been more successful in the quantities annually obtained from the pans, and, notwithstanding the depression and unusually low prices which have prevailed in the chief markets of consumption during that period, and the continued scarcity and dearness of labour, have been enabled to struggle successfully against "these adverse circumstances, and are now in a better position than at any time during the last eight or ten years. During 1864 the quantity of salt obtained was estimated at 300,000 bushels, but not less than 600,000 bushels were lost from, the want alone of the labour' adequate to secure it, a large number of labourers having been attracted to Nassau during the American war, who have not yet returned. The stock on hand (August 1865) is estimated at 400,000 bushels, aud is being daily augmented by the gathering in of the present harvest, as far and as fast as the very small labour force will permit. The sales, however, have been very slow since the opening of the usual business season, the demand apparently being inactive, with a tendency to a reduction in prices. The quantity ¦exported during the year 1864 was 216,039 bushels. During the first eight months of the year the exports were 154,231 bushels, while during the corresponding period this year they have been only 109,898 bushels. Inagua did not in any way benefit by the revolutionary war in the United States : on the contrary, while its staple production was depressed in those markets to which it could obtain admission, and- was shut out from the Southern ports under blockade, its labourers were drawn away by the attraction of more remunerative employment at Nassau. The prices of all supplies of provisions and merchandise were enormously enhanced, and the cost of living and carrying on business was consequently largely increased, but having tided over these exceptional occurrences, it may now be expected that commerce will" return to its former channels, and that salt will become a more remunerative article to the producer than it has been for several years past. 2. Inagua's chief want in the future will be a large addition tcTiTs labouring class, in order that the Salt Pond may be more fully worked, and become far more productive than it has ever yet been. Any measures which could be adopted to this end by the Government cannot fail to be productive of great advantage to the Colony at large, as well as to the Salt Pond proprietors of Inagua more immediately, while they would lead to the more extensive clearing and opening up of the island, to the forma tion of roads through the interior, and the cultivation of the land, much of which is said to be as fertile and productive as any to be found in any other part of the Colony. 3. The demand for labour 'in the salt works is and always will be fluctuating; but if a class of agricultural labourers and their families could be induced to settle at Inagua, their time might be always profitably employed between the salt pond and their fields, and the resources of the island be made to support in great comfort a very considerable popula tion. 4. Beyond importing a quantity of wood the new Salt Pond and -Tram way Company, incorporated by an Act of the Colonial Legislature in 1865, have made little or no progress in then- undertaking ; but when the tramway is completed, the advantages to be derived from it will be very general among the salt pond proprietors. The advantages anticipated 89 from this tramway might have been obtained some 12 or 14 years ago from another, which was then laid by a wealthy company formed at Nassau, but its general usefulness, which was one of the great objects of the company, wa? frustrated by some local differences which then arose, and are now forgotten. The company, after five or six_ years, was dis solved in consequence of a series of unfavourable seasons, and after the expenditure of a large amount of money. 5. The prairie, which occupies the centre of the island, is one of tho most beautiful and picturesque spots in the-Bahamas. Too much caunot be said either of its beauty, extent, or public usefulness. A splendid herd of cattle is now grazing there, and the working horses and mules are daily fed from the grass got from it. The soil is said to be fertile, and if so, it may be ploughed, little or no solid rock being found there. 6. The roads which are chiefly used in Mathew" Town are in a" tolerably good condition ; several of the streets, however, forming the squares in the centre of the town, remain in an unfinished and unserviceable state. Mathew Town is a port of entry. A stipendiary resident justice, with the powers of a police magistrate, is stationed here. France and the United States have consular agents resident iu the town. . An episcopal church and minister and a government school are maintained here. It is the centre of the southern section of the stations of the Baptist Missionary Society. 9. — Acklin's Island. 1. Acklin's Island has an area of about 76,800 acres, and a population of 517. The inhabitants are all poor and needy, and, with one exception, are all of the black and coloured classes. They are engaged in agricultural pursuits, which afford them but a scanty and miserable livelihood ; the commonest comforts and the ordinary necessaries of life are evidently ¦wanting. Undoubtedly this is partly to be attributed to indolent habits. On landing at any point, some three or four families are to be found, each having a number of children, of whom the boys from 8 or 10 years of age are in a state of nakedness, carrying younger children in the same state. Further on, . some 10 or 15 miles distant, with nothing but bush intervening, other persons are to be found in a similar condition. They complain ofthe land being bad and worn out. The present condition of the population is not to be wondered at. There are no resident pro prietors, or traders of education, or means. There is no school of any kind nor any resident minister of religion, and the infrequent periodical visits of a clergyman could never be attended with much goocL Under such inconveniences, the moral, intellectual, and social standard of the people must be low, and it is not likely that their condition will be im proved until persons of intelligence and capital are induced to locate themselves there at different points, with the view of developing the agricultural resources of the island. 10. — Crooked Island. 1. Not much more can be said in favour of this island than of Acklin's. There are, however, one or two estates, which evidently show signs of -comfort, improvement, and consequently of industry. Tho area is about 48,600 acres, and the population 627. 11. — Fortune Island. 1. Its area is 819 miles, its population 470. ..Doulgas and Albert Towrf are about a quarter of a mile apart, and are separated by the salt pond. With exceptions, the people are all poor and unable even .to repair their dwellings ; and the consequence is, that the place presents a very ragged appearance. It is the great. rendezvous for the Windward wreckers, and when there are no wrecks there is nothing doing by anybody. For some 90 time past .-.he entire population have lived in idleness, engaged neither in agricultural nor manual labour, and there is no prospect of their obtaining employment. All that has been done during the first half of the present year, 1865, has been the raking of about 40,000 bushels of salt, which is all they have on haDd. The salt pond is not cared for, and when it does produce salt,_it is in .spite of_the want of the most ordinary attention. The two or three individuals who have hitherto made money by wrecks, aud speculations on wrecked property, would, if no opportunities of the kind were to occur often enough, be compelled to seek employment else where; and the labouring class would, were it not for the fish, conches, crabs,'&e. which a bountiful Providence has placed within the easy reach of all, absolutely suffer and perish from want of the commonest necessaries of life, for they are too indolent aud inactive to go where their labour would be useful to themselves and others. This food, with a morsel of bread or honey seems to satisfy the most ambitious throughout this district. 2. An efficient government school is established here. There is also a resident clergyman recently appointed to the district whose exertions, it is hoped, will serve to raise the character ofthe people. Appendix, No. 2. List of Hurricanes that have passed over the Bahama Islands. Dates. Authorities. 1780,. October. 3rd to 4th, Piddington. - ,, „ 4th „ 16th, Piddington and Reed. 1796 ,, . 3rd,, 5th, Captain Lightbourn, Harbour Master. 1801, September 5th „ 6th, Eedfield. 1804 „ 7th „ 9th, Piddington. 1813, July 23rd „ 24th, Old residents. „ August 22nd „ 24th, " do. 1821, September 1st „ 2nd, Piddington and Eedfield. 1827/ August 20th „ 22nd, do: 1830 „' 13th „ 14th, do. 1835 „ 14th „ 15th, do. 1837 „ 2nd,, 3rd, do. 1838, September 5th „ 8th, Piddington. 1842, August 2nd „ 4th, Piddington and Eedfield. 1844, October 5th „ 6th, ' " do. 1846 „ 10th „ 11th, Eedfield and other inhabitants. 1848, August 22nd„. 23rd, Piddington and Murray. 1853 * „ 18th „ 20th, Eedfield. 1856 ' „ 25th „ 27th, W. H. Stuart. 1857, November 10th „ 12th, do. 1858, October 16th „ 19th, do. 1861, August 13th „ 15th, do. 1862 „ 27th „ 28th, do. 1865, October 23rd „ 25th, do. I£fi6 .-., — /£ . 2? - do Appendix; No. 3. Abstract of Meteorological Observations taken at the Military Hospital on week days in the City of Nassau, New- Providence, during Ten Years, showing the average of each Year, from 1855 to 1864. Barometer. ¦ Thermometer. , $ aS lie So • a A Ins. 11 -Wjnd. Cloud. Years. Mean of Daily Obser vations. Mean of Daily Observations. 9 A.M. at "1. 1*. 9 ta ; tn " S o a o : .9 10 ¦as* te-, to. w 8" S Cico J 12 Direction. Mean. i a. S3 ' § i At 9 A.M. At 3 P.M. --, 3 ¦?, < At 9 A.M. At 3 P.M. M 1 N. 13 N,E. E. S.E. S. S.W. W. N.W. '¦ifi N. N.E. E. R.E. S. s.w.|w.]n.w. 1 2 3 4 r, 0 ' 7 8 14 15 10 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 1 29! 30 1855 29-97 29-97 30-14 29-77 29-97 — 72-8 - - - •18-0 2'1 2-0 7-7 0-8 6'2 1-4 l'O 0-5 i-2 2'3 7-0 7-1 5'3 1-1 l'O 0-9 1"4 5-0 i "-> 1850 S0-02 29-89 30-14 20'74 29-94 S4"4 72-1 78-2 — — 59'0 2-0 2'3 6-3 5'5 4-0 3-4 2-0 l'O 2-0 3'0 5-3 (i'B 3-3 .'i-.'t 1-5 1-2 2-4 «-,j«-2 1857 80-03 SO'OO 30 15 29-83 20-99 Sl'O 70-9 70-2 - — C2-2 .2-7 2-0 0-2 O'O 3'4 2-5 2-0 1-0 VI 2'8 5'C 4-8 3-9 ;j-7 1-0 0-7 1-8 0-7,0-2 185S 80-00 29-99 30-11 29-83 29-99 82-0 70-5 70-2 98-8 08-9 54-4. 8-2 2'8 ft-8 5-5 3-9 3-4 2'0 0-9 1-0 3"J o-o 4-9 4-5 3-8 1'2 0-.'l 2'3 S'BB-l 1859 30-03 30-00 30-13 29-88 SO'92 83-1 71-5 77-8 105 -3 70-1 85-8 2-7 2-4 7'0 5-B 3-9 4-2 1-3 0-4 1-1 2-8 6-5 5-8 8-9 4-8 0-8 - 2'0 7'08-3 I860 30-01 29-98 30-13 29-84 29-99 82-1 70-8 78-4 102-3 08-1 65-2 2-0 3-7 '5-9 4-8 2-8 4-8 2-0 0-5 1-0 3-7 7-0 3-3 2-5 s-b 0-8 0-3 2'8 o-ic-i 1861 SO -02 29-99 30-13 29-84 29-99 84-5 71-5 78*0 102-5 08-8 87-2 2-8 1-5 0-7 8-0 4-0 2-7 0-8 0-5 1-0 2-3 7-5 O'O 3-5 3-0 0-5 0-2 2-1 6-2'6-0 1802 80-01 29-97 80-24 29-78 30-01 82-4 70-1 70-2 97-8 07-4 02-5 2'7 0-7 4-5 8-3 B-0 2-2 0'8 0-8 1-0 1-5 5-B 0-2 4-5 2-7 0-2 OT, 1-3 5-04'fi 1S03 30-04 so-oo 30-29 29-95 30-12 80-0 70-9 75-4 98-4' 67-2 60-6 3-S 2-0 6-0 9-0 5-3 8-8 0-B 0-5 0-9 2-1 7-1 7-4 3"9 2-t o-i - VI 5-0|4-5 - | isot SO -oi 29:98 30-27 30-00 30-14 79-9 70-4 75-1 98-4 09-7 05-0 5-0 1-0 12-2 4-1 8-8 0-8 0'9 0-4 2-0 1-3 11-3 5-0 9-0 0-4 0'8 08 2-0 4-51 1 VI Average 30-02 29-97 30-17 29-85 30-00 82-2 71-1 76-q 100-4. 68-0 56-1 2-8 1-9 0-9 0-4 4-9 2-9 i-s o-e 1-4 2-4 7-0 5-0 4-4 2'9 0-8 0-4 l'O 5'7 1 5'3 Notes.— 1. Columns 1-2. Corrected from May 1802 for index! error, capillarity, and temperature, amounting to a difference of O'ISJQ to 0l135. 2. Columns S-B. Without correction in any part of series. "<¦ 3. Columns. 0-10. Thermometer.— Fractions having been omitted in abstracting the monthly observations, something less than half a degree will have to be added in caoh case. 4. Column 9. A change in the instrument in September ISO! destroys the value of tho observations taken in that year for purposes of comparison, and throws-suspicion upon those Of previous years; tho rise from 31st August to 1st September having been from 101° to 145", which difference however appears to have grrally diminislied before tho close of tho yoar. . B. Column 11. As these observations embrace only the week days, an addition of about one-seventh will have to bo nidded to these figures. 6. Columns 1S-28. Wind,— The same observation applies to these columns. Appendix No. 4, , Abstract of Meteorological Observations taken at tho Military Hospital in the City of Nassau, New Providence, showing the average of each of the several months during the period from 1855 to 1864. Months, 1S55 to 1804. • Barometer. Thermometer. 13 ag a •3M Wind. Cloud. At 9 A.M. At 3 p.ir. Mean of Observa tions at 9 A.m. and 3 p.m. 9 A.M. CO a 3 . W m .s 520, 510 282' 107 131 213 '42 331 70S Berry Islands - 23G 137 ' / 99 63 46 29 7U 30 170 65 Biminis - ' 150 82 68 37 28 ,17 5G 48 54 90 Abaco and Cays - 2,011 998. 1,013 505 350 143 i 791 416 Sll 1,174 Grand Bahama - '922 4921 450 187 141 . 164 255 208 380 536 Gi'een Cay 7 ' i % 5 i 1 _ 4 ,3 5 0 Cay Sal - Total - .; i 11 ' 1 7 '• 4 5 2 ' — 4 6 4 7 27,519 13,747^ 13,772 : 6,570 4,564 2,613 ' 8,1^5 ' 4,824 13,071 14,073 New Providence - Eleuthera - Harbour Island - Spanish Wolls San Salvador Exuma and Cays - Long Island Rum Cay ... Watling's Island - Crooked Island - Acklin's Island - Long Cay - Ragged Island and Cays- In.-uma ... Andros Island Berry Islands Biminis Abaco and Cays - Grand Bahama - Total - Nameof Island. CO cn £° ir1 fcototo wct^j * ii c !.; c; ** ti o i s o * h o oc h il c « Population. "ft ip- to m c>OiMtohaccrSWt5N>^i-' to cn ct Males. CO M 2* GO to M fiS!«SftT&^t0KSS6S?»>-'1'* M'oOffl ¦^*4C*^oii-St£'r-'oSS'eoccoc^-ia'.-c9aace t^cnen © n- *. Between 10 and 20. £ S|s»SS»S«S»o.SSS*SgS Between 20 and 30. CI OI tO- MM tOtO tO M ft-*—' QOuoMMfc5- o » -j ao iM* is ^ r-1 Can read and write. p< cs 5"£3 M ta M M m to ca'cr «». oo to co m ta m t^. to e ti >&. © m o i.1 X C. i- o :¦ C- C v. ir- -1 i- -Ji-'!Fh - is> *» cs Mechanics and Handicrafts. CO CO MtS M J-* W t-O M CCH tOMtOtCMM 1 MO 1 © Cn Oi Ol GC tfj- CD CT l« LO 00 © -J CI ** 1 &= ir- 1 wdoeS.h^jhmw Planters and Farmers. vto CO M M uOMOD cocaca ©M 1 G=M 1 MH^lMMWOMCe tr-cncccooc~( 1 t- ¦- . i-.*C'*-!(ii;c.ico Seamen aud Eisherincn. -a J* M (i&S W OS OS t£- M tf». CO ClCD'-'HliOCCOi-'UtOOiOC'rirCCnCCo eo©Cii;«-^JL5©i-'^iiic.TWt5ticn-^JCstD Labourers aud Servants. 1 1 I.I 1 1 1 1 1 1 I.I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Nil. to J" I-1 1 ° ! .-. w. ,J MUO -J -j; i-J to oc ci — » ec t-1 t— £- w "J- cr. "j^ *- T-* -i "U. Vaccinated. s> ca B B Jj p 2 5. err- < F* Og,*'r« o C5 £ H) "3d " S 5 e-r- - m. P & a- O M , tt 5 i-1 O S 'JO co p a" p HS /^. -i CD ? El.'3' o jj. CO "5" ^ 2,| g§ cf§ £-.55 cfo** r-+» We* l-< ^ M q s » » = Kg ^2^3 f6 95 AprENDix No. 7. Statement of the Per-centage Proportion of the Population living at each age h the Bahamas, compared with other of the West India Islands, and with England and Wales, in the Year 1861. Per-centage Proportion at each Age. — Bahamas. Antigua. St.Vineent. Grenada. Barbadoes. England and Vales. Total Popula-1 tion of each / 35,287 36,412 31,755 31,900 152,727 20,281,527 Ages. Under 10 years 29-6 21-4 27-6 28-0 32-2 24-9 .. 20 „ 26-3 21'7 22-8 21-3 26-2 20'1 ,. 30 „ 15-5 18-5 18-8 16.9 15-7 17-2 ., 40 „ 10-1 13'5 11-7 12 '6 10-0 13-0 ,. 50 „ 8-0 10-6 8-7 8-9 7-2 10-2 „ 60 „ 5-3 6-7 5-4 5-2 4'6 7-0 ,. 70 „ 3'0 4-3 ] •^ 2*6 4-6 „ 80 „ n 90 „ 1-3 0-7 2-00-9 [¦ 5-0 7--1 { i:J7 2*20-5 „ 100 „ 0-2 0-4 J l 0-3 Total 100-0 100-0 lOO'O 100 '0 100-0 100-0 Appendix No. 8. Statement of the Number of Births and Deaths registered in the Bahamas in each Year, from 1855 to 1864. New Providence. Out Islands. Total. Years. Births. Deaths. Births. Deaths. Births. Deaths. 1855 "' 322 160. 862 267 1,184 427 1856 389 197 887 283 1,276 480 1857 336 222 915 348 1,251 570 1858 355 249 853 396 1,208 645 1859 326 236 928 375 1,254 611 1860 371 241 855 412 1,226 653 1S61 339 289 928 398 1,267 687 1862 351 413 1,032 476 1,383 889 1863 368 336 954 423 1,322 759 1864 351 504 935 481 1,286 985 — 3,508 2,847 9,149 3,859 12,657 6,706 From 1855 to 1860 - 2,099 1,305 5,300 2,081 7,399 3,386 From 1861 to 1864 - 1,409 1,542 3,849 1,778 5,258 ' 3,320 Appendix No. 9, Table of Offences, Police Offices in Nassau, 1860 to 1864. t Table showing the Number of Persons charged before tho Police Magistrates at Nassau, N. P., Bahamas, committed to Prison, and subsequently on Examination Discharged ; as. also the Number of Persons summarily Convicted by the Magistrates and committed to Prison, in each Year of the last Five Years, distinguishing the Offences for which they -w-oro tried, &c? Offences. 1800. - 1801. 1802. 1803. 1804. I 3*^ i ri § j 8 Si's 1 Is! 1 ¦d1 o O -a •fsf ¦ 3* o •3 o o Bo O 3 i 13 -W X ej o Em m. j p. M. F. M. F.j|M. P. M. P. M. F. M. P. M. F. M. p. M. F. M. * M. F. M. F. H. F. M. V. No. 1.— Offbitces against the Pehson. Manslaughter .... Abortion ..... Rape ..... Felonious wounding ... Inflicting bodily injury ... Assault with intent to do bodily harm - Assault and battery Assaults ..... Abusing or ill-treating a lunatic Using threats .... Assaulting police .... Resisting and impeding police - Impeding firemen .... Total 1st Class _ 32IS 2 11 4 13 a l 1 22 32 1 2 12 2 3515 3 11 4 2 13 8 1. 24 12 55 7 53 10 22 14 2 1 1 4 2 1 3 2 2512 6 67 57 3 11 2 2 4011 7 13 4 15 23 4 443 - 4 4414 18 4 15 28 4 22 22 152019 9 2 42 1 2 11 2781 1 1 ¦ 2 11 2 29 20 15 21 19 10 34 2 1 •IS 1333 38 30 9 0 53 11 1 I 154 1 2 1 1 11 1 5317333S30 1 ! 11 •2G3 3 G2 | 20 20 2 82 22 17 75 24 12 - 87 24 88 18 35 2 123 20 102 25 19 3 181 28 SO No. 2.— Offbitces against PaoFEnTr COMMITTED WITH VIOLENCE. Housebreaking and larceny Shopbreaking and larceny Shopbreaking with intent to commit - - 4 - 4 - - - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - 2 7 - 7 9 bin 21 105 11n Hi: Jli.'l a 1 1 1212 f 1 4 2 58 1 CI 1 7] 2 10 _ 3 4 1 2 2G1 1 1 269 112 19 1 2 22 ,j.j Total 2nd Class - - 4 - 4 - - -' l - 1 - - - - 1 " 0 - No. S— OFFENCES AGAINST PROPERTY COMMITTED WITHOUT VIOLENCE. Sheep stoaliiig .... Larceny • - •¦ Embezzlement - - - • Obtaining goods and money undor false Receiving stolen goods - - , - Having military clothing in possession - Unlawful possession of wrecked property Cheating - - - - ¦ Total 3rd Class 63 G3 0 9 23 -1 1 3 85 ! 2 1 14 91 3 93 11 11 13 47 47 ia 15 34 84 15 15 81 81 30 30 102 L02 20 20 32 1 33 10 10 134 1 135 3030 124126 1 1717 30 2 1 39 1 T 9 9 No. 4.— Malicious Offences AQAINST PROPER!!. Arson - Attempt to commit arson Endangering ship aud lives of persons onboard - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - 3 S - 3 3 Total 4th Class - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - J-_L _ 1 1 No. 5.— FORGERY ANP OFFENCES AGAINST THE CCltlHSNCV. Total 5th Class - _ - - - - - - 1 - -*- 4 17 0 i. i - - - — - - 1 J . i -1 No. 0.— Other Offences not in cluded in me ahove Classes. Perjury - - - - * Indecent exposure of person Cruelty to animals - Purioiis riding and driving African apprentices absent without leave African apprentices' neglect of duty - - '-' - - 1 2 - 2 - 14 - 4 17 0 1023 3 1 i 4 - 10 ".'! ii 14 3 1310 ) 10 l 1 14 1 3 1 13 ! 20 | 8 10 i ! Appendix No. 9.— Table showing the Number of Persons charged before the Police Magistrates at Nassau, N. P., Bahamas, &C. — cont. Offences, ' 1800. 1801. 1862. 1863. 186 1. ""; ¦d-S g o : 5> I'd ¦a ¦s EM •d O I ¦3 Is! -g EH ¦d u & O ¦o j 4*1 ¦ -«3 o EH ¦d a; o •P ao •36 & ¦a ¦d¦£ 0 0 ~r\-£L ^ -A 1 i m; F. M. P. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M.' F. M. P. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. P. M. F. Class VI.— continued. Misdemeanour . . .... Indecent behaviour Fighting in the streets -;¦:¦ ¦¦- Quarrelling in tho street Iudecont language in street Profane language in tho street - Abusive languago in the street - Drunkenness Unlawful assembly ... Obstructing tho streets • - Loitering about licensed liquor shops - Carryingdcadlywoaponsabouttho person Discharging fireworks ... Unlawfully lighting a fire Harbouring deserters ... Prison breach and escape - Breach of prison rules - - Breach of contract Breach of shipping articjes - Breach of Dray Act - - ' ' . Refusing to assist at a firo Vagrancy - - - . lunacy . . ... Discharged by writs of habeas corpus - Total 6th Class Geand Total 100 i48 5 101 ¦V 2 1 2 1t-1 1 3 1 101 16 9 5 1 162 51 L74 21 29 515 140 2 7 41 1 2 181 2S 80 a 1 6 140 2 172 17 65 4% 17 159 9 1 •I '- 173 1 7 67 4 2 17 159 9 140 27 4 8 19 1 35 2 1 61 9 2 1 25 59101413 8 473 2 1 13 1 52 13 2 141 27 46 19 5 1 35 211 60 9 2 27 59 1 10 14 13 K2 47 32 3 12 2 40 223279 S0 50 3 52 4 1 4 -Ml 13 ?U19 17 14 12 4437 13 2 1 9 11 Ni 1 21 2 1 1 5 4022 S3 79 87 50 0 4 11 4 471312 2010 2 ] 7 14 134137 13 2 1 91 " i 16 1 171 179 103 | 7 6 186 108 220 142 15 235 142 [295 169 3 - |298 169 377 141 2 |390 143 12C 108 9 3 435 304 [192 | 00 11 370 203 120 169 65 20 375 189 [472 213 51 10 |523 223 592 il7G 97 13 089 IS? 797 205 | 9-1 16 891 221 Appendix No. 10, Criminal Returns, 1864. Table showing the Number of Perspns tried in tho General Court of the Bahama Islands in each i'ear ofthe last Ten Years, distinguishing the Offences for which they were tried. ! ¦i j Offences.' -. - .,. 1 1853; 850. 1857. . 1853. 1859. 1860. :i8Gi. 1602. 1863. 1864. ¦d ¦8 '> 3 O ¦i I Eh ¦d1 o o ¦d1 I •dsV ti a i 1 -4 •a" O EH i i •aI 3" o E-i ¦d1 s 8 •di-0 ¦i •i ¦s1 o ° ¦d 13 3 o H ¦d CI 1 o 1 •2 o En ¦d 3 3- ¦*> '3 c o < 3 ¦3 o 5o u ¦a :. -a. No. l.— Offences aoainst the Person. MurderFelonious stabbing and cutting - Unlawfully cutting and wounding Inflicting bodily iujury ... Assaults - - ' - Assault with intent to rape Indecent assaults - - Bigamy - - ... Assaults on peace offlcors in the execu tion of their duty - - - Carnally abusing girls under 10 years of age Kidnapping - - -.,•:- Kapo - ' ¦ -. .-'¦'. No. 2.— Offences against Pro perty . committed with Violence. Burglary, ..... Housebreaking and larceny ¦'•>•¦¦ . Breaking into shops and warehouses ¦ Robbery with violence No. 3.— Offences aoainse Property committed witeodt Violence. Cattle stealing .... Shocp stealing .... Larceny - ... Larceny from tho person - • - 212 1 ii 813 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 - 1 11 212 i 31 11 1 • 11 1 2i 2 1 iii32 11l1 2 12 31 3 i i 32 - \3 2 121 11 111 1 1 12i i i l i 2 ii 1 113 ii6 81 12 1 1 11 i 7 4 o1 j- 1 ii2 1 11 2 131 1 1 1 220 4 1 1 11 j 2 1 1 1 - ; i! - 14 i 2 5 2 U1-~i 2 I 24 1 9 31 1 Hi 7•» 2 1 33 G 2 8 9 - 9 8 3 11 8 4 12 8 - 8 7' 5 12 7 | id 10 1 21 11 2 - 11 2 22 - 22 3 - 2 8 - -' ;-' 1 i 1 1 2 1 - 21 2 - - 1 1 2 1 1 | 4 o 4 - 4 5 - 5 '- - - 1 l 2 4 - 4 2 - 2 1 1 t> 2 13 111 3 19 _LLl 4 ' to 3 3 6 * 1 1 16 4 11 51 12 1 1 15 17 2 19 8 5 13 7 2 f) 7 31 10 1' 1 30 3 S9 j ° 1 Appendix No 10 T.iblo showing (lie Number of Persons tried in the General Court of the Bahama Is' anils, &c.- —conti riue 7. Offences. i'1 o u 1S33. 1S5I). ' 1S57. 1859. 1859. 1860. 1801 1S02. 1S03. 180t. -d o 1 ¦d -S'S ao O •d $ '5 1 ¦a 1 3 o 1 '3 3 o EH -d o s¦> a o o I'3 < 3 o Eh ¦d •u _o tio O 1 I 3 ¦d CD -W O '?i ¦d ! 3 "3 H •d2 io ¦> 8 ¦d ta ! 3 -d & it O i "3 C < u Eo o -d'3 c 3' o Eh ri eos C o •d o o No. 3.— Offences, See.— continued. Stealing in a dwelling house above tho value of 5/. - - * Stealing from vessels . - - Receiving stolen goods ... Obtaining goods and money by false pretences ..... Cinispirneies to destroy vessels and cargoes . Fraudulent retention of wreck property No. 4.— Malicious Injubies to P.K0PEETT. 36 3 39 I2 - i 3 I - 1 - '- - - i ii 1 11 18 i 8 2 i 10 7 4 11 2 17 8 o 25 1 34 12 1 46 8 2 10 5 2 7 12 4 16 9 2 n 10 8 Arson ..... Feloniously casting away vessels Setting firo to barns ... Attempts to commit arson No. S.— FOBGERY AND OFFENCES AGAINST THE CtTEEENCT. — ; — _ - - I ' 1 - 1 1 1 I2 2 3 1 -- — 11 11 '2 2 1 1 11 ll 1 1 2 2 2 4 - Forgery ..... Uttering counterfeit coin - - - Uttering othor forged instruments No. G.— Otiiee Offences not included in AiiovK Classes. l 1 11 1 " 1 2 2 — i — l l 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 l 1 o - .. - 1 - 1 - 2 2 1 1 " *:'» Prison breach and escape Attempts to fire dwelling houses Conspiracies to destroy vessels, &e. Breach of Foreign Enlistment Act 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 26 2 4 o 28 1 8 3 1 11 3 15 I 1. - 1 -' - - - 1 1 - 1 1 1 i 2 12 j 3 1 Gkand Total ' 16 .6 22 21 2 23 20 « 26 22 13 35 20 4 24 23 14 37 13 4 17 •ll 12 31 59 23 82 73 1 24 99 Appendix No. 11. Port of Nassau. Return of the Quantity and Value of Salt exported from the Bahamas to the under-mentioned Countries during the Year ended 31st December 1864. I8LAND. Unitod States of Amorica. British North America. British West Indies. Foreign States. Total. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quality. i ¦\ a'.ue. i Abaco - Bushels. 19,035 £ 376 Bushels, £ Bushels. £ Bushels. 360 £ 17 Bushels. 19,395 £ 393 Crooked Island ... 27,500 404 ' 3,835 109 ' 2,600 60 -' — 33,935 573 Harbour Island - 2,700 ' 55 '. 8,000 , 189 .. — - — — — 10,700 244 Inagua - - - - 194,800 . 3,802 111,316 2,363 14,618 318 1,541 34 322,275 6,517 Long Island - - - - 29,946 ¦¦ 514 ¦ 4,900 : 82 — — J — 34,846 596 Ragged Island - 182,831 2,420 22,670 560 — — 7,962 329 1 63,463 3,309 Rum Cay - - - - 43,476 747 17,919 330 566 9 — — 61,961 1,0S6 Totals - 400,288 8,318 168,640 3,633 ' v, "1 17.7S4 387 9,863 380 646,575 12,718 llccciver- General's Office, 30th December 1865. John D'A. Di-juuksq, Receiver- General. Appendix No. 12. Statement ofthe Total Value of Articles Imported into and Exported from the Bahamas, and ofthe Amount of Duties upon the Articles entered for Consumption, ^distinguishing the Trade with each Country iu the Years 1860 to 1864.^ 1 J C017HTIHES. Value of Imports. Value of Exports. '. Amount of Duties upon Artie entered for Consumiiliuu. 09 1 1860. 1361. 1862. ,k,1863. . . .1864. ¦ I860. 1881,; 1862. 1863. 1864. 18G0. lSlll. lSfii 1863. 1861. United Kingdom - 25,442 51,025 762,627 1,054,775 1,218,914 37,901 43,901 304,733 2,124,539 3,511,208 4,503 6,073 6,271 21,G25 40,7 7 J ; ! British North America - 762 16b 20,803 . 60,797 * 51,217 1,401 2,304 547,258 . 978,681 889,470 ' 205 111 987 1,781 1,752 j , | British West Indies 2,662 933 7,037 55,295 26.S88 2,732 8,170 2,587 47,776 3,218 474 107 25C 1,058 1,U55 | ! United States of America 92,800 136,002 352,520 2,932,945 187,802 79,834 104,027 134,579 155,014 92,715 13,636 14,707 14,691 23,906 18,629 j ' Southern do. do. ¦".— — — — ' 3,584,587 '— . — ' — • — . 599 — — — — 657 , Colonies of Spain - 4,909 14,775 48,958 55,764 154,172 1,672 4,673 4,183 14,236 41,648 537 2,042 1,871 2,417 4,755 I Colonies of Denmark - 10 — 101 30,958 17,989 — „ — - 370 326 726 4 — 73 903 1,557 1 France - 2,061 2,851 5,392 7,400 6,144 31,976 36,210 .12,150 32,691 80,503 448 843 921 527 553 [ Spain - — — , . — — 66 — — — — — — — — — 16 : Mexico - i — — •' ¦—> ¦ 23,483 36,527 — — ' — 10,896 28,050 — — — 31 40 : Germany - — — ' — " ."' 1,876 3,600 157 1 Hayti - 2,493 2,313 3,706 2,782 6,792 1,834 - 1,299 1,895 4,408 18,261 41 106 260 146 81 ! | Brazil - — — 18,575 — — ' '¦ _ " .!;» V, : — — — — — — Wrecks - Total - & 102,890 66,519 '49,178 50,666 51,414 — ¦"¦'— — — — 6,980 6,670 4,670 5.9S6 5,580 234,029 274,584 1,250,322 4,295,316 5,346,112 157,350 195,584 i j' 1,007,755 3,368,567 4,672,398 26,828 30,558 30,000 58,380 75,603 oMl 103 Appendix No. 13. Statement of the Value of Imports from British North America aud the United States respectively, distinguisliing each enumerated Article, in the Years 1860 to 1864. Article. From British North America. Prom United States. i 1860. 1861. 1862. 1863. 186-1. 1860. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1564. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ ¦ £ Ale and porter - - - 77 — — 789 2,732 486 721 1,75-1 2,749 ! 1,067 Apples . - - - — 8 — 19 24 174 77 153 294 642 Books, printed - — — _ — — 274 605 279 502 351 Brandy .... ¦ — — 1,270 942 40 19 83 2,028 1,810 Bread - - — — — 3S 81 1,168 905 1,287 1,647 1,678 Butter - - - r 37 — 87 107 1,293 2,976 4,015 3,679 1 6,563 7,046 Candles . - — — ^37 404 1,063 2,420 2,068 3,085 | 2,831 2,684 25 1,6.15 2,903 5,316 : 4,253 — Cheese - - - - — 7 4 239 69 934 802 1,167 2,046 2,119 Cider - — — — — — 12 22 102 ISO 214 Coal - — — 1,287 904 1,258 — 436 679 202 — Cocoa - — — — 2 — — — — — 12 Coffee — — — 108 — 290 .593 2,177 372 ' 28 148 . 368 152 1,191 78 14 49 38 20 Com - — — — — — 2,405 . 5,805 5,129 3,750 3,459 Cotton (raw) ... — — 4,051 — — — 24,681 209,586 2,537,207 3,477,284 Tish - - 104 1 171 1,222 2,638 850 1,011 2,027 2.514 1,144 43 12 41 32 — „ wheat . - — ~ — ¦ — 700 4,096 22,811 21,949 21,707 29,453 27,805 6 — Gin, whiskey, 4c. - 53 — — 4,414 278 173 212 1,410 13,790 2,707 Guano. - - - . - - - — — — — _ — — — _ 39 60 290 367 197 473 . 434 — 233 — 268 299 271 .627 576 IndigoLard- - — — _ — — 46 12 73 214 124 ' 44 — 110 949 412 1,566 .1,959 1,816 2,333 3,266 Lumber ... 26 84 — 630 1,659 3,208 4,820 2,541 5,715 6,433 Meal, corn - ... — - — — 23 138 1,590 .2,338 . 2,362 1.654 1,119 Heat, salted or cured 15 — — 2,021 2,294 5,987 7,166 7,528 13412 16,035 „ fresh - — — — — — — S3 — — 626 281 53 23 148 310 Nails, iron - - 22 _ — 402 • 72 180 75 164 1,000 420 „ composition — — - — ¦ — — — _._ . — — so — Nutmegs - - . 7 — Nuts -- _ — ' — -: .— — — — — - .139 71 Oats and bran . . - — 2 .— *' " 54 564 188 . 311 212 703 504 Oils - - - -.. -. 86- — — 235 4,719 983 -. 930 8,020 3,809 3£13 Peas and beans , 11 _ — 125 205 S71 .126 72 .211 125 Poultry - '- - . — : — ;_ 10 242 20 17 '42 141 243 Baisins, currants, flgs, &c. — — • L 40 133 201 223 182 .444 407 Bice - 66* — — - 87 44 5,487 .4,914 1,027 146 — Bum .... 146 — ; — 1,027 1,404 1,844 .1,809 . 2,279 _. 3,562 2,673 Salt . . - - __ — — 220 — . — — ,— -t 12 _•* Seeds for planting : — _ — 11 — — — 72 .81 " 25 106 — 64 156 51 165 4E Shingles - - 22 3 — 477 561 1,485 . 657 . 557 520 1,538 Soap-: .'¦ - ; — — — 1,044 365 1,685 .1,524 3,872 2,437 1,405 Specie"" ' — , — — ~ — — — — 3,433 2,031 92 376 1,139 979 . 1,323 3,507 3,38! Sponge ' — ; — — — . — 161 . 138 — . — Swine - ' - — _— — — 17 — — — 84 _ 93 — 14 . 18 — 51 151 Tar, pitch, and turpentine 13 ¦ — — 95 — 167 .7,174 15,314 18,416 1! 2,123 181 601 . 558 2,004 621 26' Tobacco , - — — — 200 *— , L537 1,581 5,911 140,920 521 Turtle - - — — . — — — 212 . 38 147 156 Veijetable^ - - 21 — — 360 979 403 1,177 1,395 3,223 3,11 ¦Wine - — ' — — 1 518 1,854 1,295 1,161 1,420 2,311 2,20" Ad valorem duty 15 per cent. - . 20 61 — 1 39,302 1 20,259 24,546 28,343 33,502 110,921 83,42 ¦ Total - £ 762 166 5,758 j 60,797 51,217 92,800 136,002 352,520 '2,932,945 3,665,08 104 AprE.vmx No. 14. Statement of the Value of Exports to Bkitish North America and the United States respectively, distinguishing each enumerated Article, in the Years 1S60 to 1864 (inclusive). . Aitic'e. British North America. United States. I860. 1861. 1S63. 1803. 1864. 1860. 1861. 1S62. 1S63. 1S64. Ale and porter (in wood) - __ 29 466 1,556 „ __ 23 „ „ (in bottle) — — 1,026 4S3 — 70 56 61 - — Anchors and chains ¦ — 21 9S6 — 784 517 753 279 — Bagging - - , - Bark- - - - - _ — — — — 123 — — — — — — — — — 511 ;338 177 247 110 Books, printed ... — — 148 2,856 2,958 54 _ — ' ¦ — — Brandy .... — — 1,717 10,205 3,013 83 81 — ¦ 851 — Bread — __ 30 2,652 199 — 3 306 3 — Butter .... — — 100 125 690 — 233 263 — . — Candles, not tallow ' — 2,276 2,259 3,145 — 62 46 — „ tallow — — 101 414 605 120 — — 66 — Carriages .... -— -«• — — — 525 — — — — Cheese - - - — - — 255 56 — — 12 — — — Coal - - - ' - . — _ S3 — — - — _ — — — . Cocoa nuts - - - ; . - < — — — 8 — __ — — 136 Coffee - • ¦ ¦"- - - — 13,536 60,227 27,6*4 7,255 5,123 4,230 1.770 64 Copper and composition - . ~~ _ 315 1,667 4,534 1,228 202 822 812 1,094 Copper ore - - - - Cordage *- - - • — — . — 255 — _ — —. — - — 1,124 11,551 8,859 86 — . — 19 — Cordials - - - — __ 4 106 538 — _ 67 3 — Corn- - . •...,•- — „ — 75 „ '.86 Corn meal .... — — 17 — , _ __ __ _ _ ¦ Cotton cards . - .-..,- . — 8,805 . — — — 69 — Cotton, linen, and woollen goods — 127,390 425,401 391,460 10,355 — 1,103 3,175 — Cotton (raw) / - — — — — 1,290 6,869 16,927 51,313 99,972 32,617 Currants, raisins, prunes, &c. — 71 '8 — — _ _ 112 — — Drugs .... — 39,670 76,793 9,183 — — 1,468 1,654 Fish, pickled - — — 461 1,043 1,818 — 17 — — 223 „ salted or dried — — 455 ' 332 139 338 23 — 9 — . Bloiu- .... — -. 130 — 414 — — 1,143 — Bruit .... — — — 29 — " 299 504 205 219 584 Gin and whiskey ... — 1,423 15,805 6,709 138 213 92 483 667 Ginger (green) ... — — — — — 3 . — — — . — Guano .... — — — — — 1,280 114 — — 1,116 Gunpowder ... Hardware .... « — 17,313 5,409 1,236 — — 226 — . ; — 278,036 90,491 188,595 7.624 14 69 904 611 'Hats, straw .... — — — 21 — 10 15 8 5 Hides - - - — " 31 1,922 90 ' 200 266 766 1,492 430 Indigo .... — - — 259 120 „ Iron - - - - — 8,941 — — — — 10 „ (old) - — — — - — — 642 1S5 242 257 454 Junk - - - . - 26 0 — — — — . — fjard .... — — 53 51 711 — - 441 . '-" 437 — . lead .... — — 1,373 5,679 725 — . i^- ' 28 — — - .Leather, manufactured • — — 26,960 34,234 42,103 1,083 53 _ „ unmanufactured — — — — 9,558 — 1,281 — . lumber .... — — - — — — — 1,065 ^_ ¦ _., Meat, salted ... — 4 1,079 22,602 16,743 106 1,530 1,365 1,792 2,0c 9 Miscellaneous ... — — 807 50,751 94,667 346 14,550 168 5,017 12,147 Molasses .... ^Mustard » - — S3 10 91 483701 10 1,203 1,838 530 4,650 680 g 1,099. Nails, iron .... — — — 499 882 103 14 — 27 „ „- composition ... — — — — — — _ Oils — — 8,274 5,339 5,780 1,253 42 195 184 _ Oranges - r " • Paint .... 54 103 976 1,940 3,472 3,531 3,828 963 2,599 Paper .... — — — 6*11 — _ _ ,., . Peas and beans ... — — — — 183 —. ^,. 125 59 Pepper — — 1,047 3,057 — : '__ 23 Pine apples .... Preserves - - - - z . , 57 150 13,002 11,757 20,222 912 14,189 4 19,630 Quicksilver- ... -_ — 1,181 588 Bags (old) .... — — — — — 133 57 503 513 240 Bice - Bosin, tar, turpentine, 4c. — — 10 1,819 -~ 791 196 728 22 10,862 301 81 Bum .... — — 47 4,421 5,333 80 1,395 318 72 10 SaltSegars .... Shells .... Ships' materials - 1,373 2,033 19 "~7 3,7981,102 2,0314,505 63 3,6335,227 110 1,636 20 283 1,2S8 5,305 107 47 866 4,2372,763 19 858 3,055 167 63 436 8,278 250 93 970 Soap- .... — — 3,176 3,332 3,035 so 193 323 Sponge .... ~ ~ 7,825 9,494 2,436 6,417 2,986 105 Appendix No. 14. — Statement of the Value of Export; i, &c. — conti United S:-,i nned. Briti ill North America. '-a. Article. 1 1SC0. ! l;lil. | . 1864. 1862. 5,801 185 102 1803. I860. 1361. 18C2. 1S63. 1801. Stationery - Sugar, re lined „ unrefined Skins, dried • — 0 2S.297 3,774 i,s;» 5,356 24,351 1,051 41 3,312 164 19,170 20 9,309 301 79 3,233 2,03 1 311 TallowTea - Tin - Tobacco, manufact ared - 2 — 24 6,314 120 14 11,511 11,375 933 262 2,631 — 7466 1,030 13 101 5SS 2,7822,638" 143 31 63 9 139ISt215830 07 9 303 1,107 2U>13S 12.1 1925 „ unmanufactured Turpentine, spirits of - Turtle .... Turtle shell Wax .... Win* .... ¦Wooden ware ... — - 406 3,532 ,_62 8,016 113 30 221253627 6,759 56411039 Woods, viz. : Braziletto ... Cedar .... 93 32 41 S2 306 46 140 227 53 - DiviDivi ... — __ 50 4 Fustic .... — — _ 120 lignum Vitee - - . — 5 13 — 13 . logwood ... Mahogany ... _ _„ ^_ 1,557 115 454 147 834 714 482100 2099 Nicaragua — — — — — 455 60 Pimento [- — — — — , 714 104 Satin wood ... — — — 36 298 _ Ebony .... — — .. — — — 12 SO "— — Tot ix £ 1,401 2,304 547,238 978,681 889,470 79,334 104,071 134,579 155,014 92,715 Appendix No, 15. '"* Bahamas. Statement of the Value of Imports and Exports to and from each CouNTRr in each Year from 1856 to 1860. C'OUh'TEDSS. Imports. 1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. I860. United Kingdom ... British North America British West Indies ... British, other Colonies '. Prance ------ - Hayti ..... Colonies of Spain (Cuba) - Colonies of Denmark (St. Thomas) United States Wrecks - £ 19,051 174 1,344 414 5,082 75 66,954 96,304 £ 24,699 1,196 1,389 377 9,172 319 86,69887,573 £ 24,127 1,156 674 1,0137,741 421 90,982 64,509 £ 29,879 101 1,616 1,651 12,048 5,517 183 92,36069,811 £ 25,442 762 _. 2,662 2.0312,493 4,909 10 92,800 102^90 Totai - £ 189,398 211,423 190,023 213,166 234,029 CoxnrTEiKS. Exports. Per-centage proportion in 5 years of 1856. 1857. 1833. 1859. I860. Imports. Exports. United Kingdom ... British North America British West Indies - British, other Colonies France - Hayti - - - - - Colonies of Spain (Cuba) - Colonies of Denmark (St. Thomas) United States - - - - Wrecks * £ 27,005 457 2,501 147333 1,349 92,956 £ 54,613 1,565 3,275 5,967 6,147 878 1,106 117 66,527 £ 29,945 1,122 3,218 2,633 2,120 1,270 51,843 £ 42,082 1,800 3,450 12.446 2i207 1,330 78,531 £ 37,901 1,401 2,532 31,976 1,834 1,672 79,834 11.-8 •7 •1 •5 1-6 3-1 •1 41-340-S 29-1 1- 2-3 •9 8-1 1-2 1-1 56 "S Totai, • £ 125,748 140,195 92,156 141,896 157,350 100' 100 • 10G Appendix No. lfc\ Returx of Imports into the Bahamas during the Year 1864, distinguishing each Article. Article. Quantity. Value. Article. Quantity. Value. Ale - Do. - Apples Brandy Bread - '-. £al- - doz. - brl. - gal. cwt. Books (printed) val Butter - - cwt. Candles, tallow cwt Do., not tallow cwt, Cattle - number Cheese -. cwt. .Cider - -. doz. Do. - - gal. Do., Champagne doz. ...Coal... „ ^ ton Cocoa - cwt. Coffee - - cwt Copper and composition cwt. Do. (old) - cwt. Com - - hush. Corn meal - brl. Cordials - gal. Cotton (raw) bales Currants, raisins, &c. - - cwt. Pigs - " - cwt. "Fish, pickled brl. Do., salted - cwt. Flour, wheaten brl. Fruit - - val. Gin and whiskey gal. Guano -tons Hides (raw) number Hulks and materials Tal. Ice - - ton Indigo - - val. Iron (old) - cwt. 365,742102,775 883 191,591 2,4423,546 1,8421,0151,999 2,157 850 ' 112 225 2,812 46,862 171 11,487 118196 22,384 1,294 5,339 62,898 559 250 3,715 993 27,708 129 ' 89,874 350 1,551 667 - 2,503 176120 20,026 35,797 666 98,535 2,789 3,546 9,076 2,309 12,41813,735 2,896 96 36 2,199 44,119 2,528 34,936 543599 3,554 1,379 3,096 3,490,069 1,268 "989 3,311 576 33,947 129 14,392 39 492 667576176 25 Lard - . - cwt. Logwood - ton Lumber 1,000 feet Horses - number t Mahogany - pieces | Meat (salted) cwt. Do. (fresh) cwt. | Molasses - gal. Mules - number j Nails (iron) - cwt. Nuts - - brl. Oats & bran bush. Oils - - gal. Peas'and beans brl. Poultry - doz. Eice - - cwt. Bum -, - gal. Seeds (for planting) Tal. Segars ShinglesSoap - Specie - SpongeSugar - Swine - Tallow Tea - Tar or pitch Tobacco TurpentineTurtle - number Turtle shell - lb. Vegetables - "Wax - - Wine - Ad valorem, per cent. - Do., 20/. per cent T Total - 1,000 - 1,000 - cwt. - Tal. - cwt. - cwt. - cwt. - cwt. - lb. brl. - cwt. - gal TaL lb. gal. 15?. 1,395 597 2,527 83 503 25,796 180 39,814 27 11,760 .96 10,534 97,825 495 915 34,74379,599 137 11,060 3,0942,7272,030 208 55,828 202 1,167 48,016 2,341 16,19228,582 959- 174 5,512 . 86 44,314 1,005,522 7,203 5,396 1,198 9,018 1,008 620 32,176 626 1,149 538- 11,686 207 1,118 24,603- 604 625 29,885 14,757 137 48,514 2,099 3,8852,030 425 156,267 394 1,343 4,9663,570 94,652 5,271 775 102 5,512 174 26,523 1,005,522 7,203 5,346,112 Receiver- General's Office, 18th November 1865. John D'A. Dumauesq, Receiver-General. 1C7 Appeis*dix No. 1 7. Return of Exports from the Bahamas during the Year 1864, distinguishing each Article. Article. Quantity. 1 Value, j AvlUlc. Quantity. j Value. Ale - gal. 30,224 1,707 Lumber - 1,000 ft. 55 84 Do. - - doz. 7,340 1,609 Mahogany - 456 1,422 Bark - sacks 608 704 Ment (salted) cwt. 15,512 19,818 Books (printed) val. 2,973 2,973 Molasses - gal. 29,498 1,235 Brandy - gal. 6,096 3,152 Mustard - val. 1,203 1,203 Bread - cwt. 172 223 Nails (iron) - cwt. 840 882 Butter - - cwt. 157 869 Oils - - gal. 29,194 6,306 Braziletto - ton 8 32 Oranges • 1,000 1,440 2,599 Candles - cwt. 942 3,795 Paint - - kegs 373 1,940. Coal : - - ton 415 467 Peas & beans brl. 143 242 Cocoa-nuts - 1 ,000 46 144 Pine-apples Coffee - - cwt. 7,919 28,054 1,000 doz. - 277 29,380 Copper and Preserves - val. ; 89 .. 89 composition cwt 2,114" 8,240* Quicksilver bottles * 6 ~ - 42 Cordials - gal. 304 538 Rags (old) - bale '* 503 ; 240 Cordage - coils 3,441 11,406 Rice - cwt. 2,531 - 1,742 Corn - - bnsh. 294 50 Bosin - ' - brl. 18 ~ ~:. 31 Cotton, linen, and Rum - - gal. -, 50,327 • 9,747 woollen goods val. 391,460 391,460 Salt - - bush. 646,575 12,718" Cotton (raw) bale 54,612 3,498,122 Satin wood pieces 62 . 35 Drugs - - val. 10,789 10,789 Segars - 1,000 1,913 -'. 5,643 Dyewood - ton 387 954 Shells - .-_- val. 706 706 Fish (pickled) brl. 1,566 2,342 Ships'materialsval . 1,088 1,088 Do. (salted) owt 358 .,-. 284 Soap - - cwt. : 2,816 3,461 Flour (wheaten) Sponge - bale 2,348 - - 14,745 brl. 2,272 2,822 Starch- - cwt. 30 46 Fruit - - val. 748 748- Stationery - Tal. 6,271 6,271 Gin and whiskey Sugar (refined) gal. 39,708 8,037 cwt. . 8,710 26,472 Ginger - - cwt. 71 150 Tio. (unrefined) ; Gunpowder - kegs 497 2,023 cwt. 1,725 :u -1,600 Guano - - ton 3,023 1,944 Tallow - cwt. . 365 .;¦ 420 Hard and earthen- Tea - - lb. 66,298 7,067 — ware vat- 195,099 195,099 Tobacco manufac - - Hides (raw) tured) - cwt. - 27,236 92,998 number 4,076 1,568 Do. (unmanufac Iron - - ton 7 13 tured) - cwt. 3,224 14,176 Do. (old) ton 99 454 Turpentine - gal. 9,941 • 2,668 Lard - - cwt. 727 1,676 Turtle number 80 -'." 89 Lead -' ' - ton 67 742 Turtle shell - Tal. ; 422 . 422 Leather (manufac Wax - - Tal. 155 155 tured) - val. 44,373 44,373 Wine - gal. 23,320 8,987 Do. (unmanufac r Miscellaneous Tal. 156,849 156,849 tured) - val. 10,132 10,132 Logwood - ton 365 1,085 Total & 4,672,39S John D'A. Dun ARESQ, Receiver-Gene ral's Offic e, R eceiver-G eneral. 18th November 1865. Appendix No. 18. Statement of the Number of Steam and Sailing Vessels which Arrived and Departed at Nassau, N. P., in the Blockade- running Trade in each Month ofthe Years 1861 to 1865. f MOKTHS. Arrivals. Departures. Departures after cl<,sC of Trade. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1861. 1863. 1863. 1864. 1865.: i CO a .£3 o 03 E .a5 i 1CO O - i ta CO s i CO E ¦3o ia, CO C O 18 CO i o i. ta CO C o Eta3mta w 2 s E P 1 CO mo O Steamers. January - _ _ 2 2 4 4 12 _ 17 _^ 1 l 9 10 13 1 24 February - — — 1 5 7 6 9 1 15 — — — 1 3 15 16 16 1 17 . — 15 March — — 4 10 11 4 7 3 1 — — — 3 6 16 12 5 — — 8 April — — 3 14 8 6 8 1 1 — — — 4 4 10 6 11 — — — . May - - — — 7 9 11 4 9 — 1 — ¦ — — 9 9 19 1 19 — r — — June — — 3 4 14 — 9 — — — -— — 6 8 11 — 16 — July — — 2 5 7 — 6 6 7 21 1 7 — — — — August - — — — 3 5 i — 5 — — — — — 6 20 8 1 8 — — — — September — — 4 2 9 2 7 1 — — — — 3 6 15 1 12 — — — October - — — 1 8 9 ,— 12 — ' — — — — 3 22 10 — 14 — — November — — 3 4 15 1 8 1 10 19 — 26 — December . Total ¦ . - 2 2 2 '8 13 1 13 — . — •—. 3 1 1 3 13 20 — 18, — — — ¦ — 2 2 32 74 113 27 105 6 35 — 3 1 46 109 173 48 165 2 41 — 23 109 Appendix No. 19. Statement of Places from which Blockade-running Vessels arrived at Nassau, and for which they cleared at that Port in each Year, from 1861 to 1S65. Arrived. Cleared. i | i 1 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. 1865. 1861.J 1362. 1863. 1864. 1865. Charleston - 4 59 53 29 11 _ _ - - - Wilmington - - 16 74 76 8 - - - - - Fernandina - - 5 1 Georgetown - - 1 1 ' 1 1 - - - - - JacksonTille - 1 Port Royal - - 6 - - - - 3 8 - - Savannah 2 4 2 - - - 1 --, - Beaufort - - 1 - - - 24 22 i - Florida, Coast of - - 6 3 2 - - 1 - - - - Georgia - 1 - - " - - - - - - Louisiana - - 1 -" "- - - - - . - GalTeston - - - - - 2 - - ¦ - - - St. John's, N.B. - - 1 - - - 4 64 172 151 27 Halifax- - 3 - - - 2 2 - - ' Baltimore - - - - - - 30 6 - - New York -' - - - . - - 3 - - New Orleans - - - - - - 6 2 - Key, West - - - - - - - 5 1 - - - Hilton Head - "'- ' - - - - - I - — — ¦ Philadelphia - - - - - - 3 2 - - 1 3 1 Vera Cruz - - - - - - - 1 - - - 7 3 7 10 1 - St. Thomas - - - - - - - - 1 - - Honduras - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 2 England 3 1 Returned to Port - - 2 - 13 - - - - - Not stated - - 9 - 1 — - 4 — — — Total 4 110 140 111 35 4 155 221 167 41 110 Appexdix No. 20. Pop.t of Nassau. AusTrvACT of the Number of Wrecking Licenses issued at Nassau and each of the Out-Islauds for Vessels and Boats, distinguishing the Tonnage, aud of the Number of Men at each place registered, from the 1st January 1865 to date. Tons. Nassau. Abaco. Crooked Island. Harbour Island. Inagua. Long Island. Total. * — 4 ¦' — — — — 4 o — 2 — — — — 2 3 2 ' 2 — — — — 4 4 .2 8 — — 1 — 11 -- 5 25 3 - — - — 18 — 46 • 6 to 10 22 9 1 — 1 — ' 33 11 „ .15 13 1 . — . ...— - 5 — 19 16 „ 20 3 1 — — — 1 5 : 21 „ 25 9 — . — " — — — 9 26 „ 30 5 — — — 2 . — . ; 7 31 „ 35 2- — — " — . — — 2 ,.' 36 „ 40 5 — 2 1 — — ". 8 41 „ 45 4 — 1 — 1 — . 6 46 „ 50 4 - — ' — — ¦ — - 4 51 „ 55 1 — — — — — " 1 56 „ 60 J — - — ' ~ — — . ,4 ^ 61 „ 65 1 — • 1 y ¦ --¦ - 3 ¦,•:•'. 66 „ 70 o — — — — — 2 "' 71 ,. 75 1 1 | — — — — 2 76 „ 80 — 1! - - — — i — V -¦• t 81 „ 85 — — ' — i — " 1 86 „ 90 1 i — — ' — — 1 115 ., 120 1 i — — — — 1 Totals 107 1 3. ; 4 2 31 I 176 No. of Men - 55S j 76 4G 1 3 29 — 712 Keceiver-General's Office, 24th November 1865. (Signed) J. D'A. Dumaresq, Receiver-General Ill Appendix No. 21. Statement ofthe Amount of Customs Duties received in the Bahamas iu each Year from 1857 to 1864. Article. 1S57. 1853. 1859. 1SGi>. 1861. 1S6'2. £ 1863. 1S61. Provisions : £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Apples 5 5 12 19 12 1G j 65 45 Butter - 433 462 483 593 650 705 - 997 901 Cheese - - - 138 128 145 184 171 214 386 360 Corn aud grain, viz. : Bread - 128 80 §4 100 86 121 18S 174 Corn meal 121 77 133 97 171 168 105 66 Flour (rye) 22 10 7 4 4 4 o — Do. (wheat) 2,780 2,851 2,873 2,863 3,412 2,958 3,797 3,381 Oats and bran - 11 4 16 36 55 26 72 110 ' Bice - 608 692 662 .._ 786 593 454 509 850 Cattle - 63 :• 39 91 95 128 140 439 863 Swine - 3 — — . — 1 — 11 20 Meat (salted or cured) - 711 869 741 862 872 1,205 2,097 1,932 Lard - - - 227 260 173 283 256 257 546 341 Fish ' - 101 85 93 ..' 126 ¦ 158 152 326 284 Cocoa - 3 41 8 — — — — 1 Coffee - 1,344 613 984 '- 819 1,377 680 562 929 Tea - 200 234 230 235 . 226 '-. 472 639 384 Sugar - - - 1,707 1,334 1,512 2,116 4,220 1,579 2,696 3,329 Molasses - - r"*"'"" ' -'* ~ 183 "362 ""147 "171 --¦217 •- 276- — 186 - 121 Fruits (dried) 28 34. ; 30 55 48 50 102 160 Total 8,816 8,180 8,434 9,444 12,657 9,477 13,725 14,251 Ale and porter - 264 512 388 544 600 . 774 1,343 1,767 Cider - - - 6 1 — 4, 8 10 25 14 Brandy - - 853 424 435 312 391 586 1,511 2,386 Cordials 51 27 12 17 18 65 75 84 Gin, whiskey, &c. 1,119 1,462 993 1,222 934 1,075 4,463 2,897 Bum - - ¦ 1,406 1,606 1,285 1,878 3,334 1,743 3,474 3,611 Wine - - - 727 593 613 747 757 952 1,713 2,366 '¦> Total '- , f - 13,242 12,805 12,160 14,168 18,69ft 14,682 26,329 27,376 Tobacco - - . - 436 554 280 446 342 415 671 404 Cigars - Candles - 182 108 137 122 196 278 -762 1,632 259 216 259 263 245 320 385 402 Tallow - - ' " 2 2 2 6 1 I 17 . _ 31 Soap - - - 211 247 177 234 221 378 405 256 Materials : - "* > Copper and yellow metal Hulks and materials 25 12 10 29 52 33 20 20 693 692 463 441 404 568 250 100 Lumber - - - 648 418 544 . 446 635 302 608 1,010 Shingles - - 93 121 53 80- 58 • 19 95 165 Nails (iron) ' - 84 127 61 89 ' 81 69 173 181 Oils - - . ;i59 173 . 211 249 221 368 598 903 Pitch, tar, and turpentine 25 18 25 24 14 14 231 269- Tetal 16,059 15,493 14,382 16,597 21,169 17,447 30,544 32,749 Horses . - - 1 5 2 8 8 15 24 83 Mules - — — — — — • — 11 14 Ad valorem duties at 15 per. cent. - ¦ — - - - - 6,056 6,230 6,601 6,625 8,599 11,659 26,261 41,300 Do., do., at 20 per cent. - 1,389 3,451 1,839 3,236 267 299 1,552 1,441 Total gross Drawbacks ¦ - 23,505 25,179 22,824 26,486 30,043 29,440 58,392 75,587 1,999 ; 21,506 1,001 1,122 1,145 4;915 799 1,666 4,614 Total net - i 24,178 21,702 25,321 j 2.7,123 2S.6-11 Uc.TiG ' 70,C73 1 112 Appendix No. 22. Statement of the NuMEEr. and Tonnage of Vessels, distinguishing British from Foreign, which entered and cleared from Nassau and each of the other Bahama Islands, to and from Foreign Countries and British Possessions, in each year from 1855 to 1864. Years. Entered. "Cleabed. .Ports British. Foreign. Total. British. Foreign. Total. Ships. Tons. Ships.' Tons. Ships. Tons. Ships. Tons. Ships. Tons. Ships. Tons. .— t 1855 121 7,910 28 4,783 1-19 12,723 123 8,293 23 5,261 146 13,551 1 1S56 122 9,627 24 3.781 146 13,408 139 11,152 29 4,255 168 15,407 1857; 123 8,220 50 13,733 173 21,952 128 7,909 47 12,702 175 20,611 > <9 lass; 125 7,498 46 6,189 171 13,637 131 7.723 44 6,313 175 14,036 S v 1859 153 10,036 89 4,681 192 14,717 166 10,137 39 4,181 205 14,318 Kg" 1861) 169 9,169 50 6,180 219 15,649 153 8,577 51 7,976 209 16,653 - 1 1861 196 11,770 77 12,930 273 24,750 201 11,334 - 54 9,818 255 20,852 i 1862- 393 76,606 124 17,622 517 94,228 441 74,709 64 9,329 505 84,033 2 ( 1863 667 113,285 140 44,799 810 156,218 648 114.S92 139 48,203 787 174,985 £ I. 1864 751 130,826 15D 38,592 910 169,418 815 150,440 151 39,787 966 190,227 ' 1855 17 931 4 262 21 1,193 15 767 4 262 19 1,029 1856. 22 1,111 — — 22 1,141 18 913 1 .60 19 973 1857 8 273 5 411 13 684 6 184 4 335 10 619 d 1S5S 10 - 460 5 5S6 15 1,046 7 326 4 404 11 730 §. 1859 4 250 6 475 10 725 — — . 5 .391 5 391 | 1860 8 435 9 716 17 1,151 9 423 7 523 16 94S -. 1858 3 S72 3 S72 — — 3 372 3 372 5 i 1S59 1 1S3 3 1,003 9 1,191 2 273 3 1,117 10 1,300 g" 1S60 — 2 101 •> 191 — — 2 191 2 191 1S6I 3 403 3 403 — — 4 415 4 443 il 1862 1 274 1 274 1 55 2 274 3 320 1863 2 ISO 1 186 3 360 4 280 2 85 6 3« L 1864 3 270 2 353 5 623 2 167 1 179 3 316 ( 1S55 1856 „ 1 212 1 212 ¦ — ¦ — 1 213 1 212 1 1S57 5 1,238 5 1,233 .. — — 4 703 4 70S . | 1S58 2 518 2 518 — — 2 518 2 513 1- 1S591S00 1 82 — 1 S2 1 1 8278 — z 11 8273 ~ 1881 1S62 1863 — . 1 1861 — 1855 3 333 _ 3 333 S . 470 __ 5 470 "3 18561857 5 285 1 104 6 . 419 3 232 1 164 4 416 10 923 21 4,199 31 5,122 12 948 15 2,960 27 3,908 Js 1S5S 1859 3 242 3 4S6 6 70S 6 469 3 - 650 9 1,119 s^ 7 1,017 7 1,205 14 2,222 7 1,036 5 972 12 2,003 1360 11 1,156 512 3 3S9 14 1,545 12 963 7 1,153 19 2,121 •Si 1361 1S63 4 9 1,675 13 2,187 6 211 . 8 1,603 14 1,814 ° 1 o 10 550 4 493 14 1,013 11 744 4 354 15 1,093 *- 1863 16 733 6 510 22 1,243 12 803 6 395 13 1,193 I . 1364 13 639 5 501 IS 1,140 11 773 5 374 16 1,147 • 1S551856 1357 4 249 2 96 6 315 * 249 4 512 8 761 245 4 725 9 970 8 320 C 741 13 1,031 -*s _2 5 1,054 5 1,054 — — 5 1,054 S 1,034 jn 1858 1859I860 5 591 5 594 — — 5 594 5 591 VI __. 3 917 3 917 1 64 3 917 4 931 5- 3 .276 3 276 2 51 3 276 5 327 1861 2 139 4 425 6 561 9 ' 283 6 732 15 1,020 ac 1862 2 87 2 577 4 664 7 187 9 1,871 16 2,053 fS 1863 127 2 450 5 677 11 245 5 594 IS 5-19 " . 1884 S 107 2 552 5 ' 659 9 21G 7 1,232 16 1,443 ' 1855 51 2,990 37 4.631 88 7,621 45 2,559 41 5,456 86 8,015 1S56 26 1,354 19 12077 45 2,431 20' S08 19 zjm 39 1,862 1857 27 1,568 12 1,103 "39 2,676 23 1,314 S 676 31 1,990 • 1853 29 2.2S0 32 3,343 61 5,623 27 2,003 31 3,130 5S 5,1SS |- 1859 41 3,477 20 3,181 70 6,65S 41 3,558 29 3,584 70 7,142 J 860 56 3,883 35 2,465 91 6,348 56 3,535 35 2,205 91 5,743 1861 63 4.6S2 S5 5,252 08 9,934 52 4,010 SO 5,301 S3 9,314 ¦ 1862 54 3,076 45 4,650 99 7,726 49 2,S31 43 4,753 W 7,589 1R63 63 3,290 54 4.7S5 117 8,075 57 3,472 52 4.95G 109 8,42.3 > 1864 53 2,682 49 4,717 107 7,399 52 3,141 60 4,857 102 7,993 ' 1855 247 15,026 ' S5 11,748 332 26,774 255 15,566 83 13,591 343 29,160 1S56 236 15,560 61 7,761 297 23,321 212 16,369 63 8,315 310 24,634 1857 212 14,103 115 23,458 327 37,559 207 13,433 104 21,019 311 34,452 3 £ 1853 212 13,073 106 12,932 318 26,005 221 13,654 100 12,043 321 26,299 1359 250 18,034 101 12,094 351 30,12S 266 13,250 99 11,934 365 30,184 1*' I860 297 17,863 113 11,520 410 29,333 301 17,214 116 13,323 417 30,540 £ 1861 318 19,929 137 22,072 455 42,001 337 19,593 117 19,285 454 33,531 0-4 o 1362 513 83,35- 1S1 24,002 694 107,446 581 82,456 137 17,406 71S 90.882 1363 814 121,77 211 51,577 05-4 173,313 j 818 123,824 202 55,2S3 1,010 191.109 ' 1364 889 138,16 1 221 45,420 1,113 183,584 1 £07 153,337 223 47,36) 1,195 206,201 17550. II II Appendix No. 23. Statement of the Number and Tonnage of Vessel.?, distinguishing those in Ballast, which Entered and Cleared at the Ports of Nassau, N. P., and of the Out-Islands, to and from each Countiy, in the Years 1855 and 1864. 1855. Cototeies. Estered Cleaeed Ports. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Total. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Total. No Tons. No.| Tons. No. | Tons. No Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. * Great Britain - 7 1,263 ._ i 7 1,263 12 2,085 _ _ 12 2,085 British North America 2 281 — _ 2 281 fc British West Indies - 4 173 4 409 8 5S2 7 169 3 224 10 393 ¦¦H United States - 80 8,467 4 691 84 9,158 74 8,208 6 1,607 80 9,715 Colonies of Spain 37 671 3 201 40 872 9 500 33 677 41 1,177 Colonies of Denmark - 6 432 — — 6 432 2 144 — — 2 144 fc I Hayti Total - British West Indies - 2 140 — — 2 140 1 40 — — 1 40 138 2 11,427 U 1,301 149 12,728 |l05 11,146 41. 2,408 146 13,554 ( 31 SI 31 3 162 3 162 Abaco. -< United States - 13 811 2 123 15 937 9 529 5 201 14 733 Colonies of Spain — — 1 67 1 67 2 — — — 2 131 ( Central America 3 158 — 3 158 — 134 — — — — Harbour ! { United States - 27 1,521 11 394 33 1,915 ?« 1,394 9 300 SS 1,694 Island. 1 Colonies of Spain 3 80 — — 3 80 2 102 6 ' 265 8 367 ( Great Britain - • — 1 103 1 1C8 3 344 _ 3 344 Bleu- \ British West Indies - — theva. J United States - 10 493 3 217 13 710 19 1,057 1 30 20 1,087 .. C Colonies of Spain — — 1 141 1 141 ( British West Indies - 3 244 R 244 3 139 __ S 139 Rum J United States - — — 4 893 4 893 9 1,660 9 1,660 Cay. 1 Colonies of Denmark - 1 223 1 230 •1 453 c Hayti - — — — — 1 40 — ~ 1 40 r Great Britain - — " _ _ 1 230 __ 1 230 ¦3 . British North America — — — — 1 64 1 64 ¦as J British West Indies - — — 1 64 1 M SI] United States - — — ?, 116 — 2 116 O" Colonies of Spain 1 39 1 230 9 269 , I. Hayti ... ~ — — — — — 1 60 ~ ' — - 1 60 Ragged Island. ("British West Indies - — 4 249 4 249 2 159 2 159 •j United States - — — — — — 2 456 2 456 (.Colonies of Spain 1 7 1 89 2 96 4 146 — — 4 146 f British North America — _ 10 859 __ 10 859 a*s British West Indies - 29 1,282 19 2.281 43 3,563 12 393 203 19 601 United States - 4 724 3 989 7 1,713 33 6,012 S3 6,012 SPi Colonies of Spain — — S 676 3 676 1 71 1 71 a Colonies of Denmark ¦ 1 80 3 507 4 587 1-1 Hayti - 24 744 1 50 25 794 21 424 ?, '13 23 i *• Brazil - Great Britain - — 1 288 1 ] 288 , 1 1 103 108 230 1 230 British North America — — 11 923 , 11 923 t3 British West Indies - 34 1,557 21 2,594 58 4,151 17 696 10 365 27 1,061 United States - Central America 3 3,549 158 23 2,624 77 3 6,173 153 100 11,224 15 534 115 11,753 ^3 3 o Colonies of Spain - i Colonies of Denmark - 52 126303 7 4 1,203 737 12 " fi 1,329 1,045 8 332 7 336 15 -718 Hayti - . . 21 744 1 SO 25 794 M» 524 2 48 25 572 '- Brazil ... Total - i 122 i — 1 253 1 288 31 6,442 61 =1 7,604 183 14,016 j 160 13,979 1,233 194 15,263 Ill App. No 23. — Statement of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels, &c. — coat. 1855 — continued. Cor/NTKIES. Entered. Cl.EAEED. Poets. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Total. Ca *ith rgocs. Tons. 1 Ballast. Tofa'- No. Tons. No.j Tons. No. Tons. No. No.i Tons. No. Tons. f Great Britain - 7 1,233 _ 7 1,263 12 2,085 12 . 2,035 & British North America 2 281 — — 2 231 11 923 • — — 11 623 £ British W est Indies - 38 1,730 23 2,690 61 4,420 24 863 13 6S9 37 1,134 United States - 134 12,016 27 3,315 101 15,331 174 19,482 21 2,011 103 21,173 o -I Central America 8 153 — — 3 153 — — — — — — ¦a 1 Colonies of Spain 42 797 5 520 47 1,317 17 832 39 1,013 1 5S 1,803 ¦s Colonies of Denmark - 8 740 4 737 12 1,477 2 144 — — 2 ' 144 e I Hayti - - - 28 884 1 50 27 934 24 564 2 4S 26 : 612 i Total - 1 | 2S8 1 280 | 260 17,869 72 j 8,905 332 26,774 263 25,430 75 i 3,691 i 343 29,160 1 i 1864. COTTHTBIES. ESTEEED. Cleakeb. — British. Foreign. Total. British. Foreign. Total. No. Tons. No. Tous. No. Tons. No.] Tons. No. Tons.- No. Tons. " United Kingdom 233 52,268 7 1,554 240 53,822 162 37,714 6 1,692 163 39,406 British North America 24 3,032 — — 24 3.0S2 158 2S.892 32 18,954 190 47,316 British West Indies - 76 8,766 — — 76 8,766 44 7,376 2 902 46 8,278 ft France ... — — 2 441 2 . 444 — — 1 4 .743 _ 4 - 743 Portugal 1 144 — — 1 144 — . — — ' — — — 1 210 1 210 — — — — — — =¦" \ United States, North 11* 29,052 S8 7,718 153 36,770 116 21,534 80 5,010 146 26,59-1 United States, South 82 12,546 98 27,580 ISO 40,126 30 1,064 20 1,344 50 2,403 3 Colonies of Spain 146 15,758 3 159 149 15,917 258 42,534 10 1,970 263 44,504 fc Colonies of France - 6 2,356 — — 6 2,356 — — 8 1,334 8 1,334 Colonies of Denmark - 18 3,410 4 538 22 4,028 22 3,866 4 1,536 26 5,402 Hayti 14 648 2 20 16 668 22 830 2 20 24 900 . Mexico - Total - United Kingdom 12 .1,844 4 453 16 2,302 14 1,680 2 768 16 2,443 726 129,904 159 38,731 835 3 168,635 326 145,090 120 84,273 946 179,363 3 336 336 5 673 _- 5 673 m British North America 4 501 — — 4 601 .19 1,047 S 190 22 1,237 -s British West Indies- - 47 2,472 12 1,531 - 59- 4,003 9 1 3,457 5 629 14 4,236 United States, North - 66 2,684 7 877 73 3,561 57 3,740 51 8,222 103 11,962 H " United States, South - 19 762 6 360 25 1,122 17 1,607 18 2,827 35 4,43-1 ¦g Colonies of Spain 9 632 12 2,048 21 2,680 16 2,567 7 853 23 3,420 o Colonies of Denmark - 1 112 3 712 4 824 3 126 — — 3 126 . Hayti - - . - Total - United Kingdom 14 761 1 25 1,161 39 1,922 15 530 24 170 39 7C0 133 8,260 | 65 6,689 223 243 14,949 141 13,747 108 13,091 249 173 26,833 236 52,604 7 1,554 54,158 167 38,387 6 1,692 40,079 British North America 23 3,533 — — 28 8,533 177 29,439 85 19,144 212 48,583 British West Indies - 123 11,238 12 1,531 135 12,769 53 10,833 7 1,731 60 12,564 2 444 2 444 — — 4 743 4 743 Portugal ... 1 144 — — 1 144 — •-5 Hamburg - — — 1 210 1 210 O I United States, North - 180 31,736 45- 8,595 225 40,331 173 25,324 81 13,232 254 38,556 £ United States, South - 101 13,308 101 27,940 205 41,243 47 2.671 S3 4,171 85 6,342 Colonies of Spain 155 16,390 15 2,207 170 18,597 274 45,101 17 2,823 291 47,024 Colonies of France - 6 2,356 — — 6 2,356 — — 8 1,334 ' 8 1,334 Colonies of Denmark - 19 8,552 7 1,300 26 4,852 25 3,903 4 1,536 29 5,523 Hayti .... 28 1,409 27 1,181 55 2,590 37 1,410 26 190 63 1,600 . Mexico ... Total - 12 1,344 4 458 16 2,802 14 1,680 2 768 16 2,443 839 133,164 '224 45,420 1,113 183,584 907 153,837 223 47,364 1,195*206,201 116 Appendix No. 24. Statement of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels, distinguishing those in Ballast, which Entered and Cleared at the Ports of Nassau, N. P., and of the Out-Islands, to and from each Countiy, in the Years 1855 and 1864. 1855. Countries to which belonging. Entered. Cleared. Poets. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Total. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Total. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. f I • British 112 7,271 6 669 121 7,940 86 7,428 37 805 ,23 8,203 Spanish - 1 25 — — 1 23 1 25 — — 1 25 Nassau, N. P. -•{ Danish 6 432 — — 6 432 2 144 — — 9, 144 j American - 17 3,559 2 632 19 4,191 15 3,509 8 1,443 18 4,952 I Haytien - Total - British 2 140 — — 2 140 1 40 1 100 2 140 1:38 11,427 11 1,301 149 12,728 105 11,146 41 2,408 J 40 13,554 Abaco - - 1 16 864 1 67 17 931 9 527 0 240 15 767 American - 2 136 2 126 4 262 a 136 2 126 4 262 Harbour Island f British - American - 23 2 1,422 179 10 1 ' 330 64 33 3 1,752 243 25 3 1,253 243 15 565 40 8 1,818 243 Eleuthera - f British - 9 399 2 249 11 648 18 1,090 1 SO 19 1,120 --American - 1 94 8 217 4 311 4 311 — — 4 811 Bum Cay - •* C Crooked Island - British - 1 88 1 145 2 183 4 290 —. 4 ' 290 -jAinerican - 8 434 4 983 7 1,417 8 1,509 — — 8 1,509 Haytien - British 1 39 2 294 3 333 15 40 470 — — 1 5 -40 470 r British — — 4 249 4 249 4 249 4 219 Bagged Island -i Spanish - American - 1 7 1 80 2 96 2 1 96 816 — — 2 1 96 816 (. Haytien - 1 100 __ 1 100 ( British 38 1,775 13 1,215 51 2,990 87 2,315 R '244 2,559 Inagua - -¦< Dutch American - 1 4 83 633 16 3,526 1 20 88 4,209 1 23 83 4,963 1 71 1 83 5,030 (. Haytien - British 15 . 234 1 50 16 -334 15 S22 1 ' 7 16 829 f 93 4,537 33 2,549 126 7,086 102 6,194 30 1,079 132 7,273 Total Out- J " Spanish - 1 7 1 89 2 96 2 96 — 0, 96 Dutch 1 83 — — 1 88 1 88 _ 83 American - 12 1,526 26 4,916 S3 6,412 41 7,483 S 197 44 7,680 469 i Haytien - Total - British Spanish - 15 122 284 1 - 50. 16. _„334 J.7_ 462 1 7 18 6,442 61 j 7,604 183 14,040 163 14,323 34 1,2*13 197 15,606 r¦ 205 o 11,808 82 42 1 3,218 89 217 8 15,026 121 188 3 13,622 121 67 1,944 255 321 0220 15,566 121144 88 12,632 609 Total Colony J Danish Dutch American - Haytien - 61 2917 432 83 5,0S5 431 28 1 5,548 50 6 1 67 18 432 88 10,633 474 2 1 56 18 144 83 10,992 502 e2 1,640 107 260 17,869 72 8,905 332 26,774 263 25,469 75 S.691 343 29,160 1864. Nassau BritishColonial - French Spanish - American - Haytien - Hamburg - Total - 186278 93 352 11 88,54129,954 1,697 241 43,905 20 210 3022 15 5,0371,347 147704 216 800 9 4 357 11 93,57831,801 1,697 3S8 44,609 20 210 235 2S2 66 112 3 G43 54,144 48,964 " 951 696 25,621 117 40 US 36 55 2 8,252 16,093 475 687 6,740 78 275400 9 11 167 5 62,396 65,057 1,4261,233 32,301 195 830 164,568 53 7,235 838 171,803 130,393 224 32,325 807 162,718 117 App. No. 24. — Statement of the Number aud Tonnage of Vessels, &c cont. 1864 — continued. Countries to which belonging. Entered. Cleared. Ports. With Cargoes. In BaUast. Total. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Total. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. 1 Tons. 1 No. Tons. No. Tons. British - Colonial - Out- I French • Islands 1 Spanish - American Haytien - Total - r; British - j ; Colonial • \ French - Total — J | Spanish - AmericanHaytien - Hamburg Total - 1 4 530 ' _ - 4 530 8 1,191 „ 8 1,191 121 6,774 , 20 633 141 6,612 157 23,344 48 3,840 205 32.1S4 8 23S — 3 23S 3 430 3 430 51 4,042 2 180 53 4,222 34 8,961 — — 84 8,961 24 170 , — — 24 179 20 383 8 284 28 667 203 10,763 • 22 1,018 225 11,7S1 272 S9.359 | 56 4,124- 328 43,483 190 89,071 30 5,037 220 94,108 243'-W5,335 40 8,252 283 63,537 899 85,728 42 2.1S5 441 87,913 *439 77,308 166 19,033 C05 97,241 9 1,697 — 9 1,697 6 951 3 475 9 1,428 6 479 1 147 7 626 8 1,076 6 6S7 14 1,763 403 47,947 7 884 410 4S,831 196 34,582 55 6,740 251 41,822 25 199 — 23 199 23 500 10 862 33 862 . 1 210 — — 1 210 1,033 175,331 80 8,253 ' 1,113 i 183,534 915 169,752 280 36,449 1,195 206,201 Appendix No. 25. Statement of the Number and Tonnage of Vessels, distinguishing British from Foreign, the Countries to which they belonged, and those with Cargoes from those in Ballast, which Entered into and Cleared from the Ports of the Bahamas in the year 1860. Trade tpitii eacu Couxtrt. Entered. Cleared. ~ — British. Foreign. Total. British. Foreign. Total. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. United Kingdom British North America British West Indies - France - United States - Colonies of Spain Colonies of Denmark - Hayti . . - 17 2 71 125 7210 2,216 154 4,6828,238 2,123 474 73 73 3 1 26 955 616 8,579 326 221804 17 2 78 3 198 75 1 36 410 2,216 154 6,637 616 16,817 2,449 221 1.27S 18 31S3 130 72 12 2,323 2,679 1,505 8,5311,697 479 1 24 78 8 23 603 1S3 1,419 9,906 848867 19 81 40 4 208 SO 35 2,926 2,6791,683 1,419 18,437 1 2,545 ; 846 Total - 297 17.8S7 113 11,501 29,388 301 17,214 116 13,326 1 417 1 30,540 Nationality. Entered. Cleared. With Cargoes. In Ballast-. Totals. With Cargoes. In Ballast. Total. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tous. No. Tons. British - Colonial - - - French - Spanish - AmericanHaytien - 12 212 3 5321 1,492 10,330 741 6,857 283 5 68 1 83 2 724 5,322 66 3,533 40 17 280 31 1623 2,210 13,632 741 66 10,390 " 323 17 1S5 2 3 6816 2,219 11,872 444 276 10,819 2S2 104 19 3 3,173 1,414 41 17 289 23 8719 2,219 15,045 444 276 12,233 323 Total - 301 19,703 109 9,6S5 410 29.3S8 201 23,912 126 4,623 417 30,540 Appendix No. 26. Port of Nassau.— Return of Shipping built at each Port in tho Bahamas, and which have been registered at this Port during the Ten Years ended December 1864, 1855. 1856. 1857. 1858. 1859. I860.. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. Total. Ports where built. No. Tons. No. Tons. 94 No. 5 Tons. 175 No. 4 Tons. 162 No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. Tons. No. 5 Tons. No. Tons. 1,217 Nassau, N.P. - 5 278 3 4 62 5 Ill 8 94 12 82 8 122 137 59 Harbour Island - 5 177 4 218 6 308 4 259 3 80 — — 3 173 — 1- 12 96 1,227 Abaco 14 382 13 379 10 428 6 251 6 167 8 110 14 188 17 185. 13 99 7 44 1(18 2,233 Andros Island - 5 103 2 56 — — 1 17 1 14 1 11 1 12 — — 2 15 ,, ., 13 228 Berry Islands - 2 99 — — 1 21 1 23 4 143 Long Cay 2 58 — — ' — — — — 2 83 -^. — — — — 2 17 _ „ , fi 153 Acklin's Island — — 1 10 — — — — — — — — — — 18 '¦ — — 2 28 Eleuthera — — — 1 48 1 21 2 105 — — — — 9 — — — 5 183 San Salvador - 1 17 1 17 Biminis - 1 . 30 — — 5 _ 2 35 Grand Bahama - ;— — — — — — — — 1 23 — — — — — 1 9 _ 0 32 1 Inagua - 5 1 14 2 17 4 36 1 Bum Cay - 11 1 11 ' Long Island 1 28 16 — — 1 16 Total - 33 1,092 23 757 23 •980 " 727 19 534 15 26 2 26 467 34 315 292_ 16 133 234 5,559 1 Receiver-General's Office, Nassau, December 9, 1865. John D'A. Dumaresq, Rec.-Gren. 119 Appendix No. 27. Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the Colony of the Bahamas in each Year from 1857 to 1864. Receipts Expenditure. Years. ta . £ * to -^ > 8* tfi5<3 U ! 1- 1 S . S.q - ] ri ' ¦ © i r 13 o Remarks. 1357185S 1859 1860 £ 30,502 32,134 30,727 S3.S72 £ 1,000 5,266 • £ 30,59233,134 35,993 35,872 £ 29,45681,671 34,83536,875 £ 2,661 35 £ 29,45634,33284 870 36,875 * The amount of drawbacks paid in each year on re-exportation of goods is excluded from both sides of this statement. t The amount of receipts inserted in the Blue Book for 1863 is 74,511?. Total 129,325 6,266 135,591 132,837 2,696 135,533 This includes improperly Customs credit bonds to the amount of 1S61 18621863 1S64 35,541 39,856 67,90ot 102,024 13,876 7,775 48,01747,131 67,906 102,024 265,978 49,95941,83144,541 63,718 8.86S 34,918 49,959 41,831 53,409 98,636 7,605?., which formed part of the revenue of 1864 and is included therein; similar errors occur in the years previous to 1863, but to a much smaller amount, and as they Total 244,327 21,15i 200,049 43,786 213,835 do not admit of easy rectification the figures have not been changed. Appendix No. 28. Statement of the Amount of Revenue of the Colont of the Bahamas, derived from each Source, compiled from the Blue Books, in each Year from 1857 to 1864. 1857. 1858. 1839. 1860. 1861. 1862. 1863. 1864. Fixed. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ . 23,506 25,180 22,827 26,467 30,041 29,440 58,388 75,587- . 1,593 409 1,253 1,227 1,714 2,421 6,005 7,457 . 70 58 61 60 81 138 334 437 . 139 122 121 120 167 328 552 677 . 211 206 225 239 288 395 588 689 . 308 238 287 282 365 603 1,023 1,190 . 2-19 56 805 252 240 172 258 128 . 1,834 1,810 1,607 1,769 1,758 1,340 2,162 2,658 . 355 465 623 400 565 600 725 780 Sale of medicines ditto . 60 50 50 60 50 60 70 : 20 . 208 18S 181 219 277 280 285 332 Market rates and tolls - 357 350 377 482 532 655 869 1,191 Gunpowder magazine • 7 13 24 22 29 14 22 4 24' 6 20 2011 117 29 . 1,561 677 J.228 2,977 2,342- 1,075 945 1,071 Sale of condemned vessels 96 6 , * 12 32 — — — Cart and dray licences Wrecking licences - - ~ * 34 731 36 700 23 736 18 455 30 453 55 325 33 213 Billiard saloon tax - - 20 30 Hospital money s>QVi,r ("Tonnage dues 1™ i*-? Registry dues cap. 17. (^warehouse char - 534 2,774 852 Total 4,250 30,579 31,359 30,439 35,368 38,962 33,026 72,642 100,461 Incidental. Fees, Colonial Secretary's Office, ic. 584291 513 341 324 267 327 225 357 185 365369 414375 597998 Interest— Public Bank . 300 200 — — — 250 500 1,000 Queen's fines - Post office . 409 433 515 754 659 637 1,809 1,966 - 25 30 S3 26 262 237 600 844 Fees, quarantine Total 251 1.C09 1,524 1,146 1,333 1,465 1,912 3,161 5,656 Receipts in aid al gross - 401 251 263 315 29 216 373 513 Tot 32,591 33,135 1 31,849 37,017 40,456 40,155 76,177 106,637 Deduct — drawbacks - al nett 1,999 1,001 1,121 1,145 4,914 799 1,666 74,511 4,613 Tot 30,592 32,134 30,727 35,872 35,541 39,356 102,024 120] Appendix !No. 29. Statement of the Amount of Expenditure of the Colonv of the Buiam^s, distinguishing the Services, compiled from the Blue Book?, in each Year from 1857 to 1S64. 1S37. 1S53. 1 1S39. I860. 1 1861. 1 ISC?. 1 ' j 13t„ ' 1861. De?v';tjif.st3. Civil :-S'\l:'.ri,.s Cutil:'"4j?eacies 0 7,814 3,553 £ 7.3074,062 7,307 4,022 £ 7,«.'!7 4,062 £ S.0124,7'J9 £ 3,0106,577 0,015 £ 14,74s 1,493 ToLal 11,372 i.na 11,400 ~~ 2,530 239 1E3*. 239 11,839 2,065 251 12,732 259 14,918 2,491 231 14,".!-2 P1.23S Ei'cl.'-.iastif:-l :— Salaries - ,. Contingencies 2,020 311 ~ i.ooo 331 Tot.il 2,73.1 2,739 2,909 2,016 " 2.S71 2.7-tf 2.331 3,232 Judicial :— Salaries - „ Contingencies - 5,333 232 6,2i)i 473 6,930 324 6,0.'V. 613 7,167 431 7,6 IS 531 7,?S9 1,433 10,029 1,090 Total 5,787 1P.S72 6,675 7,253 7 3>3 7,300 8,232 9,341 12,010 Total - 20,924 21,551 22,333 23,252 23,873 26,017 31,5:59 Services. Pensions - Hospital and paupers Edi\r;ition Board - Public works Other appropriations 623S31 1,320 2,71.153,157 663 1,2731,7974,073 1,963 916 1,3251.0103,070-5,888 83-1 1,520 1,741 2,9006,353 007 1,620 1,238 2,401 19,033 074 1,460 1,730 2,609 7.L29 3,3311.S23 1.6338.571 - 7,876 1,6312,7-111,206 11,83313,179 Total 3,636 9,776 12,309 13,403 23,269 13,93239,823 1C/287 42 260 80,650 Tor-il, exclusive of debt 23,503 30,700 33,865 35,714 43,526 62,104 Best. Ii.tercat - Rejanyincnt of capital 945 963 8,661 970 35 1,131 1,133 2,003 2,231b,S63 1,521, 84,513 Sclal --. - 943 C,n'29 1,005 1,131 1,433. 2,003 11,140 30,4-12. Total, Inclusive of debt 20.-135 3t,:;:'.2 34,870 83,375 .49,939. 41,831 53,109 98,03i> Appendix No. 30. Return showing the Nemeee of Letteps and Newspapers sent through the Gf.nep.al Post Office, and the Net Amount paid'to the Impeiual end Colonial Governments respectively from 1S55 to 1864,-both inclusive. Year. papers. Rc-ir- tercl Letters, Letters sent cut ofthe i Colony. Inter- Total I , T>et . insular i No. of i ,A™ll':',t1 Letters.'Lci.tors.'' .I!"l>cr:.nl. i 1 l.i, * * nue. Net I, mount Colonial Rcvcauo. Total. 13501=571J-.3163018601861 If'l'.J .1 3i53 1S64 Net noted. l',»37 1,<20 1,01)2 1,304 "-," 5') 32=00 9,610 11,671 55 65 93 127 101 164237 320 1,174 1,931 5.R955,1335,-1436,«>S.1C50,760 12,4.-421,563S4.IJ3743,903 1,332 . 7,527 1,033 7,215.3 2,017 7,408 2,515 9,000 2,413 10,573 2,110 11,^70 2,072 14,346 1,069 23,323 1,626 3ii,363 1,309 " i £ s. 181 0 140 0 180 0 193 0 339 0 312 17 S21 2 553 0 ,387 0 1.77 1 10 £ 2J i",£3 30 31 10? 173 287305 743 s. rl. 14 10 6 1 3 fi 8 7 2 7 7 C 8 5 Ki 7 ¦ S 10 7 £ 153 1722115 223 3774137: '3 J.f'C'5 3.125 S. I.. 14 10 6 1 ,3 6 8 7 2 7 4 11 10 11. 16 7 9 S General Post Office, Nassau, 11th January I860. Stephen Dh.t.et, Postmaster. 3 9002 00561