WEST INDIAN COLONIES.

These -Colonies are more expensive to Great Britain than any of the others-perhaps than all the others put together. Sir HENRY PAR- NELL, quoting the Anli-Slarery Reporter (not, perhaps, the most truit- worthy authority on such a subject), estimates the total amount of the direct cost to Great Britain at nearly two millions. The indirect cost, for protective duties on sugar, coffee, Ike., is not far short of another two millions; either sum being very far beyond the whole profit derived by _ . • The total emoluments of Sir PEREGRINE MAITLAND, the Governor, are supposed to be upwards of 6,0001. a year. He is at present residing with his family in England. .. The Sheriff pays his Deputies and Bailiffs.

.declare they have been losing by their business for the last forty years), great deal. - The ship-owners gam a great deal too, the planters say home. The Government also gains enormously by the duties they the planters from the cultivation of their estates, if any reliance is to be placed upon their assertions. " country, they tell us, gains a great deal. The slave-owner, say they, produces sugar, and rum, and coffee, on which he realizes sometimes 5 levy upon the various ;articles.. According to the Colonial placards; per cent., sometimes nothing ; but he exchanges these productions for the manufactures of England, by which the manufacturers realize a (though the ship-owners, who ought to know something of the matter, by carrying out the manufactures and bringing the Colonial produce which But though.the planters gain little or nothing by the Colonies, the " Stand rubric on the walls,"

the gain to the revenue is five millions a year, and the amount of the English commodities annually exported to the West Ineies is seven millions. But would any difference take place in these particulars if the West Indies were sunk in the sea to-morrow? The taxes, what- ever the planters may fancy to the contrary, are paid by the consumers of the commodities. The, profit upon the goods which the West In- dians take, is measured by the equivalents which they pive in return ; and these are full one-third less than might be procured from other cus- tomers. The average price of sugar is about 24s. per hundredweight ; and there is a protecting duty of 8s per hundredweight on all East In- dian or "foreign " sugars. Assuming, therefore, that three million hundredweights of sugar are at present annually consumed in this coun- try, we should obtain four millions, without any further exertion, if it were not for our connexion with the Colonies. As neither Colonial productions would come to England, nor cottons, &e. go abroad of their own accord, the ships would lose nothing, but rather gain. The practical men, in the Canadian way, maintain it is better for the coun- try to bring bad timber from the Canadas than good from Norway, on account of the length of the voyage : this argument tells against their West Indian brethren, by as much as Brazil and the East Indies arc farther than Jamaica and Demerara.

However large may be the expenditure defrayed by Great Britain, the charge upon the Colonial fund beers a due proportion to it, espe- cially if we consider the distressed condition of the Colonists. Part of this profusion is perhaps to be ascribed to the prosperity times of the planters having been in the heyday of Toryism. Some is traceable to slavery ; the existence of one abuse having served as an excuse for perpetrating others, and establishing officers of various descriptions for the plausible purpose of attending to the welfare of the slaves. But the greater portion is to be attributed to the anomalous nature of their laws and government. Most of the Colonies were originally founded by foreigners. On their conquest, traces of the original laws and customs were sure to remain, but in many instances th:nr retention was stipu- lated for in the articles of capitulation ; and the result has been the establishment of our abuses in addition to their own. If it be deemed advisable (we doubt the policy) permanently to retain these colonies, they should be erected into a federal government (if we may so speak), like that of the Ionian Islands, and one uniform code of laws and

regulations promulgated for the whole. Paid by Paid by .

BAHAMA% Colony-. Great Britain. Total. Governor, Major-General Sir :r. C. Smith ....... ....£1,181. X 1,451 X 2,635 (lie also receives 4791. per annum as Major-General, and a Pension of 4651. per annum for good services.) Samuel Nesbit, Secretary aud Clerk of the Council... 778 150 923 'Chief Just ice 303 500 803

-2 Assistant Judges 378 400 778

Attorney-General 279 150 499 Provost-Marshal 332 150 492 Minister 292 '71 362 'Minister of Harbour Island and Eleuthera 352 70 422 -Agent 150 150 Salaries of other Public Officers 6,545 ... 6,545 For the Maintenance of the Female Children of the late G. R. Wegg, Esq., formerly Attorney-General and Judge of the Admiralty of West Florida .. , 150 150 Contingencies, such as expenses of Poor's House, Pri- soners, Roads. Repairs of Buildings. Ste. 3,520 250 - 3,770 For the Expense of a Mad Boat ... 450 450 Militia. Ammunition £46 Clothing 379 --- 425 • 425 • Total of the Bermudas £2,763 7.199 9,967 ANTIGUA AND MONTSERRAT.

Governor (Sir Patrick Ross) • 2,800 2,000 4,800 Public Secretary and Registrar in Chancery (Thomas Lane) 1,469 ... 1,469 Treasurer of the Colony 800 800 Salaries and Fees to various other Civil Officers 2,705 2.705 Police Establishment 1,274 1,274 Public Donations 552 552 Various Ordinary Expenses, Contingencies, and Mis- celbtueons Disbursements .. 1.248 . .. 1,240

Forts and Fortifications 1 043 1.013

Expenses of Militia 1,264 1,964 Total of Antigua and Montserrat. .X13.155 2,000 13,155 .11anaanoxe.

-Governor (SirJames Lyon) 2,666 1,200 3,866 Secretary and ('bilk of the Council (Honourable P £1,270 Wyndham) Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas 205 ltemenibrancer of the Court of Exchequer. unknown. - 1,475 • • • 1,475 Provost-Marshal (Thomas Carter) ' 1,500 1,500 -Other Salaries and Incidental. Expenses of Chil Este- blishment 3 3,472 Miscellaneous Civil Expenses ' ,479 1,696 1,696 Military Disbursements- • 1,653 1,653 Total of B r maces £12,462 1,200 13,662 Total of the Bahamas £14,339 Benxunss.

Governor (Sir H. Turner) £997

Colonial Secretary (R. Kennedy) 628 Chief Justice (James C. Eston) 20 Attorney-General 136 Collector of Customs Comptroller of ditto Four other Revenue Officers Archdeacon and Clergymen Salaries of various petty Officers and Contingencies..

3,941 - 18,322 X 2.199 - £3,196

800 1.498 1,000 1.020 500 636 1.000 1,000 500 500 1,000 1,000 200 577 610 377 610 DOMINICA.

Governor (Major-General Nieolay)

raid by Paid by

Colony. Great Britala. TotaL

£1,200 X 1,200 £2,400

Rent and Furniture of Governineut House

470 ... 470

Private Secretary

• . 202 202

Lientenant.Governor

. . 366 266

Treasurer

400 400

Collector of Customs

... 1,666 Loa)

Comptroller of Customs

500 500 Throe Waiters and Searchers, at 3001. per annum ...

900 900 Rector

466400

Various other Salaries and Contingencies

2.714 166 2,814

Pay and Clothing to the Ranger Corps £620

Paid for Militia Jackets tc 93

713

713 • Total of Dominica £5,897 4,268 10.165 Sr. CHRIsTOIDIER AND Sr. NEVIS.

Governor (C. W. Maxn ell, Esq.) 1,850 1,640 3,490

Lienteuaut-Goyernor

173 179 - St. Christopher.

Public Orders paid on account of the General Expen- diture of the Colony 3,903 3,908

On account of Militia 447 447

.. Convict Gang 157 157

Miscellaneous Expenses 204 904

St. Nevis.

Public. Orders pail on account of the General Expen- diture of the Colony 2,553 2,553

Total of St. Christopher and St. Nevis .£9,124 1,819 10,942

TORTM.A AND TilE VIRGIN IsLANDS.

Governor 1,693 1,693

Liven-Ilan t-G oyernor 178 173

Cider J ustice 82 178 260

Collector of Customs 500 500

Comptroller ... 300 300

Waiter and Searcher 200 200

Rector of St. George's 275 ... 275

Various small Salaries and Miscellaneous Expenses 644 ... 644

- - -

Total of Tortola and the Virgin Islands £1,001 3.054 4.055

ST, Vtirmyr's. - - -

Governor, Commander-in-Chief; Chancellor, Ordinary. and Vice-A(11:MM (Sir G. F. IIill) 2,4'23 1,300 3,738

(Ile also receives an allowance of 1,0001. currency for house-rent.)

Treasurer 621 621

Colonial Seeretary,Registrar, and Clerk of the Council KM 800

Chief Justice and Commissary of the Vice-Admiralty

Court 1,240 1,240

(Half-pay Captain in his Molest y's forces.)

Rector of St. Andrew and St. George 653 653

Various other Salaries and Miscellaneous Expenses 9,821 9,821

Total of St. Vincent's £15,623 1,300 16.923

TOBAGO.

" Owing to a diArenee which has existed up to a late period between the two branches of Me Legislature of Tobago as to the mode of voting supplies, which has prevented the raising of Me suPplies and the payment of public. Vieers, it has been found impossible to make any satisthctory statement of the recent Revenue and Expenditure or this Co- lony." White population, 250 souls.

Under these circumstances, we are driven to rely solely upon the Re- turn of the " Establishment," which gives an incomplete account of

£3,097 1,000 800 400 900 920 474 7.521 3,832 178 1,446 533 1,500 700 1,700

le 1,378 2,824 8,714 659

25,649 JAMAICA.

lowing accounts, this • is either impracticable, from the difficulty of important item-the amount of the emoluments which are derived from fees. We therefore present a table showing the annual expen- diture from the Colonial revenue ; the amount of the fees, which the Expenditure of each Colony in a single table. In most of the fol- reconciling discrepancies, oritwOuld involve the omission of one very

In some of the preceding accounts, we have endeavoured, to present are in reality so much addition to the salaries of officers (and fre- quently of non-resident sinecurists); and lastly, of what appears to be tine amount defrayed by Great Britain ; which three items embrace the whole direct Colonial expenditure. A second table follows which exhibits a sample of. the Colonial Salaries. In a return of the Ex- penditun e of Jamaica, presented to the House of Commons on the 19th January 18:12, the total expenditure is set down at 370,000/. Persons who are acquainted with the island assert, that at least 200,000/, more is extracted from the inhabitants in various ways.

It should be observed, that the Military expenditure for Jamaica appears to be chiefly incurred for additional expenses peculiar to the island, or for " allowances " to the officers. These last are proper enough, no doubt, if the climate and the mode of life are considered ; but are not to be pleaded as any set-off against the charge to which

Great Britain is put for keeping down the slaves. Paid by Colony: •

Military Establishment £56,519 General Defence 10,375 Civil Establishment 21,619 Ecclesiastical Establishment 10.662 Public Institutions 6.248 Rewards and Special Grants 6,056 General Business relating to the whole Island 19,035

• EXTV113.

what ought to be paid. -

Governor (Major General Blackwell) £1.777 £1,250

Colonial Secretary 1.1)00 Collector of Customs Silo Comptroller of Customs ... 400 Three other (Aliens in the Customs ...

h e i,r Justice or the Court of Common Pleas 99 ...

At torney-General unpaid Various other Officers. Civil and Religious 474 Total of Tobago £4,171 3.350 GRENADA. - Governor 2,552 1,280 Lieutenant-Governor . 178 Secretary, Registrar, and Clerk of Council 1,446 ... Treasurer 533 Collector of his Majesty's Customs . . 1.566 Comptroller of ditto . 700 Six Searchers and Waiters- 1,700 Receiver of Confiscated Estates Chief'Justice 1,000 t Provost Marshal General 1.379 Salaries of various other Miens 2.824 ...

Miscellaneous Disbursements for Civil Services 8.714 ...

Grenada Loyal Black Rangers 659 ...

Total of Grenada £20,291 5,359 - 1,195 . .

...

IPatil.by Colony., Interest on Loans .... £17,353•

Contingent and Miscellaneous Expenses -..... 19,490 Totakdefrayed by Jamaica from Colonial Revenge £167.349 Ditto in Fees 25,1)32 Ditto Great Britain 29,095 Total of Jamaica £221,475 Total of Jamaica "Establishment" £51,896 £29,095 £80,991

Paid by Colony.

HONDURAS. X

Civil Establishment 3,013 Miscellaneous Civil Disbursements 6,062 Military Disbursements 392 Total of Honduras, defrayed by Colonial Revenue Ditto ditto Fees Ditto ditto Great Britain Secretary Public Treasurer Provost-Marshal-General Clerk of the Courts andKeeper of the Public Records of Honduras Chaplain

HERB ICE.

Civil Establishment £12,911 Miscellaneous Civil Services 895 Military Disbursements 697 Total of Berbice

TABLE OF SALARIES.

Lieutenant-Governor 3 . X 4,000 Government Secretary 822 Fiscal 1,050 Secretary and Registrar of the Colony 2,000 Vendue Master 1,785 Receiver-General 694 Total of Demerara and Essequilxidefrayed by Colonial Revenue £55,572

Ditto.............. ditto . . ... Fees ..... 23,022

Total of Demerara and Essequibo..

TABLE OF SALARIES.

Lieutenant-Governor ........... ....... ...........

Goveinment Secretary.. . ............... . • • • • • • .... Colonial Secretary and Registrar, Principal has never beers us the Colony ... ........ ........

£78,594 5,000 1,571 13,338

Colonial Receiver .......

1,150

Vendue Master„ .......... ... .. • • .• .......

2.485

Protector of Slaves

2,000

• • • • President of the Courts of Justice • • • • . • •

3.000

First Marshal or Exploiteur • • • • • • • • • • ..... • .

• • • • • • .

5.000

First Fiscal.. .......

2,600 f

Second Fiscal.... ..........

SAINT LUCIA.

• •• • • ..... •

1,207

Civil Government-

.. Salaries

£5,565

.. Contingencies

1,024

Judicial Department--

6,589

.. Salaries 4.255

.. Contingencies

462

4,717

Military Disbursements

1,700

Total of Saint Lucia defrayed by Colonial Revenue

£13,096

Ditto • ditto Fees

2,254

Ditto ditto Great Britain

2,400

Total of Saint Lucia

£17.750

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TABLE OF SALARIXS.

Governor

2,500

First President of the Royal Court

2,000 • Subject to deductions for clerks and contingent expenses. 1- It is difficult to say what proportion of the expenses of collection should be charged to Great Britain, and what to Jamaica; or whether the whole should not in strictness be charged to the Colonies. Custom-duties are levied in many of the Colonies, the proceeds of which, after defraying the cost of collection, are partly paid into the Colonial Chest, and the remainder transmitted to Great Britain. It is of course difficult to point out the grossest jobs, but this is one of the grossest. The charge of collection is very nearl equal to the whole amount collected. Governor (Lord Mulgrave) Secretary to Governor Island Secretary and Clerk of the Council Receiver-General mid Public Treasurer President of the Council Deputy Postmaster-General- Salary.and Allowances £628

Privilege of Franking Island Newspapers 1 365

1,993 Collector of Customst-Kiugston ... Ditto Montego Bay Comptroller of Montego Bay Landing and Tide Surveyor Thirty-one other Revenue Officers of different descrip- tions Island Agent 1.500 Chief Justice 5,717 Seven other Judges of different Courts 2,196 Six Law Officers of various descriptions .. 2,892

Twenty-one Civil and quasi Military Officers 4.692

Bishop (Right Reverend W. Lipscombe, D.D ) • • • Archdeacon (Reverend E. Pope) Twenty-nine Rectors and Curates 11,230

Paid by Paid by Colony. Great Britain. Total. £7,009 ... £7.000

2.142* _ 2,142 4.749* ... 4,749

7,070 . 7.070

714 714 1,993 5,371* 5,371 1,912 1,912 2,210* . 2,210 928 928 12,674 12,674 1,500 • 5.717 • 2,196 • 2,892 . 4.692 4,000 4,000 2,000 2,000 ... 11,230 Total of Berbice defrayed by Colonial Revenue Ditto ditto Fees Ditto ditto Great Britain .£14,503 4,888 1,200

(Paid by Groat Britain.)

Collector of Customs 800 Comptroller of Customs 400

DIIIIRRAR A and ESSEQUIBO. •••-••

. ... .... .£17.741

Annual Salaries Military Expenditure- Table Money for the Troops.......... ......... . 43,446 Additional Quarters for the Troops....... ........... 11,033

Bush Expeditions .... . ......... ..... . ..... 166 Martial Law Expenses.-

Vote to Mr. M'Queen of Glasgow ... Contingent and Miscellaneous Expenses ...... ...... . 14.668' 1,000 22,163 £9,467 6,594 500 Total of Honduras £16,561

TABLE OF SALARIES.

Superintendents (paid by Colony) £714 Ditto (Great Britain) 500 1,214 927 714 729 1.142 639 £20,591

(Paid by Great Britain.)

Collector of Customs £1,000 Comptroller 500 Three other Revenue Officers 900

TRINIDAD.

Civil Establishment £13,380 Judicial Establishment 8,940 Slaves 1,524 Ecclesiastical Establishment- Church of England £923 .. Rome 2,143 3,066

Fixed Contingencies (ex. gra.) 6,532

Government Negroes £1,895

Allowance for Stationery to Governor's Secretary 130

Botanic Nursery and Grounds of the Governor's Resi- dence 566 Government Pasture 458

Unfixed Contingencies (ex. gra.) Additions and Repairs to the Governor's Residence at

St. Ann's 170 Military Disbursements- Garrison 145 Militia 520

665,

Total of Trinidad defrayed by Colonial Revenue £44,587 Ditto ditto Fees 14,853 Ditto ditto .... • Great Britain 3,530 Total of Trinidad £62,970

TABLE OF SALARIES.

Governor.

Island Secretary, Clerk of the Council, &c. Protector of Slaves Registrar of Slaves Deputy Vendue Master Treasurer Assessor Alguacil Mayor Chief Judge Judge of the Court of Criminal Inquiry Depositario General Escribano to the Courts of his Majesty's Chief Judge, and to the Court for the Trizilof Criminal Prosecutions Vicar Apostolic

(Paidby Great Britain.)

Collector of Customs 1,500 Comptroller 700 Five other Revenue Officers 1,330 5,934 2,284 1,300 714 955 866 1,500 1,313 3,600 1,500 1,290 1,635 1,000 10,430