. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. ADMINISTRATION OF JMIAICA. 395 deprive blacks and whites alike of all participation in tlie administration of their own affairs. The governor, members of council, and other functionaries were nominated by the Sovereign, and Jamaica became a Crown Colony. Since 1884 this political system has been slightly modified. Five members only of the legislative council are chosen by the central authority, nine being elected by the people. In each of the fourteen parishes also the white and coloured electors, who numbered about 27,000 in 1887, elect the counc
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. ADMINISTRATION OF JMIAICA. 395 deprive blacks and whites alike of all participation in tlie administration of their own affairs. The governor, members of council, and other functionaries were nominated by the Sovereign, and Jamaica became a Crown Colony. Since 1884 this political system has been slightly modified. Five members only of the legislative council are chosen by the central authority, nine being elected by the people. In each of the fourteen parishes also the white and coloured electors, who numbered about 27,000 in 1887, elect the councillors charged with the administration of the local affairs. Fig. 188.—Chain of the Cayman Islands. Scale 1 : 2,2UO,000. ZW. Depths. C to 1,000 Fathoms. to Fathoms. 2,000 to 3,000 Fathoms. 3,000 Fathoms aud upwards. 60 Miles. The church is separated from the state, and the blacks, in opposition to their old Anglican masters, mostly Episcopalians, have all become Baptists, Methodists or Presbyterians. Instruction has become general, and in 1890 about one-ninth of the whole population were attending the primary schools. The army com- prises a foi-ce of over 1,200 men, besides about 1,000 constabulary. The banks and islets of the Jamaican waters, such as the Morant Cays on the south-east and the Pedro Cays on the south, are natural dependencies of the island, visited chiefly by collectors of turtles' eggs and birds. Political and administrative dependencies of Jamaica are also the two islets of Cayman Brae and Little Cayman, together with Grand Cayman, which form a seaward continua- tion of Cape Cruz and consequently belong geographically to Cuba. They have a fishing population of about 4,000, and are remarkably Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-190
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