The pocket guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama canal . BARBADOS 91 abolished until 1838, when it was repealed by an Act ofthe Imperial Government. CONSTITUTION. Barbados possesses representative in-stitutions without responsible government. They datefrom the Royal Charter of Charles I, June 2, 1627, andwere confirmed by the Commonwealth in the articles ofsurrender of the island signed on January 11, 1652. Next tothe House of Commons and the House of Assembly inBermuda, the Barbados House of Assembly is the mostancient legis
The pocket guide to the West Indies, British Guiana, British Honduras, the Bermudas, the Spanish Main, and the Panama canal . BARBADOS 91 abolished until 1838, when it was repealed by an Act ofthe Imperial Government. CONSTITUTION. Barbados possesses representative in-stitutions without responsible government. They datefrom the Royal Charter of Charles I, June 2, 1627, andwere confirmed by the Commonwealth in the articles ofsurrender of the island signed on January 11, 1652. Next tothe House of Commons and the House of Assembly inBermuda, the Barbados House of Assembly is the mostancient legislative body in the British dominions. TheGovernment now consists of a nominated Legislative Councilof nine members, and a House of Assembly, consisting oftwenty-four members elected annually by the people on thebasis of a moderate franchise. At general elections to thelatter body there is frequently no contest, a fact whichspeaks volumes for the contented state of the inhabitants,who prefer to devote their time to the development of theisland rather that to political strife, an example whichmight with advantage be follo
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