GRENADA.

No. 2.-Return of Indian Immigrants at Grenada, showing the Number originally located on each
Estate, &c.-continued.

RENADA.

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Consolidated from RETURN No. 2. of INDIAN IMMIGRANTS for the Year ending 31st December 1857.

Females.

203 52 15 6 2 5 283

Name

of District.

Total.

Number distributed.

Females.

157

Males.

Females.

Remaining in District.

Children. Infants.

Males.

1

2

TOBAGO.

No. 15.

COPY of DESPATCH from Governor HINCKs to the Right Honourable
Sir E. B. LYTTON, Bart.

(No. 31.)

SIR,

Windward Islands, Barbadoes, July 24, 1858.
(Received August 16, 1858.)

I HAVE the honour to transmit the copy of a despatch from the Lieutenant
Governor of Tobago, being his report on the accompanying Blue Book for 1857.

The Right Hon. Sir E. B. Lytton, Bart.

I have, &c.

TOBAGO.

No. 15.

Encl, in No. 15.

SIR,

(No. 43.)

REPORT from Lieut.-Governor EYRE to Governor HINCKS.

Government House, Tobago, June 10, 1858.

I HAVE the honour to transmit to your Excellency the Tobago Blue Book for Abstract 1857 in duplicate, to which is annexed an abstract of its principal contents, and the annual Returns. report of the inspector of prisons for this island.

2. In reporting upon the Blue Book for the last year, it affords me much satisfaction to be able to speak favourably of the financial state and general prospects of the colony.

Sub-Encl. 1.

3. On the 1st January there remained in the public treasury a balance of 1,864 2 0 The receipts during the year consisted of,

4. By the payment in anticipation of the treasury bills due only in 1858-1859, a saving of 871. 17s. 5d. was effected, and of this total amount of treasury debentures 2,752. issued in 1856 to sustain the credit of the colony there remained at the close of the year only a balance of 6761. which has since been further reduced

TOBAGO.

5. Of the original amount of the loan, 20,000l., granted by the Imperial Government in 1849, there remained due to the Lords of the Treasury on the 31st December 1857 a balance of 10,000l. payable in ten annual instalments of 1,000l., with interest at 31. 5s. per centum per annum. Of the 10,000l. so due there is owing

s. d. £ s. d. 5,968 3 11

Total

payable in nine annual instalments, and there remains

in cash

in treasury warrants

at debit of charges account

2,664 0

0

8,632 8 11

6. The following statement of the island finances at present compared with their condition at the end of 1855 will be found to exhibit marked evidence of progress and improvement:

After payment of all liabilities to date, the accounts show a clear balance of 5621. 9s. 10d. in the treasury on the 31st December 1857.

The debt on 31st December 1855 was
Deduct the debt on 31st December 1857

and add the cash balance

and it will be apparent that the financial state of the colony has improved
9,8461. 9s. 24d. within the last two years.

An estimate made of the liabilities and presumed assets of the colony
of Tobago for the quarter ending the 31st December 1855 showed that
on the 30th September 1855 the known liabilities of the colony for
warrants in circulation for salaries unpaid and other debt amounted to
To meet these liabilities the assets were, cash in treasury
leaving a deficiency to meet on the 31st December 1855 of
The estimated liabilities of the quarter to end 31st December 1855

were

·

9,283 19 4

562 9 10

9,846 9 21

by the sum of

£ s. d.

6,413 9 8

making the gross liabilities to 31st December 1855
to meet which the estimated revenue was only
showing an estimated balance against the colony on 31st December
1855 amounting to

exclusive of the amount due to the Lords of the Treasury in respect of the
hurricane loan.

7,171 4 3

7. I beg to append to this statement a copy of a financial report for 1857, prepared Sub-Enel. 2. at my request by the members of the executive committee of government, and which

was laid before the Elective Legislative Assembly at the opening of the session. Also the returns of revenue and expenditure, compiled by the treasurer according to the tabular Sub-Encls. form prescribed by the rules and regulations for Her Majesty's colonial service.

3 and 4.

Sub-Eucl. 5.

Imports and Exports.

8. Annexed is a return of the total valuation of the imports and exports of the colony in the years 1856 and 1857, to which is appended a statement of the quantities of sugar, Sub-Encl. 6. rum, and molasses exported from the year 1827 to the year 1857, both inclusive.