People's Action Movement fared badly, polling 20% of the votes caat "compared with 36% in 1971.
Anguilla broke away in 1967 and has been administered separately by HM Commissioner since 1971. In May 1975, after protracted negotiations, the Anguillians finally accepted a compromise solution which, while preserving the formal integrity of the Associated State, would give them a larger The text of a new measure of autonomy in domestic affairs. Constitution was finally agreed in November 1975 and the Anguilla (Constitution) Order 1976 came into operation on 10 February 1976.
Preliminary discussions between the British Government and the St Kitts Government and Opposition have been held on constitutional advance but no timetable for independence has yet been agreed.
Lconomic
The Lt Kitts economy is almost entirely dependent on the sugar industry and a gradual deterioration in this sector over the past decade has led to stagnation in the economy generally and to a difficult budgetary position. The industry is the major employer of labour and provides 90% of St Kitts' exports but the estates and the factory made losses from the late 19608 until 1974, when higher sugar prices provided a significant bonus for the industry and the economy. Development in other sectors of the economy has been limited and the manufacturing
The tourist industry is as yet on a sector remains small.
relatively small scale.
Peasant smallholdings predominate on Nevis and agricultural products include a Island cotton, vegetables, copra and fruit.
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