BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

ANNEX 3

1.

Size

2.

3.

Population

59 square miles

10,500

Present constitutional position: ministerial system of government with mainly elected Legislative Council.

3,000, రిలాల

Budget expenditure (1978): £1,872,000.

4.

5.

UK aid

6.

7.

budgetary

total aid per capita (including project)

nil

£79

Main activities and sources of income:

Tourism Fishing

Agriculture

Prospects out of grant-in-aid this year. Local pressures for increased autonomy, but so far no popular wish for independence. Union with US Virgin Islands unlikely to be acceptable to either territory.

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