BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
1. Size
59 square miles
ANNEX 3
2.
3.
Population
10,500
Present constitutional position: ministerial system of government with mainly elected Legislative Council.
3,200,00
Budget expenditure (1978) : £4,872,000
4.
5.
-
UK aid budgetary
6.
7.
nil
total aid per capita £79 (including project)
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.