MONTSERRAT
ANNEX 5
1.
Size
2.
Population
39 square miles
13,500
3.
4.
Present constitutional position:
government with mainly elected Legislative Council
Budget expenditure (1978) : £1,980,000
ministerial system of
5.
UK aid - budgetary
£180,000
total aid per capita (including project)
£60
6.
7.
Main activities and sources of income:
Tourism
Agriculture
Small industries (new)
Prospects: likely to be dependent on budgetary aid for several years;
recent indications of interest in
independence, but acknowledgement that first priority is economic development; could be scope for regional cooperation with, for example, Antigua.