industries, tourism being closely related to real estate construction.
Considerable effort is being made to redevelop the agricultural
industry. Imports for 1979 were EC$ 35.6 m and exports in the same
year EC$ 1.5 m. Estimated figures for recurrent revenue and
expenditure for 1981 are EC$ 19,755,300 and EC$ 18,254,253.
ANGUILLA
Like St Kitts-Nevis, Anguilla was probably first sighted by Columbus
in 1493. It was colonised in 1650, and has remained British since
them. Until December 1980 Anguilla was de jure part of the
Associated State of St Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla, but was administered
as a separate British dependent territory under the Anguilla
(Constitutional) Order 1976 made under the powers conferred by the Anguilla Act 1971. It is now formally a separate dependency but
has a separate Constitution and ministerial form of Government under
HM Commissioner as provided for in the 1976 Constitution.
The island is 16 miles long, and has a maximum width of 3 miles.
There are several small uninhabited off-shore islands Dog, Scrub and Sombrero Islands being the main ones. It is a flat island of
coral limestone rock formation covered with low scrub, with a few
plantations of fruit trees. In common with most other Caribbean
low lying corraline islands, water is a scarce resource. There
are some exports of salt, fish and live animals. Substantial efforts
are being made to develop the tourist industry. The population is approximately 7,000. Estimated figures for recurrent revenue and expenditure for 1981 are EC$ 6,336,000 and EC$ 7,468,000 respectively.
INDEPENDENT STATES
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Antigua was discovered in 1493 by Columbus who named it after a church
in Seville called Santa Maria de la Antigua. The first permanent
/settlement