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CAYMAN ISLANDS

ANNEX 4

Population

1.

Size

2.

3.

100 square miles

14,800

Mainly

Present constitutional position: "member" system Executive Council with both elected and nominated members. elected Legislative Assembly.

10,640,000

Budget expenditure (1978): £2,405,000

4.

5.

UK aid

6.

budgetary

nil

total aid per capita £22 (including project)

Main activities and sources of income:

Tourism

7.

Offshore finance

Prospects economically self-supporting;

development aid

will cease next year; strong opposition to independence, probably influenced by proximity to Cuba.