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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.