These older colonies also have an effective…

1852 CE to 1863 CE

These older colonies also have an effective system of local government based on parish vestries.

The vestries are elected annually by the freeholders and meet frequently to levy local revenues for the maintenance of the poor, the support of the clergy, the construction of roads, and other local business, such as the licensing of teachers.

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Saint Vincent View → Antigua (English colony) View → Virgin Islands, British (Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom) View → Barbuda (English colony) View → Jamaica (British Colony) View → The Bahamas, British Crown Colony of View → Saint Kitts (British Colony) View → Grenada (British colony) View → Dominica (British colony) View → Montserrat (English Colony) View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Barbados (British colony) View → Trinidad, British colony View → Saint Lucia (British colony) View → Tobago, British colony of View →

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