EUROPEAN POSSESSIONS 205 
$2,000,000 annually. Guadeloupe exports 
about $3,000,000 yearly, mostly cocoa, bay 
leaves, and vanilla beans. 
The natives all speak French, and are 
mostly negroes and half-breeds, with the usual 
admixture of French officials and soldiers. 
Guadeloupe has about 1200 square miles and 
a population of 160,000, while Martinique 
possesses an area of 380 square miles with 
about 200,000 inhabitants. 
The smaller islands of Marie Galante, St. 
Barts and half of St. Martins also belong to 
France and get their supplies from either 
Martinique or Guadeloupe. 
The Quebec Steamship Company maintains 
a direct service between New York and these 
islands, connections for the smaller ports 
being made by coasting vessels. France also 
has a line of ships from Europe direct. 
The British West Indies are made up of the 
following islands: 
Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Turks 
Island, with Caicos Islands and Caymans; 
Barbados; the Leeward Islands, consisting of