206  SELLING  LATIN  AMERICA

Antigua,  St.  Kitts,  Barbuda,  Redonda,  Virgin ­
  Islands,  Nevis,  Anguilla,  Montserrat  and
Dominica;  the  Windward  Islands  comprising ­
  Granada,  Grenadines,  St.  Vincent,  and
St.  Lucia;  the  Bahamas  and  Bermuda.
Of  these  islands  the  population  perhaps
numbers  1,500,000,  mostly  blacks,  and  mulattoes,
  with  a  small  percentage  of  white  officials
and  merchants.  The  larger  islands  of  Jamaica ­
  with  900,000  people,  Barbados  with
200,000  and  Trinidad  with  300,000  are  the
only  ones  worth  visiting  for  business  purposes,
as  merchants  in  these  places  have  trading  connections ­
  with  residents  of  the  smaller  localities. ­
  Kingston  in  Jamaica,  Georgetown  in
Barbados,  and  Port  of  Spain  in  Trinidad  are
the  only  large  cities,  and  have  good  hotels  and
prosperous  business  houses.
English  is  spoken  exclusively  everywhere
and  American  money  accepted  at  its  face  value
as  readily  as  English  currency  in  all  these  possessions. ­
  The  larger  islands  have  branches  of
Canadian  and  English  banks  with  direct  connection ­
  in  New  York.  Credits  are  good.