Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Bent, James" to "Bibirine" by Various
1842. The English language is universal. The colony is ecclesiastically
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attached to the bishopric of Newfoundland. In 1847 an educational board
was established, and there are numerous schools; attendance is
compulsory, but none of the schools is free. Government scholarships
enable youths to be educated for competition in the Rhodes scholarships
to Oxford University. The revenue of the islands shows a fairly regular
increase during the last years of the 19th century and the first of the
20th, as from L37,830 in 1895 to L63,457 in 1904; expenditure is
normally rather less than revenue. In the year last named imports were
valued at L589,979 and exports at L130,305, the annual averages since
1895 being about L426,300 and L112,500 respectively. The population
shows a steady increase, as from 13,948 in 1881 to 17,535 in 1901; 6383
were whites and 11,152 coloured in the latter year.
_History._--The discovery of the Bermudas resulted from the shipwreck of
Juan Bermudez, a Spaniard (whose name they now bear), when on a voyage
from Spain to Cuba with a cargo of hogs, early in the 16th century.
Henry May, an Englishman, suffered the same fate in 1593; and lastly,
Sir George Somers shared the destiny of the two preceding navigators in
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