Caribbean Colonial Statistics from the British Empire, 1824-1950
Expenditure incurred: Colonial Rangers for the apprehension of runaway negroes, and any other devices to which the Commander in Chief may deem it neccessary to apply them, paid by the colony, and rationed by Government
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Insights
Books of statistics from the 1820s contain more descriptions of the colonies being discussed and fewer tables of statistics
Most of these books have contents pages, if one copy doesn't then the book before or after it usually will have.
Comparing the statistics from a range of books reveals patterns in social service development, from schools to hospitals and the military.
When patterns in public service use are analysed together, it becomes possible to see changes in quality of life for the native people of a country.
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