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BAHAMAS HANDBOOK 1960
by Etienne Dupuch Jr Publications Ltd.

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	TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction by the Governor -The Bahama Islands (Preface) -Business Investments (Preface) Features -His Excellency the Governor, a biography -Governorship of the Duke of Windsor – by Etienne Dupuch -The Rum running era – by Leo Rost -Goombay, language of the drums - World’s first underwater movie maker -Blockade running -Bush Medicine – by Helen Burns Higgs -Bahamas, where the big ones bite – by Don McCarthy -Yachting on blue-water superhighways– by Shell Nulty -Sports and sunshine, a happy alliance – by Shell Nulty -History of the Bahamas -Historical notes -Smokey Joe says -Nassau Fifty years ago -Nassau today Government - Government in the Bahamas – by Etienne Dupuch -Sir George Roberts -Sir Roland Symonette -Members of Executive Council -Members of Legislative Council -Members of House of Assembly -Consuls and Government Representatives -Honours, Titles, Degrees -Boards and Committees -Principal Civil Service Officials -Public Finance Business & Finance -Tourism, the tide that washes in prosperity – by Stafford L. Sands -Nassau, a convention playground – by V. E. Chenea -Nassau, international financial centre – by L. I. Ross -Foreign investments in Bahamas (taxes, company formation etc.) – by Donald E. Britchford -Banking is big business -Freeport, an oasis for free enterprise -Real estate boom in the Bahamas -My faith in the future of the Bahamas- by the Hon. Sir Roland T. Symonette -Looking back – by Etienne Dupuch -Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries – by Oris S. Russell -Native industry General Information -Population, cost of living, postage, telephone - telegraph rates, lawyers, etc. ORDER NOW!

	Reviews “…contains more information on The Bahamas than any other book we know.” - Boston Globe (U.S.) “…enough information to make you an expert…” - The Financial Post (Canada) “The Bahamas Handbook is not only interesting and informative, but one of the most respected publications in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas…” - Governor-General Sir Milo B. Butler (Bahamas)