Bahamas Blue Book

This is the Bahamas Blue Book for 1913–1914, a government administrative publication covering the colony's fiscal and regulatory structure. The volume catalogs import and export duties with specific tariff schedules—listing duties on foodstuffs (flour, sugar, salted fish), spirits (rum, gin, whiskey), livestock, hardware, and manufactured goods, with rates denominated in shillings and pence. Export duties are assessed on wrecked goods, sisal plant parts, and guano. A substantial section enumerates articles admitted duty-free, including machinery for manufacturing, coal, dynamite, scientific instruments, and provisions for the Boynton Normal and Industrial Institute. Special provisions address materials for hotel construction, agricultural factories, and goods temporarily imported with bond guarantees. The document serves as the official tariff reference for Nassau, New Providence.