The Caribs, one of the most skillful seafarers in the world are ? and possessing as they do this maritime ability, it is not to be wondered at that they were the principal pioneers in the settlements of the Atlantic coast of Spanish Honduras and that of this colony extending from Stann Creek to Barranco near the southern frontier.

In recognition and gratitude for this contribution in the settlement of Stann Creek, the Caribs at a Public Meeting held on the seventeenth day of November one thousand and forty one adopted a resolution ? copy of which we attach for transmission to His Excellency the Governor for the information of the Right Honorable, the Secretary of State for the Colonies to commemorate this event on the nineteenth day of November in each year; on this day one hundred and eighteen years ago, according to tradition, the pioneers landed on these shores. We respectfully solicit that you be good enough as to recommend to the Governor-in-Council that this day be declared a Public and Bank Holiday in Stann Creek. We express our unswerving loyalty to His Majesty the King and our gratitude for liberty and security of life and property we had enjoyed and are enjoying under the British flag.

We are, Sir,

Your obedient servants,

Thomas V. Ramos

Mateo Avaloy

C. S. Benguche