It was intended at the termination of the African tour of the regiment, in January, 1883, to reduce the garrisons in West Africa from six to three companies, and the steamship _Bolivar_ was chartered to carry out the relief in two trips. That vessel, however, was wrecked off the Cobbler's Reef, at Barbados, and H.M.S. _Tyne_ was sent in her place. The latter embarked H Company at Cape Coast Castle on the 6th of February, 1883, and F and G Companies at Sierra Leone on the 14th, all three proceeding to Jamaica under the command of Major C.J.L. Hill. On the return of the _Tyne_ to West Africa with three companies of the 2nd West India Regiment, the head-quarters and remaining three companies of the 1st West India Regiment, at Cape Coast Castle and Sierra Leone, were embarked on the 1st and 11th of April respectively, and sailed for Jamaica under the command of Captain Ellis, arriving at their destination on the 28th of April. On the 5th of May, B, G, and F Companies embarked in the _Tyne_, the first two for Honduras and the third for Nassau. On the conclusion of the inter-island trooping, the _Tyne_ proceeded with the head-quarters and three companies of the 2nd West India Regiment to West Africa, the Government having, in consequence of threatened complications with Ashanti, abandoned their scheme of reducing the African garrisons. The distribution of the 1st West India Regiment is now (May, 1883): Head-quarters and three companies (A, C, and H) at Jamaica, two (B and G) in Honduras, one (F) in Nassau, and three (D, E, and I) in Demerara. APPENDIX. SUCCESSION OF HONORARY COLONELS. Major-General John Whyte 24th April, 1795. Lord Charles Henry Somerset 5th January, 1804. Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B 22nd February, 1830. Major-General the Hon. Sir Henry King, K.C.B. 19th July, 1834. Lieutenant-General Sir William Nicolay, K.C.H. 30th November, 1839. Lieutenant-General Sir Henry F. Bouverie, K.C.B., G.C.M.G 13th May, 1842. Lieutenant-General Sir G.H. Bromley Way 21st November, 1843. General Sir George Thomas Napier, K.C.B. 29th February, 1844. Lieutenant-General Sir George Bowles, K.C.B. 9th September, 1855. General Sir Arthur Borton, K.C.B 2nd May, 1876. SUCCESSION OF LIEUTENANT-COLONELS. 1. Leeds Booth 23rd May, 1795 { From Brevet-Major, { 32nd Foot. 2. George Rutherford 30th Dec., 1797 { From Major, 27th Foot, { _vice_ Booth to 87th { Regiment. 3. James Maitland 22nd April, 1803 { From 60th by purchase, { _vice_ Rutherford, who { retires.