Government Services
The Federation also had a number of units deemed to be common services for the entire federation, these were:
- The Federal Shipping Service
- the Federal Supreme Court
- The University College of the West Indies
- The West Indies Meteorological Service
- The West India Regiment
The Advisory Services of the Federation included:
- Agriculture
- Civil Aviation
- Education
- Fisheries
- Forestry
- Livestock
- Maritime Services
- Marketing
- Medicine
- Postal Services
- Telecommunications
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