her out of help from the United Kingdom's proposed Dependent Territories Board.

The board will aid the poorer British colonies -- Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Montserrat and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

It is aimed at boosting coordination between the Foreign Office and the Overseas Development Administration in London.

The coordination of official funding programmes will be improved.

And on-the-spot support and advice for Governors and territory governments will also be increased.

Yesterday Mr. Richard Hyde, registrar for Bermuda's deputy governor, Mr. John Kelly, said Bermuda did come under the scope of the new body.

But the affects on the Island would be negligible.

"Bermuda has its own legislature and is more developed politically and economically than the other territories,'' Mr. Hyde said. "It's economy is in even better shape than the United Kingdom's at present.'' Mr. Hyde accepted it was possible Bermuda might fall on the periphery of certain policies.

But he added: "Generally it's going to have very little, if any, impact on Bermuda.''