200 TRINIDAD. 



of-Spain is open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and 7 to 8 a.m. on Sundays 

 and public holidays. Our present postmaster has had pillar- 

 boxes put up in different parts of the town ; they are cleared 

 daily at 6 a.m., 10 a.m., and 3 p.m., except on Sundays. All 

 letters must be posted with stamps. There is but one district — 

 the chief town — where letters are delivered by letter carriers ; in 

 the other districts the parties must send for them to the different 

 post-offices. Trinidad is comprised within the general postal 

 union. 



Postmaster- General, £600; postmaster, San Fernando, £270 ; 

 chief clerk, £250; second clerk, £150; two additional clerks, 

 sorters, letter carriers, &c, £835 ; contingencies, viz., extra 

 labour, lighting, &c, £175; district postmasters, £415 ; clerk, 

 San Fernando, £100; total, £2,795. Harbour-master of the 

 island, £500 ; assistant, £250; harbour, San Fernando, £100; 

 signalmen, £320 ; allowances, £70 ; contingencies, viz., buoys, 

 lighthouse, &c, £575 ; steam launch, £332 : total, £2,147. 



Crown Lands Department. — Both under the Spanish an< 

 British Government, the Governor of the island acted as inten- 

 dant of crown lands. 



Under the Spanish rule, there existed the Court of Intendant, 

 consisting of the Governor as Intendant, his assessor — a lawyer, 

 and a secretary, or escribano. The court sat in two capacities — 

 as guardian and judge of crown lands ; and in all mattei 

 relative to land sales, quit-rents, the Queen's revenue, &c. All 

 petitions for lands, all claims, &c, were sent and submitted to 

 the assessor by the escribano. He examined into the matters 

 referred to him, heard the parties, and issued his orders; he, how- 

 ever, occasionally consulted with the Governor previous to issuing 

 final orders. All such orders were transmitted by the escribano 

 to the parties concerned. There existed also the office of " Sur- 

 veyor-General and Commissary of Population/'' All Govern- 

 ment surveys were made by the Surveyor-General, or by his 

 orders. 



The whole system was remodelled some years ago ; there is 

 no such thing now as a Court of Intendant ; and the office of 

 Surveyor-General, such as it existed, has been done away with. 



The Governor, however, is still intendant of crown lands ; 

 but a new department has been formed, consisting of a sub- 

 intendant, a secretary, and clerks. Rules have been adopted 



