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black, curly smoke escaping from the lofty chimneys, and carriec 

 away by the evening breeze, is an indication that the manufac- 

 ture of sugar is going on throughout the whole district ; and 

 whithersoever he bends his steps, the wholesome balsamic odour 

 of new-made sugar is wafted in a tide of perfume towards the 

 spectator. 



In the year 1876 a usine was established on the Sainte 

 Madeleine estate, capable of manufacturing 5,000 tons of white 

 and crystallised sugar — a beautiful establishment, formed under 

 somewhat difficult circumstances, but which is, nevertheless, 

 prosperous. 



Since emancipation, several villages have sprung up in this 

 district, viz., Victoria village, on the Cipero river, and on the 

 South Naparima eastern road ; Bamboo, or Canaan, at the head 

 of Ally's creek, and on South Naparima main road; Boui 

 Mulatresse, or Rambert, on the South Naparima central road 

 the village of St. Joseph, on the Pointe-a- Pierre's road; thos 

 of Sainte Madeleine and St. John, in North Naparima, and 

 Monkey Town in Savanna Grande. 



Population of the county in 1881, 36,474 : males, 20,39: 

 females, 16,983. Indians and children, 18,351. 



2. County of St. Patrick. — Bounded on the N. by Victor 

 county and the Gulf; S. by the sea; E. by a line running 

 from the Ortoire, down and along the river Moruga, to the sea ; 

 W. by the Gulf. This county has been divided into six wards, 

 viz., Oropuche, La Brea and Guapo, Irois, Cedros, Erin, and 

 Moruga. 



The ward of Oropuche, which comprises the quarter of 

 Oropuche and the Mission of Siparia, is bounded on the N. by 

 the Gulf and the lagoon; on the S. by crown lands; on the 

 E. by the lagoon and crown lands ; on the W. by La Brea, 

 from which it is separated by the Boussillac. 



The surface of this ward is highly undulating, rapidly elevat- 

 ing towards the east. In no part of the colony, perhaps, is the 

 quality of the land more variable ; veins of the figuier soil or 

 Naparima marl are met with in tracts of a coarse clay, or of a 

 poor sandy soil. It is, on the whole, more retentive than that 

 of Naparima and Savanna Grande. Towards Siparia, it is a light 

 sandy soil of average quality, being well adapted to the growt 

 of cacao, coffee, plantains, and all sort of ground provisions ; 



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