TRINIDAD : THEN A\I> NOW. 



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sugar cultivation and cane farming ; railways ; elec- 

 tric tram service ; electric lighting of Port-of-Spain, 

 which has rescued us from what a poet would call 

 " cimmerean darkness ; " a fine water supply and 

 service, enabling an equally up-to-date Fire Brigade 

 to be established, with stations in various parts of the 

 town and country. An article on the rise and fall of 

 San Fernando, and its rise again — as it is now show- 

 ing indications of doing — an indication of increasing 

 prosperity, such as it enjoyed in my early days, when 

 sugar was king. 



I also have had to omit some important articles 

 on various efforts made by Venezuelan revolutionists 

 to hatch conspiracies against the ruling powers, all of 

 which have been attempted in this colony, including 

 two attempts at piracy and their failure ; and the 

 murder of Felipe Ducharme, a British subject, in 

 Venezuela by a band of five West Indians hailing 

 from Trinidad. 



These and other matters of by-gone days which 

 would have formed interesting reading even to those 

 who still have a vague recollection of them, have 

 been unavoidably omitted, but if I am ever able to 

 publish a second and cheaper edition, they and other 

 things of equal interest will be inserted. 



A great contrast of the Trinidad of Then with the 

 Trinidad of Now will be seen by comparing the re- 

 venue of the colony in 1875 with the revenue of 1911. 

 In 1875 it was only £341,619 ; while in 1911, it was 

 £950,743. 



