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PROCEEDINGS OF THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE. 
Sandy Point, where there was a good deal of land suitable for 
sugar, there were vast tracts of land that might become 
provision and vegetable gardens for Trinidad and probably 
oilier islands in the West Indies. 
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONY BY ROADS 
AND RAILWAYS. 
By Mr. E. R. Smart. 
I beg to direct your attention to this Map of Trinidad. You 
will see that there are three main ranges of hills : — 
First, the Northern Range running east and west. 
Second!}', the Central Range running from south-west to 
north-east. 
Thirdly, the Southern Range running east and west. 
Ihese three ranges divide the Island into four main portions, 
namely : 
(1.) The North Coast. 
(2.) The North Central District. 
(3.) The South Central District. 
(4.) The South Coast. 
blp / e ; ’f also a waterparting starting from the northern 
range of hills running south through Tainana to the Central 
Ridge dividing the N. Central District into two parts. This 
waterparting forms a distinct range of hills on the north side, 
and also on the south side, but towards the centre the elevation 
falls nearly to the level of the surrounding country forming 
a plateau called the Aripo Savanna. But at the same time this 
waterparting is slightly higher than the land to the east and 
west of it so that the rain which falls on the west side runs 
to the Carom, whilst the rain which falls on the east side runs 
to the Oropuche. There is also a range of hills forming a 
waterparting ™nmng south-east from Tabaquite to ioin the 
southern range dividing the South Central District into two 
paits. The eastern part is the basin of the Nariva and the 
Oinemand^B P art *° nm the basi “ s of the Ouaracara, the 
Cipero and the southern Oropuche. 
