MOCARTHY — TRINIDAD AS A COMMERCIAL CESTE 
draws it waters Under the fostering caie ,^ t ^ ay prove of 
ttis Colony may become not oniy prosperoa., ^ ten ? Ye Cont i- 
vast importance in assisting to civilise tlio wise nolicy 
sent in its vicinity." Kingsley thought that ■ ^ Wcat Iadies . 
Trinidad ought to be the commercial entrepo commercial 
t™d, harbour v»»H “Suture “o to tho 
of the world, and seems formed by j^biuson 
dr? 6 t one day of an enormous trade. » elastic Customs 
vias sanguine that with liberal fiscal laws i 
regulations Trinidad w'ould have a great future. 
The chief reason, I need not say, for riches of 
cieswasthe proximity of this island to the ' • ° aj , ea ^ r iver 
Venezuela, and its forming a breakwater 01 a ntldes 
Orinoco, and a natural storehouse for the P 1 ° Ece ., j which 
which that river washes in its course of -oO a. practically 
«e separated from the ports on the Canb uea "_ oduc t of the 
impassable chain of mountains. Almost eveij p - f oun( J in 
^n’id and temperate zones — vegetable unc mm « cocoa, 
^ enezuela. It has rich mines, boundless supp 1 w l,; c h support 
and rubber, grain of various kinds, v ast p al • ou tlet for 
innumerable cattle. But the Orinoco is also < tfae san30 
Columbia which has four million inhabitants, ^ Colomb ; a) 
physical characteristics as Venezuela, the ca) merchandise 
Bogota, has 84,000 inhabitants. Though some o lie3 by 
passes through Trinidad, it receives ^ distance from 
die Magdalena via Honda, which is .about > area t navigable 
Bogota as is Orocue on the Meta, which rn ^ reacb i n g the 
tributary of the Orinoco, and the easiest mean ent t0 the 
■whole of Eastern Columbia. The chief o s < be tween the two 
development of this trade is a frontier (lisp* tra ffi c sprang 
^publics, During the last century a eonsi ‘ ^ was crushed 
JP between Columbia and tho lower Ormoco, ^ c . lI . tbage na. 
by the jealousy and influence of the melL . Orinoco and the 
Bo you will see that the struggle between same obstacles 
Magdalena is an old one. In both republic ia the world 
exist to their becoming two of the nc '® s f 0 r capital, 
the need of stable government and ox ^ 
However, no government can continue when the basin 
Mid extensive regions, and the day is not “Ground for the com- 
the Orinoco will be a favourite i»" “ j 0 ;ted for the 
pany-promoter, and its teeming ; . employed there, 
of mankind. Even liow capital is a g f managers ge 
&*»** <• ~r) » » n h 1 , t:rir 8 ».po-»»“iS»s 
labour and supplies in Trinidad, I ter ii u g have been 
13 the gold region, from which mi i° 
