Cl. 306. Cl. 300, 302. Cl. 300, 301. Cl. 300, 301. Cl. 300, 301. Cl. 300, 301. ('I. 300, 301. Cl. 300, 301. Cl. 300, 301. 173. Volume of the House of Assembly "Walch's Tasmanian Almanac for *Cemetery Commissioners of Hobart Town. 175. Chart of the General Cemetery, Hobart Town. *Hull, Hugh M., Hobart Town. 176. Map of Tasmania, showing the * Moore, Hon. William, Minister of 177. Map of Tasmania, showing the gold, Walch & Sons, Hobart Town. 178. Chart of the City of Hobart Town, showing the electoral divisions. 179. Chart of the Town of Launceston, showing the electoral divisions. Group 66. * Royal Society of Tasmania. 180. Meteorological Tables, published Hull, Mrs. Hugh, Hobart Town. Group 83. * Randall, A., C.E., Engineer to the Hobart Town Waterworks, Hobart Town. TRINIDAD Is an island lying to the eastward of Venezuela, between N. latitude 10° 3′ and 10° 50′ W. longitude 61 and 62° 4′ of Greenwich. Its length is 65 miles on the southern and 53 miles on the northern side of the island, and its breadth, on the eastern and western sides respectively, 48 and 49 miles. It is separated from the continent of America by the Gulf of Paria, into which fall the northern mouths of the Orinoco. It was first discovered by Christopher Columbus, on the 31st July 1498, and first colonized in 1588 by the Spaniards. In 1676 the French gained possession of it, but it was soon restored to Spain. On the 12th February 1797, a British expedition for the reduction of Trinidad sailed from Martinique, on the 14th it put into Carriacou, and sailed on the following morning with some additional transports. The naval command of this expedition was entrusted to Rear-Admiral Henry Harvey. The troops, numbering 6,750 men, were commanded by Sir Ralph Abercrombie. The expedition resulted in the surrender of the island to His Majesty's arms, and on the 18th February 1797, the articles of capitulation being signed by Abercrombie, Harvey, and Chacon. Abercrombie, after making the best arrangements that the confused state of the colony allowed, departed two months after, leaving his aide-de-camp, Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Picton, as governor, whose first act was to institute a council of advice, consisting of five members. On the 29th March, 1802, the definite treaty of peace between England and France, and her allies, viz. Spain and the Batavian Republic, was signed at Amiens. By the third article, all places taken during the war by Great Britain, were restored save Trinidad, and Ceylon. The area of the island is 1,754 square miles. Port of Spain, the chief town and port of entry, according to the census of 1871, contains 23,561 inhabitants, of whom 11,065 are males, and 12,496 females. The second town and port of entry is San Fernando, 26 miles south from port of Spain, with a population of 5,006 inhabitants. There are also the minor island towns of St. John, St. Joseph, Aronca, and Arima. (l. 600, 601. Population, Census 1871, 109,638. (From "Colonial Office List, 1876.”) André, L. A. F., Esq. Surface Coals from the Eastern coast. Cumming, A., & Co., l'ort of Spain. Cocoanuts (2 bags). Prestoe, Hy., Esq., Government Botanist. Samples of Native Woods (57), as follow :- Cl. 600, 601. No. of Order. Devenish, Syl., Esq., Surveyor General. Samples of Woods,* (235), as follows : Common Names. Scientific Names. Families. 1 Acacia English. 2 Acoma or Mastic 3 Allspice or Pimento 4 Angelin Balata Balsam Capivi 7 8 9 Bois gris Bois sang Arbre à pain 12 Crapo Crapo Totumo Totumo del Monte Zaman Cedro - Palo Naranjo Gasparillo C'arano Guacamaya Guatecaro Palo de rosa Laurel Idem Gateado Guayacan Limon Algarrobo Campêche Cascabelillo Mamey Mangle botoncillo Muro - Citronera Nogal Aceitunillo Copaifera officinalis Citharexylon quadrangulare. Swartzia pinnata vel cy- Genipa Americana Flacourtia Ramontchif Warsceviczia Coccinea V. calicophyllum Coccinea *Including a few not indigenous, but thriving well in the island. † Not indigenous. |