PORT OF SPAIN

[s. 609] : Capital of Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. It is one of the handsomest towns of the West Indies, with a good harbor and an active trade. Temperature, 70°-93° Fahrenheit. Population, 34,000, English, English and French Creoles, Indian coolies, Chinese, Spaniards, and Portuguese. Each race speaks its own language, and the Creole dialects of French, Spanish or English. Social condition, tho far from good, is better than in most of the West Indies. Station of the UFS (1836), with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 1 outstation, 1 place of worship, and 250 profe ed Christians. Station also of the Moravian Mi ions, with (1903) 1 mi ionary and his wife, 22 native workers, 2 outstations, 3 places of worship, 4 Sunday schools, 2 day schools, and 234 profe ed Christians. Station also of the SDA (1893), with (1900) 2 mi ionaries, one of them with his wife; 16 native workers, 7 outstations, 1 place of worship, 5 Sunday schools, 1 day school, and 220 profe ed Christians; the auxiliary International Medical and Benevolent A ociation also has here 1 woman mi ionary. Station also of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, with 1 native worker. 609