A Handbook of the Island of Tobago, 1899.

TOBAGO (I) 

Information taken from ‘A Handbook of the Island of Tobago being a Brief Historical, geographical and general account of the island, compiled by L. G. Hay, when Treasurer of the Colony in 1884 and revised by him in 1898, printed by C. K. JARDINE, Proprietor, The Daily Chronicle, Printer to the Govert. Of British Guiana, 1899.’

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Transcribed by Jane Macgillivray, pear.orchard@hol.fr. Website: OPERATION DUNLICHITY, Macgillivray Ancestor. May not be reproduced or copied without permission from transcriber.

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Merchants and shop keepers

Scarborough

A. B. ISAACS & co Jno. MCCALL & Co HNDERRSON & Co Thos. BALKELEY J. FEREIRA N, C. L. CAREW D. HALL C. PLAGEMANN R. DONALDSON R. MCEACHNIE A. BUTSCHE J. ROBERTS J. PHILIPS R. SHAW Colonial Dispensary B. GORDON J. GADD	Dry Goods, Grocieries, Wines & Spirits Dry Goods and Groceries Dry Goods Dry Goods and Groceries Dry Goods & Spririts Tobago Pharmacy, Drugs and Patent Meidcines and Groceries Dry Goods Dry Goods Dry Goods & Groceries Druggist Dry Goods Groceries Groceries Groceries Drugs & Patent Medicines, Trinned Provisions, Groceries Spirits Groceries

Shopkeepers in Country District

Windward district

James Lucas GIBBES John ALLEYNE Do. Michael FRITH B. BIGGARD C. CLARKE D. T. WARNER E. Jas. WARNER F. A. GRANT G. J. MARCELLE H. Jas. E. ROBERTS I. W. B. WILLIAMS J. Jas. QUAMINA	Roxborough Roxborough Pembroke Pembroke Pembroke Glamorgan Mason Hall Moriah Moriah Runnemeade Plymouth Plymouth Plymouth	Dry goods and groceries spirits and groceries do. Groceries drugs and groceries Groceries Groceries Groceries Groceries Groceries Groceries Groceries Groceries

Sandy Point District

Chas. MCPHERSON	Bethol	Spirits and Groceries
P. T. PILGRIM	Bethel	Groceries

Local Societies 

Freemasons – Scarborough Lodge, 488 (Grand Lodge of Scotland) R. W. M, J. B. AGARD, S. W, M., C. L. CAREW, J. W., G. R. AGARD, S. D., F. A, C. CROOKS, J. D., G. T. MACDOUGALL; Secry, G. B. IRVINE, Hon. G. H. MCEACHRAINE, J. P. M, P. M’s, W. MCCALL, H. SEALY, Jas. A. ROBERTSON 

Old Fellows – Alpha Lodge, No. 2,337, esablished 17^th August 1882. Officers: N. G., S. G. GORDON, V. G., H. A. TODD, * P. N. G., A. B. COLLIER, N. F., J. M. A. THOMAS; P. N. F., G. T. MACDOUGALL; E. S,m A. C. JOHN; Permanent Secretary, C. L. PLAGEMANN; Treasurer, Hon. G. H. MCEACHARINE 

Heart and Hand – Established 27 March, 1890, has 200 Members. 

List of Public Officers of Tobago and their annual salaries (all their previous positions are also listed) 

Commissioner (acting) His Honour J. Clanforgael O’HALLORAN

Clerk to Commissioner – George Hugh MCCALL

Chief Clerk – Treasury and Customs – Arthur Lacy MARSHALL

Harbour Master, Landing Waiter, &c Quinton Herbert SPICER, 250

Stipendiary Justice – Joseph Clanfergael O’HALLORAN (now Acting Commissioner)

Chief Clerk, Audit and Registry – Gilbert Banfield IRVINE

Junior Clerk, Audit and Registry, Giulbert Banfield IRVINE

Junior clerk, Audit and Registry – John thornton PATTERSON

Warden – Edward Matthias MACDOUGALL

Medical Officer, Districts 1 and 2 – Edwin Gerald BLANC, M.B., C.M.

Medical Officer No 3 District – T. B. KENNY

Medical Officer, No 4 District – J. LASALLE

Postmaster – James Ernest Cameron SCALY

Superintendent Coilonial Hospital – Charles Alfred ANDREWS

Matron, Colonial Hospital – Lydia MARTIN

Gaoler – Adam Richard TAITT

Bailiff, Leeward District – Aledander N. HENRY

Bailiff, Windward District – John Henry FRITH

Foreman Printer – James Bartholomew HAMILTON

Court House Keeper – Robert Henry DYALL

Letter carriers – George McDermott ANDRES, Allan Fitz Herbert ARMSTRONG, Peter Alexander DILLON

Lighthouse Keeper – James WHITE

Law Officer – the Hon. Vincent BROWN Q.C. (Solicitor General of Trinidad 

Justices of the Peace

Hon G. H. MCEACHRANE

*Richard Benjamin ANDERSON

*Alexander CLARKE

*Simon James FRASER

Loraine Gedes HAY

Edward KENNS

*John George MCCALL

William MCCALL

Duncan MACGILLIVRAY

*Herbert Hamilton SCALY

*John Patrick TULLOCK

George Richard AGARD

Joseph Benjamin AGARD

*Thomas Newton BROWNE

Thomas BLAKELY

Matthew Bell CROOKS

*W. Sanger TUCKER

W SANGER-TUCKER Jr.

John Baker ISAACS

Edward M. MACDOUGALL

*Eric David EWEN 

*Not residing in the Island 

Board of Education

His Honour – J. C. O’HALLORAN, President

Members

The Rev. S. R. BROWNE, The Rev. Father REGINALD, The Rev. W. R. SYMONS, The Rev. Marc RICHARDS, Dr. BLANC and Major E. B. WALKER 

Professional

barristers – J. B. AGARD, Thos. Reeves BLAKELY, Major E. B. WALKER 

Consular

Consular Agent for the United States of America – E. KENNE

Lloyds’ Agent – Duncan MACGILLIVRAY 

Miscellaneous

The Tobago Crop Advance and Discount Company, Rue de Bouille, Scarborough

Managing Director – J. A. ROBERTSON 

Church of England

Anglican clergy in the Leeward District of the Island are:

The Rev S. Russell BROWNE, Rector

The Rev. F. F. MANNING and the Rev. C. B. PHILLIPS, Assistant Curates

The spiritual care of the Windward District is taken by the Rev. H. A. TODD 

Montgomery or Moravian Chapel

Churches at Moriah – Rev Theodor L. CLEMENS

Montgomery with Bon Account (Out-station) Rev Samuel RICHARDS

Black Rock (Out-station) – Rev. Samuel RICHARDS

Bethesda and Spring Gardens – Rev. Chas. P. JULIAN

Lay Assistants – six 

Wesleyan Church

Ministers – Rev. W. R. SYMONS, Scarborough

Rev. G. B. BYER, Mount St. George 

Roman Catholic Church

Father M. REGINALD O.P. 

Schoolmasters and Catechists

B. L. CUPID at Scarborough

S. GEORGE, at Patience Hill

J. WOLFF at Goodwood

J. MITCHELL and R. HERCULES at Delaford 

Tobago agents of the Royal Mail Comapny

Messrs. Edward KENNES and Company, Scarborough 

Extract: The voyage from Southampton to Tobago (including of course the transhipment) is one of sixteen days. The charges for tickets to Tobago are: first class 35 and 25, the difference in price being regulated by the situation of the Cabin in which the passenger’s berth is. There are special charges for cabin accommodation under special requirements. Children of passengers are charged for at the following rates:-

One under 3 years of age, free of charge

Any others under that age to be paid for as those above 3 and under 8 years

Three years and under 8 years will be charged one-fourth of the passenger rates paid by their parents and from 8 years and under 12 years, one half of the rates. Each adult cabin passenger is allowed 20 cubic feet measurement of baggage free of charge. Children in like proportion. 

Sugar Plantations

Parish in which Estate located

Name of Estate

Name of Proprietor

Acreage

Nature of cultivation

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St. Andrew “ St John “ “ “ “ “ “ “ St George St George “ “ St George St Patrick “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ St. Mary “ St. Mary’s “	Auchenskeoch (1) Highmoor Hermitage & Campbelltown (2) Castara (3) Lucy Vale Tuckerville (4) Belmont (5) Bloody Bay Rarlatuvin Charlottesville (6) Friendsfield (7) Mt. St. George (8) Blenheim (8) Greenhill (8) Bacolet (9) Kilgwyn (10) Friendship Milford (11) Shirvan (12) Buccoo (13) Grange & Old Grange (14) Grafton (15) Bonaccord (16) Golden Grove (17) Waterloo (18) Luve (19) Pembroke (20) Richmond (21)	HENDERSON & Co W. Sauger TUCKER John MCCALL & Co R. B. ANDERSON William MCCALL H. Hislop TUCKER * E. W. DICKINSON Paula BENNETT & others Heirs of Christmas MURPHY Rv Joseph TURPIN Thos. BALKLEY Heirs of HAMILTON “ “ R. A. MACFIE C. HALES A. C. HOPE Margaret MCCALL HUTSON & Co W. D. PHILLIPS D.F. & H.O.D DAVIDSON “ heirs of Jas. HAMILTON G. L. LATOUR Troctrilus TUCKER “ Heirs of John B. MURRAY M. SHORT	800 439 700 400 … 1,134 265 550 261 1370 500 700 1,000 700 250 464 … 240 450 500 300 450 497 1,323 949 188 1800	Sugar cane & cocoanuts stock farm Cocoa & provision grounds Cocoa & cocoanut 3 acres provision ground Cocoa, sugar, rubber, nutmegs, coffee, Rubber, coffee, cocoa Coacoa & cocoanuts Provision chiefly, & cocoa Cocoa & cocoanuts, high wood Was until recently in canes Sugar cane cocoa Sgar cane & cocoa and cocoanuts Cocoanuts Cocoanuts Cocoanut walk Sugar cane & cocoanuts Sugar Sugar cane & cocoanuts Provision ground and cocoanuts Sugar cane Cocoanuts Cocoa, rubber, nutmegs, sugar and stock farm Cocoa, rubber, nutmegs, sugar Provision ground, small quantity Cocoa, nutmegs, india rubber, coffee, sugar
St. David “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ St. Paul	Craig Hall (22) Mary’s Hill (23) Franklyns (24) Orange Hill (25) The Whim (26) Les Coteaux Woodlands Highlands Culloden Louis D’Or	M.A. Des VIGNES M.B. CROOKS Heirs Mrs. MACGILLIVRAY HERDERSON & Co. Bejm. LEES Joseph HACKETT Wm M’CALL “ John M’CALL West India Rubber Plantation	195 270 200 700 387 600 360 190 270 1600	none Cane and Cocoa Cocoa and nutmeg Sugar cane Pasture and provision grounds Canes Pasture and provision grounds “ Sugar cane and provisions India rubber

* formerly Spery Tides, Trois Riveres, Pigeon Hill and Belle Vue

(1) Worked by proprietors and metayers

(2) Heavily timbered)

(3) chiefly provision grounds and pasture lands. Ocupied and worked by Atorney

(4) Estate is managed by Proprietor. Sugar under Metayer system, other cultivations worked by proprietor

(5) Worked by Proprietor under supervision of H. Hislop Tucker

(6) worked by a Manager

(7) This estate was under Metayer cultivation until recently, when owing to the low price of sugar, the Metayers have all given up. For sale – J. A. Robertson in charge

(8) Worked by Metayers in canes and cocoa and provision ground, and by Proprietors in cocoa and cocoanuts

(9) worked by Proprietor and Metayers

(10) Under lease by A. C. Hope

(11) Occupied by proprietress

(12) Occupied by Proprietors but worked by Metayers

(13) Princiaplly worked on the Metayer syster

(14) Worked by Proprietor and Metayers

(15) ditto The labourers plant ground provisions on the Estates

(16) Worked by Metayers

(17) Cocoanuts cultivated by proprietor and provision ground by renters

(18) Occupied and worked by proprietor. Not under lease

(19) Ditto

(20)The average of Estate has been 200 acres up to last year, since then 12 acres has been sold. There is also a good dwelling house and outbuildings unoccupied. Not leased

(21) Worked by Proprietor

(22) About 10 acres are rented for provision ground

(23) Cultivated by Metayers in cane and by proprietor in cocoa

(24) Worked on behalf of Proprietors

(25) Worked by Metayers

(26)Occupied and worked by Proprietor

(27) Worked for the Syndicate by a Manager. Not under lease

(28) Intend to plant India rubber and rear stock shortly. Total acreage of 520