Excerpt from History of Trinidad, Vol. 2: From 1814 to 1839 Doubtless, such a system of Government is Opposed to the theories of the present day, but Trinidad certainly did not suffer from Sir Ralph Woodford's administration and it is a fact, as worthy of note as it is incontrovertible, that even in more recent times those periods during which the Colony has been blessed with Governors of ability and possessing energy enough to govern and to refuse to be governed, have been periods marked by progress and prosperity. From the day of his arrival it was clear that Sir Ralph intended to hold the reins of Government in his own hands, to see with his own eyes, to hear with his own ears. He carried on a constant cor respondence with the Heads of Departments, and that, not through a Secretary, but with his own hand, so that the whole machinery of the Government was under his immediate control. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.