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Show Trinidarl. Great Britain's mo:; prosperous and Important possession in the Caribbean sea is the two West Indian Islands ol Trinidad and Tobago, governed as a crown colony. Trinidad Is about th( size of Delaware, and Tobago is aboul one-fourth of the size of Trinidad The joint population is 31S.309. Th people are mostly of African or mixed descent, with not more than 5 pel cent white. The Port of Spain is th capital and largest city. The aggregate aggre-gate trade of the colony is considerable, consider-able, being in 191S $43,72(3,937. The chief exports are cocoa, coconuts, copra, sugar, molasses, rum, petroleum and asphalt |