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Trinidad and Tobago Blue Book
· 1933

This is an official government Blue Book for Trinidad and Tobago for 1932, a comprehensive administrative register. The publication consists primarily of an extensive index of sections and a detailed general index covering colonial administration, taxation, revenue and expenditure, municipal governance, civil service, education, vital statistics, agriculture, commerce, banking, public works, shipping, ports, and other colonial infrastructure. The substantive content includes the schedule of customs duties levied under the Customs Duties Ordinance, detailing tariff rates for goods ranging from animals and beverages to textiles, machinery, and foodstuffs, with separate "British Preferential Tariff" and "General Tariff" rates. No fictional narratives are present; this is purely documentary administrative and fiscal material.
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