ABSTRACT
The high-road from Quilon to Trivandrum goes across undulating land in continual gentle curves, so that nowhere does the passenger by motor-bus have any but short views along it. In December 1916 Trivandrum, the capital of Travancore, was reached by road from Quilon, the southernmost port on the West Coast, then a terminus of the South Indian Railway, the other two being Tuticorin and Rameswaram, whence the line connects with the Ceylon railways by a steam ferry. Administration was controlled by the Diwan, appointed by the Maharajah as his executive officer. Trivandrum also possessed a very beautiful and picturesque golf course, belonging to a club of mixed membership under the patronage of the Maharajah. The Maharajah’s College, munificently supported by H. H. the Maharajah, proved to be a fine building with good grounds on an elevated and open site, by Indian standards well equipped.
