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GENERAL BUILDINGK 



At present there is very little house building going on, on account 

 of the depressed state of affairs in general, and there is not now, nor 

 has there ever been, apy shipbuilding here. 



The Panama Kailroad Company has 47 miles of laid track between 

 Panama and this city, but there is no railroad being built within this 

 consular district. 



J. L. PEARCY, 



Consul. 

 COLON, January 19, 1891. 



DUTCH GUIANA. 



NATIVE WOODS. 



The following are the principal woods of Dutch Guiana: Jawalidani, 

 kakaralli, wallaba, blackheart, greenheart, accouribroad, purpleheart, 

 ironwood, cabacalli, mimusops (balata), cedar, lancewood, simiri, mora, 

 salic, deteruca, lignum- vitae, and mahogany. 



IMPORTS, DUTY AND PRICES. 



The annual imports of lumber amount to about $20,000, viz : From 

 the United States, $15,000; from British Guiana, $5,000. 



The duty on lumber is as follows : Pitch pine, 80 cents per cubic yard ; 

 white pine, 60 cents per cubic yard; planks, 24 feet or more, 60 cents 

 per hundred; planks under 24 feet, 40 cents per hundred. 



Present price of lumber: Pitch pine, $48 per thousand; white pine, 

 $40 per thousand. 



CLIMATE AND PUBLIC BUILDING. 



The climate of Dutch Guiana is divided into three seasons, two wet 

 and one dry. The (t small" wet season commences in December and 

 ends in April. The "great" wet season runs from April to July, and 

 the dry season from July to December. 



The thermometer averages about 83 F. The average annual rain- 

 fall is 95 inches. For the last ten years it has rained, on an average, 

 on 204 days in each year. 



There is neither shipbuilding nor railroad building in this colony. 



H. LOVEJOY, 



Vice- Consul, 



PARAMARIBO, February 23, 1894. 



