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George Inn, THE. Famous old 

 coaching inn, in Southwark, Sur- 

 rey. It is No. 77, Borough High 

 Street, was built early in the 16th 

 century, owned in 1558 by Hum- 

 frey Colet, M.P. for Southwark, 

 burnt hi 1670 and 1676, and partly 

 pulled down in 1889. The pictur- 

 esque fragment remaining is all 

 that has survived of the old South- 

 wark inns mentioned by Stow in 

 his Survey, 1598. See London 

 Vanished and Vanishing, P. Nor- 

 man, 1905. 



George Junior Republic. In- 

 dustrial self-governing society for 

 young people in the U.S.A. It is in 

 Tompkins co., New York State, 9 

 m. from Ithaca. It was founded by 

 William Reuben George, a native of 

 a neighbouring village, in 1895. He 

 was a New York business man, 

 who had done a good deal of work 

 in providing holidays for city chil- 

 dren. The idea behind it was that 

 it should be a settlement for chil- 

 dren, who should work for what 

 they enjoy, and govern themselves, 

 as do the citizens of a modern state. 

 The motto of the society is " No- 

 thing without labour." 



Boys and girls usually remain in 

 the settlement for several years. 

 Fifteen is the age at which they be- 

 come full citizens, when they are 

 eligible for the vote and for posi- 

 tions in the little state. They make 

 their own laws, subject only to the 

 assent of the superintendent ; and 

 live in houses under the care of 

 house mothers. A variety of indus- 

 tries arc carried on. There are col- 

 leges and schools ; religious ser- 

 vices, but no sectarian tests. Several 

 similar institutions have been es- 

 tablished in the U.S.A. See The 

 Junior Republic : its History and 

 Ideals, W. R. George, 1910. 



Georgetown (formerly Sta- 

 broek). Seaport and capital of 

 British Guiana, S. America. It 

 stands near the mouth of the 



Georgetown. British Guiana. Govern- 

 ment buildings of the colony 



river Demerara, with a fortified 

 harbour and lighthouse. The city, 

 sometimes called Demerara, lies 

 below the level of high water, 

 which is kept out by a sea-wall 

 called the Ring. The houses are 

 mostly of wood, the streets are 

 broad and shaded by palm trees 

 and there are several canals. The 

 chief buildings are the Anglican and 

 R.C. cathedrals, government build- 

 ings, several colleges and hospitals, 

 botanical gardens, museum, library , 

 and an asylum. 



The rlys. connect up with Ma- 

 haica and Rosignol. The climate 

 is humid and hot, and owing to 

 the swampy surroundings is un- 

 healthy. The exports include 

 coSee, sugar, cocoa, rum, gold, and 

 balata. The lack of good drinking 

 water has been overcome by boring 

 artesian wells and the provision of 

 storage taaks. Pop. 54,006. 



George Town. Seaport of the 

 Straits Settlements, capital of Pen- 

 ang. It stands on the N.E. shore of 

 Pulo Penang. also called Prince of 

 Wales Island and Areca Island, 

 with a fine harbour, second only to 

 Singapore, on the W. coast of the 

 Malay Peninsula. It is strongly for- 

 tified, and has an arsenal, barracks, 

 and several hospitals. The chief 

 exports include rice, sugar, pepper, 

 and tin. Pop. 101,182, f Chinese, 

 | Indians, Malays. 



Georgetown. Part of the city 

 of Washington, U.S.A. It stands 

 on the Potomac river, at the head 

 of navigation, and is about 2 m. 

 W. by N. of the Capitol. It is the 

 seat of Georgetown University and 

 of several colleges, and has a num- 

 ber of industrial plants, including 

 flour mills. Down to 1871 it was a 

 separate city, but in that year its 

 charter was withdrawn and it was 

 incorporated in the District of Col- 

 umbia, becoming a part of the city 

 of Washington seven years later. 



Georgetown. Co. and co. town 

 of S. Carolina, U.S.A. The town is 

 situated on Winyah Bay, 60 m. by 

 rail N.E. of Charleston, and is the 

 port for the farm products of the 

 fertile district drained by the Pee- 

 dee river and its tributaries. The 

 harbour is mainly used by coasting 

 and river vessels. Here Lafayette 

 landed on his first visit to the 

 States. Pop. 5,500. 



Here the Chesapeake and Ohio 

 canal crosses the Potomac river by 

 an aqueduct 1,446 ft. in length. 



Georgia. One of the thirteen 

 original states of the U.S.A. 

 Founded in 1733, it was named 

 after George II. Situated in the 

 S.E. of the country, it is bounded 

 nn the N. by Tennessee and N. 

 Carolina, S. by Florida, W. by Ala- 

 bama, and E. by S. Carolina and the 

 Atlantic Ocean. Its area is 59,265 



Georgia. Map oi the North American 

 state founded in 1733 



sq. m., somewhat larger than Eng- 

 land and Wales. Its coast line is 

 much indented and is fringed by 

 numerous islands, separated from 

 the mainland by shallow sounds. 

 The soil in the coastal district is 

 suitable for the production of sea- 

 island cotton. The surface com- 

 prises three natural divisions Up- 

 per Georgia, the mountainous dis- 

 trict on the N.W., Middle Georgia, 

 a broad plateau, and Lower Geor- 

 gia, a swampy region. The land is 

 drained chiefly by the Savannah, 

 which partitions the state from S. 

 Carolina, the Ogeechee, and the 

 Altamaha, flowing to the Atlantic, 

 and the Chattahoochee on the W. 

 frontier. 



Cotton is the staple product, 

 maize coming next ; fruit and to- 

 bacco are also cultivated. The 

 forests of pine, oak, etc., cover a 

 considerable area. Fishing and 

 mining, gold, silver, coal, mangan- 

 ese, etc., are flourishing industries, 

 and manufactures of cotton goods, 

 and lumber and timber products 

 employ thousands of workers. 

 Higher education is provided by a 

 state and other universities, besides 

 several colleges. The rlys. of the 

 state have a length of 7,500 m., be- 

 sides 500 m. of electric track. Two 

 senators and 12 representatives are 

 returned to Congress. Atlanta is 

 the capital ; other important towns 

 being Augusta, Macon, Columbus, 

 and Athens. The principal sea- 

 ports are Savannah, Darien, 

 St. Mary's, and Brunswick. The 

 climate is varied. Pop. 2,935,617, 

 of whom more than two-fifths are 

 negroes. 



Colonisation was largely due to 

 the efforts of General Oglethorpe, 

 who was instrumental in settling 

 debtors and other unfortunate 

 persons in it, the first group sent 

 over in 1733 making Savannah 

 their home. Nineteen years later 

 Georgia became a province. During 

 the Revolutionary War, Savannah 



