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he has done much for the health and hygiene of the colony and Messrs. 

 Davson & Co. must feel proud that the first Centenary Medal should be 

 bestowed on so worthy a recipient. (Applause). 



In making the presentation His Excellency said that he had heard 

 of Dr. Ferguson before he came to the colony and he remembered having 

 had to refer to him in a despatch f i om British Honduras asking whether he 

 thought it would be safe to give his (Dr. Ferguson's) treatment to people 

 who were so fond of rum as many of the labourers in British Honduras 

 were at the time. From that it would be seen that the work of Dr. 

 Ferguson was not unknown to him, and everything being taken into con- 

 sideration, he had much pleasure in presenting the doctor with the medal. 



His Excellency then handed the medal to Dr. Ferguson who, in reply, 

 thanked His Excellency for presenting him with the medal which he 

 valued very much. He thanked Dr. Conyers for the kind things he had 

 said about him and in an especial manner he thanked the Committee who 

 had made the award. 



In a Guiana Jungle. 



The lecture, which was illustrated with a number of beautiful lantern 

 slides, was a most instructive one, dealing more or less with the scientific 

 side of nature, and it was highly appreciated by the audience. 



The chair was taken by His Excellency who, without making an intro- 

 ductory speech, called upon the lecturer to deliver his address. 



In the course of his lecture which was delivered in a very racy style, 

 Dr. Beebesiid that there were several reasons which made him hesitate in 

 presenting this subject to them, the first being that the results of his work 

 stood in startling contrast to that of Dr. Ferguson and his associates. 

 The next thing he thought was whether the time was opportune for the 

 giving of such a lecture, a time like this when he felt that all man's best 

 efforts should be given to benefiting mankind in general. His work was 

 of such that persons often asked what it was worth, and of what use it was, 

 and he had found it very difficult to answer those two questions. At 

 present the work he was doing here was that of pure science, a single 

 search for truth among the creatures of the tropical world. He would 

 show them pictures of creatures in their own country and attempt to tell 

 them facts about the fauna of the country in which they lived. After 

 travelling in many parts of the world he made up his mind to settle some- 

 where and attempt to go into the secrets of the evolution of insects and 

 other branches of scientific study connected therewith and so he chose 

 British Guiana. 



Proceeding, Professor Beebe said that the slides which he had brought 

 with him were the result of his activities in the interior and of his assis- 

 tants and they would publish a book of about five hundred pages ; the 

 productions were taken from the back of Kalacoon at which place, a cor- 

 ner of the laboratory was seen. The Professor then took his audience to 

 a jungle, which he said was unapproached by man since the time of the 



