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whose request Mr. Cameron undertook the necessary work. While the general 
reader is hardly likely to be attracted any more than by any other article of 
exclusively technical or scientific character, the desirability of having our 
Hymenoptera named and described cannot be overlooked. Until this is done 
they cannot be discussed in the learned world. Such a catalogue, if accepted, 
supplies at once the vocabulary and the grammar of the discussion. We trust 
that Mr. Cameron will have the reward of the pioneer by the acceptance of 
his descriptions and the adoption of his nomenclature by the world of 
entomological science. Divergence of view he can hardly escape. Any 
articles or other contributions on the subject by other entomologists 
Timehri will be glad to welcome. 
Mr. J. Van Sertima, of the Argosy staff, whose wide acquaintance with 
economic subjects is well known, has written a very timely article on the 
Financial Position of the Colony. Mr. R. O. H. Spence, of the Department of 
Lands and Mines, writes on Maps and Surveys, showing the progress that has 
been made to date towards obtaining a proper cartographica! knowledge of 
the interior end making proposals for its continuance. Rev. Father Gough, 
8.J., who is in charge of a recently-established Roman Catholic Mission on 
the Rupununi savannahs, writes on the Macasis, the child-like, unwarlike 
and attractive people amongst whom his work lies. Rev. Father Cooksey, 
S.J., gives an account of the Harly Inhabitants of Barbados. Dr. Roth, 
whose name is familiar to all students of anthropology, has sent us an inter- 
esting article on Native Drinks. Mr. K. de Montpellier, whose arrival in the 
colony on behalf of Messrs. Bonsall, of New York, has signalled a revolu- 
tion in the methods of our timber industry, writes on the subject of its 
possibilities. Mr. Edgar Beckett deals with the subject of our minor indus- 
tries. Articles have been promised for this number by the Hon. Dr. Godfrey 
(Surgeon General) on the Local Government of the colony, by Mr. Harold 
Moore on some division of our fauna, by Mr. Bascom (proprietor of Pin. 
Cove and John) on the Labour Question as aflecting the sugar industry, by 
Mr. A. Ferguson on Colony Philately, by Rev. Mr. Williams on the Ritpu- 
nuni Indians, by W. Douglas, Esq., of Pln. Diamond, on the Position of the 
Sugar Industry, and by others but are not to hand at the moment. To 
Messrs, Sprostons, Ltd., we are indebted for some of our illustrations of 
colony life and scenery. 
We regret that owing to the pressure of their various duties which have 
recently much increased we have no contributions from any of the officers 
of the Department of Science and Agriculture, but several have been 
promised for the second number of the volume. The sssistance of Messrs. 
Leechman and Williams of the staff has always.been forthcoming for our 
lantern exhibitions and to them and to another busy Government Officer, Mr. 
Alsing, the Society’s thanks in such matters are due. The presence upon the 
Editorial Committee of the Hon. Professor Harrison, C.M.G., of FF. A. 
Stockdale, Esq., Assistant Director, and of the Government Entomologist, 
Mr. Bodkin, shows that the department is not out of touch with the Society 
in the revival of its once famous magazine. Naturally its first allegiance is 
to its own very interesting Journal. It will be noted however that anthro- 
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