148 Timehri. 
unlike our “ Itaballi ” while “ Picte, ” a wood similar to our “ Dalli,”’ is used 
largely for inside partitions. Cedar, of course, is used in panelling. Pitch 
pine is not esteemed much and white pine deal is correctly held as unfit for 
permanent work. The timbers named seem to be more easily obtained than 
crabwood, which, however, is plentiful in some areas of Surinam. 
Tue Roaps. 
It may be some small comfort to colonists of the British side to know that 
road-making is in a condition even more elementary than in Demerara. The 
streets of Paramaribo are mostly made up of shell of which abundant supplies 
appear to exist in shell reefs in the neighbourhood. The weather was dry 
during my stay in the town and the going reminded me of a tramp along the 
shore inside the Skerries near Port Rush. In the wet season I am told the 
condition of the streets is not always pleasant. There is one thing about shell, 
however, that recommends it. There is no dust. 
SANITARY. 
From 2, sanitary point of view, ! should imagine it to be an ideal street-making 
substance, but I don’t suppose the motorist or cyclist would approve of it. 
Speaking of sanitary matters, the glimpses I got of the drainage channels of the 
town did not invite to further investigation. I rather fancy there is not much 
in the way of sanitation to investigate. On the other hand. I am bound to say 
that nothing was ever borne to me in the way of olfactory evidence that defects 
existed. In plain language the town smells sweet enough. Perhaps the 
abundant shell has something to do with that. I was compelled to contrast the 
condition of Georgetown on a recent visit I made. There is a subject for a 
Sanitary Commission apparently in enquiring into this contrast of primitive 
but aromatic Paramaribo with up-to-date but malodorous Georgetown. A visit 
to the Military Hospital with the Rev. W. L. Kissack was full of interest. 
Admirably arranged and cleanly kept, it is a model institution with airy, cheer- 
ful wards and a splendidly equipped operating room, in which every appliance 
for aseptic treatment of suffering humanity almost invites one to come and 
be carved. This, with the high reputation of the military Surgeon Super- 
intendent, renaers it not surprising to hear that numbers of patients have 
resorted thither even from Demerara.. Except for soldiers and a limited 
accommodation in the basement for Javanese labourers, free treatment is not 
given. This does not seem to militate against the popularity of the hospital 
which was quite well filled at the time of my visit. Grades of accommodation, 
from private wards to those in which treatment is charged for at about 25 
cent. (Dutch) per day, meet the needs of rich and pocr. 
The Leper Asylum is a private institution and is situated in a populous part 
of the town. Without prejudice we may consider our arrangements for this 
kind of patient, superior. 
CommEerce—THE Streets. 
Commercial Surinam spreads itself half a mile along the river side where 
Fogarty’s invites the loyal Demerarian to patronise home industries—turns up 
Kaiser Street and along Die Winkel and fills various narrower thoroughfares 
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