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masses is what is to be expected where no serious attempt has been made 

 to erect a social system in place of that which slavery destroyed." 



In your address Mr. Editor, as Actiog President of the Royal 

 Agricultural and Commercial Society, last month at which His Excellency 

 was present you mentioned this passage and stated that Dr. Godfrey 

 could not longer be called a voice crying in the wilderness. Owing to the 

 interest of His Excellency the attitude of the community on public health 

 questions had been altered since the article appeared. Mr. Harcourt's 

 generous reference at the Corona Club dinner to Dr. Godfrey's work also 

 shows the new state of affairs. As the writer of the article I am glad to 

 endorse your remark. I should be equally pleased to see the acknow- 

 ledged industry and capacity of Professor Harrison and Mr. Bayley 

 crowned with success at Onderneeming. 



The limitations of time and space do not allow me to deal with the 

 subject as a whole but I trust you will allow me the hospitality of your 

 columns in your next number for an article on " Prison and Reformatory 

 Systems among Mixed Races in the Tropics.'" 



I am, Si*-, 



Yours faithfully. 



The Writer of " Railways, Ten Years After."' 



To the Editor-in-Chief 

 "Timehri." 



APPENDIX III. 



The Demerara Bar. 



Extract from Baron Siccama's Report 1879-1912. 



(The original report to the Government has been republished by the 

 West India Committee to which the thanks of the Colony are due. 

 A commentary by Baron Siccama dated August, 1912, is attached.) 



The rivers of Guiana drain only from plains or gently rollino' hills 

 overgrown with vegetation, and their clear though discoloured fresh 

 water is only contaminated where the inflowing tide carries up the fine 

 sea mud. 



The clay found in the plains in long reefs or patches was therefore 

 not brought down by the present existing rivers, but was deposited as 



