TABLE OF CONTENTS. 







Foreword ... ... ... ... ... ... i 



A Railway and Hinterland Development — By Sir Walter 



Egerton, K.C.M.G. ... ... ... ... 159 



•' Timehri " and Development — By Rev. J. Aiken, M.A. ... 1 9 



Railways, Twelve Years After — By Joseph J. Nunan, 



LL.D., Attorney General ... ... ... ,.. 211 



Some Controverted Points of Local Law with Respect 



to Leases— By L. C. Dal ton ... ... ... 215 



The Sea Defences of British Guiana — By H. Siccama ... 223 



The Municipality of Georgetown — By Luke M. Hill, B.E., 



M. Inst. C.E. ... ... ... ... ... 227 - 



The Municipality of New Amsterdam — By J. Van Sertima 237 



West Indian Law and Appeals — By Joseph J. Xunan, 



LL.D., Attorney General ... ... ... ... 253 



Charles Waterton in Demerara — By James Rodway ... 257 



The Languages of India — By Archdeacon Josa ... ... 267 \S 



The Origin of the American Races — By His Honour Mr. 



Justice Russell, LL.B., Trinidad ... ... ... 271 



Forty Years' Life in Tropical Gardens — By Eleanor S. 



Waby ... ... ... ... ... ... 285 



The Conversion and Characteristics of Colony Timber— 



By H. A. Wishart... ... ... ... ... 293 



A List of the Insects affecting Sugar-Cane in British 



Guiana — By Harold W. B. Moore ... ... ... 305 



Some Colony Birds— By Rev. Charles B. Dawson, S.J., M.A. 



(Oxon.) ... ... ... ... ... ... 311 



The West Indies : Their Common Interest and Imperial 



Aim — By E. R. Davson ... ... ... ... 388 



Reminiscences ok Demerary— By Mewburn Garnett ... 345 



Proceedings of the Society ... ... ... ... 85]. 371 



Letters to the Editor ... ... ... ... 303 



Our Late President ... ... ... ... ... 369 



