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The entrance avenue Leading t<> the old Cathedral, together with 

 the entire width of the Company Path extending from High Street to 

 the Oval, having been handed over by the Government to the custody 

 of tlic Corporation in 1907, the land was enclosed by an iron railing, 

 and laid out and planted as a Promenade Garden in 1908, forming an 

 attractive feature in the prominenl and centra] position occupied. 



The Public Health Ordinance, No. 8 of 1878, passed, under the 

 provisions of which fche hist Building Regulations and Drainage By- 

 Laws for the city were framed in 1883-84 : and man}* sanitary 

 improvements effected, including compulsory provision for the storage 

 of rain-water on all occupied premises and the general sanitary 

 inspection of all lots and yards throughout the city. 



1879-80. — Street tramways, worked by mule draught, established by the 

 Georgetown Tramways Company : subsequently acquired by the 

 Demerara Electric Company and converted into an electric system in 

 L901. 



L 880-81. —Erection of Stabroek Market, an iron structure covering about 

 75,000 square teet. together with the construction of a river wall and 

 the reclamation, filling in and concreting of about 50,000 square feet 

 of river foreshore, at a total cost of $236,000, mostly raised by loan 

 and since paid off. The foundation stone was laid by Mrs. Kortright, 

 wife of the Governor, on the 17th July. 1880, during the Mayoralty ot 

 Mr. George A Forshaw. The designers and constructors of tin 

 Market House itself were the Edit' Moor Iron Company of Delaware, 

 U S.A , and the contractor for the supply and erection of the iron 

 work, Mr. Nathaniel McKay, of Philadelphia. U.S.A.. the price named 

 in Ins contract being 8132,855. There were considerable disputes 

 with the contractor over weights and constructive details of the struc- 

 ture, i lie ornamental portions, cornice mouldings, etc.. were formed 

 of galvanized sheets, bent and soldered to shape, prompting the late 

 Father Scoles, S. J., himself an eminent architect, to designate it a 

 "tin-pot " structure. 



L887. — Some 108 acres of land, part of Plantation Thomas, purchased 

 from Mr. Quintin Hogg, and laid out as ;i new ward of the city, 

 named Queen^town, in honour of the Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen 

 Victoria : her name is also given to a square in the centre of the 

 district left vacant as a recreation ground. 



1889. — The Town Hall elected at a cost of §70,500, including purchase of 

 site and the city organ. The architect of the building was the Very 

 Rev, Ignatius Scoles, S.J., and the contractors. Messrs. Sprostons. 

 The foundation stone was laid by His Excellency Sir Henry T. Irving. 

 lv.C.M G , on the 23rd December. 1887, during the mayoralty of Mr. 

 George A. Forshaw, and tie- building formally opened on the 1st July. 

 1889, during the Mayoralty of Mr. James Thomson, by His Excellency 

 Viscount Gormanston, K C M.G. A commemorative marble tablet 

 recording these events has been erected in the entrance hall. 



1892. — Food and Drugs Adulteration Ordinance under which the muni- 

 cipal sanitary officers were first authorised to take action in 1898, 

 sim-e which time, with t&eir c'o-'opBratikm aad t,ba+ o*£ tjase Police 



