Contents of Volume 4— (New Series.) 



Papers Page. < 



Diffusion of Sugar Cane, compared with double crush- 

 ing in Mills, by Nevile Lubbock 91 v^ 



Charles Waterton and his Demerara Friend, by James 



RODWAY . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 



Mollusca of British Guiana, by J. J. Quelch . . . . 37 



Jamaica Proverbial Philosophy, by Rev, D. J. Rey- 

 nolds 47 



Our Railroad Age or South American Development, 



by T. P. Porter 59 



Jottings from the British Guiana Gold Diggings, by 

 E. Fraser Luckie . . . . . . • . . . 63 



Defecation of Cane Juice by Electricity, by S. M. 

 Bellairs .. .. .. .. .. .. 71 



Rum, by W. M. Miller 78 



Note on Father Breton's Carib-French Diftionary, trans- 

 lated by Lady Chalmers . . . . . . . . 91 



On the Upper Demerara River, about and above the 



Great Falls, by J. J. Quelch 96 



The Post Office in British Guiana before i860, by 



James Rodway .. .. .. .. .. 187 



Fireflies, by Lady Blake .. .. .. .. 214 



Statute Law Revision, by Dr. J. W. Carrington, C.M.G. 225 

 The Necessity of Pure Air for Health, by Dr. Rowland 246 

 Notes on the Geological Reports of British Guiana, by 



J. J. Quelch .. .. .. .. .. .. 272 



Parasites, by Dr. A. T. Ozzard 278 



Contracts with Cane Cutters, by A. R. Gilzean ... 298 / 



