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In 1870 a second volume or " Supplement" was issued 

 by Mr. FiRTH, comprising the laws enafted after the 

 publication of the original volume and up to that date. 

 The publishers of this supplemental volume were J. 

 Haddon & Co., of London, and The Royal Gazette 

 Office in Georgetown. The size and arrangement of the 

 volume are the same as those of the original work, but 

 while the latter is printed somewhat too closely and in a 

 rather worn type, the former is printed in a large and 

 clear type and with exceedingly wide spaces between 

 the seftions. Each volume has a full and apparently 

 well-arranged index; that at the end of the second 

 volume has also the advantage of being an index to the 

 entire work. It may be noted that the titles of Ordin- 

 ances are omitted in both volumes, and the preambles 

 of Ordinances are generally absent in the first volume. 



As it is only within the last few days that a copy of 

 •' Firth's Laws" has, by a fortunate chance, been ac- 

 quired for the Attorney General's Chambers, I am not 

 able to speak of the merits ot the compilation from long 

 use, but I believe those merits are generally recognized 

 to be considerable. The work is now, I believe, scarce. 



In 1870-82 there was published by L. M'Dermott, 

 at The Colonist Office, Georgetown, a *• New and 

 Revised Edition of the Laws of British Guiana." The 

 work comprises six octavo volumes of text, but if the 

 spaces between the se6lions had not been made so wide, 

 three or four moderate sized volumes would probably 

 have sufficed. There is also a small volume containing 

 the Index. The ena6lments are placed in chronological 

 order. The type and paper are only moderate in quality. 

 The name of the editor is not stated, but it cannot be 



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