(Oon tents of Volume VIII— {New Series.) 



Papers. Page. 



The Guiana Orchids, James Rodway, F.L.S. ... ... i, 270 



Construftion and Maintenance of Roads and Bridges 



in British Guiana, Thos. N. King.., ... ... 25 



A few popular fafts about Diffusion, Llewellyn Jones 30 



Margarita : A health resort, Dr. J. F. Chittenden ... 57 

 Refleftions on the increase of Town Populations, C. E. 



Macnamara ... ... ... ... ... ... 78 



Late Rainfalls : some of their effects ... ... ... 87 



Steam Husbandry with Open Drainage in Demerara, 



Hon. E. C. LuARD ... ... ... ... ... 94 



Some Enemies of our Cane-fields, S. R. Cochran ... 103 

 Cost of Sugar Produftion in British Guiana, R. G.Dun- 

 can, F.R. ... ,. 114 



Payment by Results in British Guiana, Peter de Wever 127 



The Life-history of an Indian, James Rodway, F.L.S. 138 ^ 



Jubilee Celebration ... ... ... ... ... 196 



Changes on Sugar Estates from 1865 to 1893, F. C. 



Thorpe ... ... ... ... ... ... 205 ^/ 



What the Banana Trade has done for Jamaica, Dr. 



H. B. Ford 218 



Diffusion versus Double Crushing, IL von Ziegezar ... 229 



The Negro in the West Indies, Rev. J. G. Pearson ... 243^^^ 



In the Bush with a Camera, James Rodway, F.L.S. ... 251 



Our Provision Supply, W. T. BiNNiE 261 



Richard Schomburgk's account of Roraima, Translated 



by ]Mrs. H. von Ziegezar ... ... ... ... 297 



Four old Letters from Demerara ... ... ... 316 v^ 



The Crown Lands of British Guiana, John D. Pater- 

 son 331 



