188 TIMEHRi. 
in reference to the report on timbers sent to the Imperial 
Institute :— 
Demerara River, 
22nd March, 1897. 
Thomas Daly, Esqre., 
Sir,—Your letter of the 12th inst. received and contents have my at- 
tention. I have received copy of no Report, as you mentioned was en- 
closed, consequently I am ignorant of same. I have written to Mr. 
Quelch in answer to his letter and no doubt he will shew you my letter. 
The woods I am collecting for the R. A. & C, Society are all first class. 
These logs are squared timber, whilst the specimens collected last year, 
by me for Mr. Quelch, were round wood, and, it is to be supposed must 
have had a good deal of sap, and we all know such a thing as sap does 
not last long—only the tacouba lasts, therefore you can depend on 
getting good and sound timber. 
I have made an offer to Mr. Quelch, which, I ee he may see his 
way to accept. 
Yours respectfully, 
EDWARD SEON. 
Upper Demerara River, 
29th March, 1896. 
Thomas Daly, Esqre., 
Hon. Secretary, R. A. & C, Society. 
Sir,—Yours of the 25th inst., together with enclosed report of Mr. 
Allan Ransome, Technical Referee on Timbers, sent from this Colony 
and colleéted by me for the Imperial Institute, have had my careful perusal, 
and in arswer to same, I beg to say that the report is so incomplete, un- 
satisfaétory and contradi€tory, that I really cannot understand its sub- 
stance. I have written a long letter to Mr. Quelch on same and I hope 
you may have the pleasure of seeing it. 
I promise you to bring you wood which I defy anyone like Mr. Ran- 
some to pronounce rotten or decayed ; and you must bear in mind that 
the samples collected by me for the Imperial Institute, which is the sub- 
jeét of much discussion in the local press, were round wood with all the 
sap-wood, and it is a well-known faéct that sap-wood does not last any 
length of time, in fact sap-wood is good for nothing in this Colony, 
therefore what can be thought of it in a country like England, where the 
