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was on both banks of the Essequibo, and gives the 

 Pomaroon as the Boundary. 



For years before the Cession of 1814, and for years 

 afterwards, the Rubrics to the Minutes of the Proceedings 

 of the Legislature of Essequibo and Demerara, cited 

 Essequibo and its dependent distrids. This fa6l can be 

 noted in the Rubric to the Minutes of the Proceedings 

 of the last Meeting held while the Colonies remained 

 under Dutch Rule, wherein appear the words en onder- 

 hoorige distriden^ which are equivalent to and dependent 

 distridlsy in English. 



On the 1 8th of September, 1803, the Colonies capitu- 

 lated to the British Forces. The following is the Rubric 

 of the Minutes of the Court of Policy held on that 

 day : — 



Notul eener gecombineerde Krygsraad gehouden by 

 den Gouveneur Generaal en de Raaden van Politie der 

 Rivieren en onderhoorige Disiri6len van Essequebo en 

 Demerary^ mits^aders de Commandeeren de Ojfficieren 

 der Bataafsche Land en Zeemagt^ ten Gouvernenments 

 Huize en Rio Demerary. 



In the year following the Capitulation, 1804, the 

 British Governor addressed a letter to the Governor of 

 Spanish Guiana, as to the Governor oi Angostura, simply. 

 In the Commission, dated 4th March, 1831, by which 

 the Colonies of Demerara, Essequibo and Berbice were 

 united together in the single Government of British 

 Guiana, Sir BENJAMIN D'Urban was constituted and 

 appointed Governor over all the British Settlements on 

 the Northern Coast of the Continent of South America, 

 ** comprising all such territories and jurisdi6\ions as 

 " have hitherto been comprised in the said united colony 



