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Of the mahogany, 213,285 cubic feet went to the United Kingdom, 

 517,406 to the United States, and 4,642 cubic feet to Spain. Of 

 the cedar 14,926 went to the United Kingdom and 36,446 cubic 

 feet to the United States. Of both mahogany and cedar consi- 

 derable quantities were imported and forwarded to the United 

 States. The imported kimber came from the United States. 

 No information has been supphed as regards Increment or Home 

 Consumption. 



5. Summary and Outlook. 



The most urgent requirement is tlie estabhshment of a Forest 

 Department, placed under an efficient Forest Officer. Mahogany 

 has been exported for something like 200 years, and if the supply 

 is to be continued, the following measures seem to be urgently 

 required : — 



(1) A botanical and forestal examination of the forests, so as to 



ascertain the character and distribution of the important 

 species of timber trees. 



(2) To save as much as possible of the unalienated forests, 



especially those containing mahogany and cedar. 



(3) To pass a Forest Ordinance providing for the proper 



protection and management of the forests still belonging 

 to the State, and the reservation of the important 

 mahogany and cedar forests. 



V. BBITISH GUIANA. 



1. General Notes. 



British Guiana is situated between the 1st and 8th degree north 

 latitude and the 56th and 62nd degree west longitude. It has an 

 area of 89,480 square miles and a population of about 311,000 

 people, making between 3 and 4 to the square mile. 



Topography. — The colony may be divided into three belts : 

 (1) The alluvium belt, 5 to 35 miles broad. In the north it is a 

 low-lying, flat and swampy strip of marine alluvium. It rises 

 gradually from below the level of high tide to 12 feet above high- 

 water level, and is interrupted in a few places by low hills of 

 decomposed rock or by sand dunes rising to 30 or 40 feet in 

 height. 



(2) Sand and clay belts succeed the coastal region, forming a 



