APPENDIX. 



STATISTICAL TABLES. 



THE GUIANAS. 



Giiiana contested by Great Britain and Venezuela 

 British Guiana, including the region contested by Brazil 

 Dutch Guiana ........ 



French Guiana ..... . . 



Guiana contested by France and Brazil 



Total . 



Area in sq. miles. 

 52,000 

 50,000 

 50,000 

 32,000 

 105,000 



289,000 



APPROXIMATE POPULATION OF THE GUIANAS ACCORDING TO EACES (1893). 



Total 



292,200 



80,000 



34,200 



3,100 



410,300 



BRITISH GUIANA. 



Approximate area, 102,000 sq. miles ; pop. (1893), 292,000. 



Chief towns :— Georgetown, 56,000 ; New Amsterdam, 9,000 ; Bartica, 2,000. 



Sugar plantations (1890), 80,000 acres. 



Sugar crop (1891), 117,204 hogsheads : value, £1,650,000. 



Rum (1891), £267,000 ; molasses, £44,000. 



Total value of sugar products (1891), £1,950,000. 



Exports (1891), £2,532,000 ; imports, £1,710,000 ; total, £1,242,000. 



Yield of gold (1884), £900 ; (1892) £460,000. 



Shipping (1891), 647.000 tons. 



Commercial fleet of British Guiana, 141 vessels of 6,625 tons. 



Revenue (1890), £500,000 ; debt, £200.000. 



Railways, 23 miles ; telegraphs, 275 miles ; telephones, 190 miles 



