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To clear up defective titles, it was suggessed that a short 
Ordinance should be passed, eee the Supreme Court to 
. grant titles ai certain terms to persons who have been in 
possession for at least 30 een It is estes to say that it is 
most important ee these lands should be made available for 
starting new industries as, from their oer uate to the coast 
region, they are the first that should be settled. 
39. The acquisition of Crowa lands in o pa accessible parts of 
the Colony should be ERREN as easy as possible consistent with 
their due utilization for permanent cultivation. At the present 
actual cost of 250 acres of Crown lands, including survey fees and 
stamps, x o 50. The purchase money need not in every case 
c nnu : 
per acre per annum. The rental paid on 250 acres of Cro 
land (including survey fees aiid stamp duty) for the first sate 
is $68.50 
40. The true value of the Crown lands is peri known even in 
the Colony itself. Outside nothing is known of them. The 
Government might, in the first instance, prepare a map showing 
the position of the most n Crown lands in its possession, 
nd i r de one or 
two experimental eten on each river, as object lessons, and to 
supply seeds and plants to settlers. These undeveloped Guiana 
lands are amongst the richest existing in any part of the tropics. 
lands are being sought forin the heart of cm, or in such distant 
parts of the world as Borneo and New Gui 
41. In the development of the Crown kaa: of British Guiana 
there are practically three classes of people that may be attracted 
to them. When the suitability of these lands for b a cultiva- 
tion is known abroad, some of them will be taken up by Europeans 
with capital, prepared to invest it in establishing plantations of 
colonies. A considerable amount of English capital is at present 
diverted to foreign states, from a mistaken idea that there is 
no suitable outlet for it in our own colonies. From a somewhat 
extensive and intimate acquaintance with the cultural ae 
eavied on in various parts of Her Majesty’s possessions, I am able 
to state that I know nowhere of such an extensive area of rich 
and fertile "3 sess a perai healthy climate, and within 
easy reach of s good markets, as these Crown la nds of British 
Guiana. They « can eae nearly evans tropical product in demand, 
either in the new world or ng old. Further, they are under the 
control of a firm and stable Government, which can offer a 
stronger guarantee for the e kiai of any enterprise pint soos 
be started under its auspices than any other in South Am 
