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to supply the mining camps with provisions. By these means a 
gradual settling of the Crown lands in the interior might be 
90, The te ied sie in by fees, licences, and royalty a 
revenue of: ab 5,0007. annually. It is indispensable that better 
commu SF roede shoud be poeren Ae between the coast and the 
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development on systematic lines. At present everything is left 
to chance explorers. No one with the necessary experience and 
knowledge of gold mining has been able to devote sufficient time 
to furnish a reliable report on the capabilities and prospects of the 
Government might the services of competent experts, an 
survey of the most promising gold fields so that their 
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than at present, and the results would prove of value at a time 
when new sources of income are most required. 
FOREST PRODUCE. 
91. Next to gold the principal forest products are timber, 
charcoal, guttapercha sie aiat indiarubber, resins and various 
nuts, such as souari and crab n 
irder .—The principal commercial timbers of the erni are 
greenheart, mora, wallaba, bullet wood, letter wood, The 
most valuable is pe a known also as the bibiru Nesta ndra 
Rodiei). This tree (one of the laurels) is widely distributed 
on rocky soils Pere the banks of the Essequebo, Mazaruni, and 
Cuyuni rivers, but not extending more than about 100 miles inland 
from the coast. The bark yields a valuable tonic medicine, 
biberia. The timber is very hard and durable, and is specially 
valuable in the c onstruction of canals, wharves, dock gates, and 
in shipbuilding. It withstands the attacks of the teredo and 
lasts longer than any p er timber under water. According 
millions of cubic feet that have never been touched by the axe.’ 
These are protected to the extent that those squaring less than 
12 inches are not now allowed to be cut. The total export of 
timber is about 16,0007. annually. 
Wallaba is the next most valuable timber. It is exported in 
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the form of shingles for roofs, charcoal and staves. Char 
exported to the value of 10,0007. annually. The indiscriminate 
valuable alg: in certain districts 
93. Mora (Dimorphandra Mora) is found growing gregariously 
in Scan swampy ground. It is a large tree, yielding a timber 
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