STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE 



negligence of those who have the care of them, it is feared 

 they are not in repair fit for use. 



At the King's Stelling, ferry boats are always in waiting to 

 carry passengers, horses, chaises, to the other side of the river, 

 where there are two high roads, one leading up the river, 

 the other cross to the Essequebo. 



The public buildings in the town are the governor's house, 

 and a range of offices for conducting public business. — 

 The secretary's office is so large as to comprize the courts of 

 police and justice, and a place of worship, in which the Dutch 

 service is first performed, on a Sunday, by an ecclesiastic of 

 that country, after which the garrison chaplain reads the 

 prayers appointed by the church of England. Next comes 

 the receiver general's oflice for the king's colonial duties : 

 the commissary's or king's stores : the town guard-house : 

 and the exploiteur, or marshall's office; after which the public 

 goal, for the confinement of criminals, debtors, runaway, or 

 arrested negroes. In the adjoining town, to the south-east, is 

 the burial-ground, comprismg ten acres of land. In the new 

 town, or Cumingsburgh, is the fiscal's office, custom-house, 

 post office, and a colonial hospital, for the reception of those, 

 who are unable to defray medical expences, or being reduced 

 by illness are out of employ. AVhen the writer was about 

 leaving the colonies, the merchants and principal inhabitants 



