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In conclusion, the condition of things in the colony 
may be briefly summed up as one of transition, the country 
cannot any longer be adequately described as the sugar- 
growing community of Demerara : while it has not ad- 
vanced to the rank of a recognised mineral one; what it 
may become must be left for him to say who can 
" Dip into the future far as human eye can see 
See the vision of the world and all the wonder yet to be, 
but no one I think can doubt that in turning seriously to 
the development of her mineral resources, British Guiana 
has taken a definite step towards the accomplishment of 
her manifest destiny. 
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