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such encouragement is afforded to this and similar dis- 
tricts, it will do more to settle our free immigrant popu- 
lation than could any semi-forcible measures. 
Seeing what has been done in the lower part of the 
coast between ' Seawell ' and ' Albion,' it is surely not 
too much to ask that some one from the Colonial Civil 
Engineer's Department be sent up to report on the dis- 
trict. I should be glad to give anyone every assistance 
in my power; but care should be taken not to repeat 
the error made on the Coast, where during the recent high 
spring tides the inefficiency of the drainage was indi- 
cated in the fact that nearly the whole Coast between 
' Seawell ' and ' Albion' was flooded by sea water. A 
scheme carried out in such a manner is useless. Yet thou- 
sands of dollars have been spent there, though the popula- 
tion is not one-fourth the number of the inhabitants of the 
smaller district, which I have described on the upper 
Corentyne coast. 
In conclusion, I again emphatically urge that immediate 
and united action should be taken to do something for 
the encouragement of the people of the district last men- 
tioned, and of all similar people, in their small industries. 
Here there are immigrants from all parts of the colony ; 
their numbers are increasing rapidly day by day, and any 
encouragement and help they may receive will soon be- 
come widely known, will do more to instil trust in our 
system of Government, and will have more effect in 
settling them, satisfied, contented and happy, than any 
other measure that could be adopted. 
Note. — Since this paper was written some preliminary steps have 
been taken toward carrying out its suggestions. The Colonial Civil 
