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commencing at Coomacka-serima, and that on the 
Demerara below its falls. 
The Wanari Creek on the Essequibo and the Balma- 
tero Creek, a branch of the Coreta Creek, on the Deme- 
rara ; the Paruacash on the Essequibo and the Quini- 
peroo Creek on the Demerara ; the Grooa-caboora on 
the Essequibo and the Coreta Creek on the Demerara, 
would I think, be the most suitable. The pair last-named 
would be best of all ; they are both large and deep 
creeks, and their heads are within half a mile of each 
other, separated by a patch of sandy soil principally 
covered with wallaba. By connecting these creeks, the 
Essequibo and its tributary creeks would be opened to 
the wood-cutter, free of falls, as far as the cataracts at 
Warapoota, above the mouth of the Potaro river, and up 
that river as far as Toomatoomari Falls. It would be 
necessary to put one or more locks between these creeks, 
in order to regulate the flow of water from the Essequibo, 
it being the larger river and flowing from a higher 
country than the Demerara. 
The expense of making this connection between the 
two rivers and putting in the locks, might be paid off in 
time by a toll levied on all craft passing through it. 
The old system of Revenue Officers and Assistant 
Revenue Officers (abolished in 1873) was, I think, 
good as regards the forests, and, with some modifica- 
tions, should be restored. The persons to fill these situa- 
tions should be chosen with care, — the Revenue Officers 
with regard to their knowledge of the forest and the 
manner of conducting wood-cutting operations, and the 
assistants, with due regard to their honesty. The Re- 
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