The Forests of British Guiana. 201 
No. 2 — By the Hon. William Russell. 
In making any remarks on the conservation of the 
forests of Guiana it is as 'well to examine into the 
present laws which affect the operations of the wood- 
cutters. By Ordinance 9 of 1873, the last enacted on 
the subject, which chiefly repeats those that have gone 
before, the only restrictions enjoined after compliance 
with the necessary formula for obtaining a license, are 
contained in the 16th section, which enacts as follows : 
1. That the holder shall not sab-divide or sublet his interest in any- 
such licence except with the special permission of the Governor. 
2. That in the event of the holder employing Indians he shall keep 
a book to be open at all times to the inspection of the Stipen- 
diary, or Special Magistrate of the district, of the Crown Sur- 
veyor and Assistant Crown Surveyor, and of the Commissaries 
of Taxation, in which must be regularly entered the name and 
tribe of every such Indian, the rate of wages allowed him and 
the amount paid; and all such wages must be paid in money- 
3. That the holder shall not give or deliver to any Indian any 
spirituous liquor as an equivalent for, or in part payment of 
wages, or for any work or labour done or performed, or to be 
done or performed for him by such Indian. 
4. That the holder shall place and keep on the facade of his land 
on or near to each branded paal, a board or tablet on which 
shall be painted in plain legible letters and figures the name of 
such holder, the length and depth of the facade, the compass- 
bearing of the side lines of the lands, and the date of the 
instrument under which he holds ; and the holder shall keep 
such board or tablet with such inscription in good order and 
repair during the whole of his tenancy. 
These being the conditions, only after the second con- 
viction for non-observance of which he can incur for- 
