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lower Essequibo, to Hyde Park on the Demerara, and to 
Schepmoed on the Berbice, at each of which places there 
is a police station. The officer in charge of each station 
should have authority to grant permits for the removal of 
the wood &c. so taken, stating the name of the agent 
or purchaser to whom such wood is being carried. 
These permits should be taken to officers to be appointed 
as supervisors of all timber, stationed say at Sud- 
die and Fort Island for the Essequibo, Georgetown for 
the Demerara, and New Amsterdam for the Berbice 
River, and anywhere else necessary. These officers 
should countersign the permits before the timber is 
allowed to be delivered to the agents or purchasers ; 
but these permits should not be considered a guarantee 
or release of the sellers, agents, or purchasers from being 
liable for any breach of the law as to size and descrip- 
tion of wood mentioned in such permits. They would 
be a guide to the officer as to who brings, and to whom 
any timber &c. is taken. These officers should have 
a practical knowledge of the different kinds of wood, 
and be authorised to stop and examine any craft with 
timber &c, and to visit and examine any places where 
wood of any description may be. There should be some 
suitable place selected near where these officers are sta- 
tioned, at which those persons bringing timber &c. and 
having neither agent nor purchaser, might keep their craft 
until purchasers were found. Penalties should be inflicted 
on any persons convicted of purchasing timber &c. with- 
out a permit signed by a supervisor, and the wood 
should be confiscated. 
I have not mentioned the names of any places where 
