Note on the Boundary of Berbice. 
By Alexander Winter. 
HE Guiana colonies were taken by the English 
in 1796 and were not restored to the Dutch 
till the Peace of Amiens in 1802. 
The English did not remove the Governors at the time 
of the capture, but allowed them to govern the colonies 
for England. Governor Frederice in Surinam and 
Governor Van Battenburg in Berbice, were both En- 
glish Governors in 1800. 
At that time the boundary of the colony of Berbice to 
the eastward was the Devil's Creek. The colony during 
the short occupancy of the English prospered considera- 
bly, and there was a demand for more land, and the 
tract; between the Devil's Creek and Corentyne was be- 
coming settled upon. 
The Devil's Creek being a very insignificant boundary, 
it was proposed to make the River Corentyne the boun- 
dary between the two colonies ; which, as both colo- 
nies belonged to the same Crown could easily be done. 
Governor Van Battenburg went to Paramaribo to 
arrange the matter with Governor FREDERICE ; and the 
arrangement then made between these two British 
Governors was confirmed by their respective local legis- 
latures, or as they were then called " Councils of Govern- 
ment," in January 1800. 
It was not a matter affecting the boundary of national 
territory — which of course would necessarily have been 
referred home to be made the subject of a treaty between 
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