Contents of Volume l-~(New Series.) 
Page. 
The Official Reports on the Colonial Se&ion of the 
Exhibition 1886, with Remarks, by G. H. Haw- 
tayne, C.M.G. . . . . . . . . . . 1 
Synopsis of the Lycopodiaceae of Guiana, and their 
Allies, by G. S. Jenman .. .. .. .. 35 
Some experiments on Sugar Cane, by E. E. H. Francis 60 
The Gold Industry : — 
Part I. The Guiana Gold Mines of the Past, by 
James Rodway. . •. .. .. 75 
Part II. The Recent Search for Gold in British 
Guiana, by E. A. V. Abraham . . 85 
The Natural History of the Animalcules, by the Editor 97 
A Visit to the British Guiana Museum, by the Editor. . 197 
Fruit and Vegetables, by the Rev. John Foreman . . 277 
On Disputed Titles to, and Squatters on, Crown Lands, 
Essequebo River, by Michael McTurk . . . . 281 
Rice Cultivation in British Guiana, by A. R. Gilzean . . 292 
Books and their Enemies, by James Rodway . . . . 301 
The Guahivos, by E. A. Wallace 310 
Notes on Steam Boilers applicable to Sugar Estates, by 
W. Price Abell . . . . . . . . . . 320 
Occasional Notes.— 
Do Scorpions commit Suicide .. .. .. 120 
A new Rat from British Guiana. . . . . . 122 
British Guiana and West Indian Woods at the 
Edinburgh International Forestry Exhibition 123 
