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A considerable number of exhibits bought for the Exhibition have 
been left for the Imperial Institute, which otherwise would have been 
sold, and the proceeds added to this balance ; and all the glass vessels 
and many of the fittings have been sent out to the Society. 
With regard to beneficial results to this colony, I may say in the first 
place that the existence of the colony of British Guiana was by means 
of the Exhibition made known to thousands who had never heard of it 
before, and its produces brought to the notice of thousands more, to 
whom it had been merely a geographical expression, a " place on the 
map." 
The British Guiana Court was an object of interest to all, and was 
honoured on several occasions by the visits of Her Majesty, who desired 
that a description of those exhibits from the colony which had attracted 
her notice might be furnished her, and I may here mention that I have 
received through Sir P. Owen, the Secretary of the Royal Commission, 
an expression of Her Majesty's " thanks for the interesting Handbook 
and Catalogue of British Guiana which the Queen has been graciously 
pieased to accept". 
Of specimens of articles in general use our cane products were the 
chief. Demerara crystals, as you have heard were given away and sold 
in small packages to the extent of about 30 bags, and were thus largely 
advertised. I was assured that the dealers who undertook to retail pure 
Demerara and West Indian cane sugar in quantities of 12 lbs. and 
upwards, and to whom purchasers were referred, disposed of very con- 
siderable quantities, and that the demand for Demerara sugar had been 
greatly stimulated by its having been made known by the above means. 
I may add that the comparisons drawn between the quality of our 
sugar as obtained in the British Guiana Court and Market, and that 
bought in the shops were always in favour of the former, and I have no 
doubt that it would be beneficial to grower and consumer if the latter 
could procure small parcels of Demerara crystals direct from the factory. 
But on the subject of cane products, Mr. Howell Jones will no doubt 
address you and with more authority than any words of mine possess ; 
but before quitting the subject, I must mention the case of one old lady 
who eyed our bottles of white and coloured rum very attentively, and 
was kind enough to compliment me in my capacity of Showman on 
having "bleached some of 'em so nicely, it must have taken sich a lot 
of trouble". 
The Coffee and Cocoa shewn met with high commendation and the 
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