Contents of Volume 4. 
The First Ascent of Roraima, by the Editor ... ... i 
Further Remarks on the Roots of the Sugar Cane, by 
H. Ling Roth 49 
The Diffusion Process as applied to the Sugar Cane, by 
C. A. Matthey 54 
Note on the Dilution of the Juice in the Sugar Cane, by 
Maurice I. Coster, M.E. ... ... ... ... 71 
The Etymology of the word Rum, by N. Darnell 
Davis 76 
The Architecture of Georgetown, by the Very Rev. 
Ignatius Scoles, S.J 82 
Balata and the Balata Industry, by G. S. Jenman, F.L.S. 153 
The Colony of Surinam (Part I.) by B. E. Colaco Bel- 
monte, LL.D 234 
Roraima (with two Maps), by the Editor 256 
British Guiana and West Indian Exhibition, by the 
Committee 268 
On Some of the Domestic Medicines used in Guiana, 
by James Rodway ... ... ... ... ... 294 
Sixpenny Telegrams in British Guiana, by N. Darnell 
Davis 301 
A Description of the Fibrous Plants of Dominica, by 
A. D. Lockhart 306 
