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Vol.. IV.] DECEMBER, "1885. ~J^ R T i 
Edited by 
E. F. im Thlrn. M.A. 
Contents : 
PAPERS.- --Halata and the Balata Industry, by G. S. Jen man ; 
The Colony of Surinam, by B. E. Colaco Belmonte, LL.D. ; 
Roraima, (with two maps) by the Editor; British Guiana and 
West Indian Exhibition 1X85, by the Committee ; On some of the 
Domestic Medicines used in Guiana, by James Rodway ; Sixpenny 
Telegrams in British Guiana, by X. Darnell Davis; A description 
of the Fibrous Plants of Dominica, by A. D. Lockhart. 
Occasional NOTES. — A Note on the Genus Chrysodium, Fee ; 
The Genus Thurnia, iill'd); Balata ; Cabbage Palms. 
Report of Society's Meetings, from July to December. 
1885. 
Publishers : 
Demerara : J. THOMSON; Argosy Printing Press. 
London : E. STANFORD, Charing Cross, SAW 
