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I.AGRICULTURE Sta ff T:r a ining Stations - Centr,al Ag:ricultu:ral ------- Hosororo E.xp e:riment Station • • • • •• Station Ebini Livestock Station St. Ignatius Livestock Station Soil Su:rveys • • • C:rops Fisheries •.• ••• ••• • •• • .• • ·•.

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INDUSTRY AND CREDITS (FINANCE) GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS HEALTH HOUSING IJ{ NDS A 1-;r, MINES L�ND DEVELOPMENT POST OFFICE ••• PUBLIC WORKS ••• / J7R.ANSPORT MIS CELL.n NEOUS RUR.t-1L SELF-HELP SOCIAL WELFARE ••• LOCbL GOVERNMENT .i�MERINDIAN DEVEIDPMENT FOREST .

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,n, "-7,-,r,, >< • .>L.>l..V ''- -2- Civil Aviation: Work on the Kamarang of the-6qu:lpment fire were received.

for Atkinson Airstrip continued and some Field to replace that destroyed by Good progress was maintained �!E.iE�g�-�-!

!f!g�isE: in the Black Bush Polder area.


At the end of the quarter various s were completed minor modifications Les boho ldon and in progress Yakusari and Yakusari fixing of lifting ropes.

Work on the construction water cour-se regulat.·;rs and road bridges continued" at Mi bikuri and Joppa.

The Joanna/ were completed except for the to the lifting mechanism regulators of tailwalls, on all works at In the Boerasirie area earthwor-ks wore completed on the Main C�own Dam to a point near Leonora.
Excavation to operations Intake and de-silting Hydranie facades were completed.

of greenheart order and at the and boxes acro8s berms in the facade drains on the East Bank, E�sequibo was completed.

wore in good of the quarter the construction the Ver-genoegen t arid Parika/ on the Pa1,ika/Lookou All structures In the Minor Drainage Works Pr-ograrnme earthworks were completed in the East Demerara.
In tho West Domerara Fellowship side lino tr-ench and digging of' approximately 1,460 rods of tho Den Amstel cast side line were completed.

Work was also completed at Lancaster/Manche the Gibraltar Sea Sluice was completed.

excavation work at Fyrish was completed.

In Bc.rbice two bridges were built Rosehall.

Tho empoldering of Approximately at North Pouderoyen.
ster and one at clearing of tho 45% of the Surveys were carried out in the frontlands of the Mahaica/ and maintained in the Mahaica, Mahaicony, to be F\Jrbice area.

The stage and rainfall recorders continued Abary and Canje operated Rivers and the guaging station a t Manarabisi 'Flow discharge Mahaicony measurement s wer·e taken in the Ui)per 1:1egions of the was :re-activated., and Mahaica Rivers.

At the end of the quarter construction was in progress Education1 on-four-primary Essequibo.
Wor-k was startodQ Sanitation work at Diamond Government completed.

schools in Borbico, thr-oc in Demerara on tho Domestic Science Department and one in for Arthurville School was 90% Loans made and r-opayments received I���DL-�QU!££1��: Crodit-Dorporation during the quarter totalled $704,580 $602,247 :respectively.

and by the P.11 field expeditions returned to Georgetown QS£12Ei£�1-§S!2£X�= in May.
Work on the bauxite of the Pakaraima it was established in tho upper Kamarang hithet:,to unmapped areas in the area between Peters Mine and A:remu Mine.

of the Mazaruni valley.

Progress The aerial survey Ar-ea was completed and the results received.

was made in mapping the that deposits extend from upper Potaro westwards the Puruni River basin and in re-mapping Mountains continued; Health: The Cottage Hospital at Mahaicony �hoseat Leonora and Leguan were both 90% complete.
Two more Hoa 1th Centres were completed 69% and 50% completed.

In Essequibo Centres was in progr-Gss, Seven of the eight buildings for Bor-bice wero each 80% completed.

was 98% completed and in Deme11 ara, while two others were construction these were 95%, 85% and 50% completed.

on three Health --- / Land •• •·•.

• I> * �r -3- At �esbeholden 106 plots were cleared of some 159 settlers wer-e allocated 17 acres each and have started to erect homesteads.

Land DeveloEment: b1bacres-of-bush.


approximately In the Essequibo trench were dug and 5 acres of land at Reliance "E" cleared of bush for the planting the Barnwell Savannah pasture cit VergenoGgen acres at Cane Grove.

of ric&.

Sixty-five acres of bush were also cleared in 117 r·ods of the Lima North Drainage and some forty-four holdings of Greenheart boxes were constructed at Mara and in the Ese.equi bo and outlets were dug to drain the second cross dam at Garden of Eden.
f£s1_Qffi£�: The Exchange Building only the fitting of dbo:rs and windows :remained of the Power-houses at Anna Regina and Hahaicony.

and the 54 pair t:runk cable f:rom Georgetown to completed.

The :radio building at Mon Repos at Skeldon was completed Mon Ropos we�e and The Ba:rtica/Pot 1:£1?1!£�.S!.

!f�: Surveys of the Pa:rika/Bartica ond Potaro/Lethem Roads continuGd.

and 8 and 9 Miles Eind stabilised with stone in sections.

Clearing work 1 of Miles.


The g:rubbing had :reached 12½ Miles and formation main structu:re completed and the approaches culve:rts were const:ructed gate on the culvo:rt at Friendship we:re 90� completed.

at Cover-den and erection of the Diamond Bridge on the East Bank Road was Four concrete of a sluice aro Road was completed between vJas sta:rted.
�· In the Sea and River Defences Programme work on the casing of Uitvlugt Wall was completed� At tho end of the quarter the consj:ruction of the houses at for the Social Assistance Officer and the �g:ricultural Mahaicony Instr-uctor, the office for-the Overseer and Fo:reman and storeroom at Anna Rogina and the ga:rage and stores at the District Commis­ sioner's :re spec t'i vely • Office, Vroed-en-Hoop were 60%, JO�, 95% and 90% completed The laying of Pu:re Water Supply pipe lines was completed in tho Plaisanoe7Sparondaam a:rea, at Mahaica, Chelsea Park, DcKinderen, Sandvoort c0nst:ruction of an overhead tank and .Aurora.
windmill was completed and Kortboraad areas.

The and in the Sisters, Rotc:rdaam at !£�E§E£T-!_.§E£.Ji.§.!.

]£S£�: Demolition work at the Geo:rgotown Ferry Terminal was completed Vreed-en-Hoop Fe:rry Terminal and Good9 Depot continued.

Minor .Adventure works were car-:ried out to the Stellings and stanleytown.

Installation of the new engine for tho m. v. "Barima" continued.
Eind the reconstruction at }'Io:r-avJhanna, and extension of the Seven lighted beacons were erected in the approaches to the and maintenance work on Waini Bar and Mora Passage.

Improvement Railway.b:riclgos and culverts continued.

�!.�L§s.1£=li£1£= and involving Gove:rnmcmt grants totalling \:�18,153.71 were approved du:ring the ·quarter.
Twenty-two schemes estimated to cost $41,842.40 Ame:rindlDn a''t71'nna~Regina shelters a't Supenaam respectively • an --a::- Devel�ment: During the quarter-a windmill was erected well .. com:pleted at Aishalton.

'I'he Rest and Anna Regina were 90% and ,50% completed -L�- I. AGRICUL'I"URE 1.· STAFF TRAINING: The eight students on th6 1958/60 course at the Eastern Caribbean Farm Institute completed th6 course and were all awarded diplomas.

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Q�r�1-h.8ri.££1!�!� 1�§..i@.

!i£B - The roadway from the Stock Farm to tho Dair-y Expansion gchcme which adjoins the Conservancy In wet weather-the dam is impassible to vehicles inconvenience is experienced the animals.

Over 400 head of cattle ar-e kept at the Scheme.

was partly surfaced with granite and burnt earth.

in toking feed, drugs etc.

to and great During th6 planting season an urgently locally.
Orders were placed with the needed Ferguson tractor was purchased Crown Agents for one Crawler Trac (No.

35), a Forage Harvester, tributor and of electricity a Side Deliver-y tor, two Ferguson tractors a Buck Rake, a Fertiliser Rake.

Work on the installation Dis- supply for tho Stock Far-m commenoed.
3. g2sororo_Exnerim ont Station - Cocoa: Clearing of tho 26½ acres of forest land 12 feet between Strips wer-e clear-ed three feet felled last-yGar was completed, in width across the field with a distance of the strips.

Dan�rm Chain Saws were used to cut out the logs lying across the rows.

Lining was done, holes dug along the, r-ows and cocoa planted under the shade of the growth that grew from the banks of tho wood and stumps etc.

At the end of the quarter an acre of each of the following Nos.
1, 40, 60, 84, 95 and an acre of I.c.s.

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32 was being with far-m yar-d manure.

The wore prepared planted.

Plant holes five acre plot which was planted in 1959 under planted shade was manured and all doad plants replaced.

Some of the bitter cassava, planted as shade, was harvested acr& plot planted in 1958 under natural shade was fertilised and all dead plants replaced.

clones had been planted and sold.


The four QQff§§: The 8 acres of swamp forest, felled and qurnt during the last quarter, a koker was installed and tho whole area planted with dams and corn.

Coffee will be sown after the cor-n is harvested.

At the end of tho quarter about 1½ acres of yams were being planted among the corn.

Liberica nursery to be ready for planting and were surrounded with trenches coffee seed was planted in the in this area.
The ten acres of Valencia oranges planted in together-with the five acres planted in Citru§: 1959 were fertilised 1958.

Tho fields were stumped and logs burning wore pilod in rows among were r eplac E::d. Kudzu seed was sown aa a cover crop in par-t of the ;0-acre field and Bengal Boons in another-section.

The five-acre er-op.

Mealy bugs and scale insocts were sproyed with Malathio.n.

The nurse•ry was extended.

left from after the tho citrus.


All dead plants field was weeded and locuntu gr-ass planted as cover-' -5- f!���EE1�§: The plants were fertilised.

Livestock: Three calves, of which two -were bulls, and three piglets-from buted respectively the distribution unit were sold and distri­ to farmers.

�uildiog�: Construction of the three houses for staff continued.

locuntu on the swamp.

f§9Qiog: A start was made on the fencing of the foot blade was purchased to assist in clearing land.
:§g�!EIES��: A danarm chain.saw mod-al M.KIIR 8F four B2�9�: The road to the swamp was complet6d and a new road to tho new cocoa and coffee areas cleared.

Steep sections with colas.

of the road were surfaced 4.1iv£�toQ�-�!1£n_=-�£1.Di - During the quarter much work was done on the r0novation of the older pastures and the planting of shade trees, the latter easily damaged by stock.

� further trial with alfalfa was started.


and subdividing s_and_Inves tigations: Ex�eriment wero taken from stock of varying ages as part of tho ' H preliminary mineral defici- This emphasised the need for complete interactions biopsies liver cir:rhosis ency experiment was concluded.

phosphates and cobalt and suggested b<:.tween other-elements The collection etc.

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of routine information e.g.

weights, viz.

copper, sulphur, zinc.i molybdenum.

investigations.
investigations.

Further liver calving Livestock: All young-ii6�i-�few recently good quality.

OnG steer twenty three months old giving a carcass weight of 510 lbs.

was outstanding.

shipped to Georgetown Meat Marketing Limited were of well.

Thirty steers The calf er-op was heavy and losses few.

exceptionally 5.11�£.§J££t_§�£.ii 0n -S.i!,-1,gri�li� - Qt§��: The Agronomist continued to receive planting grDsses for trial in the area including was planted extensively var, Makarikariensis and "wild cane".
material of va:r•ious Panicum coloratum Pangola (D. dccumbrens) 1½ acres of river alluvium on the banks of the Takatu: of sandy grey loam of the Kumu sories at the Central and 17 acres of clay loam of the Lethem soil series at the outstation established replanted.

It is however planrred to extend the area under Jaragua (H.rufa) principally but poor at the other two sites and will be ly, No other grass has so i'ar been plantc,d extensive at Jawari.
'L'b.e grass along the :river bank is i�ell on three sites - for seed.

15 acres Corral - Q.tb.§:i;:_Qt;QD§: A thre6 acre bush field was sown with corn.

This field included ti.Jo :replicate d experiments on the fertilising and other cultural aspect s of corn g rowing in the Rupununi.

Livestock: During the quarter 48 calves, of which 23 leaving at the 0nd of the quarter o herd of 547. were femal;�;-��;� seven died At the beginning of the quarter the cattle showed rapid improvement but heavy born.
Six animals were soli for meat and rain towards the end of the quarter c aused -6- of the animals.

Insects sev6rely a falling off of condition affected new born calves.

Since th6' rains began thEire were many cases of animals being bi tto n by bats·.

One horse died and a nru.le foal was sold.

At thG end of the May there was a break in the �ower supply cable and the Station has since been without electricity.

Trouble was b6ing experienced for the senior officGrs quarters.
At the end of the quarter there were eighteen males employed under training as assistants to the Veterinary Agronomist, in addition to casual labour for field worka two boys Officer and_ the with the domestic water supply full time including 3.

SO IL SURVEYS: 6.

Tapakuma -Field work on this survey continued there was only one surveyor.

to unsuitable for unforeseen delay, h�nce the soil restricted-pace-because shortage of staff in addition has been responsibl6 report might not .

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!�EE� - The outlook on this survey was modified �nd it was decided to concentrate area for a detailed survey before establishing a land develop� m6nt scheme.

The exact location bee·n decided.

on about four square miles in the be rGady before the end of October.

of the settlem€nt has not yet weather conditions at a The l� - CROPS: clearing of Holes were 8.

9.£.£��1�10:e��.E -Maintenance growth resulting varieties I.C.S.

1, 40, 60, an� propagation.

work was carried out on all stations.


The experimental 26½ acres of for6st land at Hosororo was completed.

dug along the roads and planting was being done under the shade of the s6condary acre ea�h of the werc-: planted.

Two acres of yoms., tannias, planted at the nursery plot as cotch crops and t6mporary were reaped.

Providenc& Propagation to Mara, some twenty mil&s further up the Berbice River.

At Atkinson Field 76 plants were also destroyed because of this disease.
The hardening by 3,384 square feet and plans were being made to increase the area at Hosororo.

�s a resuJt of cushion gall and the buildings was discontinued floor at .Atkinson Station 650 trees were cut down, stumped and burnt.

and bitter cassava shade were removed to infection at the 84, 95 and 32 Field was increased from the felling.

One The demand for plants showed a great increase.


For the quarter 29.,400 cuttings were propagated and 9.274 plants basketcd, 8,618 plants were distributod and 8,858 wore avail­ able for distribution, Two boxes containing 8,660 hybrid seeds were imported from Trinidad.

cured beans were produced and at �tkinson wet beans were horvested.

At Hosororo 149 lbs.

of Field 1,615 lbs.

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Co££EUt ��loE��E� S_election_and __ ProI,)agation� The collection of nuts fo:r propagation in the nurt::eries at th€ Central Agricultural was continued Spring Hall, Hope and Cane Grove yields and general performance of selected from selected blocks situoted at Chapman's of trees were also Estates.

The records Station Grove, '!_ \ ,,, -7- continued.

For the quarter ended June 1960, 67,222 nuts were sown in the nurserie�as compared ended March.
Be t,;,wen Dccemb6r-, 1959 Dnd June 1960, 285,756 nuts -werG sown in nurseries at the Station.

ihe selection of good planting material does not c6ase with the sel6ct1on of good nuts.

The selection of seedlings and as a general rule nuts which germinate after having been put into tb.6 ground continued in the nursery seven months or more with 133,370 for the quarter are discarded.

Di�tri�Ut1Q�_gf_§��9l!Dg§: as shown in the tablG below.
73,788 1,iere distributed for the first half year as compared were distributed During the quarter 41,044 seedlings seedlings with 3,226 seedlings for the same period in 1959.

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:'t' Great difficulty damage during transport is experienced in the transportation Extreme carefu taken in packing the seedlings of seedlings.

in trucks, but due to the poor condition suffer considerable Bt;rbic0.

lirrangemcnts nurseries culties of transportation.

Shipments what slow since the f6rry steamer can only accommodate 1,000 secdlinEs transportation selected nut purchased is sevGn cents and'the a seedling at a t ime and twic6 per week.
In order to expedite pricG of a selling price of of in order to avoid the diffi­ to Essequibo wero some­ two sloops werG hired.

'lhc Ever-age in B�rbice and Essequibo , particularly to five cents, � are bGing made for the establishment of the roads seedlings 5.FISHERIES: �t Onverwagt all main works were completed ponds totalling some 57 acres were in operation.

and complete records of all data at the Station were maintained.

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Thousands The total rainfall to Nay 31st vJas 16.41 through tho intake kokcr as determined by random of water over the land and 6t over fry were and the average lovel of water in the ponds was 5 4.58 G.D. resulting in an average depth of 31 2 the excavated introducco fish being croakers.

catches at the high tide, the predominant 5,346 fish were introduced to the ponds of which 103 specimens between 9 -15 ems.

in length were fin-clipped for growth rate studies.
Biological were made on 28 fishes and observations efforts to identify the v8rious species of shrimp found were partly successful.

The species identified and P. aztocus.

of fish and shrimp wore Penacus schmitti -8- A workman's house was completed duri°ng•.·the.

:qu�rter.

the kokcr to the sea owing to · Much difficulty is bGing encountered of a check sluice in the intake canal to the low tides into ponds A and ·B was nearing Tho establishment divert water of complGtion.
drainage from the channel, intake of fish or drainage HowevGr it is hoped that this will soon bG remedied.

Silting of up to three f6et in this channel has occurr6d year.

Three sides of tho Station were fenced and fencing of the fourth 1,ias nearing completion.

as a result there is less time available for of the ponds than was planned.

the silting up of within a with the ---000--- II.

CIVIL AVIATION Co-operation �dministration qe£rget£!'.!E-.!

!£E£Ll - The report of the International was roceived.
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;£££1£�£E�-2.£-1E�££1£!_��� ic�ti£E� - Work on which becamG operative during satisfactorily.

The strip completing the Kamarang Airstrip quarter proceeded the proceeding 1• 1 x 150 will be 4,000 &£L£nilld.ii�LComm�.

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- an2_ll£1i£�i2 to replace that at Atkinson Field Some of the equipment destroy�d by fire was received.

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DRAINAGE AND IRRIG.i'.

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BLACK BUSH POLDER: - Good progress was maintained Progress_of_Work despito adverse weather conditions.
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Permanent -work was about 80� completed.

propelled rotary mixer with spray a self-propelled kneading Routine supplies of c&ment, stone, sand, and timber received • Road works we�e affected ii self- ·, and bar and cement spreader and compacting unit were received.

were also Ma in Sluices -All three s luic,_;s were oper,a ted and satisfact�'araTnage was effected.

Varlous minor modifica­ tions to the lifting mechanisms and were in hand at Mibikuri and Joppa.
were completed at Les beholden filQi.l:£gRi.L- J£§.9Da and Yakusari - Satisfactory progress was maintained on the construction of tailwalls, regulators and road bridges.

water-cour-se .

li£�Q_!i£g���£!1 -The Joanna/Yakusari regulators were completed exc6pt f or tho fixing of lifting and the was compl6ted at Mibikuri/Joanna ropes.

Concreting _bridge was well advanced.

The fixing of guide strips was�in pro gr 1 61S s • and Yakusari J .

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!IlChQ�n�ls -Reshaping of badly placed lengths was completed du:ring the qua:rter.

_,_ ______ _ _______ Pumping Station -Completed.

Intersettlement Road -Stabilisation of the lower base was startedand-about-one-mIIe weather conditions a stop was put to hauling, spreading and of the lower layers of the pavement.

compacting was completed, Due to adverse i· • 2.


BOERASIRIE EXTENSION PROJECT: � _,_ ___ ........, __ Head1tJorks �srtb�Qt� §: The raising of low spots on the Main Crown Dam up to Leonora corner-was completed barge which was then Dam of the Canals Folder.

The seepage drain alongside Naamry ck Re lief Cana 1 was almost completed.

used on similar work on the Main Crown by the Clamshell Strygtuta§: All in good order.

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j • Earth�orks: Qi.E.£!2=.12�£�£!�§ Wo:rk on the Ruby/Boerasirie Distributory continued and at the end of the quarter excavation to the Ve:rgenoegen to be done, Only 25% of the work :remained Intake was completed.

§tt�QtUt§§: All in good order.

Th:ree small ibtakes were constructed to Freehold lands on the East Bank Essequibo and the intakes at Barnwell of completion.
and Gr-eenwich Park were in the course 1 Drains --- Earthworks: De-siltin � operations we:re completed on the Parika7LooK:out started on the Deme:ra:ra facades.

These operations suspended the closing of tidal outlets in the West Bank Demerara.

and Parika/Hydr,anie facades and similar-work t ., ♦ Structures: The construction of �reenhear t boxes across berms-in-the was substantially completed.

facade drains on the East Bank Essequibo 3.


TAPAKUMA PROJECT: §ur�ei�: Plotting of outstanding cross sections of the Somerseti'Berks canal and location and plotting of properties affected by the top wate:r level of the new reservoir completed.

were " tll9tQ1Qgi: Routine river discharge measu:rements continued and water table levels we:r6 rer.orded.

and other hydrological data fl\ / 4.

• ••••• -11- 5.TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEYS: '-.

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!i��£.21££ -The backlands survey was completed 6ngaged on the engineering survey of the and four parties-were frontlands.

,....,_ 2..§.�j�_Biver -During the quarter three survey parties were sent into the field.

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HYDROGRAPHIC AND HYDROLOGICAL SURVEYS: t G to be 'Ihe stage and rainfall recorders continued operated and maintained in the Mahaica, Mahaincony, Abary and Canje Rivers and the guaging station at Manarabisi (Canje) was re-activated.
Paradise, Berbice River and discharge measurements were taken.

Flow discharge measurements to be taken in the upper regions of tho Mahaicony stage recorder was erected a t and Mahaica Rivers.

An automatic continued ►.• �.

---000--- IV.EDUCA'T'I ON 1._PRIMARY SCHOOLS - BUILDINGS: Esseguibo - Construction of the school at Good Hope was 75% comp1etu"i:1'7 Demerara - Extension of Enmore Government School was completed:-'-Construction of the schools at Craig was 90% complete.
The foundation for the School at Lodge was cast.

� E!� -Foundation, roof Fyrish Congregational School was cCJmpleted flooring in progress.

Framing and cladding 1 at Fort Ordnance and plumbing and painting at St. Pat:rick s, East Canje.

'Ihe schools being built at Resou:rce and Commons No.

2 Canal were 75% completed.

and framing work on the and cladding and were in progress 2.

POST PRIMARY SCHOO LS: Drawings were being prepared for the Post Primary School to be erected at �nna Regina.

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DOM�STIC SCIENCE A ND HANDICRAFT CENTRES: Work was started at Arthur-vil le.

Tenders were about to be called for erection of 7 other centres.

4.PRIMARY SCHOOL SANITHTIO�: Work on the Diamond Government School was 90% com­ pleted.

-13- relatiqns of the geological formations nearing solution.

In the central part of the Colony the Muruwa formation was traced by discontinuous tho Essequibo Rivor eastwards to the Corentyne.
in this area are outcrops from The results of the aerial geophysic al survey of the Mazaruni area carried out in January Corporation A very strong magnetic anomaly in the Itaki Hills will require investigation.

by Messrs. Aero Service of the United States of America wero received.

.,, _ _,, ____________ Laboratory Work - The work carried out during the quarter included:- Heavy mineral separations and sieve analyses .••.

Chemical analyses •..• Thin sections •••• Analyses for private parties ••••.

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295 1 �!2�!Eg_Qf!l££ -The new dark room was taken over and machine installed.

The following wer-e <lone a new map printing during the quarter:- Ammonia sunprints Maps and tr-acings Photoscopic stencils •••• .

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431 39 7 The maps drawn included a 1/1,000,000 1 / 5QO, 000 gsologica exhibition Ha� e included (1/500,000 and 1/1,000,000) at the International a mineral (1/500,000) geological Geological Congress in The and two provisional maps of British Guiana.

1 map of British Guiana.

Maps drawn for reduction of the bl.

!2!ari -During the quarter 6,968 books were cata­ logued, 139 nGw accessions made and 430 books were loaned officer-s.
The number of publications buted by sale or fr6c exchange was:- cyclostyled and distri­ to Bulletins ¥ Annua 1 Reports •••• •••• Pamphlets I I I I Mineral Resources • • • • •••• Maps Other Reports • • •• •••• • 0 • • •••• 293 38 259 27 91 Work on compiling a bibliography and of geological mlning literature At the end of the quarter 469 references, of which 268 have been published, were on rGcord.

The compilation localities was started.

on British Guiana continued.

of an index of mineral -14- VII.


HEALTH 1.

HOSPI'.I1ALS: .

I During the quarter 1rJork on plans for the Suddie Extension and Lathem Hospital continued.

Hospital Hospital at Mahaicony was 98% completed and Leguan construction was 90% completed.

and at both Leonora The Cottage 2.

HEALTH CENTRES: ;1i, ht the end of the quarter the position regarding construction was as follows:- ��.9.�1!2£ Windsor Castle Queen� town 1 Di 6 re n Huis T .

.. 50% completed.

859& completed.

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95% completed.

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::il1_2���r.�.t.£ Windsor-Forest • • • Completed.

Vergenoegen • • • Completed.

La Grange •• • Plsns· complctrsd.

_ ___,... _________ East Demerara Plaisance • • • Plans being prepared.

Handsome Tree, Mahaica River- • 0 • 50% completed.

Clonbrook ••• 69% completed.

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!2!.s£ Creek Crabwood No.

63 Bush Lot ) Bohemia ) F'°'Jrish Reliance ) Cotton Tree ••• 80% completed.

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Site not yet available • Contract was nw8rded for the building for Nos.
4.7 48 Core nty n e. ---000--- ��'- -15- IX.Li'.INDS 11ND MINES { .. 1£E.28��Eh1£2�!��i� -Surveyors of the Cartographic Section in collaboration with the U.S. Army Unit carried out a tellurometer survey from Atkinson Corentyne River.

Field to Orealla on the ---000- -- x.LA ND DEVELO FMENT 1 • EXISTING L11ND DEVEI.OPMEN'I" SCHEMES: dr�_ins dug in Section "B" In the Cotton Field Anna Regina area low ���.SlE.iES -117 rods of the Lima North Drainage trench on the third depth W6!
'6 dug and 5 acres of land at Reliance 11E" were cleared of bush in preparation for rice cultivation, spots vJere filled and levelled interlot square rods of street metalled and a dam·was built across the drainage trench to provide access to the Housing area in Section 11.A".

Two greenheart boxes were constructed for the ilnna Regina Section 1 Cotton Field Housing area.

At Reliance two similar boxes were installed to drain the housing area.
Twenty-seven trestles were made for the new mark€t shed at Charity.

The earth floor of the Farmers' Shed was built up against flooding and a new wing added to the southern in Sections "ii" and "B", South Housing ar6a, 55 South Housing area;and one for the side.

1 B 11 �!B��£.£E�E -Sixty-five acres of bush were cleared in the Barnwell Savannah pastures.
cane Grove -Approximately 44 acres of land in the The filling of a centre irrigation c anal north wereclearea: was completed, GtjRDEN OF EDEN: The south middle walk dam was built up and levelled, Outlets were dug to drain the second cross dam and two green­ heart bridges (foot type) were built across the north and south middle walk dams.

The approaches bridge and also that of the main concrete bridge were made up.

65 acres of land were cleared by farmers.


at both ends of each MARJI CUM bNNEXIS: Work continued on the survey and layout of the cocoa area.

Metalling of roadways proceeded rainfall.

Some greenheart were under construction.

boxes were put slowly due to heavy down while others -16- 4.

BLi.�CK BUSH POLDER-LESBEHOLDEN: One hundred and si..x rice plots were cleared of six hundred and sixteen acres of bush.
159 settlers holdings of approximately 17 acres each and some have started of Office and Quarters for to erect homesteads.

The erection Staff proceeded and at the end of the quarter a prefabric ated house and a building to be used as storeroom and office were completed.

have been allocat�d ---000--- XI.POST OFFICE !L!Ji t_Au tomatic_Exchange - The Exchange Building at during the quarter.
Only the fitting Skeldon was completed of doors and windows remained to be done on the Power Houses at Anna Regina and Mahaicony.

hutomatic B�§1-�ll1£���1£_§�£Q�,UgQ_�gsi.B!!

!�D was installed Exchange at Anna Regina.

� --A 50 line Unit · · B�£i£_��11i1E£� 1he Grection -The building at Mon RP.pas was of the Radio Tower at Vreed-en-Ho op completed, was completed.

!ID.9.£!:E;!21!.9£_.


!2�£�a pair trunk cable from six pair screened cable for Radio Demcrara were complctGd Regina on the sub-distribution Georgetown nd C�_)21�_.§;y�1.£� -Work on the 54 to Mon Repos and the special 1s music circuit during the quarter.· Work was started at .Anna system in the village.
---000--- XII.PUBLIC WORKS 1 • ROi\DS: Parika/Bartica - The reconnaissance survey continued and at the-end-of-the-quarter the remaining 4¾ miles of the 7¾ miles from Makou:ria four miles from Bonasika to Larimacabra was of approximately completed • to Urisima Point was com�leted.

Design .

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!£I$ -The road was complet€d miles and stabilised laid in these sections.
During the with stone in sections and culverts were quarter clearing and from 8 to 9 � -17- were started from 10 Mile� and at the�nd of the grubbitng quarter work was in progress at 122 Miles.

The formation work progressed distance of some 3,800 feet was c leared and formation work completed from station 71 to 12 Mile&.

Sealing work has not yet commenced.

and had reached 10¾ Miles.

A steadily ��,-'!

: A distance of some 12 miles of f���£2if��g� - location reconnaisance survey was made.
Only 4¼ miles of the 11 miles of preliminary quarter were accepted.

The remaining due to flood conditions.

done between Bononi and Bamboo of which 4½ miles were accepted.
In the Annai/Burro-Burro 'ple ted be tween stations 6020 + 00. and 5655 + 00. area a distance of 7½ miles was com- during the last portion was a bandonned An additional 9 miles location was line completed East Bank - The main structure of the Diamond Bridge sand/clay were compacted At the end of the quarter the approaches was completed and-some 5,670 tons of at the a�proaches.

were 90% completed.

at Coverden and erection of a sluice gate on the culvert at Friendship was started.
During the quarter work on the Cover-den deviation base course was completed.

Four concrete c ulverts were constructed 2.

SEA AND RIVER DEFENCES: ===========�====== =�- !.§E.��1E£ Coast Walls, Essequibo ••• Toe piling was being driven.

Progress was slow due to shortage of boulder stone.

'v{a::!.ls, Leguan Works, McNebb/Somerset and Berks • • • .. .

completed at Amsterdam.

1 164 3,5001 earth dam thrown up.


Adverse weather conditions held up work on earth dam and an inadequate supply of materials struction of 9001 R.C.

coping.

delayed the con­ West Demer a:r a - -------- .

.. Casing Uitvlugt Wall Groynes 3371 encased.

Work pleted.

550' completed.

com­ • • • ---------- East Demerara Groynes ••• 150' completed.

Works, Nabaclis/Annadale •• Works completed were:- Boulder wall "' ·, .

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Toe Piling Earth Dam Groynes Grass planting • o 496 I •• <j,7 5, ••'4,37�9'.

.150 •• 55 22_5 I.

1 Ber bice ------- Works Fyrish/No.3 2 Survey in progress.

••• Re-casing (Colony wide) .

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concrete walls 41' completed at Stanleyto-wn, West Bank Deme:rara.

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HOUSING FOR PUBLIC OFFICERS: ==:=f's=1mm===-===s=:==aican=::a=====a===l::::f .8t the end of the quarter the construct ion of the 90% of the fencing of the block of flats in houses at Mahaicony for the Social .Assistanc the Agricultural Instructor respectively.

New Market Street and 40% of the painting at Eve Leary recently converted into ma:rr ied quar ter.s were com­ pleted.

A contract for construction of the Headteacher's house in Wakenaam was entered into.
Tenders were invited for construction of 6 houses in Bcrbice and 1 in Demerara and 30% completed e Officer and were 60% • of the Barr§cks PUBLIC BUILDINGS: At the end of the quarter the Office for the Overseer and Foreman and the storeroom at Anna Regina and the garage and stores at the District were 95% and 90% completed respectively.

Drawings -were com­ pleted for the Police Station at Annai and were being prepared for the Magistrate Building and New Fire Station in New .Amsterdam.
Court at Sisters and the Administrative Commissioner's Office, Vreed-en-Hoop 6.

RURAL WATER :SUPPLY (ARTESIAN WE LLS): �-uncom£leted_at_the end of_19E9 - TI1e laying of in the Plaisance7Sparendaam area.

pipe line was completed The drilling of the well at the Shelter Belt continued.

- B�-�ort� �§§�g�iQQ� Work on the c onstruction of an over-head at Aurora was completed and work was in on one �t_Hyde Park and a sump at Cueenstown.
At 1• The rtiver, a hole was drilled to 278 Pomeroon tank and windmill progres� Jacklow, laying of pipe line was completed and in the Hyde Park and Better Success.

Aurora/Makeshift area and in progress at Charity, at Danielstown, Queenstown -19- Demerara: Work on the construct ion of an overhead tank at La-crrange, 1Ihe laying of pipe lin€ was completed at Mahaica, Chelsea Park and DeKinderen, East Coast and in progress in the Belfield/ Victoria area.

West Bank, was nearing completion.


��t2!��: The laying of pipe line was completed at dis­ Sandvoort and in the Sisters, Roterdaam and Kortberaad tricts.

---oOo--- XIII.TRANSPORT A ND HARBOURS of the buildings - The demolition was completed.
Pile driving work Steamer Services at tha GeorgetownFerryterminal and other equipment were put on site and all preparatory completed including the installation of water service lines and electric power lines for operation of the steam hammers of the ion and extension and electric saws.

The reconstruct Ferry Ter-minal and Goods Depot continued.

�t Vreed-en-Hoop the end of the quarter 149 greenheart piles had been driven and a number of half caps fitted.
Floor joists made of hewn lumber were being pr-epared tion of th6 new enginG and bolted to caps.

The installa­ 11 Bar ima II continued.

for the m. v. B�£..D�2Jion_§�d Ext.§..!J�iog of_Stelling� -At Morawhanna the roof of th$telling gutterinG fitted.

Cladding was side of the shed forming an enclosure for the protection of passengers and perishable carried out to the stelling traffic.

Improvements was being extended and 1 s approach.

being fitted to the windward will also be were carried out.
Sanitary Minor Works -At Ad venture the building to house the s el Electric Plant was completed and .all electrical 3 K.W.

Die amenities were being installations installed at Stanleytown.

At the Goods Wharf Georgetown was in progress on the installation fire fighting water mains, industria the reclamation will be used by the Department.
Installation of fire fighting equipr116nt which includes minute portable pump and several hoses, branch pipes nozzl0s was also being undertaken t he Goods Wharf Georgetown.

of sanitary amenities, l water service lines and which a Cover try Climax 500 glns.

per and of lands subjected to tidal floodings at both Stanleytown and at work Harbour Services Diesel El@ct�IcPiants-�aa operate on a 24-hour basis serving the Launch Station, Railway Locomotive Shed and the Ferry Terminal.
Seven Station, single pile lighted Beacons were erected in the approaches the Waini Bar and Mora Passage to serve as markers for sea­ borne ships approaching Waini Bar from any direction.

-The delivery of the two 16 K.W, still awaited, These units will to /Railway ••••• -20- .B&l!:!.§.L§Q!Yi..£�.

:2-- Protective she e,t�,pili1t,g wo,_r·k to prevent erosion at the abutments and northern side, of•,the railway embankment at Bridge No.

104, East Coast Railway was completed.


Shed girders were strengthened the Bridges and Culverts at Nos.

81, 83, 85, 87, 88 and 94 on the East Coast Railway and work on No.

96 was in progress.

Preparations were in hand and materials and equipment on site for the reconstruction of the western abutment and temporEiry bridge at No.

104 on the West Coast Railway.

Work was in progress at Fort Welling ton .

and painted on ---000--- XIV.MISCELLANEOUS ,.,.


complisli::d. QQ.1.§!Q@£Q�-��QtdiQg_§i�£!Q_,:....G�o!get2�B M 65� ---000--- YY.

RURAL SELF-HELP ·Grants totalling i[t18,153.71 for 22 schemes estimated to cost $41,842.40 and to benefit some 1,864 families approved during the quarter.

Ten of these schemes were f or Ber bice, four for Demer ara, five for Rss equi bo and three for the Rupununi.
These consisted of buildings (6), metalling roads (3), digging of trench for drainage (1 ), bridges (7) and miscellaneous (3).

ln addition were revised -four in West Demerara of which two were for, building, foot path and the other for the construction of a koker; one in East Demerara to fence a burial ground and the other in East Berbice to erect a pig sty and fence a paddock.

one for metalling were (2), fencing etc.


six schemos -21- XVIII.AMERINDIAN DEVEIDPMENT COI1!9Unica!i.QQ� - Lighting plants and radio equipment were ordered for Karasabai end Aishalton • well was completed and §!dJ2£1X - At �ishalton a _ a windmill erected.

At Annai a windmill was erected and the construction of a well in progressG Wa1�r progress 1.E1:.i�1EB Ceg:!?.

!.� - A course in carpentry at Aishalton and one in dressmaking at Oreslla.

was in Kumaka-Kwebana was startea."


__________________ Land Settlement _ - Work on the· road Rest Shelters - 'Ihe buildings at Anna Regina and Supenaam were°S'�and-90% completed respectively.

APPENDIX {CONTD!}
APPENDIX {CONTD!}

-------------------- -------�� To'talExpen­ Head of Estimate and Project ·-------- ---------- Total Pro­ vis ion for di tur e for 1960 ( to end ,_Q.£-2W2Ql!_,_ -------�--- 1960 ·---,---- 'ii' Expendi�re April-J-fe • XX.FQRES TS : Central Timber Manu­ facturing Plant ••• Additional Tempornry Staff ••• l I---�: �==:a:::n:.
:::n=-==a::::r•=:1��:::i==== RU�-=====�r----- 4,876 2,460 164 7,734 -------..... ------- j----���- -· 1 o, 194 7,734 7,734 7,898 ------ ------- ...... �-- ------��----- -----4- ------ --- SchemeJ 28,076 20,787 20,787 Rural Electricity �.

----- TOTAL: HEADS I - XXI 25,967,850 5,903,932 3, 663�_94 7 '==-=======--=============, !==========�=======-===�-'-======= - - -Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo Oo 0- - - __._ _._ _ _,., , eiL .-;::&a..;_...__.

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