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IgJiati s Livestock St,.t .on Soil SurJ,eys Soil ScioHLi st Crops Fisheries II.

.CIVIL Al '"-'•t'ION' III.

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NAGE ;' ... fD IRR.LGATIOh IV.

ED TCA1'IOU V. FIIlANC:L: VI.

FORISTS VII.

GI!OLOCICAL JURVEYS VIII.

HEALTH IX .

liOUSit~G X. IJu D3 -~ID !TINES XI • L/-,-11::) DEVI:LOP.

;EHT XII.

POST OI'FICE XIII .


PUDLI C 70IU(S Y.IV.

TRAl'SPOP..T APD lIAllBOURS XVI .

RURAL SELF HELP XVII.

SOCI1:.L WELFfJIB XVIII.

LOCJ.L GOVDR..i':i.filfT XIX.

RURAL ELECTRIFICATI ON xx.

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&-- ~ ~ X. J, ~ gl A. FI!iAN£..!~~ Expenditure on Development Projects f or the quarter ended 30th Sept ember, 1959 amount ed to $5 .

6 mn., which together with the expendi- tur e of $7~6 mn .

during the first half of the year brou~ht expenditure 'Ihe e xpenditu re under the 1956-60 Programme for the year to $13 .

2 mn .

to the end of September was $72 mn .

Details of expenditure durin g the y ear to the end of September are given in the Appe ndix to this Progress Report.
Drain age and Irrigation ($5 .

6 mn) , Public Works ($2 .

6 mn. )

, _Post Office Tel ecommu nications (~1.

7 mn .

), rr ans po rt and Harbours ($0.

9 mn .

), Housing (lj;io.7 mn .

), Geological Surveys ( 1.$0.

4 mn .

), kgriculturo (:w6 .

3 mn.

}, Land Development ($0.

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and Education ($0.

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account ed for - $12.6 mn .

of the tota l expenditure of *13 .

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for the period 1st J anuary to 30th September, 1959.
<\ 11he ta bl e be lo~ shows the rate of expenditure for the three qu~r ters in 1959 wlth the corresponding figures for 1957 and 1958. gg~r ter January - .March· April - June July - September Total (9 months) .... ... .

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:LQB!f PROGB§§§ ~gricul!ur e : 'Ihe main expendi ture during the quarter went on Soil Surveys (t3°6,1 92 ), Ebini Livestock Sta tion ($25,044), St. Ignatius Livestock Station ($ 16 ,794 ) and Cocoa Trials ($18,:75) .

Work at the Hosororo Experimenta l Station continned., By the end of t }1e quarter 137, 953 co conn ts were purchased for Coconut Development and 19,874 seed lings sold .
The fish ponds at Onverwagt we r e all comp l e t ed during the quarter after the kokers were installed and they were being stocked with fry and fingerlings .

Cocoa Deve l opment continued with propaga tion, weeding, pruning, digging of drains a nd ee neral maintP.nance at all stations .

During the quarter 33 , 732 cuttings were propagated, 20,825 plants basketed, 8,391 distr ibu ted, 1 ,508 used for extenolon of nurseries and 24,695 were on the hardening f l oor on 30th September, 1959 .
-._ Thb Ebini planted pasture reached 1, 000 acres in extent of i-Jh.tch 13 were of Mo lasses grass , 6 of Pensacola Bahia and the remainder Pangola , At the Lives tock Stat i on St .

Ignatius the pasturage included 60 acres of PanE) la .

Fi ve acres of Locuntu grass were plarmd during the quart~r at the Hosororc Experiment Station, where much pro gress was made on the development of citrus and n ew crops such as onions, cscha llo ts, gi nger and potatoes were pl anted .
At E-uini expe riments in comparing l iveweight changes and repro duct~ ve performanc es of cows under different systems of management c ,n tinued.

These anima ls were gra zed on Pango la grass .

There were L~6 cattle live - births and 11 still- births during the quarter .

At St.

I gnatLus there ~ere 40 live - births .

The soil survey of the Vergenoege;n Land Se ttlement Scheme was completed and a report published , that of Cane Grove was almost com- ploted .
-~fhe expe riment on blast infected areas continued.

7 Qivil Aviatio~: A reconnaissance survey of the Kaiteur area was started for the purpose of esta blis h i ng an airstrip 4000/3poo feet in length capable of exte nsion to 5,500 fe~t to accommodate the I nc3 •.••.

-2- D~3 (Dakota) aircraft of British Guiana Airi-Jays Ltd .

'Ihe radio beacon r cmoved fr om Wicha bai was being ovc;rhauled and serviced before being ins talled at Orinduik .
£~~ and_lr!l:g~ti£~l Work continued on the Black Bush Polder scheme .

AIT three of the main sluices were in operation during the quarter .

Good progress was made on excava tion works at Lesbeholden, Mibikuri, Joanna and Yakusari.

by the contractors and sub- contractors totalled 1,200 at the end of the quarter as against 1,010 in the previous quarter .
'Ihe number of labourers employed At the end of the quarter all earthworks and structures on the Maj-~ Cro-wn Dam of the Boerasirie Extension Project were completed .

Good progress was made on the distributories 1 works and only three c;arth-wo rks and structures r emained to be completed .

In th€ Minor Drainage ond Irrigation Programme, al l structures were completed at 0r~ig, East Bank Demerara, and excavation work was in progress .
Excavation of a pit for replacing the Park Sluice -was a l so in progr ess .

The reconditioning of the Burma drain was completed, the facade work from Hyde Park to Abary and a survey in the Buxton- Friendship a.ea were in progress .

The construction of dams in the La Jalousie- Winasor Forest area i-JDS completed and clearing of dams and trenches were being donG at Den Amstel .

In Essequibo emergency repairs were carried out tothe Chinese lock and wire fence erected in the Devonshire Castle/McNabb area.
The Seawell Sea Sluice in Berbice was completed and -work on grading and remetalling qf the roadway started at Rosehall .

The topog:raphic1 l surveys of the Jviahaicony/Abery/Berbice area continued .

Educ a tlon : A report has not been received from this Departw : nt , E~~~: Loans made and repaiments r Pceive.d by the Credit Corporation during the quarter to : a lled ~524, 245 and ~~366 , 123 respectively , Dis bursements on loans totalled $ 18,457 and at the end of the quarter ~13 ,03 6 was recovGred .
E21:.~sts : At Barabara 176 .

8 acres of the grcenheart regeneration plot rccoived silvicultural treatment and the improv ement work at Moraballi was continued .

An aggregate of 2,422 man days was -worked .

At tho Centra l Timb£r Mill the new Wadkin F. D.86 Planer commenced operations .

Man hours worked totalled 4, , 756¾ at the end of the qua rter , g~21 0gi~al Su!~£!~: Ten survoy parties were in the field mostly in trio North ~est District during the quarter .

covered had not been survey6d before .


'Ihe new block of flats for o:•ficcrs I quar t e11 s in New Market Street was completed and work on thrJ new laborat·· ry continued .

SomG of the areas Sixteen analyses and indentifications, seventy - six heavy mineral separations and s i eve analyses etc .

, one hundred and e ighty - s~x thin sections and on e hundred preparations, ana lys es e tc .

for other Gover nment Departments and members of' the public were carried out during the quarte~ .
776 bo oks were catalogued, 194 ne-w accessions received and 229 books were loaned to members of the staff .

~£§.1th : At the ebd of the quarter the frame of the quarters , mortuary and kitchen for the Mahaicony Hospital -were completed and work was in progress on those at Leonora and Leguan .

'Ihree mortuarios were completed and the construction of nine health centres was in progress , Housing : LaPenitence and Ruimvcldt was compl~ted during the quarter .
The 'Ihe deve l opment of the 61 commercial sites at Campbellvi lle, /housing , •• • • -3- housing programme was comple ted except for 11 houses at Reliance, Essequibo which were 95% comple ted .

Revenue collected from rents, hir e purchaseJ payments and sales of land totalled $183,895 .

f and £~12.E!!

!.S.£1: On th e Essequibo estates fiv e trenches were dug aooover t en acr• s of l and cleared during the quarter.

A soil survey at Vergenoegcn was completed and one was in progr ess at Cane Grovo.
Work on the market at Charity proce eded .

At Vergenoegen approximatoly 100 acres of land werE.

cleared.

The metalling of streets continued.

• • The quarters for the clerk at Garden of Eden was completed and the construction of a re - inforc cd concrete bridge wa s in progress.

Clearing of land was done in the North and South Ma Retraitc areas 8nd 100 acres wer e l eve lled at Schepmoed.

Drainage and Irrigation works were carried out in the Ma ra and Germani• areas .
Pur e water supp ly was also extended to these areas .

Post Qffi~: In Georgetown 90% of the cable was l aid and 55% jointed.

Thcercction, cabling and wiring of the exchange were com pleted.

Tho Automatic Exchange building at Cove and John was com pleted except for painting and at Bortico all equipment wer e installed and the externa l p l ant completed.

under construction .


'The building at Mon Rcpos was Public Works : On the East Bank Demerara, 1,500 feet of surfacing o t ITo'verdenand 4 timber revetments in the Hope/Friendship area wero completed.

Approximately 2.5 miles of the Bartica/Potaro Road wore surfaced and about 10 miles widened.

197¼ miles of survey and 39¾ miles fla gg ing of tho Potaro/Lcthem road location work were completed.
In the Sea and River Defences Programme, good progress wes made on all works, and in Bcrbicc works wer e completed on the new Sea Dam at No .

2 en~ No .

3, the r e -inforc ed concrc te wall - Stan l e ytown te Islington, r e~onditioning the dam from Industry to Borlam and sealing the kok6r and c l earing the channc 1 , No r th Zor g - en -hoop and Ithaca.
The construction of the new office for the District Commissioner, Vreed- c n-Hoop, the extension of ths Forest D6partment, Georgetown, and the Magistr at& 1 s Court and Office, New Amsterdam were complated during the quarte r .

One house for Public Officers was completed while three were under construction .

, The sinkiug of a well at Cullen, Essequibo Coost and the con struction of an overhead tank at Ve rgenocg€n, West Coast Demerara we re completed .
2.55 miles of pipe wer e l aid in the Bagotville/ La Grange area, West Bank Domerara, 1 .

42 at Mahaica , East Coast Demcrara and .

95 mile at Danielstown, Essequibo Coast.

Trons:e2,rt and Harbours: Work on insta llin g new engines on the M,V.

Bsrima continued.

At the Vreed-en-Hoop Harbour Depot, a 3 k.w .

ge nerator was installed .

Alterations wer 0 carried out to the temporary sites being used for th6 t €.

rminals of the Georgetown ferry.


~ n order was placed with Messrs. Sprostons Ltd. for the construction of two pile drivinc barges . '

Work on repairing the Abary Bridge was completed and was well under way on painting the Mahaica and Mahaicony and strengthening and we l ding tho Greenfie ld Bridges .

The alterations and impro·vements to the sanitary amenities at Mshaic a, Li chfield and Fort We llington Sta tions wer e in progress and were expected to be completed before tho end of the year .
s~cia l Welfare: At Mocha the villagGrs completed their sc lf-~elp Ii-"rTgationsc1iemc.

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STA.1.•F TRAINING: - - There are now 16 students at the Eastern Caribbea n Farm Institute .

Eight of thorn will be completing the 1958 - 60 course and tho others starting the 1959 - 61 course .

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- The half mile roadway in the Compound and internal roads in the stock farm were surfaced with granite siftings and the main road extending from th6 publ ic road to the ~tock farm re paired .

A separate bridge was being built to enable all machinery to cross the side lin e since the use of the main entrance r esu lts in damage to the road .
Equipment on order included two Ferguson tractors D. 65 , a pi.ek up baler, a forage harvester , an overhead ~.1.rigation ~ystem and a marKet g~rden tractor .

Most of thesd items are rcplaccmLnts .

Extensive fencing was being carried out to reduce the incidence of praedial l arceny which ments .

tuined many of the exper i 3 .

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- Seven ln t 6 r lot dr- a ins 3 0 rods in l ength and 3' x 2 1 wore dug and a dam 3 ' x 1' bui l t £round the field as a protection against the river and the cr eek .

A road , which extends acroas the cocoa fields to the s wamp was cleared .

Esse ntia l equipment were purchased and a Ferguson tractor was tried out on pegasse swamp .

Rice: A ferti l iser trial of two varieties Nos .

79 and D. 110-grew well and wi l ~be harvested in the next qua rter .
Qra~~ : Five acres of Locuntu grass and a small area of Pangola wore planted, Q~£~: 2,200 cuttings were propagated, 1 ,484 plants basketed, 1 , 508 planted, 2,030 distributed and at t ho e nd of the quarter 1 ,723 pods were harvested , 3,780 wEre on the ha rd ening floor.

which yielded 260 l bs .

of curGd beans .

College Selection co coa clones were plan ted .

4½ acres of Imperia l Coffee : Three acres of l and were prepared for planting with black eye peas as a cover crop.
Citrus : 88 orange,,3·1ime and 2 dancy a ll budded plants were distr'Ibuted and 232 stocks budd0d .

Sour orange and grape fr uit stocks were planted .

Trees were pruned and ferti l ised and weeding donG .

550 oranges and 2,610 gropefruit were so l d from the crop .

Ten acres of citrus were planted using black eye and Bengal peas as cover crops .

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: Onions, eschallots, ginger and potatoes were planted.

PineapplG suckers and pear end coconut tr ees we re f e rti l ised .
912 Montserrat pineapple suckers and 331 Sugar Leaf suckers wore p lanted and a fertiliser trial conducted .

Pears were sown for stock and grafted .

!2_ul1n: At the end of the quarter 29 of the 34 layin g hens rGmained ena- 1, 801 eggs were obtained .

Some of the eggs were used in the incubator and 89 chickens were reared for the 3 week old stage .

Th6 tw enty-four white l eghorns produced 217 eggs and the,,, 88 birds of the deep li ttGr demonstration unit 975 .
3 7 cocks ~word'sold during the quarter .

Livestock : Two l arge white gi l ts and a l arge white boar were receivccfat the station .

These wi l l. serve as foundation stock .

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!,~ - ••• -5- Buildin~ : Pc,uJtry £Irks, units, snnshodos ttt1d sand boxes were construcud, adjustments made to the deep litter pen, µ;µI.try -r~"'ls fenced, cow and pig pens comple t ed, the fertiliser bond repaired end the calf paddock fenced .

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!£1 - The near comp l etion of ade quate p l anted pastures and the settling of a lar ge portion of the cattle on them enabled the Station to concentrate on exper i menta l work .

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!~~: The weather was favourable for planting grass" .

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1,000 acres planted t o the &nd of the quarter .


Pangola was chiefly used but there were sma l l areas of o~per types - thirteen acrss of Molasses and six of Pensacola Bahia, both of .. ~blch wcrei:inparttd · s 0~: cfa.

Gerrr..i.nation was very good £Ind tho pastures appeared satisfactory .

The bahia grass was used for grazing, and the molasses had a l most a suitable stage for such use .

A nur sery area of half an acre of coastal Bermuda vJas establish ed .
r enovation of the older pastures continued and shade tr ees were plented , Howe ve r the progress made was somo~hat slow .

'Ihe Four varieties of Alfa lf~were sown, each in an area one tenth of an acre without inoculum which was not supplied with the seed and given diffe:.'.

'ent ferti l iser l eve ls, The trial site is situated on Bullet Tree Island in an arc s i-Jhorc the soi l fertility is above average .

Germination of the seed was good .


Experiments in Pl anted Pastures : The experiment comparing the livcw~ightchangesendr°Zproductive performance of the two herds of Santa Gertrudis - 177 a nd 200 respectively - under differE.nt systems of management continued .

At the end of the querter the mean livcwEdght of one hord of 47 steers was 808 .

6 lbs .

· and of the oth0r herd of 64 steers 544.

2 lbs.

All the steers were grazed on Pangola grass .


'Ihere was, however, great variations individually, as the sma l ler ones did not grow well whereas the medium sized oo~s Gained e r ound 170 lbs .

the poor growth of sma l lE.r animal3 were the supply and the slowe r star t in life .

It was proved that in two years steers could be produced to the point whers they could be s l aughter·ed .
Two possible causes for inadequate water 9E.1£::Qr2.12: 38 ca l ves were born during the quart€r , Thero were eight abortions of which one died .

Celves wore assembled for a troce element expG riment which will begin in the next quarter .

Further wor k was ca rried out on zinc deficiency, the results of all of which wi ll be publish€d .

Miscellaneous : Ttie condition of a section of th€ trail and of the- bridgesonthc trail deteriorated which s l owed down the trensport of mate ri a ls from the river .
5. b.i.Y.£§.19.£.k_Statiog_ - S,b__lgnati~~ - The construction of a ~attl o dipping tank was begun.

The harvesting of the corn crop began at the end of the quarter .

An average yield is expected .

Gr~~ : A further 21 acres of Pa ngola (D .

decumbens) were p l anted during the quarter .

Pangola to 60 acres at three separate sites .

However, since August this grass while still g r een ceased g rowing .

it is doubtful whether this grass would be of economic va l ue in the Hupununi.
More trials will be necessary before a conclusion can be reached concGrning the use of Pangola grass in this district .

'Ihis brought the total area of' In this circumstance 1 ive~toc~: During tho quarter 18 cattle died from verious causes of which tick fever was the chief .

L'he infected cattle were sprayed and removed from the paddock to a clean one .

An outbreak last year in the same paddock had been checked by similar treatment.
Of 40 c a l ves born during the quarte r 21 were Santa Gertrudis and I 15 ••••••• .)

- 6- t/J-4.27 15 Brahman ..

The nurnbr,r of Son ta Ger t:rudis on the GtA t1011 was 11.

The VetGrinary Officer selected 8 cows and 4 ca l ves from which monthly blo od sampl es were t aken .

These anima l s we r e p l aced in a separate paddock and received no minera l supplements .
A report of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Rio Branco area of Brazi l led to immediate precations being takon to prevent the spread of the disease to British Guiana .

The border was c l osed to all livestock from Brazil, the buffer fence repaired , a l l catt l e moved behind the f ence and a l l persons coming from Brazil were disinfected .

As an additiona l precaution two iso l at i on paddocks were constructed within the buffer zone .

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~lng the quarter a report of the survey o: ~he Vergenoegen Land Sett l ement was issued .

Eight soil types were found which were grouped as fo l lows: Soi 1 ~E~ Acrca~ Sha l lo-w Pogasso Medium Pcgasse Shallow Pegassey Clay Shallow baked pegasse Pegosse clay -with buried pegassc 540 .

7 48 .

8 583 .

6 316.

8 _ 93.!.~ - ) ) Toxic ) Soi l s ) 1,583 .

7 ) Clay Silty Clay l oam Silt:y Clay ) Non- 729 .

3 ) Toxic 426 .

6 2.21¾~§ - 1.z.12.2~2) Soi l s 3, 334.


2 The soi l s of the organic series arc toxic in respect to exchange able aluminium and are exEremely acid and high in sul phate content .

About 47% of the total area surveyed is occupied by these types~ -which -were found mostly south of the existing crown dam .

Most ' of thes e areas arc abandoned or used as pastur es .
Rice is not recom.mLndcd for thes e soils in their pr esent sta te, since if grown therein heavy f e rtilis er applications would be necessary to main tain good yields .

The c l ay series arc on the whole much more f ertile and are regarded as being sui table for rice .

mainly north of the existing crown dam and are at present large l y us ed for rice cultivation.
According to chemica l analyses, sil ty clay l oam and si lty clay a,a ~u~h better supplied with plant nutrients than the clay ty~e and -would therefore appear more fert ile .

goo d yie l ds, fertilisers should be used .

Fertilisation of the rice crop on these soi l s was recommended • In order to maintain the pr ese nt state of f er ti l ity and The types mcntion~d occur .
The shortage of power and repairs to the l a boratory held up the work of analyses of samples of the survey of the Cane Grove Land Settlement .

Preparatory -work p~ior to fi e ld operations was carried out for the Tapa kuma Proj ect area .

7 E!gpli~Gnt of a Soil Scientist - Experiments continued in the Blast nfec i cd area on th~ast Bank Deme rara .

A site of two acres which had been used for spring crops experiments was used for a f e rtiliser trial .
land preparetion was difficul t and the / first •••••• - 7- (, firs t sowing with pre - germina t ed seeds of a bl ast resistant variety (Dima) from Dutch Guiana fa iled .

The land was re-cultivated and re - sown partl y with Dims and with No .

79 .

Pre - germinated seeds was again usod .

Ger mi notion was poor ond ·the No .

79 failed on the drier portion of the field .

The r emaining area of this variety suffered very ear l y from blast ; was overcome by weeds and was final l y ab andoned .
Dima grew better and was not affected by the disease.

Fertiliser treatments involved the residual effect of lime which had been app l ied to the spr ing crop, the re - application of potassium and the application of manganese and iron before sowing.

Tho harvest is expected by the end of November , At the Mahaicony/Abary Rice Deve l opment Scheme the micro nutrients experiment grew we ll but no growth differences were noticeable .

Therewas strong response in gro-wth due to N.P.


K. and to a l esser extent from the residua l effects of lime applied last year, Plastic waste: was used as nitrogenous ferti l iser ond, compared to sulpha to of ammon i a, did not produce ...... Jy outs tending differences in growth.

It appeared that gro-wth was as good as un the plot0 troetcd with ammonium sulphate and this suggested that the plants made use of nitrogen suppliGd in this form .
was assumed that plastic waste would give a slow and a uniform suppl y of nit~ogen t hroughout the season .

It Seven of the forty experiments laid down on farmers ' lands W6re lost, t-wo due to water- shortage , one to the outbreak of -water weevi l s (Lissozhoptrus sp.)

and damage by caterpillars, and four t hrough neg l ect by the farmers e .

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damage by animals or loss of mar-kings used .


The rema i ning experiments progressed satis f actorily and the growth improved noticeably in most areas treated with lime .

The h arvest began during th6 quarter.

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Cocoa Trials - The propagation of clonal plants continued at a llthc- stations .

Weeding, pruning , digging of drains and gcn6ral maintenanc e work were also carried out .

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Al liance considerable numbE.rs of cuttings were l ost due to an incrGase in the salt content of the water used .

At La Bell~ ~l liance o l der- p l ants in the fields also showed signs of damage which appea r ed to be the resu l t of toxicity .

These conditions wer-e probably brought about by tho prolonged dry weather .

Remedial rcm~di os were taken in the nursery and conditions improved rapid l y .
Four a9r e s were planted with Imperiol Co l lege Selection clones and 14f acr-es of forest lands cleared at Hosor-oro for planting .

~n outbreak of cushion fall disease was r-cported at Providence and a ll stricken treas were cut fown and rep l aced .

The disease -was a l so r-cport,ed in cultivations wherE.

planting materia l s had been obtained from this station .

At Providence 4 , 032 pods harvested yielded 260 lbs .

of dried cocoa and at Hoso r oro 1, 723 pods yielded 260 lbs.
At Atkinson 350 lbs.

of beans were harvested .

Sevcnty - o~e pounds of mixed clonal beans were shipped to Messrs .

Ro-wntrees Limited for a report on their quality.

During the quarter, 33,732 cuttings were propagated , 20,825 plants baske t6d , 8,391 dist r ibuted" l ~·508 used to extend nurseries and 24,695 were on th~hardening floor-on 30th Sept6mber.

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!snt - During th6 q~arter 37,Z00 nuts were purchased mnging the total of nuts brought to date to 137, 953 of which 5,000 were sent to the Essequibo nursery and the remainder sown at the Central Agricul t ur a l Station .

1 9 , 874 seed l ings were / so l d •••.• , 0 - 8- sold to the end of September - 7 , 900 in Essequibo, 6,020 in Berbice and 5,954 in Demerara .

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0nverwagt - The kokors for the remaint.ce; · ponds wer e compl eted and the- ponds~ocked with fry and fing erling~ .

Batis was cleared from the ponds .

The successful cultivation of fish at the station has r esulted in the establ ishment of farm ponds in the district and at the end of the quarter ther e were 200 ponds in the West Berbice area stocked with ti l apia and other brackishwater fish .
Work to be comple ted include the construction of an all weather access road, fencing, conversion of an old house into a laboratory and residence , and the e3ec tion of tho foremert 1 s house and two store rooms .

~ reconnaisance survey of the Kaiteur area was begun for on airstrip 4000/1000 f eGt in l ength, which would be capabl e of extension to 5,500 fr,et to accommodate a DC 3 Dakota aircraft .
Equipmen t costing approximate l y $4,000 was l ost in the fi r e which destroyed the Atkinson Airport Te~minal Bui l ding on August 5th, and :replacements were ord e r ed .

Tho radio beacon removed from Wichabai was being overhau l ed and serviced in Geo r getown after which it wi ll be instal led at 0rinduik, III .

~Illi!QE bND IRRIGATION 1 • BL/;&K BUS!

!_J:0LQER : ,!2:Q.B~~ of_Jyork - All three of the Main Sluices operated Some work remained to be done intermittently during the quarter .
to the ono at L6sbeholden .

Good pro gr ess was made o n a ll excavati on works at Lesbeho l den , Mi bikuri, Joanna and Yakusar i.

~ - Q~al - Work continued on the shaping of the ?S~ka .

~mEi~g_St~t1:..£~ - The station was almost completbd , The pumps were tested and two fuel tanks compl eted .
section':' __ _ Bridges - Five bridges were completed in the Mibikuri Roads - Fair progress was made in the Lesbeholden and Joppa sectionS:-- Contractors 1 Labour - ht the e nd of the quarter 1, 200 Guianese- wcr0ernployed by Messrs .

Pauling & Company and their sub- contractors as compared with 1,010 at the end of the preceeding quarter .

------- Head works ~~hw2rks - At the end of tho quarter a ll earthwo rks on the Main Crown Dam were completed .
There were sti ll several sec tions not up to full design l eve l du» to excessive settlement having taken place after construction.

This will be r cmedi6d with materia l obtained from inside the conser:~cy since there was none / on the ••• • -9- on the downstream side of the dam.

Crown Dam were completGd and in working o rd er .

Jill structures on the; Main The Conscrvnncy was successfully tested for 4 days in July to its full supply l eve l, a maximum of 61 .

6 G. D. being recorded .


DistriEutarios zarthworks - hl l earthworks on distributariea were completed except- th6- Ruby7'Boerasirie, Georgia Sideline and 800 feet of the Wales/Georgia distributaries .

StructurGs - Only the earthworks of the Wales bqueduct, approximateiy40 pipe outlets , and a heavy duty bridge over the Maripa/Bonasika distributary :remained to be complete d .

will be completed shortly by the contractors: the other works by thG Department .
'lhe bridge ---- Drains 111-i II lim- j;°faTi1dr0in and the c lo sing of tidal outlets in the West Bank, Demerara area wor e the only works outstanding .

Earthworks - The rG-excavation of badly dug sections in the Structures - Further excavati on of the outfall channGls of Strik-on=ficuv€land Ruby Road Bridge s lui ces remain0d to be done .

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heavy duty bridge across Strik-en-heuvcl/Chantilly facade drain i-ias under construction.
Work continuGd on the placing of drainage boxes :in the East Bank, Ess e quibo area .

Ge,neral Routine maintenance was csrried out during thG quarter.

--- Rainfall for the quarter was 24 .

7 inches and the average Cons er vancy l evel 61 .

0 G.D.

Most intakes in the Ca nals Po lder and West Coast D0me r ar a areas dr evi wate r continuously during tho quarter .

Employees, inclusive of supervisory staff totalled 412, of whom 265 are employed by the contractors and the remainder by the Department .
~~bi~ - Work on reconditioning the Seawe ll Sea Sluice was complete d and grading and~em6 talling of the roadway at Rosehall was begun.

Preliminary work was sta rt ed on th£ Gibraltar Se a Sluice by the .contractor .

Ea~££!!

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~1 11 ?tr 1ictiJ,;res "!Cr El_ completed at Crai_g and excavation work and trie.

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"ld 1 t1oiSlni?

; of P ark S1.uic.o vaii'8 t>egun.

h survey to ascertain th6 extent of reconditioning of .

drriirls·rn=· the Buxton/Friondship an:, a was in progre ss .
Reconditioning of the Burma drain was completed and the Hyde Park /~bary facade work b0gun.

Plans for the Friendship East side lin e WGre pr epared .

- · We~~.12£~£!~!~ - The building of the dams was completed from the Cons e rvancy to the Windsor For ~st/La Jalousie cross dom, approximately 300 rods, and on the southGrn sid e of the Windsor For~st/La Jalousie c~pss canal from Midd l e Walk La Jalousie to the East Sft Lin e .
Materials we re ordered and a contract awarded for the construction of the R. C. panel in the La Jalousi e middle walk.

Cloaring of dams end trenches at Den bmstel and the digging of the Fellowship Midd l e Walk fr om the cross dam to the Conservancy were in progress .

was completed e~~ept for minor adjustments and only 4% of tho wo rks at North Klien we.snot completed .

In the Pouderoy cn area the intake at Klien ~~9.


)diE£ - Emergency repairs to the Chinese loc~.and /improvement •••• 0 -1 0- 11?,,~ i improvement works to the Northern Distributary between Lima and Sparta were carried out.

th& secondary Conservancy between causeway and Mainstay .

Devonshire Cestleh~Nabb area wire fence was erected on the Wes tern Lamaha dam .

The Columbia paneo 1 was completC;d and work on the Affiance one was in progress .
bt Rosohall work on grading and reme tolling of th0 roadway began.

ti box kokc r was being er6ctsd to relieve In the 4.

fil!RVEY~_!,'QlL£Ri-i!NhQ§_i!£!D IRRIG.1-:TION PRO J 2.Q.

'.J:§: Topographical surveys continued in the Mahaicony/Abary/ Berbice area.

There were four parties in the fi e ld, as compared with six previously .

New stage r ecorders and rainf a ll recorders are being operated in the upper reaches of t he Mahaic ony, Abary and ~ ~l~ica Rivers , wher e .
stat ions were es ts blished during the quarter .

A Report has not been received from this Depar tment.
,------ Credit Corporation - Loans ~~de and repayments received by the CreditCorporation- during the quarter were as fo llows: - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - -LOANS ___ REPAYMENTS : Amoun tLJ .__N ..... 2,~.- -Amoi°!g~ 1,GRICULTURE HOUSING- PUBLIC OFFICERS - OTHERS INDUSTRY FISHING LOGGING FOOD PRODUCTION LOCAL l!UTHORITY ---------------- 47 20 74 9 15 1 .6.5 170,~.0 112, 72 117' 401 81, 146 39,535 89,887 157, 637 57,922 2,847 460 13 , 983 3,852 ---- ------ 366,123 524,245 42,386 At the end of the quarter Sundry Disbursements totalled ~18,451 with repayments of ~13,036 .
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§~f_1~!g!gg - 'Ihree Forest Guards spent tw o months at the Forest Department in Trinidad studying a ll phases of tho work cone there .

2 .

Timber R£praisals - The Divisiona l Officer, Demerara c on tinued- thcpreparationof his report of the enumerotion survey carried out of the area south of the Great Fa l ls , Demer ara River .

3 .

§U.Y!.£~1tu!£ - During the quarter c further 176 .

8 of the 251 .

1 acres of the greenheart regeneration area at Barabara received silvicultural treatment .
Re - enumeration of sample quad r ats was also carried out .

At Moraballi a further ext6nsion to the improv6ment work was unde rtaken during the quarter , but due to heavy rainfal l progress was s l owe~_- .than previously .

/ Early .•••••• -11- 0 Early in the quarter tilling up work was carried out in approximately 20 acres of pl&ntation at 5 Miles, Potaro Road.

A 10 1 x 12 1 storeroom was constructed at the Bartica pine nurseries .

The total number of man days on the works aggregated 2,422.

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4.

Cegtral Timb£t.Ji~gufa£!fil.igg_~l ag1 - The new Wadkin F.D.

86 planer was put into operation early in the quarter.

The roller conveyor system was installed .

At the end of the quarter purchases of 183,667 F.B.

M. and sales of 222,855 F , B. M. costing J31,261 .

11 and $54,573,45 r espective l y wer e made .

Prod ucti on for the next quarter is expected to be very high.

Total man hours worked wa s 41,756 .


Studi_Q££1~ - Two Class II Clerks who were :warded four year scholarships in 1955 secured their B.

Sc.

(Hons .)

degree in Geo l ogy .

One of them will assume duty with the Department shortl:1; the other was granted a further year to t ake a post-graduate cour~n in applied geophysics .

· ~ temporary Fie~d and Office Hssistant was awarded a four year Conditional Scholarship in Geo l ogy at Glasgow University .
Buildi~s - Work on the new l abo r atory continued and the building- shouB- be completed by the end of the year, Other work t,o be done inc lude9-_ the demolition of the old chemistry and assay labora tories and servants quarters, the construction of a building for a rock store, garage and workshop:.

and the paving of roads and parking grounds .

The new block of flats for officers ' quarters -1~ N&w M_f.

;lrket Street was comp l eted .


Fi~1£_§~IY~1 - During the quarter a senior geologist and a geologist carried out r econnaissance surveys for bauxite on the Pakaraima plateau, principa lly in the Upper Potaro River basin .

The ob j ect of this survey was to estimate the tenor and probable ore reserves in the area .

Results obtained appeared to be favour able .


In the North West District an assistant geologist was engaged on a tour of the go l dfields to examine the gold mining industry there and to assess the potentialities of the region.

b potentially important mining ar6a is the Puruni River Basin.

~n assistant geologist carried out on extensive geological reconnaissance in this va ll ey upstream from Peters Mine in areas that had never been visited by geologists before .
geo logis t carried out similar work in th6 area north and north east of Mount Roraima in extension of other survGys made by the Dep ar tmen t .

~ S6nior Surveys were a ls o carried out in the Barama valley around Towakaima by a geologist and an assistant geo l ogist, the aim being to examine certain areas for the purpose of elucidating further t~e stratigraphy and geological structure of the North West District .
Similar surveys were also carried out by a geologist in the Barima Valley to the north of Towakaima .

1he Barima and Borama valleys are important ar eas, from a mining point of view, especially as manganese will be exported soon from ther,e.

It is mo.~,.t.

important thot more regional mapping should be carried out in ~he North West District to ascertain the geo l ogical structure .

A senior geo lo gist ond a geo l ogist carried out mapping surveys and r egiona l reconnaissance in the Cuyuni r~gion.
Previous / surveys ••••• J -12- ' .. 433 surveys noted a passage from tho rocks of the Cuynui River to othGrs that are simi l ar t o the magniferous rocks of th~North West District and it is important to study the geo l og ic a l re l ationship between the two regions .

Reconnaissance surveys wer e carried out by a geo l ogist over a very wide area between Kuru pukari, Esse quibo River and the Couran ty ne River .
There was aerial photo coverage of the area , and this great l y simplified the r£connaisaance over an extens ive area.

This survey a l so provided exce l le nt oppo rtunity to correlate some geo l ogica l formations of British Guiana with others in the neighbouring country of Surinam .

An assistant geo l ogist completed a reconnaissance mapping in the area between the Burro-Burro and Siparuni Rivers, thus com pleting the pres en t programme for that part of the co untry.
A fi e ld observer mado a short survey of the ~0ast of the Nor th West Dis tr ic t in 11_search for economic deposits of shell on the beaches .

There is a ready market for l im£ in the country .

fab£!_§.

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[2,rk, - The iwrk carried out during the quarter inc lud ed :- Analyses and identifications Heavy minera l separations and sie~c ana l yses Thin sections Preparations , ana l yses etc .

for o ther Govornment ••• ••• ••• • • • Departments and members of th e public ••• 16 76 186 1 00 Q~!;!
in g_Q££2:.~ - The following work was carried out during the quarte r:- 1-\mmonia sunprints Photoscopic stenci ls Maps and tracings ... ... ... 327 19 40 A new system of filing aeria l photographs was introduced .

gE!.~!.l - During the quarter 776 books were catalogued , 194 new accessions made and 227 books were l oaned to offic ers .
number of publications cyc l ostyl ed and distributed .ty sale o r free exchange was :- 'lhe Bulle tins J\nnua 1 Reper ts Mineral Resources Pamphlets ~irborne scintill ometers Maps Publication Lists Others 94 496 75 100 ------- Dis tribu ted 299 499 JOO 23 40 53 serial publications and other books were sent away to be bound .

A card index f or the libr ary of a ll technical information was begun .

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2 .

fiftg_fnte~iaE~_ Co nfe!.£2 ce - During the quarter preparatory work was done for the Conference to be held l ater in the year .

This work included the drafting of a new geologica l map of the colony on a scale 1 :500,000.

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Cottag~Hospita l s - The position at the end of the quarter \WS : - / 1 • Leo nor a •••••• 1 • 2.

Leonora Leguan 3.

Mahaicony .

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4.

Health Centr es 5.

Mortuaries ... 6 .

Set tlement of Ex patients, Mahaica • • -13- 15% completed.
Foundations compl eted and block work in progress .

Frame of quarte r s, mortu a ry, kitchen and first floor of o ther buil dings c ompl e ted .

Excavation work wa s c a rri ed out at Windsor For e st and Vergenocgen on tho West Demerara and at Handsome 'r:r'ee, Mahaica River.

ht Good Intent and Sisters foundati on wor k was completed an d block work, concre t e floors and windo¾ fittin gs in progress.
15% of the wo~k a t Clonbr ook, East Demerara was c ompleted and concrete f oundations hll c Erpe ntry work was completed l aid .

and painting in progr ess at both Crai3 and Soesdyke.

ceeded at Bohomia, Fryish and Re l iance .

In Berbicc work pro Wo rk was completed in Berbicc at Lichfie l d and in Demerara a t Providence and Bagotville .

Me r e was a lmos t completed with minor plumbing o~ly t o be done .
'Ihe wo rk at La Bonne Ar r angements we r e ma de to l eve l the sites f or the e x-pa ti en ts se ttlements, t o e rect a culve rt and t o remove the f ence and iron posts .

Co~!

:!,£tion of Houses - The housing programme was almos t compl e t ed .

Only e l e ve n of the aided se lf-he lp h ouses at Re l iance J~ Essequibo r ema in ed and th es e we r e 95% comple t ed a t the e nd of the quarte r .

The l as t 18 houses (No .


38 Craig ) wore handed over during the quar t c r. The deve l opment of the 61 comme rical sites at Campbe llvillc , La Penite nc e end Ruimveldt housing estates was completed and tenders approv ed .

No app li cations were rec e ived for s ites f or the cinema and pe trol fillin g stations .

Seven l ots f o r sale at Ruimve l dt and La Penite nc e were a llocated t o appli cants .

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::Ho1E - During the qua rter 25 hous es were com- p l e tcd a;q Wisma r. This le aves only 11 at Re li a ne e to be finished .

£!.~!gg_Q£fi£_£ - Work was c ar ried out on a nGw design -type two bedroom expa ndab l e house f or use in any futur e progr amme 201 - and a r evision mado of typ e 111.

Revenue col l ec t ed during the quarter amounted t o $183,895 .66 inc1uding r e nts, hir e purchEJs e instalments on houses and sa l e of l and .

/ XI.

Land .

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ND DEVE~~~ # 425 1.

IMPROVEMENT i-iND ~XPiiNSION OF EXISTING Li-.ND DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES : ---------------·- - - -.;;.;.__.c-.;;;........

;._ -------- ~£g~!E£ - Two new draina ge a nd two irriga ti on tr e nche s we re dug and ten acres of l an d cl ea red.

Re liance area we re ama l gamated and a po rtion of a draina ge tr ench wa s re - dug .

In the Anna Begina Housing ar ea l ow s po ts were fi lle d up and l e vel l ed .
The surv ey of the Cotto n Fi e ld a r ea l ay - out was compl e t e d and d r ains we r e dug .

be us ed f or gr owing provisio ns bega n .

and bus h was clear ed i n pr ep a r a tion f or the e xc a va ti o n of a no ther .

'Ihe surv ey of the farm l ands t o ~ dr a inag6 tr 6nch wa s dug Two s ecti ons in the ~!l~L~~~££ - The marke t c ompoun d was buil t up a nd l e velled .

Pr e limina ry wo r•ks we r e underw ay f o r t he bui l ding of the r e -inforc cd c onc r e t e fl oor bega n .
the shed ~ '!he c as ting of Ve rge£O~~ - Appr o xima tely 1 00 acres of a r ea we r- e clear ed a nd a sta rt ma de on the c ommunal gr a zing a r e a .

The me talling of str ee ts proc eeded and tho d i gging of a c ena l thr ough Gre enw ich Park wa s begun .

l a nd i n the Sa vannah The quarte r s f or the cle r-k and tho pl umbing a nd sanitar y t he Office wer e compl e t od .

The Of fice a nd Supe rin The riv e r d am was amenities a t t e nd e nt c ompounds we r e built u p a nd d r- a ined .
str e ngthe ned and t he cons truc ti on of a r e - info rc ed concre te bridge ·; ) give ac c e ss t o the nor-th secti on was begun .

Work o n the r o adway in the South sectbn co nt i nued .

On e six th of an acre on ea ch of the twen ty f ar mste ad s we r e cle ar ed f or h ou se bu i l ding .

The Cl e a r ing o f the a r ea of No rth a nd South Ma Re tr aite was In t he Sch epmoed a r ea 100 ac r e s we r € comple t ed .
Thi s brou ght the ac r ea ge cle ar ed in th e s e ction t o l eve lle d f o r ric e 1,000 .

cu ltivation .

35 mo ~e farm s t ead s of 15 acr es Gac h we r e r eady t o be occupi ed .

A furthe r 1 00 r ods o f r oadway in t h e Now Ma Re treite or ca were completed .

A cross dra inage tr ench was c omple t ed in the Germania a r e a and impro vemen t works wer o carr ie d out to t h e drain age an d irriga t i o n f ac ili t ies in th6 Mar e and Ge r mania a r eas .
Pur e wat e r was a ls o exte nded to t hese a r eas .

A compl ete s c heme fo r compr eh e ns iv e dr a ina ge a nd i r ri ga tion and f~~ f u ll utilizat i on and occupa tio n of tho a r e a was put up.

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f URQfuiSE_QE__f::_NQ: $ 45,000 r ema i ned t o be p ai d fo r- Pla n ta ti on Ma ra .

The pa yment of this s um is depG nden t on t he de t e rmin at i on of the exa ct acr eage t o be c l a ar od whi ch i s t he a r e a purchased .

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POST OFFICE !r.


!2!.Lt!~~~!ic_~xch~gg~ - The Exch a nge Build ing a t Cove and J ohn was compl eted e xc e pt f or p ai nt i ng .

wor e c ompl e t ed at Wa l e s and t ho bu ilding a t Mo n Repos wa s unde r t he build ing a t Ske l do n .

co ns truc tion .

/1 s ite was o bta ined fo r Pai n t i ng an d floo ring flur a!

~!.£~a~1£~~~8.£ - At Bartic a the e xchan ge equip- mo nt wasin s t a lled a nd the e xte rn a l p l ant comple t ed .
sc ribe rs ' ra di o links be tw een Bartic a and H. M. P. S. we r e commission ed Two s ub / a nd ••••••••• - 15- • and one temporar ily between Bartica and Georgetown.

Radio Build iggs - The building at Mon Repos was under construction-:--- - !l!}de!_grnlliL_IA.

:!£~-1!nd Ca£1£ ___§J_~~.£!.g - During the quarter 90% of the cabl e were laid, ½%Jointed and 9~ of the pl anning com pleted in Georgetown.

vJere checked with the New Rmsterdam imthority and measurements made .
The corriGr route to the radio station at Mackenzie was completed and polythene cabl e erected to Retrieve and the New Demerara Bauxite Company ' s Pl ant .

In New ~msterdam plans for the duct scheme ~xch~Qg£_E~!J2~nt - Erection, cabling, wiring Dnd 80% testing were compl eted during the quarter .

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Subsor ib~AEE!:.

!~1~~ - At the end.of the quarter 75% of inter naT"'w'Ir i ng of new subscribers ' premises, 66~inspoction and re~i ring of existing premises and 66% of the conversion of sub scri'bers 1 P. B. Xs were completed .

1. ,BQ.bDS : m~~.L.££~!

- Surfacing continued on the experimental strip ot Bushy Park with 3 11 of sand bitumen on the existing embankment.

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!.J?~g~ - Fair progress was made on tho Diamond Bridge.
During the quarter de l ays occurred duo to bad weather and diffi culties in pi l e driving .

A new stores bui l ding was erected at Ruimve l dt .

Drainoge trenches wore dug at Eccles and clearing was carried out at Coverden .

Good progress was made on base course work and 1,500 feet surfacing completed at Coverden.

Four timber revetm&nts wore compl eted i n the Hope - Friendship area .
~ t ik~§!.t!ic£ - Designs we r e completed and p l ans prepared f o r twenty mi l es of road from Makouria to Bonasika.

The section from Bonasika to Parika was awaiting re - a l ignment from Parika to Larimakabra, a distance of approximate l y 8 miles .

~~t!4£.§.~Po!~£ - Approx i mately 2.5 miles of road were con structed with sand - clay surfacing.

The road wa~ widened and cleared up to 10 miles .

better alignment from 10 to 30 mi l es .


Heavy r ains during the quarter caused much erosion of the road surface .

Workshop facilities on s i te t o carry out repairs were increased, bulldozers overhauled and five l orries received .

Major overhaul of equipment proceeded .

~ survey was in progress to determine a .

f£.

!~t..£~~~~~ - The reconnaissance survey was compl eted .

'lhis covered 197-.c miles from 118 Miles Po t aro to B. G. Beacon No .

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8.

39¾ miles of flagging were completed between Toka Village and the Good Hope/Lethem Road .

The position at the end of the quarter was : :Gs ~.£~ i b£ - Wa l ls, Essequibo Coast Walls, Leguan Wa l ls, Wake naam Contract awarded for 480 feet ot Mocha .

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Materia l s ordered • • • • 41 7 feet completed at Zcel and i a .

/Boulder •••••• • 0 -1 6- Boul dor Groynes , Wakenaam •• 299 f eet compl eted .
)/2.z 437 Wo rks , McNabb to Somerset & Ber ks •• 596 fe Gt of R. C. coping and 306 feet boulder wall w.erecom ploted and 1, 986 feet of' ea<th works thrown up .

Earth Dam, Queenstown 1,176 feet complGted .

Raise Coping, Anna Regina • 961 feet compl eted .

Wes t _£~~!~!£ - Raiso~avo - scrocn , DEWi l lem/ Zcoburg .

Tenders invited .

Casing Uitvlugt Paal- off, w.c.D.

• 26 shoGt pil es v ~e driven in and boulders crushed .

Underpin R. C. Wall , Stanleytown •.

51 foot compl 0ted .


River Defences - ~nti crosion meosures, Wismar/ Christianburg • Completed .

Underpinning Wall, Met0n- meerzorg, DeWillem, Zeebul:8 Sheet piling vJero transported to site .

- - - - East Demerara - Works, Mahaica/Mahaicony •• During the quarter approximote l y 1 , 750 feet of earthworks were compl eted and 4,000 foEt c l ea r ed of bush and trees at Bath.
Works, Na bac lis/Stra thspey • Works completed during tho quarter were 5 , 900 feet earth dam , 2, 270 feet boulder facing, R. C. coping 2 , 820 fee t and underpinning 535 feet .

Boulder Wal l , 1-\ tkinson Fie l d ---- Berbice - Works, Spring l ands/Skeldo n, Now Sea Dem at Nos .

2 & 3 .

Compluted .

•• Materia l s ordered .

Wo l l from No .

78 Kokcr to Springlends Ste l ling •• Approximately 350 fEot of wa ll completed .

R.C .
R.C .

Wo l l, River Def€nces Stanleytown/Islington .• Completed Reconditioning dam, I ndu s try /&:Jr l am •• Compl0ted .

Now Sea Dam, Cotton Troe/ Zee Zight •• 90% of t he area was c l eared and 500 feet of earth dam compl eted .

Rccasing concrEt~ wa lls (Co l ony wid o ) •• During the quarter 70 feet were tn the West Demer ara 5 compl cted ar ea and ~ feet at Wa ken aam .

/ Pl ant ••••• -17- • Pl ant Two draglines and three tractors (2 - D4s.,1 - D6) were rec€ived .
Sluice at Ithaca South lo rg- en -Hoop Completed .

Sea Wall, Zeelandia/ 1/lakenaam ... ~7 feet completed .

During the quarter buildings completed were the new office for the District Commissioner, Vreed-en - Hoop, the extension to V_e Forest DepartmGnt and the Mag is tr ate I s Gour t and Office, New i1mstcrdam .

Only shelving rcma:.ned for the Sub- Registry Vau lt, New Ams te rd am .

The Field Officer ' s house at Karasabai was completed while the other at Ishalton was 80% completed.
The block of flats, New Market Str eet and the Technician ' s house Cove end John were 90% and 98% completed r espect ively .

5. :5gRi1f:_jyATER §1[PPf:I-1.!i!.!

TE§Ii1£!~f:LS l: Tho drilling of the test well at the Shelter Belt was in Ii test hole 853 1 - 0 11 was drilled pro gr es s during the quarter .

and 310 1 - 10 11 9._f oor Gs wtre taken .

Jit Queenstown, Essequibo a· test hole 80 1 - 0 11 was drilled.

- • - 3 1 1 - 1 0 11 The water was found unsatisfactory .
The plan t was removed to a site one mile nearer the lake, a test hole was drilled to 44 feet and the sand tcs ted to 20 1 Essequibo Coa 8t was completed .

This well, which has a depth of .J'" flows at the r a te of 5 gallons every 4 seconds· at high 356 1 tide and 5 ga llons in 7 seconds at l ow tide .
In the Bagotville - I-ta Grange area 2,55 miles of pipe werc;f.tlaid , The transportation of materials and ditching for the pipe line was bGgun at Bachelor's ~dventure • • 30 miles of pipe lin G were laid at Lancaster and 1 .

42 miles at Maha ica .

Katcrials were being transported in the Wis mar /Christian burg and Huis t I DierGn areas .

The overhead tank ond sump at Vcrgenoegen were completed and work was in progress ~ L La Grange .

The well at Cullen, 6 .


fil:flliQ.hQQ I9.i!&_.£!ESE~,BQ!YiNQ_l]'S TBUM~!

'!TS : The setting up of Water Level Record ers was begun.

Steamer Services - Alterations were carried out to the temporary sitesselccted for the operation of the (Ferry Terminals at Georgetown and Vreed-on- Hoop , This work included demolishing of bonds, r-cnewing pi ling and replacing -~~ls, joists and 0ecking .

The construction of driveways , floating ~amps and passenger accommodation was completed .
and steel passGng6r gantries, which will be operated on improvised lifting gea~ erected .

Improved l ighting was being installed At Vreed -c~-Hoop the extension of the stelling northwards progressed satisfactorily .

were driven in of which 80% of fitted .

On completion of this work pile driving will be carried on eastwards to a distance of 60 1 M.L.w.s .

the tenants were cut and half caps t o provide for a depth of 10' 79 greonhoart piles 45 to 55 feet .
- / On • • • • • • 0 - 1 0- )/ 429 On account of the width or the vehic l e gantry on the Makouria the 8 foet wide f l oating ramp was replaced by one 11 feGt wide .

Messrs .

Sprostons Limited have been requ0sted to bui l d two pile driving bargos for the Departm~nt .

'Ihc insta l lation of the now engine for the MV.

Barima continued.

Harbour Services - A 3 K. W. generator was installed at the Launch- Station, Vreea=on- Hoop.

All electrica l insta l lations were carried out in conduit .
At the end of tho quarter 80% of the work wes completed .

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;y_Renew~~ 'Ihc ovGrhauli ng of tho i-1bary Bridge was completed and painting of tho Mahaicony and Mahaica Bridges p:ro cef.

:ded .

The strcng then i l,lg, nnd we lding :repairs of the Greenfie ld Bridge were compl eted or1u painting w?s in progress .

At the stations at Mahaica, Lichfield and Fort We l lington alterations and improve mtnts to sanitary amenities were we ll underway and should be com pleted in the next quarter .

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£~~£1~ £~c1 oE~~ - At Queenstown , EssGquibo a Community 11dn.cation programme vas carried out and committees wer o set up to deal with the: priority needs of the Community .

Ji successful 11Home, Food and Health Weck " was he ld at Huist ' Dieren .
the villagers comp l e tea the:; i:r s e lf- hc lp irrigation scheme and were waiting on the mana gemen t of the nearby sugar estate to carry out cer t a i n works to enable irrigation wate r to f l ow in the Loca l ~mtho:ri ties I trenches .

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i~M[ RINDil-lN D:CVELOPMEN T --------- During the quarte r classes were he l d in the Training Centr e s at Moruca , Wakapau and the Rupununi .

The pre - fabricated aluminium building for ~ishalton was r e c ei ved towards tho end of the quart~T .
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- - - - - - - - - - - -1t>w- Expe ri: To t a1 Provision di ture for for 1959 1 959 ( to end of September, - -~ - -.... ----i - - Staff Training Central hgricultural Station Hosoro r o ~xper i mcnt Station Empl oyment of a Soil Scientist Soi l Surveys - Coast & I n t erior Li vestock Stati on - Ebi ni Li vestock Station - St .
Ignatius Fisheries Fi shcri6s D. 2555 Cocoa Trials Jute Investigations Development of Coconut Industry I ntermediate Botanical Surveys - & IntGrior Savannahs bbattoir & Re f rige r ati on Pl ant, Lothcm Milk Pasteurisation Pl ant ___ , ___ _ II.

CI VIL f1 VI i, TI0N: --------- Improvement of I nter i or Commu nications Safety and Navigational lids ~eronautical T6 l ecommunicstions and Navigational hids ,-------------------_._.., III , QflillSGE~-1.I!filg.h T!
0N : Bl ack Bush Po l er Boer ssirie Extension Pro j ect Minor Works Surveys for Drainage & Irrigation Pr ojec t s Hydrogr aphic & Hydro l ogical Surveys Couran t yne So-hemes Roseha ll Vill ag~ Di strict - Ptrmancnt Drainage System I Reconditioning Drainage - North Pouderp,yen Tapakuma - Investigation & L_ Rcpo~ - - - - - - - 41, 449 154,195 94,500 26,856 129, 6:J2 60,440 97,807 49,770 9,081 64,703 34, 152 40,000 4, 830 8,640 14,402 17, 742 13,729 53 , 264 47 , 9l7 34,87e 47,899 2,192 40,932 1L~, 738 16,922 1,803 3,000 1, 714 ----------•!--•------ 812,149 316, i22 1 '714 51 '409 29,506 7,904 820 11 ,404 --------------- ---------- ----- 92,3 19 8,724 4,076, 000 1, 443 , 772 1, 235,802 3,907,739 1, 162,835 147,570 1L~3, 000 105,800 292 , 000 15, 01 O 15 , 796 368, 000 80, 265 3 7, 611 51, 232 73 25,535 193,953 7, 695, 180 5 , 606 , 813 /IV.
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1 ,4 l:i ·~ .J.. Head of f.s tima t G and -.Projec t ---------------- Tota l Provision f or 1959 ----~:---- -------- To t a l Expen- di t u r 6 f or 1959 ( to .
"~d o f September) --.....-- " ~( Primary School s - Buildings - Furniture - Sanitation Capital Grants to ~ided Secon da ry Schoo l s Zxtension and Impro vemon ts to Queen ' s College Handicraft and Domestic Science Departments Laboratory and Cl assro0m Equip ment - Technical Ins ti tu te 11 1, 609 64,654 13,364 21,775 400, 000 80 ,000 25,000 90, 000 32,400 97,000 1 o, 677 - - - - ----------- ___________ ____:, ------------------- 222, 079 738 , 400 14,000 -t --- VI.
FOREST: Additiona l Tempor ary Staff Staff Tr a in ing Timbe r Appraisals Sil vicul tur G Ce ntr a l Timbe r & Ma nufacturing 37,940 4,500 35,424 50,58 1 ----Pl~:_ _______ _J-_-~_;~_:~;-- 19 , 426 816 16, 865 14, 944 39,526 91, 57,7 VI I. QEOI.OGIC~_§UR.YEX:§.
: Geo log ical Surv eys and Min era l I I I Deve l opm6n t - .Bxpans i on o f ~ 549, 079 3 , 800 Inter -Guiana Conference 1-------------------------~ 552:~79 -+-~~ 0;9 - 43 1, 099 - I I I 'VII I. H.:EhLTH : - - Pur chase of Hospi t a l Equ ipment Cot t age Hospital - Leo nora do .

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- Leguan - Mahoicony Hea l th C0ntres Mortu ar i es Filaria Contra 1 Poliomyu litis Vaccination Er 6ction of Central Medica l Store etc .
Hea lth Museum Sottlem~nt of Ex- pati ents, I Mahaica L_ __ 27,15 6 65,024 71,420 62 , 450 213,000 9 , 000 9,270 86, JOO ' I 59,252 21, 715 9, 993 56 , 809 42,973 6,527 9,254 16,078 604 1 o, 000 ______ ......, _______ ..... 1,400 _'.)

570,302 214, 968 - - - Tix !

!OUSING •• : - : : - \ ,· l~PPEND_iX- (Co ntd~ • • t. Head of Estimate a:-- - - - - - - -T-o~:-1 ;=~::ion-l ~~~~cE:~~n- _________ _:_________________ _ _______ _g_f_SeI?J&~~- for 1959 1959 ( to end J?-ro j cc t Ix.
HOU§]iQ: ;,,, ~ Rural and Urban Housing 891,169 754,199 ---------------·-------- --------- -------- X. Li~NDS i1 ND_ MIN~S : Topographic Surveys ~erial Photography of British Guiana 22,000 7,216 144,000 28,686 -----------t-------- ------------~:....,._----------'------------ ----·----- 166, 000 35 , 902 .. ~.

Improvement and ~xpansion of ~xisting Lond s~ttlcmcnt Schemes ~qu ipmcnt for end Improvements to Workshops Development of Garden of Eden Devclopm6nt of Pln.

Mara Development of Pln .


Onverwagt PurchasG of Land Preliminary Investigations r:rection of Bonds for Pure Linc Seed Pad i _______ ...._ _______________ ._ 189 ,713 12,000 105,698 545, 425 100,391 45,000 1, 000 9,700 1 , 008,927 XII.

POST OFFICE: -------- Tele cornmunic a tions Reha bili --------------------•---+-·--- ta tion 1,528,930 XJII .

~l!J?L];Q_x~()RKi~: 46,436 31,655 141' 264 229 - - -~ · 00~~ 220,588 I ----------- I .

1,721,353 --------.
East Coost DemGrora Main Road East Bank Demerars Rood Parika - Bartica Road Bartica - Potaro Road Potaro-Lcthem Road Reconstruction of Berbicc Road Sea and River Defences NevJ Public Buildings Housing for Public Officers Rural Water Supply for hrtesian Road Making Plant Extension P. W. D, Workshop Hydrological Research and Instru Wells mcnts ---------- 850,000 600, 000 30,000 200,000 200,000 1 o, 000 1,776,982 100,000 201,044 700,000 32,800 4 7' 000 245,822 31.5,825 17,130 119,302 141' 061 883 1,319,642 7 3, 1 78 6~,525 248,050 43,956 19,000 _ ___,,_ __ --------- ' _______ ., 4, 7~6, 826 2,594,310 936 ......
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!.l Head of Estimate and (fro j oc t Total Provisirn for 1959 -----------------------------...--- \ ) To ta 1 Expe n di tur e for 1959 (to e nd Q.f Se12t~Jgber \I ------------ XIV.
TRi,NSPORT 1:1ND H11RBOURS: Rehabilitation of Steamer Services Harbour Services - Raihiay Renewa ls ImprovGmcnts 1 , 9-Lj., 1 01 50 , 000 193 , 998 2, 185,099 788,740 22,220 117, 043 ---------- 928,003 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -11--------- XV.
!11.§CELLi-.~Q.US: Now bmste rdam - ImprovcmGnt of Wator Suppl y Expenses of Issue Gov ernment Re co~ding Studio Experime nt in Papain Production Improveme nt Library Facilities - Primary Schoo l s - Secondary Schools Visual ~ia Equipm~nt Constructi on, ~tkinso n Fie l d Sports Club Extension of Georgetown Pur e watar Supply Training in Home Economics Training in ~griculture Medical Research Scheme .,_.., ____ , ___________________ _ xv I.

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!R.11 L §~LP- ~1f : 120, 634 1 o, 000 41 , 000 1,000 2, 400 1,200 1 ,920 2, 400 2,008 1, 461 2, 150 288 400 93 1 1 ,820 ------- ------- 186,461 5,151 ------ .

Rura l Self-Help Schemes 300, 000 22,404 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -1 - - - - - - - - - Jc..l/II • §QC I!!!

:-~1Eci!f: Community Orga nisation, Education and Development Exte nsion - blbouystown Y.MCJ1.

Sports Deve l opment 26,622 3 , 550 4 ,000 .... --------------------------1--------- 1 34, 1 72 -------- • LOC.t-,L GOVT.
:RNN3iT: 9, 1 01 2,522 3,100 ---------, 14, 723 --------- ·, 59,732 36,756 - - - - - - - e 21, 796 l ------- /XX.

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!QPMJ..i:NT: Total Provision diture for 1959 (to end of September ) for 1959 ---7':--,J Rest Shelters Water Supply - Amerindian 16,500 Villagos J~mor indian Training; Centres Trade Stores Wapisiana Fencing Scheme Distr ict Office Or ealla 5 , 000 8, 000 6,758 2,000 23 , 750 -------- 62;, 008 ,----------------------- -------- L ___ ~:~ = _Im~~~-=-~~--------~' 860, 99~---- 803 1,598 715 .3:, 027 - - - - - - - - - - - i 6,143 13,253,11.10 r .. • ... Est i mate and Specifications of Drainage and Irrigation Works - La Retraite .
Pistributaries 1 .

South distributary Clearing 750 rods r,;., ~3 .

00 Shaping dams 1500 rods ~ 7 5~ Excavation 4 ' B. W. G. H. I ntake - 2 ' x 2 ' 11 ,700 cu .

yds at 40( G.H.

Tail wall - 2 ' x 2 ' 2 .

North Distributary Shaping dams 1500 rods ~ 75~ Excavation 4 ' B.W.

17850 cu.

yds .

~ 40< G. H. Intake 2 1 X 2 ' G. H. Tail Wall 2 ' :x 2 ' 3 .

Supply trench along north and west boundary Cleaning darns 120 rods ~ $1.00 ~xcavation 6 ' B.W.

10 , 2no cu.

yds ~ 40¢ Drains 1 .


orth Side Line Clear and redig western portion 4' B. W. 120 rods a i2.50 Clearing dam 750 rods @ 1.00 2 .

Centre Drains Regrading and clearing northern dam 750 rods @ ~2 .

00 Reconditioning 1500 rods @ $2.00 3 .

New east facade ~rain Excavation 6 ' B.W .

600 yd .
600 yd .

3 ra, 40¢ 2 Control panels one in each distributary 1 Control panel near Toevlug t intake Compensation Contingencies say 15% $2250 1125 4680 450 450 1125 7140 450 450 360 4080 300 750 1500 3000 2400 2400 1200 5000 5890 Total $45 , 000 •