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.. APPENDICES Staff at December 31, 1960.

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� - REPORT OF TEE GOVERNMENT INFORMATION SERVICES FOR 1960.
INTRODUCTION In 1960, e.s B:t•itish Guiana moved towa:t•ds inte:t•nal self- the Gove1•nment Inf02'!l1ation Se:t•vices 13ove:r•nment, ove1•s eas the imae;e of the t e2•2•i investo1•s fo.J:• the Development pe1•forn1ed know the :t•easons lirilred with ·cultu:t•al liaison and the encou1•ase:n1ent Guiana.· feelint3.within B!•-itish behind decisions of policy and was also closely of national P1•01:p•annne.
its appointed task of letting the people of BJ:•itish Guiana to2•y as a place which would wale ome -At home, the G.I.S.

continued to p:i:•oject 1 Of special note•is the G.I.S.

·cove1•ase of the Royal visit to B1•itish Guiana du.J:•ine: the yea:t•.

He!• Royal Highness the P:i:•incess Royal, paid a visit to the te:t•1•ito:i:•y oveJ:• the pe2•iod Janua:i:•y 27 - 31 and in addition to the s0e�ial articles and available to the p!•ess, the-G.I.S.

1•eco:r•ded of the Royal Visit, particularly B.G.


B:r•anches and the G i:r•ls Gui des and the joint o a:t•ade at which H. R.H. [p•ac i ously p:t•esented of the Red C1•oss and the St. J obn' s f,..rnbul anc e B:i:•ieade the visits to the H.Q1s of the new Colou1•s to the Red C:i:•-oss.

facilities in a film the hie;hlielrcs maje b. filmed !•eco!•d signi.ficant event of the yea1•; when a sbo:i:•t featu:i:•e was sbot on the occasion of the ce1:•emonies mai•ldne; the Alliance between the B.G.V.F.
and the Wo:i:•c est ei•shi !

'e Regiment was made, to·o, of anothe:i:• • In keeping with the desil•e of tbe Honou:i:•able Ministe1• of Coi:nmunity and Education that a Council of the iu•ts should be established at plannine; and executive levels with matte1•s 1•elatine; creation of this Council.

The in the activities of the Adult Education Association.

in B2•1t1sh Guiana, the Department to tl10 was fully involved Depa1•trnent continued its pa1•ticipation As in p1:•evious yea1•s, the G.I.S.
took the leading 1•ole unde!'

the auspices of tbe Minist:i:•y Cultu1•e Weelr in Octobe:i:•, in planning and 01:•ganisinu, Conn:nunity Development and Education, the count:t•y wide p!

'O£p•arnn10 for the 1960 Histo!

'Y and integi•ate the va1•ious One People, with One D_estiny and .ma!•lted by the awai•a of Gold Medals fo!'

the best cont:r•ibutions Week's activities we11E;J climaxed by th2•ee days of colou1•ful ca2•nival in Geo:i:•e;etown floats, steelbands.
and costume competitoni the city in attendance the occasion.

pa1•aded the st:i:•eets upon a Beauty �een specially c1•owned fo:r• e;:r•ou ps in the Community into one Nation, in Lite1•atu1•e, Music and A1•t.

The by the Chambe:i:• of Comme1•ce o:i:•ganised designed to of of in which deco:i:•ated Du:r•ine; the months of June and July, unde:i:• the auspices the Chief Info!

'!nat1on of the U.S. State Depai•tment, invited to study Ame!•ican Info:i:•mation and Cultu:r•al tutions..
This 60-day visit was bie;hlighted the J.i.spen Institute of Hmnanistic the mocle:t•n of .wne!•ic Mexico.

He also accepted the invitation Company, Limited, to spend a few days at b.rvida in Canada to the final saw ca1•1•ied ext1•acti on of Bauxite f:r•om B.G.

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Studies on lu11e1·ica1s Pu:i:•pose 1n wo!•ld and by visits to many places includine; the Voice stae;es, the p:i:•ocess that basins with the Office!• was Exchange Insti­ of Contp•ess and the annual c O!
'n dances in New of the Deme1•a!•a by a Semina!'

a, Lib1•a1:•y whe:t•e he Bauxite held at One of the mos·[; in1p 01•t ap.t info:ttnati on developments was the !

'ep 01•t by the Seni O!'

Inf ol'!nati by G ove1:•mnent how the existing ove1•haule the task of makine a p:t:•elimi ove1•seas public !•elations ope:i:•a-cion could best be d and extended in the United Kinedom.
To compile the su:r•vey on Of fie e1:1, who bad been ass ie;ned na:t•y su:i:•vey to find out /be ••• - 2 - he held discussions with a wide :r•ane;e officials of the Colonial Office, Cent:t•al Office of Info!

'!liation and the U.K. Boai•d of T:t•ade and the West India Committee.

of pe:r•sons, including Recording Studio was installed.
At the end of the yea:t• the equipment of the Gove:r•nment Liaison continued co:r•dially with kind!•ed bodies such as of the Uriivei•sity the B:t•itish Council, the Ext:r•a Mu:t•al Depa:r•tment Call ege of the West Indies, the United St at es Inf o:t•mati the Indian Council fo:r• Cult:u:i:•al Relations and with the Ca:r•ibbean B1•anch of the U.K.I.O.-based at T:i:•inidad.

The Chief Info:i:'!llation Offi ce1• se:i:•ved as a Chal!
'!nan 01• membe1• on the C ommi tt ees, di:t•oc at es and Boai•as of the Guianese Histo:t•y and Cultu:t•e Week Committee, the B.G.

Tou:t•ist Committee, the Public School of Home Economics, Boa'.!

:'d of Film Censo:t•s·, Adult Education Association, the B.G.

United B:t:•oadc astins Company, Limited, and the Standing Cornrnittee • Hi st o:t•ic al Monurnen·ts F1•ee Libra1•y, tbe Ca1•neg1e r fo:t:• the Pi•ese1•vation of Council of the on Se!

'Vic t oi•­ e, The total vote p1•ovided in 1960 f 01• !
'Unning the Dep a1•tmeni; was $180,497, Notewo:t•thy developments based on co-ope:t•ation with othe1• bodies included a visit in Octobe:t• to B:i:•itish Guiana at.

tbe instance of tbe G.I.S.

of M:r•.

I1301• B, Allan, Connnunications Media Office:i:• of u.s.o.M., Haiti, who was made available by I.C.A.

to advise on p e:t•s onnel, equipment and othe:i:• 1•equi:i:•ements an ove:r•all unit f o:r• Audio-Visual Aids to se:r•vice all B:t•itish Guiana Gove:i:•nment l\Unist:t•ies and agencies.

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Allan and the G.I.S.

Films Office1•, {M:r•.

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Young), wo:r-ked in close collabo1•ation 1•epol't was submitted befo1•e the.

end of 1960. nee eas a:r•y in establishing and a M1•.

F:r•ed01•iclc Ca1•1•ol, its· Chief Photoe;:t•aphe:r•, was du:r•ing tho year c onnnissi oned by Urn Cent1•al Office of Inf o:t•mation to take photogr•aphs in B:t•itish Guiana in O!

'de:i:• Films Lib1•a1•y.

He was accompanied by the Phbtog:r•apbs Office1•, Oil!•.
R. Fune;), and the Films Officer• on his tou:r•s th:i:•oushout the t e1•:i:•1 to augment its t O1•y • PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS DIVISION News C onf e:t•enc e The most sisnifican:i; development in p:t•ess liaison f 01• the week-end news yea1• was the decision taken to b:t•oadc ast.
the 1•eeula:r• confc:t•ence conducted by the Ministe1• Minis t ei•s of tlw G ove1•nment discussed which :t•ane;e ovei• ·i;he field of Gove:r•nn10nt f:t•om June of this yea2•, the 60 minute confe2•ence of w:r•itten questions anq answe1•s with supplement a1•ies was b1•oadc ast on the two p 1•O1:p•anm1e se1•vices of the B.G.

United B1•oadcasting and held a ve1•y c onsi de:r•abl e 1•adi o audience " and othe:t• .

At this c onf e2•enc e questions a:r•e ·or Trade and.
Indust:t•y Co. Ltd., and att:r•acted policy and as '-' 0 T1,ese and othe1• Ministe:t•ial p:r•ess confe1•ences a:t•e a2•1•anged by the Division and a1•e attended by 1•epo1•te:r•s and the 2•adio and by "r-t1•inge:i:•s" fo!'

ove:t•seas of the daily p!•ess news agencies.

The B!•i tish Guiana Bulletin This fm•tnightly Gove1•rm10ni; newspape!'
:i:•emained sensitiv,1 to tho main t:r•ends of social and ec anomic development; a1•0as • The pape:i:• ls dist:i:•ibuted mainly in the 1•u2•al the ci1•culation of the daily p:t•e�s is still small and its p:i:•lncipal aims a:i:•e: a:i:•eas whe:i:•e in the l'U:t•:i1 (a) to b1•ins to :t•eade1•s in !

'U:t•al a1•eas, 'in s 1mpl e te!


'l11S, 1•ep 01•ts of the achievements of village /c onm1uni ties, ••• - 3 - c omnn.ini ties, and the development of' the spi:t•it of self-help anct co-ope!•ation Devel opn10nt P !'

O(p1amn1e; within the ambit of the (b) to lay emphasis up on the opp O1:•tunities beins q1•eated fo:t• 11tl10 small man11 to imp:t•ove his condition; and ( C ) to devel oo s elf-1:•eli anc e and self-confidence among tbe 1:•esponsibility fo:i:• one the population� citizen to help the other.
emphasising The pleasing p!10s0ntation of the "Bulletin" , continued by the Cont:i:•act on f2•on1 1•ead01•s of p:t•inting bs,-offset lithoe;:i:•aphy B1•itish Guiana Gove1•nment app:i:•eciati :t•esult of this imp:i:•oved p:r•intinc; photo-poste1•s and subjects.

Two of these dealins with "New C1•op Bonuses" and 1Histo:i:ry and Cultu:i:•e Week, 196011 1 to forn1 pa1•t of publicity campaigns fo:i:• the 1•espect1ve D0pa1•ti:nent I B' • both in B::t•itish Guiana and ab:i:•oaa.
As a as depictine; the wo:i:•k of va1•ious Gove:i:•nment to d1•aw exp:i:•essions s and subjects cove:i:•ed in this way a:i:•e given in Appendix pases we:i:•e p1:•0pa2•ed , we2•e late:i:• conv01•ted into poste2•s the middle P::t•inte1•s subjects.

Depa:i:•tments of 1 the !101.mlt to the Cbild::t•en's Newsnape:i:•s A child1•en 1s newsnane1• of the "B.G.

Bulletin), featu"i•ing schools and a:i:•ticles times du1•ine; tho yea1•.

It is dist:r.•ibuted th:i:•ough schools and is ve1•y much in demand.
by pupils of p1•ima1•y specially w:i:•itton f o:r� them, was issu0d th:i:•c::i (which is in effect aspecial issue a:i:•ticles Guiana Di a:r•y end Inf orniati ves This weekly surmna:r•y of B:i:•itish Guiana News, togethe::t• -with 11Info::t•matives , was sent ove:i:•seas 11 the mo:i:•e occasional se::t•vicc of to jou:i:•nalists, br•oadcaste:i:•s and students.

Indust1·ial NewslG"tte:i:•s A monthly Inclust1•ial Newsl ett e!
', which was st a1•t ed in dist!•ibution to edito:i:•s of economic 1958 mainly fo1• ove:i:•seas j ou::t•nals, was the Chambe!• of Com.m01•c qu1clwnine; of indust:i:•ial development of Gove:i:•nnrnnt's c ed au.

:r•ine; dovelopment 1•ep1•odu p!'Oi:1;!'ann110.

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The Newslett e:r• 1•ec o:r•ds 1EHJS in the count:i:•y and the p1•01:-p the the yea:t• as a 1•egul a1• f eatu::t•e of "' Publications Du::t•ins the yea:i:• the Division undertook publication of a -copies of whicl1 we:r•e sent to local 12--pae;e inforniation and ove1•s0as b1•ocbure, t1:•avel asencies, students, and the Tou1•ist Committe0.

Comrm1niques and Newsc ast8 In addition to the no1•:mal wo:i:•k of handling the 1•el 0as0s of Gov01•rm1ent Minist.
:i:•ies and Depa1•tments, the Division also issuod to the P1•ess and Radio r•eleaseo info1•mation mate1•ial :i:•ecoived In select1ne; items fo::t• :r•elease p:i:•efe:t•ence is given to mate:i:•i-al :r•espect of which pa1•allels othe:i:• 1:•easons is of special inte1•est f2•on1 Commonwealth Infornrnti based on a wide 2•ange of to Guianese.

can be found in B:i:•itish Guiana or wbich fo:i:• on posts.
in BRO.ADCASTING GENERAL fl.dmi ni st 2• at i on & St affine The B2•oadc as ting Di vis ion - B1•oadc as tine Gen01•al and /B!

'oadc ast s ••• - 4 - B1•oadcasts yam•.

_.. to Schools - was adn1iniste!

1ed as one unit du1•1ne; tbe The· s'i;affins situation was mo!

'e difficult than usual and e.t the end of the yea!•, al 1 of the t1•ained off ic e!

'S at the Di vis1 on we!•e ei tha:i:• on leave unde!•goin13 1•esigned to be ma1•1•ied.
Tbe quality of the se1•vice was, howeve1•, maintained by recruitment of staff froo1 the Clerical division.

t1•aining ab1•oad, 01• had fu1•thel• G ova1•rnnent Rec 01•ding Studio The equipment fo!'

the studio was installed in Decembe1• althoueh the const!

'Uction wo2•k is not yet conmleted.

In the absence of ope2•at1ns staff, the equipment is lrnot !

'l.lnnins to p:t•event it f1•om dete1•i o!•atine.

in o:i:•de:i:• p:r•oe: !


'anm1es - ( Old & New} (1)In addition to p!•oe:r•anJines like "POEMS I LIKB:11, a weekly se!•ies in which individuals chose to :r•ead the poem of thai1• choice, the followins p!•o1:p•anm1es out the year: we1•e maintained in thei!• p!•evious _fol'l:ll th!•ough­ that !

'Un fo!'

a limited pe1•iod MAINLY FOR WOMEN - a half-hou!• masazine p!•oe1•ar.m1e women containine items of info1mation and ente!•tainmen f o:r• t, RURAL NOTEBOOK - a half-hou!'

magazine p!'Ol3!
magazine p!'Ol3!

'amme p!•ovidL113 talks of special 1nte1•est to !

'ice fa!

'I!1e1•s and co-ope1•ativo societies ond alno a vehiclo fo!'

:::xt!•acts addresses delive!

'ed SUNDAY AT NOON - a weekly !•adlo talk by Ministe1•s Gove1•nrnent and distineuished speake1•s inside and outside the c ountz-y in rural areas.

of • f!•oo1 ministe:t•ial TOPIC FOR rroNIGHT - a daily f1 ve-minute back1:p•ound talk.

NEWSCASTS - twice daily., f 1 ve-minut e coll ec ti ons of 1 t ems of eove1•nment news and inf o!
'mati on of public inte1•est.

UNION CALL - a fifteen-mlnut Education a1•1•anged weekly by the T1•ade Uni on Counci 1. e p !

'oe!•an1n1e on T!•ade Uni on The magazine p!•o1:p•anm1e RADIO MAGAZINE, a lrnlf-hou!• di1•ected to the ur•ban audience and consisting of talks, ., chane;ed its f ol'nl in June end was supplanted p!•o�!•anm1e rnusic and inte1•vlews which deals with people and by hT HOME .A.ND ABROiiD, a p1•og1•anm1e thin13s Guianese, as well as fo!•eisn affai1•s.
In this new fo:t'!ll the!•e is conside1•able use of c.o.I.

tapes on subjects of 1nte:i:•est to the conmmnity.

0 (2) New P1•oe;1•anm1es PATTERNS OF PROO-RESS - a fifteen-minute p:r•o1:p•anune illust1•atine aspects of the B1•1tish Gui an.a Davel ooment Pl•oi::p•anmie investment sect 01•s.

- both in the goVe!•nment al and the p1•1 va·:: � TO STi1.Rr YOU TALKrNG - a half-hou!'
p!•o1:p•anm1e making use of the sen!o1• boys and ui:r•ls of sec onda1•y schools to discuss matte1•s of pe!•ennial intel'est 1.31•eatest F1 amily' • such as 'Br•othe:t•s of the h1•ts', and 'Cbangine attitudes to the and contempora1•y 'Music, the Ka1•amazov', F..ALF A DOZEN 11\TEST INDil�N POErS - a qua1•te:r•-hou1• p1•01:p:•amme discuss Inc; the attitudes and poet!•y of some of the majo1• poets w1•itine: in The West Indies today.
/NEWS.•• - 5 - NEWS CONFERENCE ON THE AIR adopted by tbe Honou:t•able Minist01• of T!'f.

!de Pe:i:•baps the most impo:i:•tant p1•actice and Industr•y conference on the ai:i:•, answe1•ing questions f2•on1 P:r:•ess 1:•ep1•esent and policy.

atives on all aspects of eove:t•r.rrnent news of conductine a sixty-minute 21adio development was the info:r'!nation This pl'OEP'2nnne has anotbe1• hea:t•ing on the second station, B.G.B.S.

h.S a special Ch:i:•isbnas featu:i:•e, the G.I.S.


in B:i:•itish by outstanding musical pe1•fo1T.1e1•s p!•esented 1•ecitals Guiana in violin and piano and choral work.

Tbe:t•e was also a special Ch1•istmas p1•01:p•amme b1•00 de ast on Ch:i:•istmas H eads of Chu1:•ches b:t•oue;ht the message of Ch:t•istmas.

Nitsht on which Liaison ° Co1•dial the B.G.

United B1•oadcastine u.s.I.s., the Unive2•sity the C.B.C., and United Na.tions Radio.

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'elationships continued between the G.I.S.


and Company, the B:t•itish Council, the College of the West Indies, the B.B.c., c1•iptions proc:p•amme- CALLING a mo!•e suitable listening time.

Continued use was ma.de of thE1 excellent B.B.C.

T2•ans­ _and tape se2•vices of the United Nat:i.ons Radio.

The B.B.C.

THE CARIBBEAN was 11t:r•apped11 fo:t• :t•e-b1:•oadc ast at -- SPECIAL MENTION should be made of the B.B.C.
P:r•oe;:r•amme '11ALKING ABOUT TEACHING, which t eache:t•s continue to find most benef lei al in tbei:r• wo1•k in the cl ass2•oom.

BROADCASTS TO SCHOOLS In 1960, B:r•oadcasts to Schools in B1•itish Guiana completed only 197 of the b!•oadcasts, the systematic 1:•etu:i:•n its sixth yea!• of ope:t•ati on.

Although 226 Prima:r:•y and Seconda:r•y Schools a!


'e known to be :t•eceiving this numbe:r:• qualified as "Listening Schools", the basis fo1• qualifi­ to the B:t•oadcasts to Schools cation beine; Unit of the G.I.s., of not less than 50% of the numbe:t• of Weekly Repo1•t Ca:r•ds issued to a school du1•ing a te:r'I)1.
Following the patte:r•n established qua1•te:r• days of the week, emphasis beine laid on the B1:•itish its hi st m•y, civic inst itut 1 ons, its human 13 eog:i:•aphy and fauna e · The scbedul e also includes two s e1•ies of simo le singing lessons f o:i:• the Lowe:t• and Middle· Divl si ons, and the:t•e is-a weekly d_ealine; with subjects topical a·i; home and CURRENT £'�FAIRS p1•01:p•amme ove1•seas.
These Cu:r•:i:•ent popula!• both with the teacbe1•s of the se:t•vice, two daily we2•e p1•esen-l;ed five Guiana scene, and 1 ts f 1 o:r•a hour talks 01• d:t•amatised at the ina:ugu:r•ation h.f'fai!•s p·:t•oi:p•ammes continue to be mof:Jt p:i:•01::;:i:•a!1mes and pupils.

The ROiVIANCE OF ENGLISH se!•i es designed to e;i ve child:i:•en a p:t•ide in speech fo:i:• its own eake continued to help to imp:t•ove the speech of childl'Em in Guiana schools.
New s e:i:•ies i nt1•oduc ed du1•ine the School Yea2• we1•0: (a) (b) "CIVICS - Cent:t•al Gove:r•rm1ent" (Middle Division) - This se!•ies aimed at showing the child how people live in 1:p•oups, explainine what is meant by the G ove:r•rmient e;ivine illust!•ations of the Gove1:•rm1eni; at wo:r•k.

and of Oth01• Lands" (B.B.C.)

(Middle Division) - "Child:i:•0n the "Civics" p:t•oi:p.•amme the following te:r'In.

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'eplaced This B.B.c.


series was intended to widen children's knowledge of th0 outside wo1•ld, and to show how people of othe!'

lands 11 ved toe ethe!

'• Ill Qu'I'• -... (c) 110U!• Health" (Middle Division) - a se:t•ies illust2•atins - 6 - the 1:p•owins patte2•ns Health Se:i:•vices attention to child health, finally took the place of the B.B.C.

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of development in the Public in the c omr:ru.nity and the inc:t•easing ( d) "We Face the Wo:t•ld" (Uppe:t• Division and Seconda:t•y Schools) - a combination and "Wo:t•ldng the usual 11\/Vo:t•ldne fo:i:• a �iving11 se1•ies.
fo:r• a Living", was b:r•oadcast of the two se:t•ies "Civics" instead of ( e) "The Shakespea:t•e Se:r•ies" - also fo:t• Uppe:r• Division and Schools, we:i:•e continued unde:t• the new titles Seconda:i:•y of "Women in Shakesp ea1•0", and {f) "The Shakesp ea1•e T1•adi ti on" - The object of t hese b:t•oad­ Y 1Nilliam Shakespea:t•e.
c ast s was to p:t•ovide en2•ichment Uppe:t• Division would be int2•oduced to 0 ment the 1•eadint1, a one by pupils of Second a.:rry Schools, who we:r•o p2•epa1•ine fo1• the Ove1•seas School Ce1•tificat1 .and G .c.E.

Examinations in mid-196O.


It would also se:r•ve to supple­ in which pupils of the the w2•itings- " In addition to the "CHILD HEN'S NBWSPAPER" published by the Gove1•nment Info:r•mation Se:r•vices, p1•oduced and dist:t•ibuted the fi:r•st edition of a magazine bookle·t called the "YOUNG LISTENER".
The fil•st issue of this 11YOUNG LISTENER" was a small twel ve-pag0 cyclostyled booklet, including sur1m1a1•ies of b1•oadcasts du2•ing the t e:t•m, and advanc o info:i:•mati fol• teachc1•s on tl1e next te:r•m's p1•otp•an1mes.

issued once eve1•y te:t'Ille the B:t•oadc asts to Schools Unit on This booklet will be Invaluable s e:t•vi c e was e;i ven by the tl•ained t eache1• specially seconded to the Broadcasts to Schools Unit to assist the Schools B1•oadcast O:r•eanise:r• t:r•ainine; teache:r•s c ast ins.
and the p:t•ocedu1•e continued of tochniques and the a1•t of b:r•oac1�­ in mic:r•ophone FIELD SERVICE the gene1•al patte:t•n .of p1•evious yea:t•s, namely: Ope:t•ations in the Field Se1•vice during 1960 followed {a) Maintainine a two-way flow of info1matlon between l!ead(l1.l a:r•te:t•s and the outlying dlst1•icts; ( b) Int e:t-p:i:•et 1ne end expl ainine G ove:i:•nment 's policy and keepine Gove1•nment info:t'lned p alley st at ements; of local :r•eaction to it-s (c) Assistine: in· the p 1•omotion of Comnru.nity D evelopment 1n the :t•u2•al dist1•icts; (d) Givine cove1•ae;e of impo1•tent events taking place in, and the vis its of imp 01•t ant p e1•s ons to the di st1•ic ts; (e) H elpins to plan ·p:t•og:i:•ammes both of local and national int eJ:•est.
In the ca:t•:t•yine out of all these activities the Dist:r•ict Info1•mation Office:i:•s 1•eceived Comrn1ss1one:r•s and othe:t• rnembe:t•s Off ice1•s • the full coope:i:•ation of Dist:i:•ict of the dist1•ict teams of Gove1•nmont Special b.ssignments These included publicity campaiens in connection with the takine; of the Census and the launchine; of the BCC'r and Polio Campaigns.
Two su:t•veys w-e1•0 CE1!1:t•ied out., one in connection with the impact and d1st1•ibution of tho B:t•itish Guiana Bulletin, and /the ••• - 7 - II the othe:i:• with cattle damage in the Black Bush Polde:i:•.

Office:i:•s also assisted in 02•sanisine; and executins Conmmnity in West Be!•bice and at Queenstown, 1•eco!1dings, news sto_I•ies, photoe;:i:•aphs, Add:i:•ess System), was also elven to a numbe!'

of outstandine; events notably the visit of H •.

R.H.
R.H.

The P!•inces·s Royal to Victo:i:•ia Village, the Opening Confe:i:•ence, P:i:•oj.ect, of the Boe!•asi:i:•ie and the openine; of a numbe:i:• of Health Cent:i:•es.

Essequibo.

Full coVe!•age (tane along with the use of Public the Annual Village Chai:i:'l'nan's Education P:i:•otri:•arnmes In the H:isto:i:•y and Cultu1•e Week celeb1•ations, the field publicised the assisted in planninG J:'U!
'al p:i:•os2•arnmes, office1•s seve2•al events and p:i:•ojected inte:i:•est celeb:i:•ations of the Child:i:•en's Day, "Guiana Day".

in the annual debate fo:i:• films.

They also helped to stinmlate the Pat:i:•lck Da1•gan Shield, and the Field Office1•s have also acted as efficial guides to pe2•sonae;es visiting the dist:i:•icts.

Among the visito2•s we2•e the Mau:i:•itius Ministe:i:•ial Delee;ation, M2•.

W.P.

J/Io1•2•ison, U.K.I.O.

Rep2•esentative in T2•inidad, and Nelson c. Ledsky •.
the U.S. Vice-Consul, M:i:•• thus assisted M.v.o., the Gene1•al Duti.es In addition, ·the Dist:i:•lct Infol:'l11ation Office1•s continued to act as agents of the Dist!

'ict Commissione:i:•s on self-help and othe2• c onmiuni semina2•s T2•ainees and Pa!•ent-Teache1•s Associations0 ty development !

'Un fo2• Community Councils, Women's Institutes, Teacbe2•­ in checkine and 1•epo1•tine; schemes.
They assisted at In adult education, one office:t• o:t•ganised a d:r•aina (:';!1ou1..., in Essequibo and othei•s add2•essed clubs and tF'oups on Va!•ious topics.

unde!

'took we1•e closely associated with the w02•k of the A1:32•icultu Health, Co-ope1•ative, thei2• duties, Dist:i:•ict Info:i:•mation othe!'

dist2•iqt office1•s and thus they 1•e, Public In the cou:t•se of field t.!•ips with Local Gove:i:•nrnent, Social V\Telfa1•e, and Education Office2•s Depai•tments.
They also attended meetings of Local Autho:i:•itien, Ree;ional Development Committees and Conmmnlty Councils, assisted in planning p!

'O£p1anm1es fo2· ag2•icultu1•al exhibitions educatio_n p:i:•ojects, and publicised a numbe2• of impo:i:•tant events and achievem ents in the !

'U:r•al ro•eas • and fai!•s and community This close c ollabo:i:•ation with the dist:i:•ict office:i:•s ba:s resulted in two main benefits: (i) a bette!'
unde1•standine; by_ villae;e1•s and dist1•ict of the 2•ole and function of the Dist:i:•ict· Off ic e:i:•; and office1•s Info:i:•mation (ii) the p:r•ovision of facilities fe2• on-the-spot checks of news sto!•ies.

Film Shows In acco!

'dP.nc e with the accepted policy of emphasising the educational aspect of filn;i shows, Office1•s Co-ope:i:•ativ in film show-discussions of ex-ii ensi on wo1•k.
e, Education and Social held du:i:•ine the yea:t• of the Ag:r•icultu?•e, Health, Welfai•e Depa2•trnents ., toolr pa1•t in suppo2•t of some aspect St affine; and Leave (Field) and fou!• Dist:i:•ict some few actine appointments, Depai•tment 13oin13 on leave.

Staff s t:r•ene;th !1emainer;:i unchanged at one Inf o!

'!llati on Off ic 021 Info::t'l:nation Office!

'S, although the1•e we:i:•e in the consequent upon office2•s on vacation leave in 1959, :i:•esumed duty in May and was posted to Essequibo,� Mi•.
v. Jones, who M:i:•.

B. DeRushe, who went /p2•ocoeded • •• - 8 - to headqua1•te1•s proceeded on leave to the United Kin13dom.

In mid-August, M:t•.

P. Haynes was t:t•ansfe:t•:t•ed Office:t•., and Mi•.

s. Leacock, (e membe:t• of the B:t•itlsh Guiana P:t•ess), was appointed to act fo:t• M:r•, Haynes.

M:t•.

Jones :t•esuined duty in Novembe:t• taking ovei• f:r•om M:t•, Leacock, Meanwhile, !11:r•.

M. Dundas, who o:t•iginally had been appointed to act fo!"
M:t•, DeRushe continued to se:t•ve in this capacity th:r•oughout the yea:t• fil•st fo2• M:t•.

Jones and subsequently f o:t• M:t•, Haynes• to act as Senlo:t• B2•oadcast1ng _ Gene:t•al Equipment - Two of the Station Wage;ons which we:t•e in use f:t•om the inception of the Se1•vice in 1955, we1•e :t•eplaced by Land Rove:i:.•s.

Replacement equipment, not ably the gene:t•at is under consideration.
O1•s and tape 1•ec O1•de:r·s, of some of tbe ot he:t• :Mat e:r•i al - The office1•s maintained tbe1:r• weekly despatch of mate1•ial to beadqua1•te1•s newscasts, photoe;:t•aph fo:r• use in tbe G,I.S.

p:r•oe;:r•anl!lles, and the G. I. s. 1•aa1 o p:r•og1•ammes.

stories, ., comp:t•ising negatives and tape :i:.•eco:r•dine;s the newspape1•s FILMS DIVISION The benefits which can be de:t•ived f:r•om the use of visual pa:r•ticula:r•ly in Comnrunity Development, aids in Educational P:r•o1:p•ammes, f o!.
'I11ed the basis of a numbe:r• of talks and demonst:r•ations the Films Office1• du:r•ing the yea:r•.

These tallrn we1•e given at week-end Seminai•s O1•ganised by va1•ious Gove:r•nment the Sugai• Estate Autho1•itles, Goverrnnent Extension Office1•s.

To illust1•ate these lectu:t•es a flannel­ _., - f.!'!

'apb boa:i:.•d was made as well as electr-ic boa:t•d and othe:t• mate:i:.•ials.
fo2• Community and Youth Leade1•s and Depa:r•tmenbi, as well as by given by visual In Octob0:t1, th:i:•ough the coui•tcrny of q1e r:c.A., r/f!

'• Ie;o1• B.

Media Office!'

in Haiti, visi·iied the Colony Allan, Comnrunications f o:r• the pu:t'Pose of investigating and ma kine; :t•ec onnnendati establishment of an Audio-Visual Division within the Gove1•nment Infonnation Sa:t•vic es.

Du.
Du.

:r•ine; his visit, he e;ave lectu2•es and demonst1•ations on the use of inexpensive audio-visual mate1•ials to teachei•s-and Gove:t•nrnent talks we1•e ve1•y much inm:r•essed with the si 11::-sc:t•een :t•epo:r•t :r•ecommendations on Conm1Unicatlons t owal•dn the end of the yeai•.

P!

'OC ess.

His to the B:t•itish Guiana Gove:r•nment on his visit-setting out Extension Office1•s.
Many who attended these ans on the Media in B:t•itish Guiana was 1•eceived c. F:r•om a g:t•ant of £400 1•eceived unde:t• a Colonial Daveloonw .1i; '- and Welf a1•e Scheme, a c e:t•t aln amount of audio visual equipment wa�, nurchased f:t•om the United K ine;dam and the United Stated of Ame:t•ica.,.
The equipment included the followine;: Th:i:•ee Aldis 500 35 mm filmst:r•lp/ slide p:r•ojecto1•s and Two 35 mm film7slide Viewlex p1•ojecto1•s, 1atte:t• p1•ojecto1•s on a 6 volt batte:i:•y); Two day-lie;ht sc:r•aans and Two la1•se-size Ma_tte s c:t•eens.

This equipment will be available fo:t• use by Gove1•nn1ent Officei•s (the a:t•e capable of wo1•ldne on A.C. cu:i:.•rent as well as 01• Social Wo:t•ke:t•s.
., teache:i:•s, At the end of the academic yea1" s t1•ainine of the teache:t•s at the Gove:tinment T1•aining College, the Films Office!'

eave talks- on the utilization of this equipment in the hope to the teache:t•s make use of it when they 1•0tuI>ned that teache:t•s would to theh• schoolfl.

Films Th:t•ee films w01•e c o:mpl eted du:t•ine the yea1•.

They wei•e: (i) "A PRINCESS RETURNS" depictine bieblie;hts of the vis it of H. R.H.
The P:t•inc es s Royal to B:t•i ti sh /Guiana; ••• - 9 - Guiana; l I (ii)"ABOUT CHICKENS AND IDGS11 - the develonment of the p oult1•y indust!•y in B:t•i tish Guiana; (iii)"THERE'S MONEY IN COCOA" - the plantine of cocoa as a majo:r• c1•op in dive1•sified fa:r'Inine;.
Two othe:r• films which had been completed in 1959 ·we1•e 1•ac ei v ed du1•ing the yea1• and c i:r•cul at ed • These we1•e II SIR RALPH GREY ARRIVES" - scenes in Geo1•13et Gove1•no1•, at Onve1•wa1:rt, Advise1• of tbe Colonial Office, thi s latte1• film was entei•ed in the Conm10nwealtb announced.

West Coast, Be1•bice.


On the advice of-the Films Film Awa1•d contest fo1• 1960. and 11FISH CULTIVATION" own du:r•ing the a1•1•i - the Gove1•nment val of the new Results have hot yet been Exoe:r•imenta.l Station A successful attempt \'vas made to p:i:•oduce a 200 ft. 11sto1ayette" ,.
in coope1•ation with the Police Depa1•tment on C:i:•lme P:r•eventio,n and the use that should be made of the Fo:i:•ce Cont1•ol Room at Police Head­ qu a1•t e1•s • This film was shot and p1• oc es s ed locally a�d sb own on seve1•al occasions ave1•y nie;ht du1•ine: the weak-long Indust1•ial the League of Colou1•ed PeoP,les.

Fai:i:• of Film Li b1•a1•y The G.I.S.


Film Lib1•a1•y continued to be in demand and -t!r-:1 f:i:•om the Cent1•al Office of Info:i:•mation, of films now titled "LOOKING AT BRITAIN11 need for• additional titles fo1• the Lib1•ro•y 1•esponse the new s e1•ies additional films wa1•e 1•ac ei ved f 110m the Cenii1•al seven c c;>pias of old films 1•eplaced pu1•cha.s ad.
Office of Inf o:r•mati on., by new ones, and six ext1•a films mat with an axcel],ent pa:t•ticula:i:•ly thrc--.i�h • Sixty Many o:i:•gan1sat1ons made 1•equests th2•ough the G.I,S, fo:i:• Film Lib!•a1•y, the loan of films f:r•om the Ove:r•seas majo!•ity of these we:i:•e used fo1• special t!•ainlng management, safety in facto:i:•ies, tions., and social welfa:t•e wo·:i:•k.

Assis·i;anca the United Kine;dom Info:i:•mat1on Conm1issione:i:• in T:i:•inidad with the supply of films.
It is bea:t•tenine; to note the impo!

"cant :i:•ole that films continue to play in t:t•aining sessions and many office1•s now app11eciate how useful in thei1• t1•ainine; f:t•om and the Canadian techniques in telephonic conmru.nica­ Office in T:i:•inidad was also :t•ecaived cou!•ses in office p1•oe;1•anune.

the film can be London.

The An eff o:r•t was made to have Documenta1•y Films included in week-end shows at we1•e sent f1•om the U.K.I.o., and have since been :i:•etu:i:•ned.
Anotbe:r• shipment is expected sho1•tly.

the cinemas and, as a trial project, eisht films T!•inidad.

These films we:i:•e _well :r•eceived One p a1•ticul a:i:• f eatu:i:•e wo:i:•tby of :i:•e-c 011d was an op en ah• film sbow at the St ab:r•bek Squa:i:•e, when ove:t• one thous and p e1•s ons watched f:r•on1 thei1• c a11s and f 1•om the :t•oadside of films on local subj acts and .showed tbei:!• app:i:•oval came to an and.
a one hou:i:" s showing when the show -- At the end of the yaro•, the two yea1• old cat al 013ue was in the cou1•se of 1•evision w ith seventy-five will be av ail able v0ry ea:t•ly in 1961. new titles added.

Copies Eighty-five educational film shows we:r•e a:t•:i:•aneed by Staff ln u1•ban and subu1•ban Headque1•te!•s films a1•e int:r•cduced followed by a discussion.

Th:r•aue;h this system.

of p1•esentation of films., audiences a:i:•e developing a batte:i:• app:i:•eciation of docuniental'Y films.

a1•ean.
a1•ean.

At these shows, the and the Dhowing is often by the chai1•man, /PHOTffiRAPHS •.

• PHOTCC'r AAPHS DIVISION - 10 - - 10 - The Division p:r•ovid0s the photoe;:r•aphs the Depa:r•tment needs in iti:i p:t•ess wo:t•k, It p:r•ovides a.lso photog:r•aphs and fo2• Government Minlst:r•ies and Depa:r•tments f02• inst:r'Uctional and public 1 ty pu:.t'P os es.

its publicati'on� fo:r• presa use both locally and ove:i:•seas to illust:r•ate and f o:r• displays.
we:r•e Fo2• the-·yea2•· 1960, 1,034 negatives and 3,041 p:r•in-iis p:r•oduced; these photoc:r•apbs exhibited a wide 2•ane;e of subjects., but helped chiefly to Pl'of:p'amrne.

Of the 3.,041 pl•ints p:r•oduced, Gove:r•nrnent depa:t•tments c a:i:•as and l ec tu1•es.

illust:r•ate the Gove:r•nment to 1llusb•ate 1•epo1•ts, b1•ocbu1•es., Cln•i�tmas 741 we:r•e used by va:r•ious 's Development The:r•e has been an inc:i:•ease in 1•equests and vis:U;o1•s tou:i:•ist att1•actions in the Colony.
fo1• photoe;1•apbs showing indust:i:•ial f:i:•orn ove:i:•seas development and acu1cies A feature of the Division's activities for the year was of the visit to B:t•itish Guiana of many impor•tant Q beine; the visit of He:r• Royal Highness, the cove:i:•age pe:i:•sonae;es, the most impo:t•tant The P:r•inc ess Royal.

The Photog:t•apbs Office!• !

'esumed duty on Febl:'Ua!

'Y 13, 1960, completing an I,C.A.


t2•aining p1•oe;1•an1me afte:i:• sucoessfully 16 mm motion pictu:i:•e p1•oduction in the United States of Ame:t•ica.

Upon his :r•etu:i:•n he was :i:•esponsible fo1· the cutting and editine of the films 11A PRINCESS RETURNS11 shooting of the sc:t•ipt on "COCOA PROPAGATION11 "ABOUT EDGS A.:ND CHICKENS".

The Photo31•aphs man unde2• the qi!•ec tion of the Films Of fie e1•, MR. R.L.

Youne;, when the di vision shot a sho!


'.t fi ln on c2•ime p:t•event ion f 01• the police Fo:i:•c e. , and shoot.inc; the film Office:r• acted as came:r•a­ , "ALLIANCE", the w:t•itine; and in M:i:•.

Ve:t•non Mu2•1•ay, a f:i:•ee-lance photee;:i:•aphe1•, who had acted fo:i:• the Pbotor:p•aplrn Office1• du:r•ine; his adsence_ on leave, was employed tempo1•a2•ily i•eliev:e the Photoe:i:•aphs Officei• of da2•k1•oom accompany M:r•.
Fi•edei•ick Ca1•1•ol Office of Info2•mation , Chief Photog2•aphe2• ., on bis photosr•aphic tou:i:• of B!

'itish Guiana.

fo:t• a pe1•iod of two months.· Tbis helped to duties so that he could of the Cenc:i:•al LIBRARY Du:r•lng 1960, the Refe:i:•ence Lib2•a:i:•ian pe!

'foritned the usur.:i.

functions lncludine the :t•evision, in collabo1•ation with the P:r•ess Office2•s, of the sections about B:t•itish Guiana in a nurnbe:t• of st anda:i:•d :i:•efe2•enc e books.
ti Tb e:i:•e was also a e; ene1•al :t•evi s ion of Li b2•a:i:•y stock and books we1•e sent to the A:i:•chives To the stock wei•e added 79 new books on inforn1ation techniques and on B2•itish Guiana.

Enqui:t•ies involving cont inuea to ave:r•ae 01• to Depa:i:•tments mo:r•e di:r•ectly e 12 p e:t• day.

1•ef e2•enc e to the Lib1•a:i:•y conce:i:•nea.


Aeency f 01• Cent:i:•al Of fie e of Info:i:'!nati on, London Weekly ai1• bass we:i:•e :i:•ec el ved :i:•ee;ula:i:•ly cant aining one copy pape:i:•s and publications.

Su1•face bae;s of impo:i:•tant containing rnnne:i:•ous books, booklets, leaflets, _photo poste:i:•s and nce mate:i:•ial we:i:•e also :r•eceived.

p1•inted J:•efeJ:•e J:•efe:i:•ence Copies of biog1•aphies and :i:•efe:i:•ence mate1•ial we:i:•e filed f02• refe:r•ence pUl'Poses.
Keesing's A:i:•chives and Commonwealth Su:i:•vey we:i:•e kept indexed.

Photog2•apbs we:i:•e also filed fo:t• 2•ep:i:•oduction in the B:t•itish Guiana Bulletin and the p1•ess and fo1• use by G ove:i:•nrnent Depa:i:•tments.

/D ist1•ibutton ••• Dist:r•ibution of th0 va:r•ious publications and poste1•s was - ll - made to the Public F:t•ee Lib2•a2•y Schools, Youth and otbe:r• Or•ganisations.

tinued to be most popula1•.


and its b:r•anches, Gove:t•nrnent The colou:r•ed poste:r•s con- Depa:i:•tments, Film st:r•ips we1•e also r•eceived and lent to schools, social o:r•e; ani s ati ons and d-ep a:i:•tments,, TOT)AY11 one of the most popula1• of the c.o.I.

six-weekly mae;azines continued to be in e;1•eat demand, the supply being 11COIVIl\10tn�fEALTH increas�d to 5,300. buted.
h limited supply of "CALENDAR OF BRITA.IN" was also distr•1-· London P1•ess Se:r•vic e and Featu:r•e a:r•tic l es we:r•e also :r•ec ei ved and :r•epr•oduced in the BULLETIN, G.I.S.

RADIO PROGRlJVIMES, and filed f 01• Gene:r•al Inf onaation.

B1•oadcastin13 was sent to Colonial Office.

sc:r•ipts, A 11veekly bag containing all Gene1•al B:r•oadc as tins and School Bulletins, weekly newspape1•s and con1i'TIU.niques, DISTRIBUTION the unde:r•men-cion ed dist:r•ibuti on list: G.I.S.
mate:r•ial continued to be despatched acco:r•ding _ to II Gene:r•al List A " II B It C n It D II E Guiana) 0 O e (Br•itisb (West Indies) ••• (United Kine;d om) • • • (U.S.A.) ••• • • • (B:r•itish C omrnonweal th It ••• • •• ••• ••• 6,195 184 238 95 fl " F It G It excluding Colonial Office List) • • • ••• (Fo2•eie;n Te:t•:t•it 02•i es excluding U.S.A.) ••• •• • {Colonial Office ·ex- cludin13 West Indies) ••• 27 43 48 Du:r•in13 the yea:r• 1960, 575,577 copies of B2•itish Guiana and Ove1•r; e as public at ions we1•e distributed both in B:r•1·1;1 Ov01•s0as, this numbe:r• beine; made up as follows: sh Guiana and ) ••• ••• o• • B.G.
Bulletin Guiana Dia:r•y Inf o:r-rnati ves Industrial Newsletter �•• News Roundup ••• Commomvealth Today Magazine Annual Depa:r•tment al Rep o:r•ts Annual Rep 02•t of B:r•i ti sh Guiana, 345,000 23,782 393 1,876 322 37,350 1,048 ••• .tJ1nual Repo:r•t of Br•itish Guiana, 1958 ••• ·134 B,G.

Land of Oppo:r•tuni ty Lea:r•nine by Radio G oine; to B:r•i t ain Misc ell ane ous •• • ••• • • 0 .
1959 ••• ••• ••• • •• ••• 204 l, 125 156,000 603 7,740 Staff Co-one::r•ation The activities of the Gove2•nment Infor'!nation Se1:•vices often involve ove::r•time co-ope:r•ation of the membe::r•s of the staffe hou:r•s of wo:r•k, e;iven with the loyal and willing (A. J. SEYMOUR) CHIEF INF10filVIliTION OFFICER.

APPENDIX · 1 At - Staff at Dec embe1• 31, 1960 - POST OFFICER'S NAlVIE PERI OD OF DUTY l.l.60 -31.12.60 do.

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Seni 01• Inf O!

'!lla ti on Off i c e:i:• Inf Ol'In8.t ion Off i C 8!

'0 Films Of fice!'
'0 Films Of fice!'

Phot og!•apbs Of'fic e:i:• Senior Press Officer P!•es s Off 1 c el'S ·B!•oadc as•�ire Office!•s Assistant B1•oadcesting Off le Bl'S an Li b1•a1•i Ass 1st ant Li b1•a1•i an Dist:i:•ict Info:t'I!lation Of fie e:r•s D1•ive1•/P:i:•oj J;.ccounts & Adve:i:•tisins ecti onist Cl e:i:•k Sec:i:•et ai•y Seni oi• Cle::t•ic al Assist ants Clerical Assistants Tempo1•a1•y ylerical Assistants A. J. Seymou:i:· L.A. Sea:i:•wa1• Miss Celeste Dolphiri R.E.

Thompson (Field) R.L.

Youns R.A, Funs W.L.


Ca:i:•t o H. w. Josi ah W.A.

M cAnd:r•ew {Actine) v.c.

Forsythe {Senior B1•oadcastine Office1•) Miss O.

C:i:•oal:- Miss L • Mc Ax•t hu!• Miss R. Hazel Miss G • Ti am Fook Miss L • G o:i:•d on M!'S.

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Mess enge1•s Chauffeu:i:• C.Wale ott L.Isaacs T.Holde:i:• Bt Taylo1• E, Edun H.Bobb-Semple Sat: Pe Ni aua E, Lime:i:•iclc C, Gouveia do.
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BULLETIN - MIDDLE Pf�GE PICTURE SPREADS - DATE SUBJECT "' .. ,;I Janua1•y 18., 1960 F eb:t'Ual•y 29, 1960 • •• e I I New Gove1•nor's A!•:t•ival P1•inc ess Royal Is Visit to B:t•i t ish Gui_ana Apl1il 25, 1960 June 30., 1960 August 8� 1960 August 29, 1960 Septembe1• 17., 1960 Oct obe!'
17., 1960 Oct ob e1• 31, 1960 Novembe1• 28., 1960 II I I Sea Defences •• • • • • ••• P1·og1•ess in Health Se1•vices New C1•op Bonuses Post Office savings Bank • • • Community Development at 01•eall a ••• Fo1•t Island • • • • • • The B.G.

Police F 01•c e Histo:r•y &.


Cultu1•e Week., 19600 AN ANALYSIS OF THE DIST1TIBUTION OF "THE BRITISH G UihNA BULLB:TIN11 IN BRITISH GUIANA IS AS FOLLOWS: AREhS SINGLES BULK SCHOOLS TOTAL R1 ver Uppe1• Deme:r•e:r•a West Coast & West Banlc Demer era 33 345 493 871 194 1,178 540 1,912 Eas·i; Bank Deme2•ara 168 811 265 1,244 E ast Coast Deme1•a2•a 292 2,545 l,005 3,842 Lowe!'

C or entyne 188 1,597 680 2 135 Uppe!'
C o:r•entyne 254 Essequibo Coast & Islands 164 No2•tb West Dist:r•ict, Rupununi 2,529 1,593 975 3, '75G 786 2,543 a nd Uppe:r• Essequibo 42 448 1,102 Geo:i:•eet own & Env11•ons 1,114 868 695 2,677 West Indies United Kingdom 2,449 119 12,078 67 176 57 5,887 20,414 Colonial Office & B:r•itisb Connnonweal th Outside B:r•itish Commonwealth United States of .L-unerica 6 52 21 70 13 - / 2,887 12,221 5,887 20,414 APPENDIX 'C' VISITORS - 1960 - Her Royal Highness., The P:r•inc ass Royal ALLAN, Is o:r• B.
•• • • • • Communications Haiti & U.S.A. Media O ffice1• BOIIT1., Anna(Miss) •• • ••• Phot og:i:•aphe1• in the United Kingdom BRUCE, Ge o:r•e; e •• • ••• Sec:t•eta:r•y of the Unive:r•sity BOOTE, G o:r•d on •• • • •• CARROLL, F:r•ede:r•ic k ••• • •• CONNOR, Ed:r•ic ••• FISHER, Nigel •• • •• • ••• of London, Ent:r•anc School Examinations Council e and U,K, T:r•ade Commissione:r• in The West Indies c.o.r.

Chief Press Phot�­ g:r•&pi'.!

';:1�• Film Dil•ecto:r•, London Membe:t• of Pa:t•liament ., U.K.
HANNAN., William • • e ••• do, LEE., Wilf1•ed A, •• • ••• Managine; Di:t•ect 01• & P1•oduce1•, Films., Documen-ba1•y T11inidad • MACE, D1•.

David ••• ••• Family Plannine Consultant, u.s.A. ••• P1•esident of the Institution of Civil Ene;i ne e1•s, United Kingdom ••• MORRISON, W.P., M.v.o.

U.K. Inf'onni;d:.ion O£'£'ice:t• in T:r•ini dad MA.RK, D1•.

Fi•anc is ••• •• • Lectu:i:•e:r• in Poli tic al Insti­ tutions., u.c.w.I.

l NEWML.N, Pete1• ••• • •• Senio:r• Lectu:r•e:r• in Economics., u.c.w.I.
Nb.IRL�d, Hon'ble And1•e •• ••• Ministe:r• of Indust1•y & ., Mau:r•i ti us C omme1•c e ROY., Kulwant • • • RAJKlJ iVIAR, DJ:•, V ,0, • • • ••• .JoU:r'Ilalist, New Delhi., L.1.oi a ••• fo:r• the Indian Connnissione:r• RINGADOO., Hon'ble Vee 1• as amy ••• TENENBAUM, Edwa1•d••• VON ZITZEt/1/ITZ, Bodo ••• • •• • •• WALKER, W.A.R.

••• WALTER, Hon'ble Ha:r•old.

WALTERS, D1•, Elsa • • • •• • ••• • •• West Indies & B:r•.

Guiana Ministe:r• of Labou:r•, Mau:t•itius I.C.A.


Indmrt!•ialist Special­ - 1st Political & Public Relations Advise:i:•., Shell T:t•inidad., Limited.

w.r. Students L iaison Officer Mau:r•itius Ministe:r• in U .s.A.

of Wo:r•lrn, Senior Lectu1•e1•, Depai•tment of Education, U.C.W,I.

BRITISH GUIANA IBGISLA.TIVE ASSEMBLY.

I MINUTES of the second meeting of the Committee of Selection held in the Speaker's Wednesday, 31st January, 1962.
Office of the Legislature at 1.30 p.mo on PRESENT: of Natural His Honour the Speaker, Mr. R.B.

Gajraj -Chairman.

Hon.

B.H.

Benn, Minister Resources.

Hono B.S.

Rai, Minister of Home Affairs.

Mr. S.M.

Saffee, Member for Berbice Mr. J. Carter, Mr. R.E.

Cheeks, Mr.

I. Crum Ewing, Clerk of the Legislature.

Member for Werk-en-Rust� Member for Georgetovm North.

West.
West.

The Committee met to - (i)fill the vacancy on the Committee of Selection created by Mr. Henry's election as Member for Houston having been declared void; and (ii)to nominate personnel for the Business Sub-Committee in terms of Standing Order 65(1).

Vacancy on Committee of Selection: Members nominated Mr. Moses Bhagwan to fill tbe vacancy.

Business Sub-Commi ttee under Standing Order 65(1): Committee nominated the following Members to oompriset his Committee:- Resources, Hon.

B.H.

Benn.
B.H.

Benn.

(1)Minister of Natural (2)Minister of Finance, Dr. the Honourable Charles Jacob, Jr. (3)Member for Western Berbice, Mr. S.M.

Saffee.

(4··-) (5)Member for Werk-en-Rust, 1 N"Jr, L.F.S.

Burnham.

Mr. John Carter.

Member for Ruimveldt (6)Member for Georgetown North, Mr. R.E.

Cheeks.

There being no further business the m eeting 28th February, 1962.