. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. DUTCH GUIANA. 61 recent!}^ the miners have ascended the valleys, and have begun to attack the primitive rocks in which the mineral is embedded. Thus the mining industry has rapidly become one of the important branches of the colonial industry, which had hitherto been limited to a small number of products. With a view to the development of the gold-mines, a road 50 miles long has been opened between the Surinam and Maroni rivers. Administration. Despite certain empty parliamentary forms, the colonial government enjoys absolute authority. The govern
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. DUTCH GUIANA. 61 recent!}^ the miners have ascended the valleys, and have begun to attack the primitive rocks in which the mineral is embedded. Thus the mining industry has rapidly become one of the important branches of the colonial industry, which had hitherto been limited to a small number of products. With a view to the development of the gold-mines, a road 50 miles long has been opened between the Surinam and Maroni rivers. Administration. Despite certain empty parliamentary forms, the colonial government enjoys absolute authority. The governor, named by the Crown, is also president of the " House of Assembly," comprising 13 members, of whom he nominates four. The nine others, elected for six years, owe their nomination to notables enjoying an income of at least 40 florins. The governor proposes, and, if he chooses, disposes. Should his advice be rejected, he puts in writing the reasons of his dissent from the delegates, where- upon the majority has to consider the matter settled. Instruction is obligatory for all children between the ages of seven and twelve, and in 1887 nearly 5,400 pupils were attending the 48 public schools. The annual budget amounts to about £100,000. Dutch Guiana is divided for administrative purposes into 16 districts with variable circumscriptions. But all decentralised or provincial administration can be no more than nominal in a country whose capital alone contains more than half of the entire population, excluding the Bush Negroes, who are not com- prised in the census returns. The German Government is said to entertain the idea of purchasing Dutch Guiana with the view of converting it into a penal settlement like that of French Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-
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