LAND IN BRITISH GUIANA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 23 November 1938, Page 7

LAND IN BRITISH GUIANA

OFFER BY GOVERNOR GEORGETOWN (British Guiana). j 22nd November. | The Governor, Sir Wilfred Jackson, • announced to-day that he will make a | * statement in the Legislature to-morrow j offering to settle refugees in British j Guiana. The areas mentioned as most likely to be selected are the north-east district of Essequebo, bordering on Venezuela, and the Rupununi district. 200 miles inland, which was offered three years ago for Assyrian settlement. Essequebo is thickly-wooded hill country, well watered and with a milder ’ climate than the coast. The products include citrus fruit, coffee, mica, gold ’ and bauxite. The Government recently ' granted Trinidad leaseholders the right to prospect for petroleum. The population is only one person to the square | mile and the sole communication is the fortnightly river boat. Rupununi is mostly broad savannahs, mountains and dense forests with the same problem of transportation, but the climate is even milder. Prospects for farming and cattle raising are considered good. SANCTUARY IN WEST INDIES KINGSTON. 22nd November. The Legislative Assembly of both islands to-day passed a resolution offering the Virgin Islands as a place of safety for Jewish refugees. GRATITUDE EXPRESSED RUGBY. 21st November. The Board of Deputies of British Jews yesterday passed a resolution expressing gratitude for the support given to proposals that opportunities should be given in the Empire for a settlement of Jewish refugees.