Georgetown with 55,000 inhabitants is the capital, the other settlements being Essequibo and Berbice.
The exports which represent the country’s products were in 1913:
| Sugar | $5,250,000 |
| Rum | 1,000,000 |
| Gold | 1,400,000 |
| Balata | 800,000 |
| Rice | 500,000 |
| Diamonds | 80,000 |
Of this the United Kingdom took goods worth $9,300,000 and the United States but $125,000.
During the same period, the imports amounted to $7,750,000, England and her colonies supplying $5,545,000 and the United States $1,800,000.
This colony has about 100 miles of railway, its many rivers and creeks sufficing for its interior transportation.
No traveler’s license is required.
Banking is done through Canada and London; banks in these places having branches in Georgetown and selling exchange on New York. English or American money is used.
Sugar is the great crop here and rum, a byproduct from the sugar cane, the next largest. Cattle might be raised extensively. The forests are rich in cabinet woods. Cocoa, rice, bananas, rubber and cocoanuts could be more extensively grown. There are some gold and a few diamond mines in operation. This colony could be much more highly developed.
The business is almost entirely in the hands of the British, England selling about 65 per cent. of its requirements and the United States 25 per cent.