of the Rhodesia Chamber of Mines for September, 1904, this subject is spoken of quite frankly. An agreement exists between the De Beers Consolidated Corporation and the British South African Company with regard to diamond prospecting in Rhodesia that would leave very little for the discoverer of a mine in case the agreement receives legislative sanction. The chamber of mines protests earnestly against such action as discouraging and well nigh prohibitive unless various points are modi lied and limited and various rights secured, as is the case with gold discoveries under the mines and mineral ordinance of 1H<)3.
BRAZIL.
One or two important articles have appeared during 1904 upon the diamond region of Hagagem and Agua Suja, Brazil. The diamond industry of the State of Minas Geracs was described in 1899 by Mr. T. C. Dawson, of the American legation to Brazil, and his important account was given in abstract in the report of this Bureau for that year. The Bagagem locality is referred to in that article as one longknown and worked, hut much of the region around it has been but little explored. Agua Suja is about 16 miles distant. An extended article on this locality, by L. F. Gonzaga de Campos, E. M., has been published in the Brazilian Mining Review and the (London) Mining Journal."
BRITISH GUIANA.
The diamond industry developed since 1900 in British Guiana has extended and become established. The fact is now recognized that the first stages of exploitation are fast passing, and that more systematic methods on a larger scale must soon be adopted. A detailed review of the whole subject appeared in the (London) Mining Journal for May 28, 1904, in which the history, the present condition, and the future needs and prospects are quite fully treated.h
DUTCH GUIANA.
The occurrence of diamonds in Dutch Guiana has been noted within the last year, the French consul-general at Amsterdam having called attention to the discovery and to the fact of some stones having been sent to Holland and found to be of excellent quality. This announcement was followed by a letter'' from Mr. Charles Douglas, of Paramaribo, who gave many particulars. The locality is in the Mindreneti district, in central Dutch Guiana, between the Surinam and the Saraniaca rivers, and accessible from either.
(illin. Jour., Kwy. and Com. Gazette, July 9, 1904, pp. 23, 30.
I Mill. Jour.. It'wity and Com. Gazette, .May 28, 1904.
c.Min.Jour., Kwy. and Com. Gazette, Aug. 20,1904; ibid., Dee. X, 1904.
