THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES OFFIOAL REPORT

[VOLUME 1]

PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FIRST PARLIAMENT OF GUYANA UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF GUYANA.

27th Sitting Friday, 16th December, 1966 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

The Assembly met at 5 p.m.. Prayer• [Mr. Speaker in the Chair] Preeent:

Bis Honour the Speaker, Mr. A. P. Alleyne

Members of the Government •inisters lhe BooouraLle L. F. S. Burnham, Q.c. - Prime Minister Dr� the Honourable P.. A. Reid • Minister of Home Affairs lhe Honourable P. S. d'Aguiar • Minister of Finance llae- Honourable- N. Bissember � -J. Minister of Housing and Reconstruction (Leader of the House) lhe Honourable R • .E. Oieeks - Minister of Local Government The IL,nourable E. F. Correia • Minister of Communications lhe Honourable Mrs. W. Gaskia • Minister of F.ducation and Race Relations lhe IL,nouraL1e L. JoLa • Minister of Aariculture lhe Honourable R. J. __ Jordan • Minister of Forests, Lands and Mines lhe llonourabJe W. O. R. Kendall, C,B.E. • Minister of Trade, Shlppi"4 and Civil Aviation lhe Honourable D. f!.:1hraj Minister cf Health 1he Honourable C. J.. Merriman • Minister of Labour lhe Boaourabie J. 8. Thoaas • Minister of Economic Development • lhe IL,nourable S. S. Ramphal,C.M.G.,Q.C. - Attorney-General and Minister of -"'-ta.ti" Parliamentary Secretaries �r. ll. B. deGroo� - Parliamentary �ecretary, Prime Minister's Office Mr. G. Bowman � Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour �:;.-. O. E. Clarke - Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of 6ducation and Race Relations Mr. J. G. Joaquin, O.B.E., J.P. • Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Works and Hydraulics Mr. C. V. Too-Chung � Parliamen·tarySecretary, Ministry of Finance Other Members Mr. W. A. Blair Mr. T. A. Sancho Mr. J. Budhoo Mr. M. F. Singh Mr. W. G. Carrington Mr. R. Tello, Deputy Speake� Mr. R. G. B. Field-Ridley Rev. A. B. Trotman Mr. H. Prashad Mr. fl. M. S. Wharton, J.P. Members ot the Opposition Dr. c. B. Jagan, Leader of the Opposition Mr. D. C. Jagan Mr. A. Chase Mr. H. Lall Mr. B. "· Benn Mr. L. Linde Mr. Ram Karran Mr. R. D. Persaud Mr. R. Cbandisingb Mr. M. N. Poonai Dr. F. "· w. Ramsahoye Dr. s. A • .Ramjohn Mr •. E. M. G. Wilson Mr. £. M. Stoby Mr. M. Hamid, J.P. Mr. s. M. Saffee Mr. J. R. S. Luck

Clerk of the National. Assembly - Mr. F. A. Narau, Deputy Clerk of the National Assembly - Mr. M. B. Henry. Absent: lbe Honourable M. Kasim, Minister of Works and Hydraulics - on leave Mr. P. Duncan, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Local Government Mr. H. J. M. Hubbard - on leave Dr. Charles Jacob, Jr. Mr. C. V. Nunes Mr. M. Khan - on leave Mr. Y. Ally - on leave Mr. U Bhagwan - on leave. 2347 Welcome to 16TH DECEMBER, 1966 Governor-General 2348

Whose heart hatli. ne' re within SUSPENSION OF SITTING him burn'd As home his footsteps he hath Mr. Speaker: -We will no� take a short.suspension. Hon. tum'd Members may, if they care, leave From wandering on a foreign their places in order to witness strand?" the art'ival and inspection of the . Today, Sir, your heart - _and guard by a Guyanese Governor­ the heart of every loyal Guyanese­ General. burns with feelings of enthusiasm and joy and achievement, happy in Sitting suspended at 5.02 the knowledge that, to use a p, m. local parlance, "a. local boy has been appointed Governor-General RESUMPTION OF SITTING of this independent Guyana." [Cheers.] We, in this honourable Srtting resumed at 5.23 P•!fl• Chamber, feel thankful and happy for the dreams and ideas which ARRIVAL OF THEIR EXCELLENCIES were held years ago by the great nationalist politicians in this THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND country of which number there a.re LADY ROSE still a few sitting. in Ith is Their Excellenci�s the House: the hon. Prime Minister, Governor-General and Lady Ro.se the hon. Leaderof the Opposition, entered the Chamber after being the hon. Member, Mr. Brindley announced by the A.D.C. Benn, the hon. Member, Mr. Field­ Ridley, the hon. Member, Mr. Ram Karran - these men saw a vision of stn Inde_pendent Guyana at _a 5. 25 P• m. time when Guyana would be owned h)' Guyanese _and. run by Guyanese ADDRESS BY HIS HONOUR THE for th@ benefit of Guyanese. [Cheers]. Today, Sir, those SPEAKER dreams have come true _and, again, Mr. Speaker: Honourable I S8iY how happy we are to welcome Prime Minister,·hon. Leader of you to this Chamber. the Opposition, hon. Members of Under the Articles of the this National Assembly� Your Constitution of this country it Excellencies: Sir Walter Scott, is enacted that there.shall be a writing in the eighteenth century Parliament of Guyana consisting in his great poem� ''The Lay of of Her Majesty the Queen and the the Last Minstrel", used these National Assembly. Since you words: are now the Queen's representa­ "Breathes there the man, with tive in this country, and since soul so dead, ·you are such an integral part of Who never to himself hath this Parliament, I deem it proper said, to give you a brief insight into This is my own, my native the composition of this honour­ ---· 1 and 1 able Cha.m.h.er. an..d its dointrs. 2349 Welcome to 16TH DECEMBER. 1966 Governor-General 2350

[MR. SPEAKER] times when Members seem to be off colour, and things get a This, Sir, is a unicameral Par­ little sleepy in this House, Mem­ liament consisting of 53 elected bers seem to blow off a little Members. In addition to that steam. Across the Table there is number, the hon. Prime Minister the usual parliamentary:parry and is empowered to add not more than thrust, and it is very, very il­ four, one of which number he has luminating to sit and listen to already added in the person of the Guyanese.wit and the amount the learned and hon. Attorney­ of repartee which passes in this General and Minister of State. home. I call it a home because Fifty-three Members; vote in the atmosphere is so homely and this House, the other Members are Members seem to be quite at ease in the House, and that is what it non-voting, but they have powers of deliberation. The Speaker is s hould be. This; then, is a also a Member of.the House; he, brief outline of this Chamber and of the people who compose it - too, is non-voting. On my right sit the members of the Coalition the people with whom you will Government led by -the hon. Prime have to deal during your term of Minister, a great Guyanese. office. Opposite sit the official Opposi­ tion led by an equally great You come, Sir, from a great Guy anese, the hon. Member, Guyanese family. I have heard Dr. Cheddi Jagan. On the Govern­ the late Fregerick Gardiner Rose ment side the hon. Minister of sing in that baritone voice of Housing and Reconstruction (Mr. his "The Road to Mandalay", and Nevi·lle Bissember) is the Leader; 11 Songs of Araby". I know that the Chief Whip, the hon. David Your Excellency possesses a deGroot. On the Opposition side beautiful baritone voice, and we the hon. Member, Mr. Hamid, Chief hope. some day or other to have Whip, the hon. Members Mr. Wilson the privilege of hearing Your and Mr. Reepu Daman Persaud, Excellency. AssistantWhips. You have to know On behalf of this hon. Cham­ them, Sir, bec�use you are, as I ber, Sir, I bid-you welcome, and said, a part of this Parliament, I ask hon. Members to rise and and it is good that you know the behold Sir David Rose, Governor­ people with whom you have to work General of Guyana. during your term of office. At times, Sir, the atmosphere ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER in this House can be very robust, and, sitting in this Chair and The Prime Mi�ister (Mr. presiding over debates, I find Burnham): Mr. Speaker, I am most that there is a great deal of grateful to have been permitted talent in this House and at times 'the opportunity, on behalf of the the debates, particularly on the Government and the people of National Security Bill, can Guyana, to issue congratulations reach a very high lev�l. But at and words of welcome to their 2351 r,elcome to 16TH DECEMBER, 1966 Governor-General 2352

Excellencies Sir David Rose and pared to grant bail. A member of Lady Rose. Everyone knows that my profession, described as an Sir David Rose is a son of a dis­ honourable and learned profes­ t inguished family, and we were sion, at the hearing of the case, reminded earliet' today of the attempted to suggest that the fact that he is the third genera- police at all times were prepared • tion Rose to have served in the to oppose bail and had always , Public Service of Guyana. Of his been opposing it. I remember grandfather, I had been told by Mr.: Rose standing up in court and my father who used to be a admitting that the day before he schoolmaster; his father I had had intimated to me that the heard a great deal of; of him I police did not propose to oppose know a fair aaount. ba,il when the defendant came be­ fore the court. I recall that •Y first meet­ ing with Sir David, at close Now, those were difficult quarters , was in 1953, that times, so difficult that a member memorable and historic year. Un­ of my profession forsook veracity less am mistaken, though the I for a moment_, but Mr. Rose, as a Constitution did not so provide, I had and still have good reasons gentleman, did show absolutely no to believe that he was the per­ fear in sticking to and observing son, as technical officer, who his undertaking and word. recommended my restriction. I was struck then by his high sense A few weeks ago, when it was of duty and his integrity. So finally known on what date Sir far as I saw then, so far as I note now, he was carrying out David Rose would come to Guyana his duty as he saw it and: in­ to be our first Guyanese Governor­ deed, as it was at that time. General, I met .a constable in the Police Force who had known 5.35 p.m. Sir David when the latter had been an officer in the British I remember a minor incident Guiana Police Force, as it then which caused •e to hold an even was, and the comments made by greater opinion of the man. A this constable were all glowing certain member of the party to and flattering. It is not often which I then belonged, now the that one who is set in high Leader of the Opposition, had authority in a disciplined force been arrested and Mr. Rose, gets such warm tributes paid to speaking to his counsel, your him by the lowliest of the lowly. humble servant, on the afternoon I think that bears evidence of of his arrest, had assured me the fact that, amongst the mem­ that,. so far as the police were bers of the Force, Sir David was concerned, they would not object considered a gentleman and one to bail when the defendant came who could be relied upon to do before the Magistrate though the his duty fearlessly and with j us­ police-- -· theaselves. were not pre- tice. 2353 Welcome to 16TH DECEMBER, 1966 Governor-General 2354 rTHE PRIME MINISTER] of Independence, there is neces­ sary for any new nation a certain lt was not merely Decause amount of symbolism. I think Sir Sir David was a gentleman that David's appointment to the the Government saw fit to advise Governor-Generalship of Guyana is Her Majesty to appoint him. It part of the necessary symbolism, was also because it was recog­ which the new nation of Guyana nized that Sir David was a man of requires and must have if it is ability and the type of individu­ to build up its own legends, if al to whom we would like to do it is to feel that it is in every honour and who would do honour to sense an Independent country. It the office of Governor-General. is a happy fact that the symbol, in this instance, is a distin­ This, as you know, Mr. guished gentleman from a distin­ Speaker, is an ultra democratic guished family. country, in the sense that the most specious, ill-infor,ned cri­ The ·time was, of course, when ticism finds its place' in the it was but a dream that the Head Press. There was criticism, of of State in Guyana should be a course. I am sometimes led to Guyanese. The then Government believe that the easiest way to and Opposition in 1963 put away sell one's self, or to sell one's their implements of war to join newspaper, is to be irresponsibly in a Motion calling upon Her and ill-informedly critical of Majesty's Government to appoint a something which cannot in logic Guyanese Governor, and it is not be attacked. It was said that without significance today that Sir David had been away from the all the Benches are full on both country. From my point of view sides of this House. The pre­ and the point of view of the sence of the Opposition here to­ majority of Guyanese, the fact day, I am led to believe, is an that he had been away from the indication that the Opposition country on promotion and in ser­ shares in the happiness which the vice, the fact that he had earned majority of Guyanese feel at the the high opinion and commendation fact of the appointment of a of those politicians with whom he Guyanese Governor-General, a son h ad to work in places like of the soil and a native of our Antigua, all those facts gave one country. answer, namely, that he was the proper and perfect choice in the On an occasion like this, I circumstances. enjoy the happy fortune of having the face of my quondam colleague, We have been Independent for now my legislative colleague, to over six months now. In point of look upon. I cannot· and will not fact the Parliament is supreme; speak for him, for in this House in point of fact the political there is no one who is incapable Government makes the final execu­ of expression. The old order has tive decisions. But apart from changed and today it has yielded the legalism attached to the fact place to· the new. 2355 Welcome to 16TH DECEMBER, 1966 Governor-General 2356

I am not the legal adviser do. There is so much advice and to the Government. That is the counsel which can be his to give role played by. my learned and to those who, under the Constitu­ hon. Friend, Mr. Ramphal, the tion, formally instruct him what Attorney-General; but taking a to do. During the period of careful look at the Constitution, time that Sir David is here, I I can discover really only two can say that, as Prime Minister, things in which the Governor­ General has an absolute discre­ I hope to take full advantage of tion. One, in his choice of those unwritten powers enjoyed by Prime Minister. The discretion a Head of State, those unlegis­ there is more apparent than real, lated duties which a Head of because if he commits the error State owes to a political Govern­ of choosing one with whose choice ment. I have good reason to be­ the majority of the legislators lieve that I would be wiser and do not agree - we need say no the country would benefit if full more. advantage is taken of Sir David '-s 5.45 p. m. ability, counsel and assistance.

The second matter in which It must not be believed that the Governor-General has ,an abso­ because, so far, my references lute discretion, i r i remember have been to Sir David, I have correctly, is with respect to the been forgetful of the fact that, choice of his personal and domes­ to his left, there is a charming tic staff. That is as it should be, for eveu Prime Ministers have lady, La dy Rose. She, too, an absolute discretion in that though not native born, has, in field. But that is, S'.> to speak, many circles, been considered a the 1 it tera 1 egis. There is much Guyanese and has laboured here in more to the Governor-General's Guyana. Speaking recently to one duties than being able to decide of her professional colleagues, I merely who should be Prime Minis­ discovered that she, too, was ter and who should be the members held in very high esteem when,as of the Governor-General's per­ a doctor, she practised here in sonal, private and domestic Guyana. We are happy that Sir staff. David should have found so charm-. As I understand it, the role ing and fine a spouse, and we of the Head of State under the shall be only too pleased to em­ Constitution with which we have phasize to her that not only is been endowed is to give counsel she le gally a Guyanese, having and support to the political taken unto herself a Guyanese Government, even though the Con­ husband, but because of the very stitution states that, in practi­ fine work which she has done cally every case, the Governor­ here, and the great reputation General must act on the advice of which she left behind her when the political Government. There she departed from this country, is so much which a Governor­ it would be a pleasure to offer General of Sir David's ability, her citizenship of this fair, understanding and background can green land of Guyana. 2357 Welcome to 16TH DECEMBER, 1966 Governor-General 2358 rrHE PRIME MINISTER] own deliberative judgment or on the advice of Ministers. In We know that the good die these circumstances, I take this y oung, but we hope that Sir opportunity to express my feeling David and Lady Rose are not so that your arrival coincides with good that the Lord will not spare a period of political and econo­ their lives to spend many a year mic struggle in Guyana, in which here in Guyana - years of happi­ sides are being taken and lines ness, years of service. This is of agreement and disagreement are indeed a fine moment. Maybe one being very clearly drawn. The may say it is Sir David's and fight for national survival has Lady Rose's shining hour. I am reached proportions which were sure that this is Guyana's shin­ not previously anticipated, and ing hour for today we see one many have been the occasions when further and significant step in genuine claims for social justice the complete Guyanisation of our have either been submerged in a country. morass of economic and social We greet, we welcome the new · desperation or have been lost on Governor-General. We welcome him account of the perversities of not in the same way1as we have minority Government. welcomed other Heads of State, telling them about labba and You come representing the creek water, we welcome Their sovereign at a time when infla­ Excellencies in the same way as a tion and problems of finance have father welcomes his beloved pro­ manifested themselves in clearly digal son who has been away too perceptible forms, and when the long. [Applause. J need to maintain these meagre which The Leadf!r of the Opposition constitutional guarantees were conceded on the accession of (Dr. Jagan): Mr. Speaker, Your Guyana to Independence has be­ Excellencies: the landmarks of come pressing. It would appear Guyanese history have brought our that those who are on the side people to the point where they of genuine economic stability are now able to have a Governo� and who feel the necessity for General who is a son of our soil. political Government to function The occasion is one of achieve­ under a broad consensus of pub­ ment for this country and, in my lic opirtlon have so far achieved position as. Leader of the Opposi­ too little. tion, it is against this back­ ground that I welcome you. Political division has brought economic distress which Your Excellency's office must is apparent everywhere. The con­ bring you into active participa­ stitutional guarantees appear to tion in the life of the community be violated at every turn by men �t various levels, including par- who, among their other claims, icipation which takes the form have a predilection for exercis­ of exercu ·1.g administrative and ing the power of arbitrary arrest other ·powers in Your Excellency•s and detention and restriction of 2359 Welcome kJ 16TH DECEMBER, 1966 Governor-General ZJ60

freedom of aovement. It would would wish you a happy sojourn in also appear that industrial un­ your n e w and distinguished rest and political protest have office . r eached a point at which the right to freedom of.movement is For this s eason, my col­ threatened. l eagues on this side of the House wish.to join with me in e b We wish to assure Your_ conv ying to oth Your Excellen­ Excellency, nevertheless, that' cies, and to your family, our although Independence does not best wishes for a happy Christ­ create in the minds of our pre­ mas, and for success in the sent rulers those attitudes of coming year. mind which are required to infuse His Excellency-- the Governor,.. the breath of freedom in the in­ General (Sir David Rose ): Mr. stitution which constitutional Speaker, Hon. Members: I am guarantees attempt to defend, deeply grateful to you, sir, -and public- opinion remains firm in to hon. Membefs for the ·generous support of the creation of those welcome you have extended to my conditions of life in our society wife and myself this afternoon, which will bring freedom, jus­ and for the privilege of address­ tice, and the realization of the ing the National Assembly in dignity of every individual who reply to the addresses of wel­ belongs to -or may be in Guyana. come made on the occasion of my appointment to the .office of 5.55 p.m. Governor-General. I would also e e e We look forward to the faith- lik to xpress my sinc re. thanks · to the e ful exercise in· an unbiased and hon. Prim Minister,- and the hon. Leooer of the Opposition unprejudiced manner of those e e e e e e duties and functions which fall for th v ry g n rous w lcom e e e e W1 e, e th y h av a dd r ss d t o my · f within your provinc . By an im- am e partial discharge of your duties my f ily and mys lf. to all the peoples of Guyana, you I am conscious, Mr. Speaker, can make your term of office one of the honour and trust which has that will long.be remembered. b een bestowe d upon me by Her But if, p erchance, you fall into Majesty the Queen of Guyana, e e e th ma lstrom of unsavoury pr s- acting on the advice of the Prime sures, you will, like your pre- Minister, in my appointment to decessor, fail to secure the full this high office und&r our Con­ confidence and respect of all s!itution. No man could receive e e e sections of th Guyan s communi- the great honour to represent the ty. We do not wish the latter Head of State in his own country-, e event to occur, and wish at th without a ge nuine· f eeling of outset to say that, notwithstand- humility and inadequacy. ing the oircumstances of your appointment, we pledge our co- Mr. Speaker, there could be operation to you in the fair no happier way for me, with my _ discharge of your dutie and ��!�-��� children, to return to _� _ 236] Welcome to H.E. 16TH DECEMBER, 1966 the Governor-Genera/'2362

[H.E. THE GOVt;RNOR-GENERAL"] ] i fe and suffering in the Vietnaa. riar daily reminds us of! this� In my native land, which is al.so the other parts of the world, men land of birth of four of my six have never seemed so deeply and children, and we will do our best irreconcilably divided in recent to make ourselves worthy of the history for reasons which find trust reposed in us. To this their origin entirely in racial end, we are determined to do all intolerance and discrimination. we can to serve the people of The spread of this unhappy con­ Guyana. I am also very grateful flict with its unfathomable to have the privilege of follow­ misery for millions of our ing my grandfather 8.Jld my father brother men has not spared the in the Public Service of this Commonwealth as the tragic events country. My father's life work, in Southern Rhodesia constantly his selfless dedication to the bring to our notice. From this treatment and cure of Leprosy and confusing world scene around us, Filariasis, will be a fitting only the age-old truth stands example in serv:ice which I will clearly forward, that mankind strive to emulata cannot reap the full benefits of his God-given·intelltgence (bene­ Mr. Speaker, as we observe f it s which , i ri th i le! a ge of the world.scene today in the science, could place us within first year of Guyana's Indepen­ reach of a material well-being dence, we perhaps can,not avoid a un�reamed of in earlier genera­ feeling of great hope mixed with tions) unless there can be an foreboding and concern for the honourable peace between nation . progress of mankind. Great hope and nation and unless there can because we are in the modern age be peace and stability within of science and technology brought nations. to the knowledge of an ever-in­ creasing number of people both by The role which our young na­ tion will play in this troubled modern educational facilities4 and by modern communications media - world is one which my Government, television, air travel, radio; with the assistance and authority foreboding and concern because of this honourable Assembly, will these great potentialities for formulate and define. In your our material. well-being offered deliberations on the affairs of by the modern age seem in danger the nation you may well ask: of being snatched frQJD our grasp Have we not a challenging oppor­ by man's apparent inability to tunity as a member nation of the understand and serve his brother United Nations �nd the Common­ man and to share with him the wealth to show the way by example reward of knowledge and resource towards racial tolerance in our multi !racial country? Can we not The hopeful dialogue between draw increasing and lasting the great Powers of the East and strength from the not too distant the West moves forward only slow­ experience and sufferings of our ly. The mounting toll in human pe-0ple in that dark period of 2363 WelCOllle to H.E. 16TH DECEMBER, 1966 the Governor-General2364

violence when our just renown for national independence. The inter racial amity and co­ course which this Government sets operation was so· sorely tested, under the sovereign authority of but which we have survived_ and this Parliament may well govern placed so finaly behind us? Can the lives and prosperity of gen­ we not share the lessons of our· erations of Guyanese to come. experience �ith others? come This is your great task: to And to to the Caribbean shape Guyana's destiny in-the scene, Mr. Speaker. Like o h r �Vl.­� world of nations;· this is the Guyanese who have had the pn. heavy burden with which the peo­ lege to serve both in the indivi­ ple of Guyana have entru!>ted the dual West Indian, islands and in first Parliamant of the nation. the brave experiment of the West As true sons and daughters o·f our Indies Federation, I was pro­ soil, there is no doubt that you foundly impressed by the respect can live up to this solem� with which our countrymen are charge. · I am proud and. eager held by our West Indian brothers to walk hand·in hand with vou in those islands. One constantly through this opening chapter or hears of the distinguished con­ our story as a nati9n. tribution made by one Guyanese or another in any particular island Mr. Speaker and hon. Members, in the public service, the judi­ I am thankful to Almighty God to ciary, the legal and medical pro­ have l!een given the opportunity f essions, business, and so on. to serve our people at this time. The reputation which our people It is to this ideal of service to enjoy in the islands for hospi­ the people of Guyana., no matter tality, friendliness and good how small and insignificant any citizenship is almost a by word. One need only think of our poten­ individual contribution such as tial resources and the steps mine may be, that I sincerely which the GoveI'IIIBent has already dedicate myself with my wife on ta.ken towards closer economic co­ this d8if. [Cheers.] And I pray operation in-the region to behold God to guide your deliberations a vista of challe.nging and hope­ in this the first national Par­ ful possibilities for the young liament of independent Guyana, Guyanese nation and her sister as I pray Him to give me the nations in the Caribbean islands. strength andwisdom to honour the trust reposed in me in the office 6-.05 p.m. of Governor-General ·under the Against this background, Constitution. [Che�rs.J Mr. Speaker, this National Assem­ bly of Guyana, which I have the PRESENTATION OF MEMBERS AND honour to address today as the THEIR WlVES TO SIR DAVID AND first Guyanese Governor-General, has a unique responsibility to LADY ROSE 1ischarge, for it has been en­ trusted by our people to set our Mr. Speaker: Your Excellen­ :ourse on the uncharted sea of cies, permit me to present to you 2365 -2366 Welcome to 16TH DECEMBER, 1966 Governor-General

[MR. SPEAKER] Mr. Ram Karran Mr. R. Chandisingh the wives and Members of the Dr. F.H.W. Ramsahoye National Assembly. Mr. E.M.G. Wilson Mr. M. Hamid following Members (and [The Mr. J.R.S. Luck those wives who were present) were Mr. D.C. Jagan presented to their Excellencies: Mr. H. Lall Mr. R.C. Tello Mr. L. Linde Mr. D.B. deGroot Mr. R.D. Persaud G. Bowman Mr. Mr. M.N. P�onai Mr. Clarke O.E. Dr. S.A. · Ramjohn Mr. J.G. Joaquin Mr. E.M. Stoby Mr. c.v. Too-Chung Mr. S.M. Saffee.J Mr. W.A. Blair Mr. J. Budhoo W.G. Carrington \tr. ADJOURNMENT Mr. R. G. B. Field-Ridley Mr. Prashad H. 11 Mr. T.A. Sancho Resolved: \l'hat this Assembly Mr. M.F. Singh do now adjourn until Tuesday, at 2 p.m. n Rev. A.B. Trotman 20th December, 1966, Mr. H. �. S. Wharton [Mr. Bissember.J A. Chase Mr. Adjourne d ac cor dingly at Mr. B.H. Benn 6. 12 p. m.