ABSTRACT
The most interesting feature in the development of the Colony under Storm was the rise of the province of Demerara. The admission of the inhabitants of Demerara to a voice in the affairs of the combined colony and the practical ascendency of that voice in the Courts of Policy and Justice only belongs to Storm's time so far as it was the outcome of his policy. Most striking in Storm's Indian policy is the way in which the Indian chiefs were encouraged to bring their cases before the Dutch Courts of Justice and to attempt a settlement by judicial process. Storm's policy as regards Barima seems to have been similar to that respecting the Pomeroon. The Netherlands were evidently very unwilling to be drawn into any real quarrel with Spain at the moment and the Company moved very slowly, despite Storm's urgent representations that the matter was of extreme importance to the Colony.
