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C OCTOBER, 1900 INCORPORATED OCTOUER 28th, 187H. Victoria, H. C. Thr Colonist Prinum; ani> Pi hmsmini; Co.. Ltd. IC)0O. Officers of tlie Glamlier of Coflunerce of Victoria, Vancouyer Island, FROM 1863 TO DATE OF INCORPORATION, OCT. 28th, 1878. VKAR. PRESIPEST. VICE-I'RESmENT. SKCRKTARV. 1863 1864 1865 1866 R. Burnabv C. W. Waflace Jules Dt'vid lames Lowe Jules David A, F. Main. lules David A. F. Main. James Lowe Henry Rhodes Gustav Sutro Gustav Sutro Gustav Sutro Gustav Sutro (justav Sutro K. Grancini T. L. Slahlschmidt. T. L. Slahlschmidt.. T. L. Stahlschmidt.. T. L. Stahlschmidt. . T. L. Stahlschmidt . . T. L. Slahlschmidt, A. F. Main. A. F. Main. 1867 1868 Henry Rhodes I lenry Rhodes Robert J'lummer. Robert I'iummer, 1869 1870 187I 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 Henry Rhodes Henry Rhodes Robert Plummer. Robert Plummer. Henry Rhodes Robert Plummer. Henry Rhodes Henry Rhodes Henry I'ihodes Robert Plummer. Robert I'iummer. Robert Plummer. Henry Rhodes Henry Rhodes Henrv Rhodes Robert Plummer. Robert i'iummer. Robert Plummer. Henry Rhodes Robert Plummer. Officers and Memliersiiip of tlie Brltlsli ColuinlJla Board of Trade, FROM DATE OF INCORPORATION, OCT. 28th, 1878, TO JUNE, 1900. YEAR. PRESmE.NT. VICE-PRESIDE.NT. SECRETARY. Oct. 28th, 'i 1878, to } R. P. Rithet, I. P... William Charles E. Crow Baker. July 3. '80 J 1880-I .. . R. P. Rithet, I. P... William Charles E. Crow Baker. 1S81-2 ... R. P. Rithet, I. P.. William Charles E. Crow Baker. 1882-3 . . . R. P. Rithet, I. P.. Roderick Finlayson . . E. Crow Baker. 1883-4 . . R. P. Rithet, J. P... Roderick Finlayson . E. Crow Baker. 1884-5 . . . R. P. Rithet, f. P... Mat. T. Johnston. . . . E. Crc w Baker. 1885-6 . . . Jacob H. Todd, ]. P. Edgar Crow Baker. . Wm. Monteith. i88'')-7 . . . lacob H. Todd, |. P. Thos. Earle Wm. Monteith. 1887-8 . . . Robert Ward, J. P. . . T. R. Smith Wm. Monteith. 1888-9 . . Robert Ward, J. P. . . Thos Earle Wm. Monteith. 1889-90 . . Robert Ward, I. P. , Thomas B. Hall Wm. Monteith. 1890- 1 . . . Robert Ward, J. P. . Thomas B. Hall F. Elworthy. 1891-2 . . . Thomas B. Hall A. C. Flumerfelt F. Elworthy. 1892-3 ... Thomas B. Hall A. C. Flumerfelt.... F. Elworthy. 1893-4 . . A. C. Flumerfelt C. E. Renouf. F. Elworthy. 1894-5 • ■ • A. C. Flumerfelt C. E Renouf. F. Elworthy. 1895-6 ... 1896-7 . . . 1897-8 . . . 1898-9 . . . D. R. Ker (jus I^eiser F. Elworthy. F. Elworthy. F. F.lworthy. F. Elworthy. D. R. Ker G. Leiser, G. A. Kirk. G. A. Kirk W. A. Ward G. A. Kirk W. A. Ward 1899-1900 W. A. W^ard L. G. McQuade F. Elworthy. MEMBERSHIP ROLL NAMK. KIRM. Aiknian, II. B. W Drake, Jackson \- II. Anderson, W. [ Andrews, \V. T . lU'SINKSS. Barrister-;U-La\v. Builder. Baker, M R. Baker c"v: Son Barnard, F. S B. C. Elec. Ry. Co., Ld.. . Beckwilh, J. L Beelon, II. C 33 Finsbury Circus Bell, II. B Belyea, A. L Bethune, J. T White Horse, V. T. Biliinghurst, E. E B. C. Development Co. . . . Bodwcll, Ernest V Bod well & Duff Bogtjs, Beaumont Bone, W. H T. N. Hibhen & Co Bostock, Hewitt, M. P Brenchley, A F . R. Stewart & Co Brown, George McL Canadian Pacific Ry Brown, P. R The Colonist Bryce, Jas \'icloria Truck & Dray Co . Bryden, [no Albion Iron Works Bullen, il. F B. C. Marine Ry. Co Bullen, W. F., J. P Escjuimalt .Marine Ry Burns, Gavin II Bk. Brit. North America. . Hay and Grain. .Managing Director. Commission Agt. London. Civil Engineer. Barrister-at-Law. Mining Broker. .\gent. Barrister-at-Law. In.sur. and Gen. Agt. Book.seller and .Statn'r. Manager. Ivveculive Agent. Manag(fr. Managing Director. Director. .Ship Builder. Manager. Manager. Cassidy, Robert Barrister-at-Law. Challoner, W. L Challoner, Mitchell & Co. Jeweler. Christie, Wm C. P. R. Telegraph Co.. . . Manager. Clarke, Chas. E Harbour Master. Claxton, Fred. J Land Agent. Cohen, H. Hirschell Ca.ssiar Central Ry Man. Director. O BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. NAMK. I-IK.M. . BUSINESS. Coi^darippe, J Retired. Courtney, (leo. L Esq. i.V Ximiiinio Ry Traft'ic Manager. Cox, Capt. J. (i !•-. li. Marvin \ ('o Ship Chandler. Crease, Lindley Crease & Crease I5arrister-at-La\v. Croft, Henry, J. !' Consulting Engineer. II Davidge, I-', C Davidge iv Co., Ltd .Shijjping Agent. Day, Robert .S Architect. Dewdney, lion. Edgar Dunsnuiir, James, .\I.IM'.. Union Collieries President. Dupont, Major C. T Retired. Earle, Thos., M.I' Merchant. Earsnian, John Earsman i\; Co Commission Agent. Eberts, ' Ion. I). M.,M. 1'. I'. i:i)erts X: Taylor Harrislerat-Lavv. Ellis, W. II Elworthy, F B. C. IJonrd of Trade Secretary. Erskine, R Erskine, Wall Ik. Co (jrocer. Ewen, Alexander Ewen & Co. (Wc-' minster) Canner. Elinl, A. St. G Insurance and Gen. Agt. Elumerfell, A. C. , J. P.... Granliy Smelter, (Greenwood). Forrester, J. L Paints, etc. Foster, F. W., J. P (Ashcroft, B. C.) Merchant. Foulkes, J. F. . J. F. Foulkes & Co Mining Broker. Fraser, A. B Merchant. Bank of Montreal Manager. Manager. Gallelly, A. J. C Gifien, J. B R. G. Dun & Co Gillespie, George Bk. of British Columbia. . Goodacre, Lawrence Queen's Market (Meat).. . Gordon, B liiram Walker & Sons , Gowen, C. N Vic. Brew & Ice Co. , Ld . Grahame, H. M (irant, Capt. Wm Ship Owne Greenwood, A. F2 G., Smith & Randolph . . . Printer. Greer, B. W Canadian Pacific Ry Agent. Supt. of B. C. Branches. Proprietor. Agent. Director. Real Estate. BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OV TRADl;:. \AMK. Mall, K. II., J. I' Hall, KiclKird, M. I'. I'... Hall, John A Ilardie, Xirector. Lubbe, T Furs and Skins. Lugrin, C. H Daily Colonist Editor. Luxlon, A. P Davie, Pooley & Luxton . . Barrister-at-Law. It I I '4 ■ 41 ih • H in }■-. i) ^«ii 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. M NAMK I'IRM. Macaulay, II. C Macaulay, Nnrnian Maclure, J. C Kc Co Mara, J. A Marvin, E. H . . i:. M. Marvin .\: Co Mason, C. Dul'ois Mason & Ika(il)iirn McAlisl'jr, jolin (San Jose, Cal.) McCandlc'ss, A. (i McCaiidh'ss r.rns .Mc(irc{^or, M. . . . McCircj^or iV Jeeves McQuade, L. C I'. .Mc(,)iiade .V Sons Mess, Hernhard C Findlay, I ). \ iimdie Milne, (1. L Mitchell, James More, A. W A. \V. More \ Co Morris, Walter I'eder.ntion ISrand Salmon Munn, D. J (New Westminster) Miinsie, W Shawnigan Lake Limi. Co. iirsiNF.ss. .Merchant. .Merch.Tnt. Joint Manaf;er. Merchant. Ship Chandler. Harrister-at-La\v. Clothier. Contractor. .Ship Chandler. .\ssistanl Manaj^er. I'h\sician and Surge n ANNUAL REPORT. 17 Texada and On Texada Island prospecting- and develop- Other Islands, "lent work increased during- 1899 and at the close '^■^"■■~"" of the year 1,016 mineral claims stood on the records as in good standing. The shaft of the Van Anda mine has reached the 400 foot level and is now being sunk another 100 feet. As the company smelted their own ore, returns of value are not available further than, "The matte contained about 50 per cent, of copper and very good values in gold and silver." The openings in British Columbia for mining investments are practically unlimited and varied to an extent seldom met with. The mining laws are liberal, allowing- any person to stake a claim 1,500 ft. by 1,500 ft., about 50 acres, and hold it by improving to the value of only $100 per annum. After five such annual improvements, the survey being reckoned an im- provement worth $100, a Crown grant can be obtained. Thousands of claims are in the hands of locators who have not the means to prove values. Such are freely offered for sale out- right, but in some cases the owners insist upon retaining an in- terest. It is desired to urge upon holders of claims, when seek- ing capital, the necessity of putting- the property in the best possible condition for estimating its worth. Complaints are too common when visiting mining claims with the object o(^ purchase that the improvements made are either insufficient or of a character which do not afford much assistance in arriving at conclusions. If the full benefit Ot the mining industry is to accrue to the Province, the owners of claims for sale must con- form to the requirements of capitalists and their agents. The ease with which claims can be re-staked without doing any work upon them is a matter which the Government should con- sider without delay as there is no doubt much valuable property is thus locked up and remaining unimproved. Goal. During 1899 the Vancouver Island collieries gave employment to 3,317 hands and the Crow's Nest collieries 371 additional. The total output of 1,306,324 tons was the largest on record. About half of this quantity was exported to California, representing over one-third of the importations into that state and fully up to the average of pre- ■^-.1 .-;■ *^Vl i8 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. vious years. Other shipments were made to Alaska and else- where. Hitherto a larg'e number of Chinese and Japanese have been employed in the Vancouver Island collieries. Messrs. R. Dunsmuir & Son have recently decided to employ only white labor and the Mongolians are being relieved as fast as possible. The benefits which Vancouver Island will receive in conse- quence are important. The Crow's Nest collieries produced 103,000 tons of coal, which was mostly consumed in Canada. For the first year's output this may be considered satisfactory in view of the limited local demand. The very high grade of this coal will un- doubtedly commend itself in more distant fields in the near future and supplant that now offering. It has been used on H. M. warships and understood to have given satisfaction, but the otTicial report is not yet available. Coke. Kootenay was supplied with coke from the Crow's Nest collieries. This was only to be ex- pected from the proximity of those collieries to the smelters when compared with the collieries of Vancouver Island. As there is a market for coke in California the Vancouver Island collieries are likely to be fully employed in serving our neigh- bors to the south. The output of coke during 1899 was 34,251 tons. Other Minerals. So far only gold, silver, copper, lead and coal have been referred to. It is now desired to direct attention to deposits of iron, gypsum, mica, plumbago, quick- silver and asbestos, none of which are yet developed. It is ex- pected that the saving of platinum in placer workings will here- after receive more attention. In dealing with the foregoing the very excellent report of the Minister of Mines has been consulted and the statements herein made are generally confirmed by that work. It is to be regretted that official returns are published only once a year and it has been repeatedly urged that the annual report of the Minister of Mines should be supplemented by bulletins issued at least quarterly. In the absence of such official documents it can only be stated generally that the mining industry has pro- ANNUAL REPORT. 19 gressed steadily during the past six months, and that it is ex- pected the output during 1900 will result in a substantial increase. Smelters. The investment of much capital in the estab- lishment of smelters in British Columbia supports the belief that the permanency of the mining industry is beyond question. Two new plants are almost ready to " blow in," one at Grand Forks and the other at Greenwood, in the Boundary Creek country. The first named, erected by the Granby Smelt- ing Co., is practically an adjunct to the Old Ironsides, Knob Hill and City of Paris mines, in the first two cf which it is claimed that nearly a million and a half tons of ore are in sight above tunnels. The B. C. Copper Co., which has erected the smelter at Greenwood, also own mineral claims. Their plant has been constructed to treat 250 tons per day, to start with, and will be extended later as may be required. The Trail smelter is the largest in Canada, the total capacity being about 1,000 tons per day. The main construction is for the treatment of copper-gold ores, but there are also lead stacks and it is in- tended to add a lead refinery, A copper refinery forms part of the existing plant. The Hall Mines smelter at Nelson can treat 300 tons of oie daily and has both copper-gold and lead- silver plants. The Pilot Bay smelter can handle only lead- silver ores. The Van Anda smelter, a copper-gold plant, is not so large as those mentioned, but meets the coast require- ments where the mines are not extensively developed. Concentrators! The principal mines in Slocan are equipped with concentrators or are conveniently near customs plants. Salmon The salmon pack of 1899 was the second Fisheries, largest since the industry was established, the ■'^"""■~ figures being : Frast niver 480,383 " Cohoes (estimated) 30,000 Skeena River 108,026 Rivers Inlet 71,079 Other places 42,949 Total cases 732,437 ,i '.v. 30 HRITISH COLL'MBIA BOARD OF TRAOi:. Shipments to Australia, 41,518 cases, were larger than in any previous year. In eastern Canada, too, the consumption was above the average, Prices for the entire pack were well maintained, and stocks are reported as small. For some years past this Board has repeatedly urged the necessity of establishing additional fish hatcheries on the Fraser River and that hatcheries should also be erected on the Skeena and Naas Rivers and at Rivers Inlet. The Department of Marine and Fisheries recently deputed Mr. W. W. Stumbles to visit this Province and in his report to the Dominion Govern- ment he has recommended the additional hatcheries asked for. There is no apparent reason why these important works have been so long delayed. The following figures are taken from the Auditor-General's report for the year ending June 30th, 1899 : Fisheries Revenue, Bru ism Columbia — 3,675 Salmon Licenses @ $10 $36,750 oo All other receipts 9.05 1 75 $45.Soi 75 Fisheries Exi-enditures, British Columbia : Salaries, etc $ 8,459 47 Fraser River 1 latchery 3>7}^ M 12,195 61 Unexpended balance in favor of British Columbia. .$,33,606 14 Fisheries Revenue— Total collections in Canada outside British Columbia.. .$ 39,701 10 Expenditure in Maritime Provinces alone are — On account of fishing bounty $150,459 00 Cost of distributing same 5i034 73 $155,493 73 British Columbia is clearly entitled to a much larger ex- penditure by the Dominion Government. Trap fishing in Puget Sound continues much to the detri- ment of British Columbia salmon fisheries. Several changes were made last season in the rules and regulations governing salmon fishing and others will come into force this year. iPWiyiT ANNUAL KEPORT. ai The canners on the Fraser River have formed an associa- tion arnonijst themselves for regulatinj^ the disposal o( the pack and governinj^ the prices to be paid for fish. The fishermen have also combined for the protection of their interests. Deep Sea There is not much change to report in the deep Fisheries. ^^^ fisheries. The shipments of fresh halibut have "^"""^ continued and on a larger scale than previously but the deep sea fisheries are practically undeveloped. There is no lack of excellent food fish on this coast, and if markets could be provided another * npoitant industry would flourish in British Columbia. It is thought that considerable trade could be done on the west coast of Central and South America if a direct steamship service was provided. The Dominion Government was asked to subsidize such a line two years ago, but without result. On account of high tariff the United States market is closed. Sealing. The sealing catch of 1899 was larger than in either of the two previous years. Twenty-six schooners were engaged and secured 35,471 skins. It is esti- mated that Indians in canoes took 1,000 additional. At the October sales, made in Victoria, 11,000 skins realized $11.00 each, but the London sales, in December last and in March of this year, netted $14.00 per skin. This advance induced owners to fit out additional schooners this year and the spring catch was 17,480 skins, against only 10,472 in 1899. Prices so far have been maintained and the European demand, especially in France, continuing strong no great change is expected. Thirty- seven schooners have fitted out and left for Behring Sea. Although these figures are encouraging they show a very serious falling compared with 1894, when the catch totalled 97,474 skins. 7m ■-■:W| Lumber. The lumber industry shows steady growth as will be seen from the following table : i aa BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. 1897. Cuts on Crown lands 61,961,647 feet. " timber leaseholds 39,014,010 " " private property. 4,963,740 " 105.939.397 ft-'t-'t. 1898. (11 MONTHS ONLY.) Cuts on Crown lands 70,755,866 feet. " limber leaseholds 42,192,178 " " private property 11,598,614 " 124,546,658 feet. 1899. Cuts on Crown lands 89,258,757 feet. " timber leaseholds 49,526,306 " *• private property 23,115,400 " 161,900,463 feet. These figures do not include lumber cut on Dominion and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo railway lands. During the past six months exports have increased, notwithstanding the scarcity of vessels on the spot and consequent higher freights. Prices have materially increased. Particulars of cargoes and destina- tions of the lumLor fleet will be found in the appendices. The annual cut of lumber is scarcely appreciable when the entire forest wealth of British Columbia is considered. A griculture. Good average crops of hay, roots and grain were raised during 1899, but rains at harvest time impaired the quality of the wheat and oats and caused discolor- ation. For this reason the importations of wheat from Alberta were larger than in the previous year. Importations of Amer- ican flour were greatly reduced, the provincial mills having cor- respondingly increased their production. Remunerative prices were realized for all agricultural products and stocks are low. Fruit crops, with the exception of the stone varieties, were fair. Shipments to eastern Canada as far as Winnipeg con- tinued, and the remainder was readily disposed of at good prices for immediate local consumption and preserving. Fruit pre- ANNUAL REPORT. »3 serving- is a growing industry. The aims of the canners are a high standard of quality and the product is in good demand. Both agricultural and fruit crops this year are exceptionally good. All that is wanted is suitable harvest weather. Butter making is keeping pace with the local demand. The progress made during the past few years by the creameries is most encouraging. The creameries were established on the most improved methods of dairying with the result that the out put is taken in preference to imported butter and higher prices paid for it. This Hoard is indebted to the Honourable J. D. Prentice, Minister of Agriculture, for the following information : "Among the numerous resources of this Province of the Dominion, agriculture has to take about a fourth place. Min- ing, of course, has precedence, while lumbering and tishing come in as second and third- This industry is handicapped in having the almost boundless prairies of the Territories on the eastern border in competition with the heavily timbered areas west of the Cascade Mountains. Prospective settlers, seeing the prairie country when most attractive, do not take into con- sideration the important item of climate, and therefore in nine cases out of ten, prefer the open rather than encounter the heavy forest lands of the mainland coast and Vancouver Island. Especially is this the case with P^uropean immigrants. For the above reasons, among others that might be mentioned, our ag- ricultural population is not, at present, increasing in the same ratio as the mining, mechanical, laboring, &c., &c. " It cannot be too forcibly impressed upon agricultural communities in the other Provinces and other countries that the general and far-reaching mining activity of British Columbia is ensuring home markets at good prices for all the farm pro- duce that can be raised in scores of localities where, only a few years ago, the cost of freight to the uncertain markets of the few towns and cities amounted to all or more than could be realized for it. m lis ky 94 HKITISH COLUMHIA BOARD OF TRADE. "Generally speakinf*", so far as the mainland Is concerned, the major portion of the most desirable land is taken up ; but there are numerous outlying valleys, more or less timbered, tributary to the Kootenays, Okanaj^-an, West \'ale and even New Westminster where, in view of the j^rand future in store for the Pacific Province, locations wortii having- can yet be obtained from both the Dominion and Provincial Ciovern- ments at a mere nominal price. Comparatively, there is more government land available on Vancouver Island, the whole of which may be included in the southern zone, than on the main- land. It must be borne in mind, however, that both island and coast mainland valleys are mostly covered with timber, often of gigantic proportions ; but usually those valleys are interspersed with grassy swamps and alder bottoms, of greater or lesser extent, and this is the kind of land settlers are looking after and locatinj^ upon. "The great central zone of the Province, in which are the Peace, Blackwater, Nechaco, Bulkeley, lower Skeena and lower Naas, including- Queen Charlotte Islands, has scarcely been touched by the incoming wave of settlement. Here may be found large areas of ideal stock ranges, particularly in the Bulkeley and Nechaco valleys. In many localities throughout this extensive region mixed farming also could be successfully carried on ; and thus, when means of communication are established, help to supply the almost neighbouring mining communities of Atlin and the upper Yukon with most of the necessaries of life. ■.■ !■■ 'r 'i' " In the Atlin District, which so far is the best known portion of the northern zone, there are partially open stretches of country that might be profitably utilized for stock raising ; and many sheltered valleys where hardy vegetables and g-rain could be produced. In view of the well established and perma- nent character of the rich placer and hydraulic deposits, as well as immense bodies of smelting ores, copper included, the popu- lation of Atlin is bound to increase as other localities have done under similar circumstances. The development, therefore, of the farming and grazing lands within easy reach of the camps l:^\U ANM'AI. KKri-iKT. -."> ling: the and towns which are sprinj^inj;' up will benefit ecjually both the producer and consumer, and it will be dillicult to say whelli>L-r the successful miner or the t'ortunate occupant of the soil w ill secure the most profit. Some of the ranches in the Kettle River District are already perfect bonanzas to the owners, and it is quite possible that the same thin^'" may happen in Atlin if the rij^ht sort o( vegetable and pi>ultry raisinj^^, farminj^' and cattle gra/inj^ settlers take up and cultivate the land available for occupation. "The labor market strinpfency of a few years apo has entirely disappeared, and supply now is not in excess of demand in nearlv all skilled and unskilled lines. There is a constantly j^rowin^ demand for experienced miners in g^old, silver, lead, copper, iron and other ores. Coal miners also are required, tog"ether with underground and above j^round workers ; especially since the recent decision of Hon. James Dunsmuir, head of the I^squimalt ik Nanaimo Railway and Colliery syndicate, and now Premier of the Provincial Govern- ment, to substitute white for Oriental labor in all his collieries This decision, of course, affects the other collieries, so that experienced coal cutters desirous of coming" to Hritish Columbia can depend upon g-ettingf employment at good wages with little or no loss of time. Ship and other carpenters are likewise in demand at present, both in the coast cities and on the navigable waters of the northern mines. " A large amount of British Columbia printed matter con- tinues to be issued from the Immigration Ollice in reply to correspondents seeking^ information relating^ to the Province ; the letters, of course, are answered in detail. These enquiries, as between the United States and Canada, are about equally divided, while many are from the British Islands and the contin- ent of Europe, Germany mostly. South American republics are also well represented. Scandinavian correspondence for some time past has been nearly discontinued." The Provincial Government is entitled to credit for their efforts in assisting in agricultural development. By the organ- ization of Farmer's Institutes, the creation and main- ''I . '' I J' '''I ■t.-i 26 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. I tenance of the Board of Horticulture and the assistance to Agricultural Associations, a better spirit has been developed and better methods set in operation. The advance- ment during the past ten years, though gradual, has been most marked and substantial. There is a good deal yet to do that will now undoubtedly receive consideration. Owing to the var3'iMg conditions which exist ihe necessity of local experi- mental farms, on a small scale, has become apparent, the Dominion station at Agassiz being too isolated and too general in results to be of much benefit to the Province at large. Assistance and co-operation in a cold storage system in the interior for the range beef would be of great benefit. These two are among the most important, but there are other matters requiring attention, such as the encouragement of cheaper and better methods of clearing land, and the improving of communication in the remote districts. Education. British Columbia affords excellent educational opportunities, the schools being free and unde- nominational: In 1899 there were 244 common, 32 graded, and four high schools, under the supervision of trustees elected by the ratepayers, at a cost to the Provincial Government of $268,653.46. New school districts can be created by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council as soon as there are fifteen children between six and sixteen years of age within the limits prescribed. For outlying agricultural districts and mining camps this arrangement is very advantageous. A movement has been initiated in the east urging the Dominion Government to establish technical schools through- out Canada. This Board is in hearty sympathy with the recommendation, and has endorsed the memorial to His Excellency the Governor-General in Council. The subject of Forestry may be referred to as of increasing importance. Not only is the preser- vation oi forests of vital moment, but reforestration and diversification are possible, and would augment and perpetuate one of the chief of our natural resources. )' '■ ANNUAL REPORT. 27 Wood Pulp. In eastern Canada the manufacture of wood pulp has made rapid strides, and there are now 35 mills in operation, with between fifteen and twenty million dollars of capital invested. In 1899 the United States imported from Canada pulp to the value of one and a half million dollars. This is an industry which should prosper in British Columbia. At the north end of Vancouver Island and on the mainland there is considerable spruce. The Douglas fir, which is stated to be a good pulp wood, abounds all over the Province. Hem- lock, also a good pulp tree, is plentiful on the northern coasts. An important factor in the profitable manufacture of wood pulp is water power, and no doubt there are numbers of mill sites in British Columbia conveniently near the forests, where all the natural advantages exist for generating as much power as may be desired. Opportunities Besides the manufacture of wood pulp, atten- for Invest' tion is directed to British Columbia as oflfering a good field for the establishment of a wool factory, a glove and mitt factory, cold storage in the in- ment. terior and sheep farming. The demand for woollen goods has greatly increased, due to the requirements of the northern gold fields trade. Gloves and mitts are now brought in large quantities from eastern Canada for the same trade. The Council have recently looked into this last matter, and the information gathered is available upon request. The establishment of cold storage in the interior should be a profitable investment for the promoters as well as a benefit to the Province. In the selection of sites the cattle trade should be considered. Sheep raising should be conducted on a far more extensive scale. During the twelve months end- ing 30th June, 1899, 37,545 sheep were imported, upon which $1.00 per head duty was collected, which does not include the imports from the Northwest Territory. Attention is directed to the frequent complaints which have reached this Board in regard to the difficulty in finding the Provincial Agent General's office in London, and the lack of information available there. These complaints were communi- • m -'«8 m\ I ' llilr V(3. m\ I 28 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. cated to the late Government, but, so far as known, without result. Such conditions should not be allowed to continue. Several cf the mainland Boards of Trade are also desirous of securing proper Provincial representation in London, and no time should be lost in organizing another joint request for the much needed change in location of the office, and that it be furnished with ample reliable information upon all British Columbia matters. Railways. The railway between Robson and Midway, in the Boundary country was opened for traffic in September last. Short branches to the principal mines have also been constructed. Aoout 16 miles of the Kootenay Lake and Arrowhead rail- way have been graded. The object of this line is to connect Lardo, on Kootenay Lake, with the C. P. R. system at Arrow- head. The Kaslo and Lardo-Duncan railway, a branch of the Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company's system, will ex- tend up the Duncan River to the mining camps at Hall Creek and West Fork, where many promising mineral properties exist. Twelve miles is graded between Argenta, on Kootenay Lake, and Howser (lately known as Duncan City), and a bridge 2,000 feet in length, at the foot of Howser Lake, is almost completed. It is probable that this line and also the Kootenay Lake and Arrowhead railway wouid have been open for traffic ere this but for the disturbed conditions experienced in consequence of the diflferences between the mine owners and miners. Too much stress can hardly be laid upon the importance of opening up the Province with additional railways. A direct line from the coast into Kootenay is urgently needed, as such a rail- way would reduce the distance by about one-half of the present circuitous route. A railway to the north end of Vancouver Island would not only develop the country through which it would pass, but would be of great importance in securing t^"=? trade of the northern gold fields. Cariboo should beconnectt.* with the coast by a railway. The great cost of getting hy- ANNUAL REPORT. 29 draulic plants into that country is a serious obstacle to [iroper development. These three lines may be considered the most pressings and immediate requirements of British Columbia, and there is no doubt, had the Province received fiom the Dominion Government the aid which is justly due in return for the very large annual contributions in the form of customs and other taxations, these railways would to-day be well advanced towards completion. It is recommended that the in-coming" Council should organize further joint representations by the Provincial Government and Boards of Trade throughout British Columbia, and that such representations should not cease until the Province secures a fair measure of justice in the matter of railway subsidies. The benefits which would result from such railway construction would extend throughout Canada in con- sequence of the greatly increased demand for goods which can- not be produced in British Columbia. As a matter of fact, the building of the Crow's Nest Pass railway, with terminus in Kootenay, has been of the greatest advantage to eastern Can- ada. Eastern merchants have to-day an advantage in freight rates in supplying many of the mining centres in Kootenay. If the greatest advantage is to accrue to British Columbia from the opening up of the interior of the Province the railways and waggon roads must start from the coast. Public Works. The usual repairs to roads and bridges through- out British Columbia have been carried out by the Provincial Government. Some additional school houses have been erected. The court house at Victoria is undergoing ex- tensive alterations, and a court house at Rossland to cost $38,500 is partly constructed. A land registry office has been provided at Nelson. These constitute the most important pub- lic works by the Provincial Government. The Province has suflFered a loss in the destruction by fire of Government House, at Victoria. It is expected that during the approaching session of the legislature the funds will be voted for the erection of a building which will be a credit to the Province. The Dominion Government have continued improvements at the William's Head quarantine station. The drill hall at Van- ■■vf i -'J I ■M^l 30 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. couver and public building at New Westminster are in course of construction and public buildings are to be erected at Nelson and Rossland, Harbour improvements have been carried on at Nanaimo and dredging in Victoria inner harbour has been resumed. Telegraphs. A matter of importance, since the previous annual report, is the operation of the telegraph line from the head of Lynn Canal to Dawson. At present tel- egrams are sent by ocean steamers to Skagway, but the suni of $130,000 has been placed in the Dominion supplementary es- timates for the establishment of a line through this Province to connect vith the Dawson system, and as soon as this is accom- plished a saving of some days will be effected in getting mes- sages to the northern country. British Columbia is .*-erved by two strong telegraph com- panies, the Canadian Pacific Railway and Great Northwestern systems. The line between Alberni and Cape Beale has been open for several months, but there have been interruptions in the service The old line between Victoria and the Cape is kept up, but com- plaints have been made of difficulties in reporting s'hipping. The Dominion Government are taking action which it is hoped will secure a more satisfactory service hereafter. The weather forecasts have been continued regularly twice daily. Ocean Trade. There is not much change in the ocean trade. The Canadian Pacific Railway '* Empress " steam- ships engaged in the China-Japan trade continue their regular service every three weeks in the summer and monthly during the winter, and it has been found necessary to put additional steamships on the route occasionally. The Northern Pacific Steamship Company have four vessels and the Japan Mail Steamship Company, running in connection with the Great Northern railway, three engaged in the same trade. All these call at Victoria on both inward and outward voyages. ANNUAL REPORT. 31 The Canadian Pacific Railway Company have three steam- ships on the Australasian route, giving- a monthly service, and railing at Honolulu, Brisbane (Queensland) and Sydney (New South Wales). Navigation. The lighthouses at Dryad Point, Milbank Sound and at Pointer Island were first operated in Oc- tober and November, 1899. The contract for a lighthouse at the Ballinac Islands has been awarded. Beacons have been es- tablished at Trincomalie Channel, Gabriola, Shute and Atkins Reefs. New buoys have been placed on Celia Reef, West Rock and in Clayoquot Sound. Repairs and improvements to the aids to navigation previously established were carried out. Alaska A matter of great importance, not only to Brit- Boundary, '^h Columbia but to the whole of Canada, is the unsettled Alaska boundary. The loss of trade can already be counted in millions of dollars and it is impera- tive that an all-Canadian route to the Atlin and Yukon gold fields be provided. If this cannot be secured by the recognition of the Canadian contention in regard to the disputed territory, a railway must be built starting from the coast at a point south of Lynn Canal. Mr. Robert Ward, who represented this Board at the Fourth Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Em- pire, was requested to urge upon that assembly the importance of getting the Alaska boundary question settled without further delay, but there has not been sufficient time to receive a report from Mr. Ward. Trade and While the trade and commerce of the province Commerce, have increased during the past twelve months, it ^""""■^"^ is generally conceded that commercial prosperity equal to that experienced in eastern Canada has not been en- joyed. Disturbing influences have been felt, notably the now settled differences between the mine owners and miners. It is worthy of note, however, as evidence of the firm basis upon which that industry is established, that the mineral output should have increased while many of the shipping properties were closed. :J.!I ■.'■•1 .■•ml M \._ 4 i i '^!- 32 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. Nor should it be forgotten, that much of the vast natural resources of the Province is inaccessible. The Dominion Gov- v.rnment must share the responsibility for this in withholding from British Columbia the reasonable railway subsidies annually asked for and which the provincial contribution to the federa'. exchequer amply warrants. Subsidies aggregatmg about three and a half million dollars have just been voted of which only $96,000 is for British Columbia. The following collections have been made in British Colum- bia during the past twelve months for Dominion customs and inland revenue : Victoria and Bennett Duty $1,203,731 88 Vancouver " 911,81107 Nelson " 188,19885 Rossland " 164,835 li New Westminster " 135.659 80 Nanaimo " 88, 108 78 Kasio " 29,400 50 $2,721,745 99 Vancouver (all outports in B. C. except \'anc()uver Is.) Inland Rev 323,486 25 Victoria (Vancouver Is. only) Inland Rev. 182,954 83 $3,228,187 07 The Province also contributed large sums through the fisheries and other federal departments. Trade with the northern gold fields, largely controlled by United States merchants during the Klondike rush, has been diverted and during 1899 British vessels carried 8y}4 % of the freights between Victoria and Skagway. In 1897 Vici:oria's share of that trade amounted to only $273,000, but in 1899 it exceeded two million dollars. The vexatious United States customs regulations at Skagway have been removed and proper bonding facilities now exist. United States operators in the Yukon find it to their advantage to purchase supplies in Canada. Capital has been fairly plentiful, but for a time was with- held. Recent activity on the part of capitalists seeking invest- ANNUAL REPORT. 33 ments may be taken as an indication that confidence is beinjr restored and is a hopeful sig-n for the future. Attention is again directed to the openings for investment m the manufacture of wood pulp, a wool factory, gloves and mitts manufacture and cold storage in the interior. The provincial and civic bonds and debentures have main- tained their high standing in financial centres. The statistical information appended hereto, as far as pos- sible, has been brought down to date. It is gratifying to record that the business of the Board has continued to receive due attention, the attendances at both council and general meetings having been well maintained. The field of the Board's usefulness is enlarging annually, and in- creased vigilance and activity will be required to keep pace with the demands which will result from the expansion of the pro- vincial trade and commerce which is confidently anticipated. All of which is respectfully submitted. Victoria, B. C, July 13th, 1900. W. A. WARD, President. L. G. McQUADE, Vice- President. F. ELWORTHY, Secretary. I 34 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. ^ cs -J C5 § Co . ^ z OQ -> Uj £ CT> 00 Qc > _l D 8 8 iri O O u-i ■»}• M O N « N v^ O '" vg t-N. o te- cs) o rt a. o o N '^ t: "NO . " a- c > c u ■z S o 2 c y u u >£ O >, S2 O CO l> C 3 rt c c c c D X i it, for in the rasv state it seems to be more carefully cureil and nearer perfect than the tobacco that we grow back in (Quebec. Hut we have not made much progress in home-grown tobacco, and that is the reason I have come to the conclusion that it should be a great source of revenue to Canada in the future, "As for the dairying industry, I am j^lad to hear that tiie provincial govern- ment is doing what they can in that direction . I suppose in British Cohnnbia you are too modest to think of your agricultural facilities, but let me tell you that a few years ago I found a market in (j)uebec flooded with the most beautiful but- ter, on which was written the letters " li. C." I was much astonished to think that such a (juantity of butter should be sent from Ikitish Columbia, three thou- sand miles, all the way to (^)uebec. It was utterly i)eyond all the ideas I con- ceived of the dairying facilities of British Columbia. A few days afterwards I went to visit a butter factory in the neighborhood of (,)uebec, when I found tliat the butter came from the Hay of Chaleur, all butter (laughter) coming from that district being marked with the letters " 15. C." Still, I hope by and by we will see the day when we can get British Columbia butter in (^)uebec ; but if not in (Quebec, that all the butter used in British Columljia will be produced here. " The secretary spoke of technical education. There is a branch of technical education in whicli I took a good deal of interest during the four years which I was connected with the inland revenue department. I have just jilaced myself in communication with those in England who are trying to introduce the metric system. I have also placed myself in communication with the treasury depart- ment at Washington and others who are doing their best to introduce the metric system there. It is a new thing, but nevertheless, I think it my duly to prepare the people of Canada for the speedy introduction of the metric system, and I will tell you why. In England a special committee of the House of Commons, as far back as 1895, recommended its compulsory introduction in two years. They do not proceed (piite as fast in England, and so far iney have not made it compulsory, but have legalized it, and now all inspectors of weights and measures in England are familiar with the weights and measures of the metric system, so as to be able to inspect all their measures according to that system. They are doing exactly the same at Washington and have introduced a bill to make it compulsory as soon as possilile. Well, it is our duty in Canada to try and make ourselves acquainted with that system, so that when the United States and England have adopted it we will be ready to adopt it too; and I consider it my duly now, having once begun that work to continue it. I have written to Ottawa to get a collection of Hil fiiJB'. I 1^ 1^ 38 HKITISII COLUMUIA HOARH OF TKAOK. all the systems of weights and measures for your hall, Mr. President, and some day if you can stand a short conference with me I will do myself the pleasure of showing; how simple it is. '* I thank yon, Mr. President and Ki^ntlcmen, for having been sd patient." (Loud applause.) I'OSr OKKICE, VICTORIA, H. C. APPENDICES, Mining Statistics. Ueporl of MinisU-r of Mines, Ueccmljcr jUl, 1S99. 39 TA15LK I. Total Pkodiktion kor ai.i. Vkars vr to asu iNrr.trDiNc 1899. (Jold, placer .■? 61,305,719 (lold, lodf 9..?59,479 Silver , i ,340,609 Lead 4,92.S,o69 ^"PP" 2,747,294 Coal and Coke 44,396,387 Building stone, hricks, elo 1,700,000 Olher metals 32,900 Tftal $ 135,810,457 i' L TABLK II. Production ior kac.m Veau i-kom 1S90 to 1899 (inclusive.) ' ^'''*''* Amount. 1890 $ 2,6cS,8o3 ^^91 3,521,102 '^92 2,97S,530 '^93 3.5^8,413 '^94 4,225,717 '^95 5.643.042 '^96 7,507,956 '^97 10,455,268 1898 10,906,861 ^^99 12,393,131 Table III gives a statement in detail of the amount and value of the different mineral products for the years 1897, 1898 and 1899. As it has been impossible as yet to collect accurate statistics regarding building stone, lime, bricks, tiles etc., these are estimated. '■ '11 r 40 BRITISH COLUMBIA HOARD OF TRADK. TAHLE III. Amount and Vai.uk ok Minkrai. pRooucrs kok 189S and 1S99. Gold. pl.lCCT. ... " Uuk- .... Silver t'oppor Lead Coal Coke Other iii;itfri;ils, Custoin.iry Measure. Ounces Pounds Tons, 2,240 lbs. i8<)8. (Quantity.! Value. .?2,i67 1 io,o(>i 4,292,401 7,271,678 3'.'«M.S,S9 .?5,0(K) i8 ('7.245 2,201,217 I 38,31 _! 2.375.^4" 2,939.4'3 >*74.7*^' ''~-'-':V)i 1,077,5811 2i,8()2,436 3.4"7..S9s! ■.3"<^.3''4 175, CKX) 34.251 $io,9o(),86i !j> 1,344,900 ■!.f*57..')73 1,663,708 '..?5'.4.S3 878,870 3,918,972 '7 '.25.1 20(-,400 $12,393,131 TAHLK IV. pRODuc'i'iON oi- .Mkiai.s hv Pisiricts and Divisions. Namk. DiVISIO.N!. . Districts. 1898. i8<^,. i8.>S. 1891). Carihoo M.irkerville Division $ 94.5»<' 37,ix)o 28,(K)0 214,860 15,000 l8o,0<.X3 193.3"" 8,600 $ .?89,36o $ 381,900 LiKlitniiifj' Cieek " Quesiiellenioiitli " i\eitlile\' Creek ** .... Oininee.i (Land Recording- Div.) Cassiak KooiKNAV. K.xsr 1 07,30x1 819,380 I j5, 568 (>(i. 20.1 KOOTK.NAV, W'KSP 6,042,975 6, i8-,S5o .Ainsworth Division 159,801 6<)4,88o 2,619,852 2,470,81 1 ')7.t>3' 297,930 879,185 1,7.^0.372 3,229,086 41,286 Nelson " . ... Sloean " Trt'iil Creek " Other prirls LlI.I.OOK 1 47,814' 69,558 432.5'.' 3',S.St>.S 1 1 Y\i h Osoyoos 364, 1 1 2 7.5*'" 60,840 234,167 6,609 75,o8t) V.ile C')rni:K DisTKicrs '9.437 a3.S.64« ! $ 7. '7^766 $ 8,096,504 Placer Gold. Table V conlinues the yearly productimi of placer gold to date, a.s determined by the returns, sent in by the banks and e.spress companies, of gold transmilteil by them to the mints, and .Oom returns sent in l)y llie Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorders. To these yearly amounts, une-tliird was added up to the year 1S78, and froin then to 1895 and for 1898 and 1899, one-fifth, which pro- APPEXniCES. 4' portions are considered Ut represent, approximately, the amount of j^old sold of which there is no record. This placer j;olil contains from lo to 25 per cent, silver, but the silver value has not been .-.eparated frt)m the totals, as it would be insignificant. TAHLE V. YiEi.n oi' Placer Gold i-er Year 10 Date. 1858 $ 705,000 1859 1,615,070 i860 2,228,543 1861 2,666, 1 iS 1862 2,656,90? 1863 3-913.563 1864 3.735.''^So 1865 3,491.205 1866 2,662,106 1867 2,480.868 1868 3.372,972 1869 1.774.978 1870 1,336,956 1871 1,709,440 1872 1,610,972 1873 1.305.740 1874 1,844,61s 187s 2.474,004 1876 1,786,648 1877 i.()oS.i82 1S78 1,275,204 1879 1880. 1 88 1. 1882. 1883. 1884. 1885. 1 886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1 890 . 1891 . 1892. 1893. 1 894 . 1895. 1S96. 1807. 1898. 1899. $ I ,290, .013, ,046, 954 794. 736, 713. 903 <>93. 616, 588 490, 429. 399, 35<'. 405. 481, 544 5>3. (J43. .344 058 S27 737 085 252 165 73^^ 651 709 731 923 435 811 526 13' 5'6 683 026 520 346 <)00 Total $61,305,719 TAHLE \T. The information as to production in the earlier years is obtained from the •' Mineral Statistics and Mines for 1896," Geological Survey of Canada. Produci'ion ok Lode Mines. 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1894 189.S 1896 1897 1K98 1899 GOLO, Oz. V.iluc. $ 1,170 6,252^ 62,250 106,141 I iu,o6i 2;,, 404 125,014 7«v-'7' 1,244, 'i^' 2, 122,820 2,201,217 SU.\'HR. Lkap. Oz. Vahii'. I'omuls 17,690 79,780 70,427 4,5iK) 77,it)o 227,OlX)| 746,,?7'): I,4<)(>,522' .?.',;.S..?4.? 5.472,97' 4,292,401 '7.3.?< 75,000 47.«7.5! 73.')4H 4,(KX) 6<>.9.?.S: Ii)5,txx) 470,219 977,229 2, UX3,(>89 .3.-'7^.«.i6| ■!..?7.S.^4'; 1,(163,708; 204,800 674,500 16^, KXJ Nil! Nil. 8txS,42o 5,()()2,5J3 •6,47.S'4"4 24,u)<),977 3«.H:".'.i.S .V .<"».?. 5.S') 21,862.430, V.iUa-. $ 9.216 29.«>.? •>. l'>8 Nil. Nil. 7S.()<)(i i(K).S7 721,384 '..!iA'.,S'7 1,077,581 878,870 463,462 $9,359,479! 18,61 -',778 $ii,34o.6o<)i 142,722,937 $4,928, o«x) Coi'l'KR. V.i 324,680 1)5^,840 3,818.556 5,325,18. 7,271,(178 7.7a.2.S<)' *,S.4'.S.S.'.S '6,234 47,642 1(X>,92() 266, 2 S*^ 874,7^1 '..W. 4,5.1 $2,747,294 TOTAI. N'.M.TKS. ■!6,S47 104,813 54.37' 73.94S 4,000 99.WO 297,41x1 781,342 .2.34.'..W 4..',S7''"9 7, 180,000 214,860 193,300 IS, 000 8,600 9,000 10,743 9.66s 750 Quesnelle " Cassiar . ..i Atl!n Lake Division 1898 ■899 1898 1899 1.7tO 7.S.000 800,000 32.300 19,380 40,000 1.61S 969 All other Divisions East Kootenay 1898 1899 .899 1,971 850 716 ^00 i8 "17,000 "lO.OOO Other Divisions West Kootenay 1898 ■899 1898 1899 1898 .899 1898 1899 1898 .899 1.738 3.760 5 '.762 .'58.302 30,691 21,507 111,282 172,66:; 621 294 „9' 3.823 16.569 60 14 87.343 102,976 346 118 1,888 Nelson " 76.459 .142.308 1,746,861 2,127,482 6,923 2.4.39 Trail Creek *' All other Divisions (Revelstoke, Trout Lake, Lar- dcau.) LiLLOOKT .S.S2 300 11,040 6,000 Yale 1898 ,899 900 ■.557 2,130 2.>3.i 43,614 42,700 260 1,300 S.208 26,850 Osoyoos Division (Grand Forks, Kettle River.) + Siniilkmneeii Oix'isioti. . . 1898 •899 ■898 .899 14,820 13,084 I ■•• -538 382 180 378 330 3.042 3.736 7.632 3,600 7.560 6,600 60,840 74-720 17.824 11,086 356.480 229,028 (Vernon.) Vnlt' Oivision (Ashcroft, Kamloops) Coast ano Other Districts 2 45 1898 1899 1898 1899 1898 i89g «.iS9 14.901 405 6.159 8,100 V. I., Victoria.) **MlSCEI.I,ANEOl'S 127,241 (Building stone, brick, etc., other metals, etc.) 32,167 67.24s 1 Totals 215,944 287,343 $ 643,346 1,344,90c 110,061 ! '38,3'.' 1 $ 2,201,217 2.857.573 * Estimated. t 100 oz. Platinum in i898 = $i,soo. APPENDICES. 43 Mines for 1898 and 1899. Silver. Copper. ] 1 Lead. Totals for Divisions. | Totals for Districts. Ounces. Value. Pounds. Value. ! Pounds. Value. 1 .898. $ .899. .898. .899. $ ; $ $ 1 $ 389,360 $ 36 ',900 'S9..SOO 1 .80,000 2.4,860 15,000 193.300 8.600 .07,300 819,380 ; 7S.OOO 1 800,000 19.380 ■ 32.300 '33.,l68 66,294 69,780 33.5 '6 1.627 38.623 .8,970 92. 2,286,60^ 88... 6"- 22,653 77,745 35.423 9" '33.368 64,393 ',901 397 69 6,042.97s 6,. 87,859 167.147 26i?,i6s 602.367 483.659 3.068.648 1,891,025 170.804 .85,8.8 121,510 48,46; 92,5 '5 ■ S'.78. 383,225 273,75' 1,698,496 .,070,320 94.539 105. '73 67.256 27.430 203 '.955.083 '.37o.S'3 24 235,196 239,840 1,978,297 3.588,577 579.245 27.063.595 .6,660,910 67,262 .44,26. " 23^286 920, 162 669.768 .59,801 297,930 879,185 694,880 5,232,0.. S.693.889 1,120 629,41. 996.43' ■■ ';96 2,470,8.. 97.63' '.740.372 365,064 129,884 12,412 5.22. 3,229,086 4. ,286 47,814 69,558 47.8.4 69,5.58 432,512 3 '5,86s ', 364,1.2 2,719 ■•539 234,. b, 6,609 7,, 560 .6 9 60,840 47 27 1,700 297 i 75.089 'P.437 255,648 2,145 24.358 1..87 13.787 84,38. 654.972 .0,150 1.4,62c .. ..... '9-437 355,648 206,400 1 50,0' .0 .50,000 ■ 206,400 7,271,67s 7.722,59' $ 874,781 1. 351. 453 7,322,766 4,292,40. 2.939.413 82,375.841 1,663.708 3', 693,559 j a.,862,43f ..077,581 878,87a 1 $8,. 302, 904 $7,322,766 $8,302,904 ** Building: stone, etc., $200,000 ; Platinum, 55 oz., $825 ; Iron ore, 2,071 tons, $5,575. 44 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. TAHLK \III. CoAi, AN'i) Coke PRonuri ion pkr Year to Date. Years 1836- 1852- I«59 i860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 187I- 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1S84 1885 1 886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1^93 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 52 59 (2 months). COAL. Tons .2,240 lbs.) 10,000 $ 25.396 1,989 2-3 ■ 14,246.., 13.774 ■ 18,118... 21,345.., 28,632.., 32,819.., 25,115.. 31.239.. 44,005 . . 35,802 . 29,843 . . 148,549... 81,547... 110,145... 139,192... 154,052... 170,846.., 241,301 .., 267,595 ., 228,357.. 282,139. . 213,299 . 394,.:70.. 265,596... 326,636.. 413,360.. 489,301 . . 579.830.. 678,140. . 1,029,097. . 826,335.., 978,294.., 1,012,953 ., 939.654 • 896,222. . , 882,854. • ■ 1,135,865.., 1,306,324,. V ears. 1895-6 1897 1898 (estimated) 1899 Total 14,523,876 tons. COKE. (Tons 2,240 lbs.) 1.565 .... Yaliif. 40,000 101,592 7,956 56,988 55.096 72,472 85.380 115.528 131,276 100,460 124,956 176,020 143,208 119.372 493,836 244,641 330,435 417.576 462,156 5«2,538 723,903 802,785 685,071 846,417 639,897 1,182,210 796,788 979,908 1,240,080 1,467,903 1,739.490 2,034,420 3,087,291 2,479,005 2,934,882 3,038,859 2,818,962 2,688,666 2,648,562 3-407.595 3.918,972 $43,953,152 17,831 35,000. 34.251. $ Value. 7,825 89.155 175,000 171,255 Total, 88,647 tons. $ 443,235 APPENDICES. 45 Tahi.k Showing Sourck ok CAi.iroRMA's Coal Supi'I.y, 1896-1899. The princi]ial foreign markets for Vancouver Island coal are San Francisco and southern ports of California, the Hawaiian Islands, and ports in Alaska. The China and Australian steamships are also lartje consumers of fuel. The sources of supply of coal for the State of California, from 1896 to 1899, are shown in the following table : British Columljia Australia English and Welsh Scotch Eastern Cumberland and Anthracite Seattle, Washington Tacoma, " Mount Diablo, Coos Hay and Tesla. Japan and Rocky Mountain (by rail) Totals 1896. Tons. 273'S5i 156,368 8-356 17,907 128,919 255,923 110,237 2,247 1,505,660 1897. Tons. 55«,372 281,666 107,969 4,081 21,335 220,175 286,205 115,150 6,587 1,601,540 1898. 1899. Tons. 651.208 201,931 75,115 5,056 37,560 283,963 34^^,474 172,506 26,560 1,802,373 Tons. 623,133 139,333 93.263 None. 3*^,951 271,694 355,756 189,507 28,390 1,740,027 The proportion of the above coal that was delivered in 1899 by water at the southern ports of California, viz., Los Angeles and San Diego, amounted to 184,747 tons, largely derived from British Columbia. COKK. During the pa.st year, the coke ovens at Union on'.y turned out 5,000 tons of coke, which was sold on the coast and in .San F"rancisco, where it met with a favor- able reception. The Kootenay coke market being so much nearer Crow's Nest will, of course, be supplied by that colliery, so that Vancouver Island coke will have to find a market elsewhere. The coke imported into California in 1899 amounted to 31,091 tons, and as the ovens at Union are to be run to their full capacity, a large prcportion of this trade may, in 1900, be expected for Hritish Columbia. ■3.* I ^^1 ■1 3.235 ^i- 'l i m 46 O) 00 0) E 3 o a X UJ t/; ■< H O H E2c art? T3'rt 7:^ -a >■. 4)T3 CU O 0.0 •T3 ^ c^' BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. •ON N lOvO N N N N vO t>> i-i " "-• u N O ►>• O "" "^ N t>. "I O t-x O 6" 00 — N VO 00 vO r^OO — CO O ro N N m 0^ Tf N d ro rv. in t>. 10 On&o ct^ inofcT ^^ r>. 0\ -" O t>« CO •ON rj . 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O) 00 (A <0 (U CO (0 CO o (0 m (0 ;? f*? ^ ^" >!. ^* ?^ ?l 1^ •* S* 1 - "»•* m' C* 10 1 - •« r -/; rl i^:i "V, rt « bH O - i; t- S fi-zS"^ 5?!s3 o ^ *^ - ^.* o its a 5o O P— fi- ^b- -J --^ ■; w — — — ' brii "^id ao ^ se^ i£ O t< bCI it- id^ €.= tx= -•- = C =T5 3 c-s-S y5^5=i^.=- bfi ■* u. - •! — » u; u o 1/ ^ cti 3 it' t, c8 — ^ 3;- - - 33;^ S'-'O Si^r'?' ,Z'-^ ' 5 3>.S = - s ! c c. c3^ 00 ??? t* c o he ^ c c3::.=s^:^ = x2 if So -2 = t* S'y T! 01 s c ;r — ;r '5 — Xi -^ ?J ^ 5: >Q »ft I- — I- r; c ii{ '--■ B tx 5C Vr.---- - e ^ C 6£=s-=i-t;">^'S I s-E a! * ;j 5.1 y, c •2.ci o ' . -^ ~ -? 2_ 2; - , ae li c^ -^ £_►- . -^ -^ 'T? -/- «» ^ ^inn ^ _ O'r! ^r t^ CC a _ ;* y~ X 2S,! U=: 3 : OTS a O 3 a-S SCrta^^fc-' aJi 3-- i,':^rr>i. 3 3 K ii r -*•! ? =sX — ' t^ifi^ u ay ., S w - o t< u >.flji O 3 d • X ;j J X ;i -•- ''/^ fc< 3 ■^'S d P 3 ^ O . t. Tsaq tt ^ ff L. Et3 _ y o XHH g i o O u _c c d (-^ o c APPENDICES. '"« — « — c 5 • is V, w o .s p 55 5 o H M 'i. 5 .t3 •c M sr-Ti •M 3C 2s i ■/T ii g a s S?2 S?5 !i5 1 (« V B a O c o S W Q 2 «!-,^' 2'-^' '*'"': S- c X — . ic ri-r- S » '2' £' ?i £' '^' "*' -^' x ;; -•i rt li? ?; .1* ^/j 9 ■"'lOS ~'""' I r3 cSdcO - c to K ,-• '^ (^ Wv S o c s •• c s ^^ S O !S s "2 a •^ *v c • s; i>» ^i rt «- 3 ? « ri r ^ -« -x-*!=: > X *. I . 1-^ fo ^ X ** * I- .'f:— * . S •« 2C M '— S c; I i ^^ H »- A ic -c -<■ r ^^is^i 49 3 ;5 -«. ■ f» . c "■; fi ->r -tJ 5 : | ?j ' s ■ I ~^. "»?.'£ h\ b rt ^.2x : *- >t; ■ > t- 2 ^ l\ •a I'd 43 c i i^ o X X 1 f I'. > r. i. I 50 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADK. British Columbia Sealing Catch, 1899. SCIIOONKRS. Ainoko Arietis Ikatricc Borer.lis City of San Diego Diana Dora Siewcrd Km ma Louisa Enterprise Favorite Geneva Ilatzic Ida Etta Lihbie Mary Taylor Mermaid Minnie Ocean Belle Otto Penelope Teresa Umbrina \'icloria Viva Walter L. Rich Zillah May Indian canoes (estimated) . . . Total sealskins Spkino. 449 392 310 200 776 319 601 271 1,582 393 162 t,3i8 236 70s 725 613 441 442 S37 1,000 11,472 Bkiirino Ska. Total. 1. 123 1,572 1,214 1,606 768 1,078 602 802 930 930 776 1,234 1.553 913 913 I,20S 1,809 I. 148 1,419 871 2-453 927 1,320 1. 189 1,189 779 779 o54 216 817 2,135 97^ 1,212 756 1,461 980 '•705 612 1,225 1,021 1,021 1,782 2,223 i-4"3 1,403 1,267 1,709 5'3 513 912 1.449 . 1,000 23,999 35,471 The Skai.ing Catch for the Past Eleven Years has Been: 1889 35,310 1890 43,325 1891 52,365 1892 49,743 1893 70,592 1894 97,474 1895 74-124 •896 55.677 1897 50,410 1898 28,552 1899 35,471 m^~ AI'I'KXniCES. 51 Exports from British Columbia. utside of Canada of Products of Agricult s, for Three Years Ending 30th June, 1- (Tlic I'ispDrt.s til ihc other I'rovincfs df the 1 )i'tiiiiui)n arc imt iiicliulod.) To Countries Outside of Canada of Products of Agriculture and Its Branches, for Three Years Ending 30th June, 1899. Year fiuiiiii,' June ^'l•ar elulin^r June Year emli'Tij,' June .jDlh, iH<)7. ,ioli). iS.)S. I jolh, i«<^). gu.in- tity. Value, 3 260 ^iiaii- tity. Value. : W^!'-">- \'al„o. I titv. I $ 104 4.673 LiVK SlOCK. I $ Horses head 971 4.305 Ilornud Cattle " I Swine " Poiiiiry and other animals. " 130 MiCATS, Kk . Hides, horns \ skins (not fur)." I S6.3S5! 80,385 ... , 85,556 Hacim Ills' I 984! 118 1,741 271 Ikef • [ ' 2.062 148 Hams " j 1,4191 253 l,()S() 2St) I'oik " ' i ■■■■ ' 4s7 39 Sheep pelts No.' 38,347! 12.958' 32,ro5 12,314 Wool ll.s ,166.11 1[ 15.561 3.886 224 Grai.v, Skkds, Hrkadsi ci-fs AN' I) I'K inn TS Ol'. Hran cwt. Harley bush | 31 Oais " 1 71 Teas " i Wheat " 1 63,471 Flour i)l)ls. I 19,880 $ Biscuits and nrea732 1,860 969 6,532 13 25 63 2,300 4 i(»o I ID 5J47 126.11)9 6,466 581 1,800 91 J(JC) 21 6.S00 37S 6i.8|() l4.'SiS5 2 399 240 3.306 1,415 60 1,21 I 21 1.805 6,856 28,195 ■i 3 501 309 •59 2.53' 88 1 70 1,706 1,106 586 161 918 280: 39 13^1 2,394 37 14.S74 2,524 7,095 1,009 Bones cwt. Tallow lbs. Honey *' Other aiticles .Ibs.j 15.264: 1,924 ''>2.I93 11,762! 70,450 Total . 98: 20 37,920! 824 22,146 22I 6, 228,407 665 180,404 688 93 6 22.690 1,101 6,816 220,348 ^i '■i r :tl H' i> I Sa o (A m e I I .5 c - l^ .- 03 - CO C « c — 3UJ M (0 BRITISH fOLUMUlA HOARD 1)1 IRADK it o 2 'O o O my; >5 a^ «« ir.o ^^ h^O - - ^ -t l> -f t c- t - yj •t ir, -^ •^, ri r^ ^r, O — "» 'I ft >5 :S = ^ I ♦iC^ — - 1/1 O 'O in r^ irto n -o n c^ - ") r>. - 1-/5 N b - - 4.0 ^r S" M — in »- -^ C/3 "1 t pr rC 4 1/1 »tO •» "> — "1 f| C I'. - -x t "1 \s m O 1/1 in «^ O G Q - O M -t O t^ O C M r^ lii 'O 'h i^vd "1 pT OSOMOOOOt^ vOO rr - X) CO fs flvD O 't t^ in in>o >0 00 't O "O M -t O "t t^ C^ >3 5n O 't-t — cO'Tiniv. — ^ \0 — -' " id" i-C rn ►- v^ M m »t in C> - >0 >3 O mo "1 1^ in "5vO N 1^ '•') I ^ -r o t^ rf CO in « t^ in \0 ""n r5 in T*- r^O PI O "H r>. in rn vO I O ^ X O O inO rn "-O M — vo •-^ pi'x' r-^ rn M r^ ON CO in « CO O i~«, -"in o CO Cn On C 7. 5J o. il: E »r "3 '^ • c • ' ' a • • • • .c • • ■X. . ,_^ u . . i- >fc- . . , ^ CJ . . • A ^ . . , \J TD rt • • = Jix • • 11 :>i c .■c ^W ^ a - c • — ' c = !> ►_; _5 S ~ :/5 x < = 'i5=:S2;=5 rt rt u j:; c .. _ r( O %n »f r^ PI O P< x' pT 8s OS X o o o lo vfi "^ *♦■ N C> -t- O On N4 to4 ri t^ t t - t^O 1-^ in in in o •I- r^ t-x — r^ t^o M la PI t^ - Q -t 'n m 0» OS 'I - o c> M t^ t^ 'I "• PI — «/> c/5 C" 'n p| 'O c CO 'n ON — (^l !>. 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V s ,r -" ; — r ■?: rt -c • = c 3 -:^ C "/"' 3 -1- •— o lU ^ o ti S ;« «J _ a.i' ^ ii w ■" t/i o •-; cjDJ= x; =" rt i^ O O rt 3 C^~ o n^ .5 C tjOJ= t; j: . '^ - w u * •:- I— I u X >i, c/: ■fif . . t ■. $^ .-t. ^i .JRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. O O V c 3 -9 6 CO O) c ■u c V m u > "i u u (0 O 1 ^ ' ns (/) JQ E o o ■4-' (0 O 3 x: o (0 m u c '> o &. CL 0) O c o a E •O 10 On NO 1^ NO ■-' t t u-1 "" t^ 00 t>. i-H PI 00 I^ IT) NO N ^ ri M rt '-^ f^ ri 00 00 u-i "S 3o <«■ lA NO 00 1^ NO Tj- NO 10 t^ NO Cn NO H C) NO 00 0^ pr iTi ri ro M 00 t^ t^ On Tf ■* CO CO -J . rj- li-i r^ r^ ^N ri 00 '^ ;■: tfl- r ^ nS NO r>. t CO ro -5 55 ^ t->. Iv. N N >M ON t^ H '" 1-4 00 CO ^ ■* ^^ ir\ 00 N NO NO u-i N t^ On rn N "^ n 00 u-> r^ m t^ 10 r^ 00 !X5 "-I "- •5 iT r^ n 00 00 On ii~i ^ ■ ri rf NO 00 00 4- H Z NO c> 00 00 U-I Tj- t^ r^ -* IT) PI x 00 fi nO mm •t y N 1^ l-N On ON »-N On On NO On PI Tj- PJ ri - t-^ t^ ■* m « •* c t^ "- CTN :S u 1-4 iri vc OC m c ;>2 vO W- .,.--.. ^1 ^^ t- NO Tt « PI On t^ On m "^ M m Tt vc NC t^ OD in N t-t ro OC NO t^ X ro P) N^ ro ro *^ *^ d •t t^ ro NO ro OC c •* " r-» X J ffi- '• 1^ NO 00 CT^ 00 NO^ CO 0^ ro ^ 1^ m H 5^ - N^ * r>. 00 M P) "- 'I- « r^ 1-4 c> nS T- m OC rt IT) m ro fc ,« ^ H- ^ ro On in NO ^ 00- On PI t^ t r^, NO ii ro H ^ m »>-l t^ NO C in in CO >-i M P4 — 00 00 in pT CTn nS oc ^ nC NM r^ Tt t^ in m OC Tt o> ^ ,^ ^ On ro NC — C Tj- -^ m rt NO NO TH C in - Tt Tj" -*-' t>. NC 't M •y^ c P) NO t NO 9. t ro pT 00' Eb b> • V , f; If c u- Si 'f * rt ( 1. t: > • ^ c c 11 C 1 E c c ^ ^ ^ c IT 1/ C 3 u c C4 > c o 3 1) > o c3 o C _o c a. 3 'J ■J o u iy> V a a 1) c O r/) H APPENDICES. 57 CSS = 55 y^ 1/1 so' M o 00 1^ PI 00 8 N •/I O o o V c 3 o CO O) c c I. ni > m o (0 (0 JO ■^ 4) W £ C/) (0 w E E 3 o O (0 O 3 £ o CO o c > o Q. (0 o a X UJ «2 = 5; w- ON ^ O O p) O PO ^2 4«- 5- ON "1 CN JC o rt M r^ •+ Tf m M >3 ro »>. OS O u-i ■— 1 't IM CN t^ O 30 IT) ^ t o T o tfl O vO I.. rt C^ PI •Hnooini[ fee c M M c»o d" oo M M •so.mq ;)i(jiiut{IV^ ««• •sj.nipo.i,! ' [.IIIIIDUJIV ' ^ X o s o p w- ««■ «/> c O t Tj- PI oo' ro_ C P) CO "it pf 00 Cn OS 00 o '4- PI o o" 00 PI PI so o PI vO OS - N W- OS p» 1- vO Ov rn t^ PI Cs PI o c OS On O o. PI so 00 00 sO_ 6 so t ui O O 1^ so Os L<-1 3- ~ -c M •r o 8 8 On PI fo ■^ 00 '? PI ~ ^. oo' so PI PI PI 00 OS pr o PI PI so" 00 '■n o> OS so" PI O oo' sC O 00 o> _vO _ T) ui VO d 00 cc "-1 sb PI o ■JO 00 :o OS On pT _PO 1/1 00 no' 'I- On 9J > o a. ■/) t/; 3 '.J — i 3 : _u : u 1) c CS ■/I V w 1) c A'A o £ '3 c c o !/! B S5 T3 C 5 rt o "5 o c > > "-'tV' 58 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARO OF TRADH. Imports into the Province of British Columbia for Twenty-Nine Years ending June 30th, 1900. To.SOth .In tic, 1872., Fntiii C'aiiiKla. . To.Sdth June, IST.'V. Krom Oaiiiulii. . TolJKth.IiitU', l«7t.. H'roiii Canada . T():{(ttli .hinc, ISTo.. From ('ana,3;)2 31,(HM(.:«;i % l(«!,7(t7 ?iI,7()7,IHi8 S 342,4(H) 48 22,21;") 22,215 22,215 2,1!»1,011 1,5()!),112 507,:«il 2,07f;,47() 302,117 65 75,r)Ol 7.").(K)4 75,(i04 2,08;-).5(!0 l.()70.7!)2 377.514 2,01S.33fi 33(i, l!»4 17 («)l(tl («!,104 (»;,101 2.,')43.552 l.!)2l,182 .5i;(i,lll 2,4!HI.5!t3 113,!»21 50 117,051 117,054 117,051 2,!t!l7,5!»7 2.237,072 707.!IIHi 2.!tll,!)78 488,;i84 52 12!),7:i5 12!),7:« 120.735 2.22ll,!t!W 1.820,3!)1 3l(i,318 2,l(;(;,70i) 403,.520 20 1()3,142 I(i.l.l42 lf»:{,142 2.211,.5')3 1,!)05,201 3(i7,!»2() 2.273.127 42(!,125 14 144.751 144,754 1U,751 2,110,781 1,!)!)7,125 320,32<) 2,317.154 484,704 04 181,!).51 181.!t.51 181.!).51 l.t):»8,3:tl l.(iU,l(i.5 122,451 2,457,11() 450,175 43 208.072 208,072 208,072 2,48!),(il3 2,211,153 2J2.!X!,3 l,7;«Mil« ,58!». 103 02 :«7,111 387,111 387,111 2,8i(!),223 2,472.174 401.287 2.87.').4(il 078.101 ,53 4l!».7(kS 44!»,708 44!»,708 3,!)37,530 3,:W1,023 550,833 3.8(Mi.8;'K) {HI7.05o 54 021,207 021,207 024,207 4,142, IS(> 3.3.37,012 702,(!!I3 4.040.3:15 884,070 21 78!),287 789,287 780,287 1,()8!(,1!»2 :i.4.-),S,.52!) .5(i4,!(23 4.02:$. 1,52 !»00.143 54 !)27,0.54 !»27.054 !»27.054 :i.!»5:i,2<»!) 2,85I,:$7!I l,(K)0,:i47 4,011,720 880,2(i(i (i5 3,547,852 :i.0(w,7!»l 500,348 ;i,020,1.3!) 88.% 421 53 3,.')0!),!)51 2,(i74,!)ll 72!).2(«! 3.401.207 8«l,4(i5 14 :?,7(W.127 2,(H»2.010 807,110 ;5,8lH),78<) !)71,fi75 m 4,:{7!),272 ;i,:i.57,lll l,o:iO,;i75 4,287.480 1.07.5,215 20 .5,478,883 4.2(il,207 1,074,!(83 5,:{.30,1 :i,(«i2,073 1.25;).4!»5 5.!n8.108 1.:K«).2.5() :12 5,:{20,015 3,;)82,:{:« 1,7;J8,282 5,:i;iO,!M)l 1,:108,(J:{1 23 4.4(«,!»70 :i,131,4!X) 1,2:«!,!W5 4,30,8.425 1.137.727 1!> 5.r)0:?.(t!»5 3,!Ki:i,0.50 1,5:12,810 5,520, 4!K» l,l(Hi,!l31 ill 7,i:«»:{81 5,0t8,7.)5 2,028,0.5:1 7,087,(U8 1,701,507 10 8„548,:$75 0.4!»:i,123 2,021,74!) 8,517,872 2,001„527 70 8,714,7:« 7,02 2, 70S, 117 187!t. . 1,.V{0,812 033,193 27:'.,:!(Mi 20S,-.'71 2,.505 57 2,70,S,848 1880.. l.,8t.(|((l 1881.. i,:n7,(i79 400,984 172,017 .'{.50,174 218 22 2,231.,V,1 1882... l,i;?7,072 !»70,9O3 :«i2,875 3(M».I29 9l(i 2,010 ;5,08(),Sll 188;?... l,:i09.()4(i i,;«2,;w5 407,024 287,.394 0,791 413 3,31.-),2(k3 1881... 1,441,052 8!H).371 4.58,3()5 271,7!M) 1,745 1,113 .3.100.101 188o... 1,7.59,.512 727,072 202,071 414,.30t 2.32* 5,948 .3.172.:591 188(i... l,720,:{;5o 013,0,52 191,488 32!»,218 1,907 2,811 2.891. SI 1 1887... . 1,8:52,827 910,5iJ9 2,35,913 38ft, 1 2ti 10.2^5 1,911 .3.;i7l,(iol 1888 . 1,889,8(»5 1,104,019 441,9.57 318,8.39 27,0;il 85.820 :{,92S,077 188!)... . 2,377,052 !K).3,023 449,02»i 397,fW5 14,831 102,089 4,:5:ti.:5(Hi IKXt... . 2,;i7.5,770 2,374,717 325,881 340,1,59 9,823 113,271 .'>.5l.',.(i21 18!n . . . . 2,o;{0,22!t 2,271,080 374,!)i»0 294,(J1(! .5,017 20.134 0.2.>7,l.-,8 18!)2... 2,979,470 2,:i51,083 42.5,278 .3!H>,.584 2.5,018 31,97(! 0,.571,!»89 18f«... 2,898,947 1,.501,831 451,!)94 310,021 30,173 ll(i,231 5.012,797 18!M... 3,521,54.3 3,5 11. ,305 411.023 1 »'l.209 23,323 1!K;,895 7,81.3.9.58 18!»5... 4,(il,5,4.52 3,204,501 5lK(,08() l.57,.373 21,771 201,918 9,121,0!)8 imi. . 5,7():},2.');{ 3,288,770 08;-,, 7 40 137..-^il 01,411 .3:58,471 10,570„524 1897 . . 8,90!»,j)92 3,.507 815 742,173 307,845 101,711 .5.52, .5:59 14,017.i5!t,()82 ' 1877 - 2,;m,'.m 1878- 2,7f»,n7 ' 1879- 2,7(»8,8I8 ' 1880- 2,584,(K)1 1881- 2,231, 'kVI 1882- :^,(I80,811 1883- 1884- 1885- 3,:{4o,2:«) ' .3,1(K) 404 :?,r2,:«)i > 188(5- 2,8!n,811 1887- 1888- 3,371, (M>1 3,!»28,(»77 1889- l,33l,3(l«i 1890- 5,515,()21 1891- ti,257,158 < 1892 - (i,o74,989 1893- 5,(U2,-97 ' 1894- 7,843,958 1895- 9,121,098 MHi- l(l,.57(!,524 1897- M,017,')<)8 1898- 1«,919,717 18JJ9- 14,748,025 VM)- 17,813,!K« APPENDICES. 5| Shipping. This Board is indclncd u, the coiirlesy and kindness of the Collect. .rs of Cus- toms at the ports mentioned, for the following' information : Vessels employed in the coasting trade of the Dominion of Canada, arrived at and departed from the undermentioned Ports during the year ending joih Iiine 1900. '^ -^ ' VhssKI.S ArrIVKO. VkssKI.S DKPARlKn. . Vessels. To„.i.-.jre. Crew. N'essels. Ton.i.i^a-. Crew. ./''"■■"^ ''545 53.3,849 36,n9 i,557 548,725 36,280 y;""'""^'^'' ^'266 474,7,5 31,877 2,266 499,209 33,726 ?:'™"--. '^''72 265,360 12,457 i.oQS 265.7.4 .2,528 .\ew\Ve.tmmster 573 ,,6,124 6,699 584 116,246 6,735 Vessels entered inwards from .sea during year ending June 30th, 1900. ^'^'- nIP " No. ;;~p .,. . Vessels. Tonn.ipe. Crew. Vessels. Tonn.ig-e. Crew ,V'^"'''^' 725 541,971 31,325 347 364,660 17,576 l^^'-'^^-" 354 306.555 18.263 223 ,38.09. 6,646 ^^''"•'^""" 35 52,347 854 212 249,922 C4C7 NevvVVestmin.ster ,31 5,-7 522 .05 '4,730 560 Vessels entered outwards f.,r sea during the year ending June 30th, ,900. .,. . Vessels. Tonn.njre. Crew. N'essels. Tonnage. Crew. ;''^°"^ 526 439,595 24,076 537 449,707 24,519 ^,^"'^""''*='' 447 412,966 2, ,408 ,64 64,793 3,5.3 Nanatmo........ 241 308,074 6,853 30 4,304 436 NewWestmmster 40 14,788 394 ,98 4,839 587 Number and tonnage of vessels built and registered during year ending June 30th, 1900. '*•' '^'^"-''"- REOrSTKRKtJ. ^ ' ^ , '- V . . ^''' TonnaM:e. No. Tonnage. ^.'^^^"^ 8 679 6 6,4S2 V ancouver o ^t, ., . y 422 24 107,994 Nanamio New Westminster 28 2,632 3, 2.676 4 . 9 4 '.f t i V 1 m 1 I J 62 imiTISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. i I 00 ^ 0) i 00 3 V ^ ^ O (C i; Si E 3 ^ -^ O x W O X M ^ .J £ g ^ (0 >» C ■M u k :; s CD -r - O rP cT < = 2 c '^ 2 O J, ,? o o O ft ^ M ^ ^ o •/. s eS C ^ > s « o "S Is S "S n V o Q. 03 C- -w -7 3 S ' 3 = 3 C ^ i^ '^ i/ = * 1/ o r'.i^ 7 ? _ y 3 3 2 5 3 >* ^ >i i.) >. >. >i ^ >. 3 - •7. • • H ■ ■'■■ -^ ■^ ■r' 1, -JO s = = = = s H-r^ i' '^ z; z: '3 S'ci'^ if >. >, >.>.-? >. » yi o C a ,w 3 ^ 1;- 1)3 3 3 •^ -4- S >, 2>. 3 t" 3 td O V C O *ji ix2« 5,3 cif^ S" .5<5;£<1i '= = = £B ~C=3 >. >. xi i b 3 >. >, 3 3 3 — — ►- !3 3 3 -^ -4^ -W -^ •«— -W -U> 4^ -^ o •.— c 3^3 ^.3 5 U 3 » b, "3-2 b. 3 3 **! 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So 0.2 -a 5 ■a r. ai - S —.2 20 y; mil b!^''"'^-!^ r'r'2' ? c ^^ o i r -^ — •- c s 'i" . i bs r=^ = g.Et'^^?Q. 2 2 ^ c 5i; tr5- 5K^Z--S"y !i2 5e^5j: = = ^ = = = -::: 3 ■/: ? . rt - •/. s - = ^ - - -ii u ■/J 13 3 § .2 71 J. o - 3 r..Z. c3 Y 5 a TS £^- p ^"-^ oi s~ ■/ a it= a*j S S a -3 O O s a ii'T3_^-"'C a 3 3^ - i o ■rx: 3 .3 3 t< -S^ir-^I-^^5i3 = '^£ "= S'c? 3 2- ■ -3 " ^ra •^ o-a— ^aacB — — >i>^ «3t.t-- = = i> = -/. ^^^^^ o " c oo-oooocoooo •-5 c-ijc-i< ifi tr i~ X 3; 3 ^ •>! ?t 38 55 ■ 3 63 1 I ^1 1 ■ I,. as^. = 23 0^ -* t- i — J-r ^ ^ u " ^ja 2 a *-* ::.S?s — t- a '5'' ■^■^o ^ ^■^0 Ad SS^ a t-"3 3 £> 2 3 a 3 Has -e 53 a « P*^ C3 P.3 ti.U.-3 * ♦ » 64 BRITISH COLUMHIA HOARD OV TRADE. Inland Revenue, Canada, Divisions No. 37 and 38. Entered for Consumption July 1st, 1899, to June 30th, 1900. No. -jy, No. 58, ■ Victoria, H. C. t V'ancouviT, B. C. Spirits proof ynlls. 58,833.35 '02,337.50 .Spirits, exported " 1,911.21 447-74 Malt li)>. 1,407,221 2,395.330 Mamifactured Tol)acc^ 369 Raw Leaf Tobacco " 33,429 68,723 " " " exported " 5, 1 19 3. 061 Cigars, ex-warelioiise No. 256,475 480,300 " ex-factory " 1,258,475 3.33^.477 Malt Li(|uor yulls. 514,475 994,122 Petroleum " Nil. 11,480 Total receipts $182,954.83 $323,486.25 * Vancouver Island only. t All oiitpi>rts in Urilisli Columhia except Vancouver Island. This Hoard is indebted to the kindne.ss and courte.sy of the Collectors of Inland Revenue at Victoria and N'ancouver fur the above information. Area of British Columbia. Land 382,300 square miles. Water 1,000 " " Total 383,300 " " Wood area, estimated 285,554 " " Statement Showing the Timber Cut during 1899, Not including that from the Dominion and the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway lands. FKHT. On Crown lands 89,258,757 On timber leaseholds 49,526,306 On private property 23,115,400 $161,900,463 APPKNniCKS. Postal Statistics. 65 Stalement showing the accounting otiiccs in operation, the gross |)n>ital revenue; tiie numl)cr and aninuiit of money orilers issued ;inil pM ; the amount of con\inission thereon, (hiring the year ending 30lh June, 1S99 : Namk of Ofkice. Vancouver Victoria Kosshmd Nt'lson New Westmins. r . Nanninio Kaslo Other offices Total, 1899. .. Total, 189S... Ciro'is Postal Rcvcnui-. Number ,if Mmu'V Issueil. $ 49,767 20 47,804 42, I3.S28 65 IJ.J90 55 10,298 75 7.103 85 3,828 48 96,5 '3 29 Tulal Ammmt of MuiU'V Orders Issued. 242.335 19 247,282 17 12,054 i3.f^'S5 4.501 3.793 4,761 6.381 1,230 51.387 97,762 $ 190,440 49 162,259 90! 68,473 ooj 70,013 75 ^'3."43 54 91,764 58 17,212 02 9(^9.935 ''^ Total c initinssi on Ivl-ll'lvi- d Irt.iii Public. $ 1,845 61 1,720 24 '^>3.\ 85 Toi.il Aniounl i Money Orders I'aid. $ 184,940 48 182,748 04 28,507 (K) 32,920 05 74>i.U f>2 35.001 7; 9.202 18 1,633,143 86 90,674 1,396,604 69 612 70 571 70 845 42 140 43 7,26() 59 2o(),58t) 41 13.648 60 754,329 62 11,839 13 705,468 40 Table showing the number of post offices in operation, estiinnted letters and other articles of mail matter posted in Hritisli Columliia years ending I ur.e 30th, 1897, 1898 and 1899: 1897. 1898. Number of offices in operation on 1st July. . 293 311 Estimated number of letters and other articles of mail matter posted in British Columbia during the years ending 30lh June, 1897, 1S98 and 1899 : Letters 4,850,000 6,700,000 Post Cards 505,000 525,000 Registered Letters 142,000 165,000 Free Letters 148,500 156,000 Nuii:ber of transient Newspapers and Periodi- cals, Packets,Circular», S.imples, Patterns, etc 400,000 625,000 Numberof packages of Printers' Copy, Photo- graphs, Deeds, Insurance Policies, etc. . 100,000 145,000 Number of packets of Fifth Class Matter, Ordinary Merchandise, open to examina- tion 46,500 48,000 Number of Closed Parcels for the United Kingdom and other countries 1,850 2,900 number of during the 1896 343 7,650,000 520,000 210,000 170,000 835,000 205,000 85,000 2,200 ,.-1 : .4 66 MRITISII COI.l'MHIA HOAKH OF TKADK. I u V tr. c c 3 > 0) a: u ^ k« •a ■-:; c 1/; «! 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Ii all this coiiii'ry," from the smith of Vancouver Island to the (Jiieeii Charlotte Inlands, "the fruits of temperate climates ^;row well, and farm animals live out d. 'I'lie rich hottoms of the I'raser delta have lon^; he 11- doors the year roiin famous for their ^;reat hay crops and jv-isture lands; but here the extreme of rai (all is met, the mean for six years bein^; 59 66 inches at New Westminster. The climate of the j^real Island of N'ancouver, running north-west across two dc|;rees of lonj^itude and two dej;rees of latitude, presents every variety from thai at the sea coast, with as at l'',si|uiiiialt, a very low daily ran^e, and no annual extremes the lowest temperature in two years bein^; 8 dej^rees K. , the lowest monthly averaj;e beinj; 20 dej;s. I'., and the hij;hesl in summer bein^; 82 dej^s. F. — to that as above Alberni es rir->t into a plateau to 4,000 feet, and even to 7,500 feet in \ictoria I'eaU.'' " A|)art from the mineral wealth of X'ancouver Island, its climate, uith every variation nossi ble, 1 )ecomes most attractive. Its seashore climate is milder than many parts of Kngland, with le dk Attention is directed to th seaso e tollowing tables : nal variations. X'- ' ^ X , ^^^^^^4Q|E i . KkBBI^^^^^HHBSSS^^^^Rv^ w^hk ft i "Si ~ 11 M ' V ^ ' '^ r'^ ^ Km i ^■^i4<. ,,;:.:■■ -- '■ -,. ^^..r~^ ur^.fi-y::^-x ^.^s^iiu^^^-^--:--' «^^^ '- ''^■'. """ CITV IIAI,!,, VI( TOKI \, H. C. 68 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. AXEKAC.H MOXJillV AND ANNUAL RAIMALLAND SNOW 1 ALL In inchc- at ten principal stations in l'>rili>li C()luml)ia, derived from a yroiip of vi ars. I'ppcr Maiii'aiul . . . A| Lower Mainland . . .B Nortli-West Coast ...Vr. Vaneouvcr Island . . D (inlf Iriiands E .innuan , Snowfall F.'hninrv > KainfaH hchniary , s„„wfall vi,,_,,i, ( IJainfall Man 11 , Snowfall A„„ii .( Kainfall ■^P"^ I Snowfall Ai.,., I I'ainfall ^^•''* \ Snowfall j,„„. ( Kainfall •"'"^ ISnowfali •J"'* ISnowfali A"^-t {KoSl «0Pteu.be. ; l^-^:^^, November. I »<;;i^-;j, December. IS^;^^-;!, V „ ( Hainfall ^ '-'" \ Snowfall s er ■A 4.21 12.!> 2.87 10.7 2.72 1.1 2{)8 (».l J.^4 l.iiJ K Ci .4 :i7.47 :u.o a. t5 8.5.5 31.1 4..-)0 2.0 2.28 (>.() l.iW 1.(54 0.88 2.00 '.i'o3 O.f) (i !l.5 3 2 8.20 O.ai 0.27 0..'"2 0.17 1.23 2.156 (>.(lJi 9.7 8.41 3.0 :w.23 1 o w ! = o I ;>: I 4..50 I Ki.O 2 1!) ' !».() I 3.24 0.7 l.lij 0.2 : 2.(i0 1.37 ; o.so ■(i.44 '2.7G 2.'46 4.(52 (5.(5 . i5.2o ; 3.8 31.4(5 :«5!t ,. w ^ , T t: P. M 1^ X -*-» £ s> ^ "^ 8.11 5.13 1.5 3 7.8 7.27 3.7(5 18..5 !t.4 .5.8(5 5.22 (5.3 2.1 8..5 5.31 .5.8 0.1 1.-.7 4.38 0.1 4.5(5 3.9(5 .5.20 i.2<» 7.7!) i.:« i().()'2 ■5.12 13.(51 1.7 lO.iM) 1.5.4 it(5.28 (5; I 00 5.50 be 22; tn 5.22 20! 7 I 5.42 12.(5 j .5.1(5 , 3 1 i 5.45 I 0.1 i 1.85 I 3.97 j 'l.3;5 '■'«! 5 25 I 7.81 2.8 7,51 I (i.t I .5(5.32 I (51.1M5 28.(5 I 1S.9 8.21 4.5 8.(57 7.(5 0.72 4.8 0.20 (5.5 0.89 0.(5 0.;50 1 1() 0,7'4 (i.3(> (i.lil 0.88 (5..5(5 \ 0.(58 0.51 8 3 O.tl 8.(50 (5.87 28.8 •7> IWXJ o.;« 9.2 0.00 !3 O.OI 1.0 ().5() 1.52 (i.i)i3 (i.22 (i.51 (i.is 0.(55 'o.'37 11.5 0.28 2.5.0 5 ,52 59.7 o 0.(5(5 9.7 ((.05 ■5.1 0.(53 3.0 94 2.1 1.B4 1.32 1.(12 i.il5 1.92 0.(52 0.4 0.!K5 12.2 0..59 7.2 11.30 1 u (».31 2(5.2 0.17 21.3 0.08 18.1 0.51 1(1.3 2.22 2.3 3.13 0.3 2.7(5 3.(12 3.18 1.3 1.45 9.7 1.01 25.9 007 :5(5.8 17.91 40.(NI I 1(51. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF THE A\ERAGE RAINFALL In inches at ten principal stations in British Columbia in the months April to September, derived from a group of years. f pper Mainland — A Ijowcr Mainland . . . H North-West Coast. . .C Vancouver Island ... I) On If Islands E April May June . .. .lul/ August . . . . September . . eS B 2.98 1.94 1.19 o.:i(5 ()..52 2.50 » T3 a c8 l.fiS l.(M 0.88 0.27 (».17 1.23 O u a 2 1.15 2.(50 1.37 0.80 0.44 2.7(5 ■J. .5.68 4..57 4.. 5(5 .5.20 7.79 10.0:1 m o ■r I Xi 0..31 4.:w 3.!t(5 1.2<> i.:« 5.12 N '7. ■r. 5.15 4.85 3.97 1.55 1.(52 5.25 0.,50 1.10 (».74 o.:ui 0.40 0.88 .< < < V, 6 ^ 4) .^ C 'H ^ > tri .2> X u 7. 4^ ^ h h 0.48 0.94 ^ 0.51 l.,57 1.(51 2.12 0.89 1.32 3.13 0.38 1.02 2.7(5 0.18 I.(t5 3.02 1..51 1.95 3.18 APPENDICES. 69 < c u tai4 *m4 V) ^■N H t—t 5i ^ , u ^ rt iM 11 C/5 rt c rt (-1 ■5 *f rt H ■^s CO V a. >5 W rt H V ii — H = H c < rt '/ ■y; ^ C hC 3 ^ ^ , «M ><: rt ai H I— < O u o _ I a •(•UBisiiaadnji •1< '.T ■^ >(? '?: 5 ;r . - _ . r- . 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X -d-S S = ; a z '- £ ■ 3 = *- " ^ rt ^ ,^ - = ^ ''■ ^ 3 I l- «- A 5 M i/ « ~ o . a j: t 3 i= a ; o rt 3 U) -: X > O ac i - m; •= & •= 3 3 3 i=ir, Srti- = Cx: ^ ^-1 *t-l 3 C T. > 3 _ « ♦: s .£-•=_•=- I O 3 f 3 2 stx'^!: 3 C a at 5 .-^ = = =, V = >-• (-• a: /. ■'1 J I I ^ « H i .5 I 70 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. Education. The Province of British Columbia possesses a free, non-sectarian system of pul)lic schools, which is admirably suited to meet the needs of a sparsely settled country. Any settlement containing not less than twenty children of school age (between 6 and i6 years of age) may be created a school district by the Council of Public Instruction. A commodious building for school purposes, together with the salary of a teacher, is provided from the Provincial treasury. In smaller settlements, where an enrollment often pupils of school age is assured, a teacher is supplied by the Government on condition that the parents of the locality pro- vide a suitable school -room. The total number of pupils under instruction in British Columbia during 1899 was 19,185, and the number of schools in operation, 280. The total expenditure for education was $268,653, distributed as follows : Amount paid for teachers' salaries $184,337 57 " " incidental expenses 14,126 35 " " per capita grants to citii. ... 56,692 12 ICducalion office 1 3,497 42 There was, moreover, expended by the Lar. Is and Works Department for the construction of school houses, furniture and repairs, $67,362.84, making the total cost to the Provincial Government during the fiscal year 1898-99, for all purposes of education, $336,016.30. The amount expended from the Provincial treasury for education in British Columbia is larger in proportion to population than that expended in any other Province of the Dominion. The average cost per pupil enrolled for 1899 was $14.00, or $21.83 if i)ased on the actual daily attendance. BOARD OK THADK HI ILDINO, VKTOKIA, B. C, APPENDICES. 71 SCALE OF COMMERCIAL CHARGES. Whenever no special agreement exists, the following shall he collectihle : 1. On the purchase of stocks, bonds, and all kinds of securities, including the drawing of hills for the payment of the same.. 2/4 pcr cent. 2. On sale of stocks, bonds, and all kinds of securities, including remittances in bills and guarantee 2^4 " 3. On purchase and sale of specie, gold du:>t and bullion i " 4. On sale of bills of exchange wilh endorsement 2 ?4 " 5. On sale of bills of exchange without endorsement I " 6. For endorsing i)ills of exchange wlien desired 21^2 " 7. On sale of produce, etc., from foreign ports, wilh guarantee.. . .7'^ " 8. On goods received on consignment and afterwards withdrawn. 2"/2 " 9. Oi ^oods received on consignment and afterwards returned by the consignee No charge. 10. On jnirchase and shipment of merch'Andise, with funds on hand, on cost and charges 5 per cent. 11. On purchase and shipment of merchandise, without funds, on cost and charges 7J2 " 12. For collecting and remitting delayed .r litigated accounts 10 " 13. For collectiiij; freight by vessels from foreign Ports, on amount collected 5 " 14. For collecting general claims 5 '* 15. For collecting general average on the first $20,000.00, or any smaller amount 5 " 16. F"or collecting general average, on any excess over $20,000. oo..2'j " 17. On purchase and sale of vessels 5 " 18. For " Port Agency" to vessels wilh cargo or passengers Irom foreign Ports, as under : On vessels under 200 tons register $ 50 00 of 200 to 300 tons register loo 00 " of 300 lo 500 " 15000 *' over 500 Ions " 200 00 19. F"or disbursements of ves.sels by consignt_s with funds on hand. 2^'.^ " 20. For di''iursements of vessels by consignees without funds on hand 5 " 21. For procuring freight or passengers 5 " 22. l''(>r chartering vessels on amount of freight, actual or estimated, to Ije considered as due when the " charier parties," or memorandum of their conditions, etc., are signed 5 " 23. On giving Ixmcls for vesMrls under atlachnient in litigated cases, on amownt of the liaijility 2% " 24. For landing aayd re-shipping goods from vessels in dislre.ss on invoicf value, or in its absence, on market value 5 " 25. J-or receiving and forwarding goods on invoice amount ?.yi " 72 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. 26. For a. — Auctioneer's commission and brokerage to be charged when incurred. 34. Land agents for commission on sale and purchase of real estate 5 " 35. Interest on advances for duty, freight and .ghterage, and on accounts current, per annum, I per rent, over current bank overdraft rales. KATK.S ON .STOKA{ii; OF MEKCHAXDl.SE, STOKACIC TICK MONl II. On measurement goods, 50 cents per ton of forty cubic feet (40 c. ft.) On heavv goods, 50 cents per Ion of 2,240 pounds. Or in either case, the amount actually paid, if more. The consignee to have the option of charging by measure- ment or weight. Any fractit)n of a month to be charged as a month. KKC.UI. ATKINS. {a.) Concerning the delivery of merchandise, payment of freight, etc.: When no express stipulation exists per bill of lading, goods are to be con.sidered as deliverable on shore. (/'. ) Freiglil on all goods to be paid, or secured to the satisfaction of the captain or consignee of the vessel, prior to the delivery of the goods. (<•. ) After delivery to the purchaser of the goods sold, no claims for damage, deficiency or other cause shall be admissable after goods sold and delivered have once left the city. {d.) When foreign bills of lading expressly stipulate that the freights shall be ])aid in a specific coin, then the same must be procured if required, or its ecjuiva- lent given, the rate to be determined by the current value at the time at the banks. The foregoing scale of Commercial Charges and Rules and Regulations were approved at the (^)uarterly Ceneral Meeting of the British Columbia Board of Trade, held October 2 1st, 189S. APPENDICES. 73 Mining Regulations. HRITISH COLUMHIA. The niinintj laws of Hrilish Columhia provide, with respect to coal mininj^, that a prospector for coal or petroleum on leased Crown lands in which the min- erals are reserved, before obtaining a license, shall place a post at one angle of the land with his name and the initials of the ani;le, and shall post a notice of his application on the land and on the tj;overnment office of the district for thirty days, and shall advertise it in the British Columbia Gazette and some local news- paper for thirty days. Seciuily for damages must be given if the Crown lands in question have been leased or are covered by a timber license. After the expiration of thirty days, and within two months from the applica- tion in the Gazette, an application in dupli^jate (with a plan and a fee of $50 for each and every license) must be sent to the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Works for a prospecting license for not more than one year, when the Chief Com- missioner may grant the license. Such lands must be in one rectangular block with the sides running north, south, east and west, and of era not exceeding 640 acres. The license shall cease at its expiration, and a new license may be gr.mted to a new applicant. On proving that he has bona fide explored for coal during the year he shall be entitled to an extension for a second year on payment of $50, and a further exten- sion for a third year may be granted. License holders of adjoining lands, not xceeding ten, may work in partnership, when tliey need not prospect separately, provided the Chief Commissioner is satisfied with the prospecting done on the land of one of them. The licensee may use the timber and stone on the land for the purpose of buildings on the land. Dispute as to the right of title shall be decided in the count)' court. No transfer for a ])rospecling license may be made without written notice to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works. The Lieulenant-Ciovernor in Council may grant to a prospecting licensee a lease for five years at a rent often cents on proof that he has discovered coal on the land ; and if during this term, or three months hereafter, he can show that he has continuously and vigorously carried on coal-mining he shall be entitled to pur- chase the land at $5 an acre, in one payment at time of sale. Before the lease is issued, a survey must have been made by the applicant, Besides the ten cents rent a royalty of five cents a ton on coal and one cent a barrel on petroleum must be paid. The lessee must carry on coal mining continuously. Any number of persons, not exceeding ten, may work in partnership on adj(jining 1 r : . 74 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. lands when it shall not be necessary to work each leasehold separately, provided work on one is done to the satisfaction of the Chief Commissioner. (Cons. Act, 1888, chap. 83, and aniendin}; acts; 1890, chap. 32; 1892, chap. 31 ; 1895, chap. -^T, and acts of 1897, 1898 and 1899. Proprietors of coal mines may ac(|iiire such portion of any Crown lands, or lands held under pre-emption or Crown grants, or lease or license, as may he necessary for a right of way to the sea shore, a river or puljlic highway, together with a l)lock not exceeding five acres on the shore, river or highway. Minerals are not to he conferred by the conveyance without the consent of the grantor. Compensation shall be jiaid by agreement or arbitration. (Cons. Acts, 1888, chap. 83, amendment Act, 1890, chap. 32, and chap. 137, Acts of 1897.) Regulations of coal mines. — No boy under twelve, no woman or girl of any age, and no Chinaman or Japanese shall lie employed underground in coal mines. Boys from thirteen to fourteen shall only be employed under ground in excep- tional circumstances to be allowed by the Minister of Mines. There are various other regulations as to the employment of young persons. No wages shall be paid to employees of a coal mine in a public house or con- tiguous office or place. Coal getters must be paid by weight, unless exception is allowed by the Minister of Mines ; and a check weigher may be appointed by them. There are a number of regulations to secure safety. (Cons. Acts, 1888, chap. 84 ; amending acts, 1890, chap. 33 ; 1894, chap. 5 ; 1895, chap. 38 ; and in 1897, chap. 138.) Mining, other than coal. — Persons over 18 years of age and joint stock com- panies may become "Free Miners" on taking out certificates (which are not transferable) for one year in case of joint slock companies, and for one or more years in case of individual miners. Every person or joint stock company mining (except for coal) must take out a free miner's certificate under a penalty of $25. Owners and contractors shall pay the free miner's fees of their employees, deducting amount from them and giving a list to the Mining Recorder, under a penalty of $100. No person, unless he has an unexpired free miner's certificate, can hold any mineral claim, minerals or mining property. Free miners may prospect and mine (except for coal) upon any Crown lands or lands where minerals are reserved to the Crown, provided they may not locate or mine on land uncovered by hydraulic mining works for six months, and pro- vided they must give security for damages to any occupier. Wi APPENDICES. 75 KICKS. For every free miner's certificate issued to an individual.. . .$ 5 oo For every free miner's certificate issued to a joint stuck company — (a.) Having a nominal capital of $100,000 or less 50 00 (b. ) Having a nominal capital exceeding $100,000 100 00 Free miners may cut timber necessary for their mining upon Crown lands, even if covered i)y timber lease or reserved, and they may kill game for their own use at any time. A free miner may locate a mineral claim measuring 1,500 feet s(|uare as nearly rectangular as possible, marking it by two posts, i ami 2, on the line of the vein not more than 1,500 feet apart, or a fractional mineral clain\ can also be marked out. On No. I post of a mineral claim shall be written the names of the locator and the claim, the date, the compass bearing of No. 2 post and the numlier of feet (of the 1,500) lying to the right and left respectively of this line; these parti- culars are to be furnished also to the .\Iining Recorder. lie must mark the line by blazing trees or post planting, and place a post where he found rock "in place," and as near as possible to four corners of the claim. He is entitled to all the min- erals within the claim. The claim is not to be recorded without an affidavit that nnneral has been found "in place " on the claim, that the legal notes and posts have been put up, that ground is unoccupied, etc. A location made on Sunday or a holiday is not invalid. Where, from the nature of the ground the location can- not be thus marked, posts may be set as near as jiossible, and ihe direction and distance recorded. The free miner shall record his claim with the .Mining Re- corder within 15 days, if his office is within 10 miles, with an additional day for every additional 10 miles. A claim recorded by error in the wrong district may be recorded anew in the right district with the original date. If left in the Re- corder's absence, the applicant is entitled to a record of that date. The claim may be held frimi year to year on a certificate by the (iold Commissioner, or Mining Recorder that work has been done on it to the value of $100. Assessment work to be counted in certificate, A free miner or partners having adjoining claims may work them together, and may obtain certificates for all the claims for sufticieiil work done on one. .V free miner may, in lieu of work, pay $100 to the .Mining Recorder. Disputes as to titles are determined by priority. No free miner can hold (except by purchase) more than one claim on the same vein or lode, but he may hold by location a claim on any separate vein or lode. He may abandon his claim by notice in writing to the Recorder and may remove his machinery and extracted ore ; he cannot re-locate the same claim (or one which he has not recoided in time) without written permission from the (iold Commissioner. Lodes discovered in a tunnel to develop a lode may be marked out as a min- eral claim and recorded by the owner. The inte."'' of a free miner in his claim is deemed a chattel interest. 76 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. ,y The lawful owner of a mineral claim is entitled to a Crown grant on payment of $500 to the Government in lieu of expenditure (assessment work to Ije consid- ered a part of $500) and after having obtained a certificate of improvements from the Gold Ccmimissioner. With a certificate of improvement the owner need not take out a free miner's certificate, or work on the claim to hold it. With a certificate of improvement the owner of a claim outside the railway belt is entitled to a Crown grant, and inside the railway belt on payment of $5 an acre to the Mining Recorder. The claim for the grant must be made within three months. The issue of the grant does not invalidate any previous lien. The grant covers all minerals except coal. Conveyances, mortgages, etc., of mineral claims shall he recorded (jr shall not be good against third parlies, and transfers must he in writing. A free miner's claim shall not be open for location during his last illness, nor for twelve months after his death. The Gold Commissioner and official administrator administer miners' estates. A mill site may be located by a free miner, not over five acres in extent, on unoccupied and unreserved Crown lands not known to contain minerals. He may obtain a lease for one year, during its continuance, on proof of having expended $500 on machinery, and shall be entitled to a Crown grant for $5 an acre. This applies to former leases also. Minerals are not included in the grant. Tunnels or drains may be run for a free miner to work his claim by license from the (iold Commissioner. Water rights may be granted to him by the Gold Commissioner, and must be recorded, rights of miners working on the streams being safe. He may not sell the water, and the grant shall cease when the mine is no longer worked. Work must be begun within 60 days; and there must be no waste of water, and an outlet must be provided for superfluous water. Mining partnerships and limited liability companies are regulated by a num- ber of clauses. The duties of Mining Recorders and Gold Commissioners are fully laid down. Free miners may elect by a two-thirds vote a Recorder, where there is none. County Courts have mining jurisdiction which is fully provided for. Any pers(m contravening the Act or refusing to obey the lawful order of a Gold Commissioner or Judge is liable to a fine of $250 or three months' imprisonment. An annual tax of 25 cents an acre is payable on every claim held under Crown grant. The tax shall be remitted on proof that the sum of $200 has been expended on the claim within the year. Mines and moneys invested in them are not exempt from provincial taxation. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make orders to carry out the Act. 7m ^■ APPENDICES. 77 (Cons. Act, 1888, chap. 82, and amending; Acts, 1889, chap. 16 (repealed) ; 1890, chap. 31 (rep^jaled) ; 1891, chap. 25; 1892, chap. 32; 1893, chap. 29; 1894, chap. 32, and 1895, chap. 39 ; 1896, chap. 34 ; 1897, chap. 45 ; and Acts of 1898.) Placer Mining Act. — Every free miner holding a certificate may mine for gold or other precious metals on any land, except (iovernment reserves for town- sites, lands occupied by buildings, curtilages and orchards, or for placer mining on Indian reserves. He must give security for damages. lie may locate a placer claim on each separate creek, ravine or hill, but not more than two in the same locality, and only one a creek claim, but he may hold any number for purchase. A creek claim shall be 100 feet long, and in width from base to base of the hills; a bar diggings claim shall be a strip 100 feet long, and in width, from high water mark to the lowest water level ; a dry diggings claim shall be 100 feet square, and the same for bench diggings and hill diggings. Dis- coverers of new mines shall be allowed : If one, a claim 300 feet long; if a party of two, 600 feet; if three, 800 feet; if four, 1000 feet; if more than four, ordinary claims. Placer claims shall be as nearly rectangular as possible. Posts shall be placed at the corners, and the initial post shall l)car names and description. Locations on Sundays and holidays shall not be invalid. Placer claims must be recorded with the Mining Recorder. The removal of posts entails forfeitute. Records of placer claims may be renewed on payment of the fees, $2.50 a year. A placer claim gives no right to a vein or lode unless the ground is located and recorded as a mineral elf ai. A placer claim must be worked continuously by the holder or his employee, and shall be held abandoned and forfeited if unworktd for 72 hours, except for reasonable cause, satisfying the (Jold Commissioner. A years' leave of absence may be given if the sum of $1000 has been expended without reasonable return, or if all holders of the set ot claims sign the application. Provisions as to the tunnels and drains, water rights (see 1879, cap. 45) partnerships, mining recorders, gold commissit)ners, county courts, penalties, pay- ing free miner's fees for employees, are much the same as those regarding mineral claims. Provisions are made for " bed rock Humes." Free miners may obtain a lea«e of placer mining ground for 20 years, as fol- lows : — Before application for lease, legal posts to be placed, with names and de- scriptions, and plans, etc., to be deposited with Mining Recorder; creek diggings, or abandoned or un worked creeks, half a mile in length; any other placer mining grounds, 80 acres; precious stone diggings, 10 acres. The lease may be renewed. The ground must be already occupied (without consent of occupiers) nor immedi- ately available for agricultural purposes ; and only placer-mining must be carried 78 HRITISH COM'MHIA BOARD OK TRADE. W" on. Consolidatifin of holdings into one not lo exceed 640 acres is provided for by Act of 1898, amending; llie I'lacer-miniiij; Act, 1891. Water may lie {^ranted by the (iold Commissioner for hydraidic workings on bench lands. Leases may be granted for twenty years of the bed of the river for dredging for ii distance not over (ive miles. (Act, 1891, ("hap. 26, and amending Acts, 1S94, cln|). ^}, and 1895, chap. 40; 1896, chap. 35; 1807, chap. 29; 1S97, chap. 45.) A Hill intitvdei! "An .\(i to repeal an .\(t to aid the Development of Quartz Mines," and amending Act has been passed (1896, chap. 36.) An Act to amend the IMacer-.Mines .Act (1891) was passed in the .ession of i8»/8. Counting the consolidaiid Acts of 1888 and subse(|uent amending Acts to 1898, there have been twenty-four British Columbia Acts relating to mining, with- out reckoning several special Acts C(jncerning hydraulic mining companies. The Mineral Act, 1896, chap. 34, as amended by 1897, chap. 29, has iecn consolidated for convenience only. The I'lacer-mining Acts have been also consolidated. A Bureau of Mines was established in 1895, under the Minister of Mines, with a Provincial .Mineralogist, whose duly it is lo collect information relating to the mining industry and publish it. Besides a museum, there are to be lecture rooms, an assay office and laboratory, where assets and tests may In; made accord- ing to a schedule of fees. Arrangements r.iay be made for giving instructions to pros]iectors ami others, and societies of arts and other societies may affiliate with the Mining Bureau for the instruction and examination of students. An Act intituled the "Inspection of Metaliferous Mines Act, 1S97,'" amended in 1899, provides for the appointment of an Inspector, and contains rules and regulations for the safe working of mines other than coal. DOMINION. COAL. The Dominion (lovernment have provided regulations for the disposal of coal lands the property of the Dominion in Manitoba and the North-west Territories. These regulatiims provide that locations of an area not exceeding 320 acres, may be reserved for an applicant for a period of sixty days lo prospect for coal, on pay- ment of a fee of $10 and an expenditure in prospecting of $2 a day. A location may be sold at the rate of $10 per acre (cash) unless the coal is anthracite, in which case the price is $20 per acre. APPENDK'ES. 79 Settlers at ;i disunco from coal mines worked hy purchasers may secure per- mits avilhoriziiig them tu miri' for domestic purposes, mi paymtiii of a royalty ot 20 cents for anthracite, and 15 cents for bilinninous, ami 10 cents for lijjniie coal. The refjulations provide that the location >hall lie marked 011 the {ground, that the frontage shall not exceed three chains, and the length ten chain- ; that the appli- cant shall within thirty days after marknijj his htcution, tile application with the agent, who is to issue a permit at th'' rate of $5 an acre or fraction of an acre | er annum. In the y ikon Territory all applications for coal lands are lo be made to the Crown Timber and Land .\gent, who is emp iwered {<) sell such lands at $40 an acre (cash) if the coal is anthracite, and $20 tor any other coal. C.Dl.l) l)tiiined within ten days if witiiin ten miles of Mining; Recorder's otiice. One extra day allowed for every additional ten or fraction. If ilie claims exceeds 100 miles from a Recorder's office, the same rule applies as in the (|uartz mining. The person or ccmpany must hold a I'ree Miner's certificate. Kvery alternate ten claims is reserved to the Crown. 'i'lie discoverer of a claim is entitieil to 500 feet in lenj^lh. If the party consists of two, 1,000 feet ; the rest ordinary claims only. Kntry fee, $15. A royally of 10 per cent, on the p[ross output of the i^old mined. The sum of $5,000 will he deducted from the [^rt)ss annual output of the claim. The holder of a creek, {julch or river claim may within 60 days after stak- ing, ohtain entry for a hill claim, adjoining it for the sum of $100. This permis- sion is also j;iven to the holder of a creek, ^ulch or river claim who prior to Janu- ary, lSf)8, ohtaincd an entry therefor, provided the hill claim is availahle when an ajifjlication is made. No miner shall receive a f;ranl of more than one mining claim in a mining; district, the houndaries of which shall he defined by the Mining Recorder; hut the same miner may also hold a hill claim and any numher of claims hy purchase, and miners may unite to work their claims in common. A claim shall he deemed to he abandoned when the same shall have remained unworkec\ for three consecutive workinj^ days of 24 hours each, unless sickness or other reasonable cause he shown to the satisfaction of the Mining Recorder. It shall not only be necessary for a person or company working a quartz or ])lacer claim to hold a Free Miner's certificate, but every person in his or its employment shall have a Free Miner's certificate unexpired. The regulations in force for dredging in Manitoba and the North-west Terri- tories provide that a free miner can obtain two leases of five miles each for a term of 20 years, renewable. The lessees right is confined to the submerged beds or bars of the river below water mark. The rental is $10 per annum for each mile leased. The royalty to be paid is 2)4 per cent, on the output after it exceeds $10,000. In the Yukon Territory a free miner can obtain a lease of five miles of a river, but not more than six such leases can be given to one person or company. The rental is $100 per annum for each mile of river leased. The royally to he paid is 10 per cent, on the output in excess of $15,000 for each five miles of river leased. Other regulations are similar to those of the other Territories and Manitoba. # AIM'ENDIfES. 8i Provincial Government Lands. m Criiwn lands in Hritish ("olmnliia are clas-,ific(l as cither surveyed i)r iinsiirvey- ed lands, and may 1)0 a(i|viire(l l)y entry at the ('lovernnienl Land-i Olhce, pre- emption or purchase. The following persons may preempt Crown lands : Any person l)eiin; the head of a family, a widow, or a sin^;le man over eighteen years of aye, heiny a Hritish s»d)ject, may record surveyed or unsiirvcyed Crown lands, which are un- occupie.l, or unreserved, and unrecorded (that is unreserved for Indians or others, or unrecorded in the name of any other ajiplicant). Aliens may also record such surveyed or unsurveyed land on making a declaration of intention to become a Mritish suliject. The quantity of land that may he lecorded or pre-einpted is not to exceed 320 acres northward and eastward of the Cascade or ('oast Mountains, or 160 acres in the rest of the |)rovince. No person can hold more than one pre-emption claim at a time. I'rior record or ])re-emption of one claim, and ail riiihts under it, are forfeiteil liy suhsecjuent record or pre-emption of another claim. Land recorded or pre-empted cannot be transferred or conveyed till after a Crown yrant has been issued. Such land, until the Crown grant is issued, is held by occupation. .Such occupation must be a bona-fide personal residence of the settler or his family. The settler must enter into occupation of the land within thirty days after re- cording, and must continue to occupy it. Continuous absence for a longer period than two months consecutively of the settler or family is deemed cessation of occupation; but leave of absence may be granted not exceeding six months in any one year, inclusive of two months' absence. Land is considered abandoned if unoccupied for irn)re than two msnths con- secutively. If so abandoned the land becomes waste lands of the Crown. The fee on recording is two dollars (8s.) The settler shall have the land surveyed at his own instance (subject to the rectification of the boundaries) within five years from date of record. After survey has been made, upon proof, in declaration in writing of himself and two other persons, of occupation for two years from date of pre-emption, and II 82 BRITISH COLl'MHIA HOAKP Ol TKAPi:. '1 :'ii. of havinj; made permanent improvement on the land to the value of Iwo dollars and fifty cents per acre, the settler on producing the preemption certificate, obtains a certificate of improvement. After obtaining the certificate of improvement and paying for the land the settler is entitled to a Crown g^ant in fee simple. He pays live dollars therefor. The price of Crown lands, pre-empted is one dollar (four shillings) per acre, which must be paiv'i in four equal instalments, as follows: First instalment two years from date of record or j>re-emi)lion, and yearly thereafter, but the last instalment is not payable lill after the survey, if the land is un surveyed. Two, three or four settlers may enter into partnershiji with pre-emptions of i6o acres each, and reside on one homestead. Improvemi'nts amounting to $2. 50 per acre made on serine jjortion thereof will secure Crown grant for tiie wh.de. The Crown grant reserves to the Crown a royalty of five cents per ton on every ton o*" merchantable coal raised or gotten from tlie land, not including dross or fine slack, and fifty cents per M. on timtier. .All coal and petroleum Crown lands are now reserved under Land Act .Vmendment, 1S99. No Crown grant can be issued tc an alien who mav have recorded or pre- empted by virtue of his declaring his intention to become a British subject, unless he has become naturalized. The heirs of devisees of the settler are entitled to the Crown grant on his decease. Crown lands may be purchased to the extent of 640 acres. Minimum price of first class land, $5 per acre; second class, $2.50 per acre ; third class, $1 per acre. No settlement duties are required on such land unless a second purchase is contemplated. In such a case the first puichase must be improved to the extent of $5 per acre for first class ; $2.50, second class ; and $1.00, third class. Leases of Crown lar.ds i'l lots not exceeding 20 acres may be obtained ; and if recpiisite improvements a!\; made at the exjiiration of lease. Crown grants are issued. Leases are al.io granted for hay lands for terms not exceeding ten years, an cent, of such instal- ments in arrear on or before the Jlil day o( December, IQOO, twenty-five per cent, on or before the 30th day of June, 1901, and twenty-live per cent, on or before the 31st day of lJecend)er, 1901, anil without any further payment of interest or arrears of interest, upon such instalments in arreat, and upon payment in full, ac- cording to the terms of the " Land ,\ct," of the instalments not in arrear at the counng into force of this Act ; or on |)ayment in full of all instalments of unpaid purchase money, whether in arrear or not in arrear at the coming into force of this Act, but without any further |)ayment of interest, or arrears of interest, if such payments be made after said 31st day of I )eceudjer, 1901, Inil on or before the 30111 diy of June, 1902. MKillSlI COI.l MIIIA SALMON THOI T.