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TO HLS EXCELLENCY ANTHONY MUSORAVE, GOVERNOR OF BRITHH COLUMBIA, Ac. &o., Ac. Hay it pUate your Excelltnaj : The Petition of the UndcrBignod, CitizoDS of Victoria and otiier lohabitantH of Van- coQTor Island, hnmbly sliowcth. That nmonj^flt the anticipated I)cnefit8 to accrue to the Oniony of British Columbia from its becouiiui; a pnrt of the Poniinion. the urrand niidortakinir of Canada to construct within Ten Yeari a Railway from " the I'miific " to connect with the Riiilwaj System of the Confederacy, ii obviously rc){arded as by far the greatest. That we firmly believe that this R ill way, in order to prove o success, must bo intended to serve not onlv tlic interests of the Domininn. but alio, itiid perhaps in a higher Uoxrcc, those of tlie Mother Country, particularly ta fucilitatiiig coinmunicaiiun with Japan, China and other Asiatic countries. That Vancouver Island, possosiinir as she dons a most advant!\;roi)us and nn envied gcocrraphical position upon the North Puciflc, the mo'tt convenient and suitable harbors, thechiel cominrreial ('ity, the lartrcr populiition, the seat of (fovcrnment, the station of Her Majesty's Fleet jud proposed Dry Dock at Ksquimalt, cxionsivc deposits of coal aiid iron, as well us other invaluable natural resourooit. must be considered as the most desirable, us it is, perhaps, the intended, route for the proposed Rnilwiy to the Pacific. Whilst fully convinced that Vanconv.^r Island offuri the best and most desirable route for the Railway, wn at tin- some time truly believe it to be a pcrl'i'ct'.y pruulicable one, and the only one by which the fullest amount of advantajro can bu >;aiiiud, in time of war iis well as peace, bat as in conseqneni e of tilt imperfect surveys of a portion of tlic ititcrvcnini; country, some now unknown obstacio may yet prevent the immediate coristruotiim of the Railway tliroujih that particular part of the route, we have to ask that the portion of the Railway on Vancouver Island may not on tiiis account be delayed. That almost all the import and export trade of the Colony is at proicnt carried on at Victoria and Ksquimult, the cliiel City of the Cohmy, where u largo amotini of capital has been iiivfited. That a Urire numlier of her Citizens and Property-holders f'ar. that Hhould the Rail- way terminate elsewhere than on the Island, ond thore not bo any connecting link between Vic- toria or Esquimult and the Railway, it may, if our sui^gestioiig are not adopted, be the means of di.drtin); the trade and doing irreat injury and injustice to the inliabitaut.s of Vancouver Island without yielding them any compcnsatinK benefits In order to carry out our guggcstions. to obviate or remove any obstacle to the immediate confirmation of union, and to promote the best interests mid prosperity of tlie Dominion, as also those of British Columbia, we humbly pray that the following may be inserted in the Terms of Union, namely : "If after the necessary Surveys for the purpose of the Railway shall hare been made, it be found impracticable to bring it at present to Vancouver Island, then a Railway upon the same terms and conditions as the other portion of the Railway shall be constructed between Victoria, Eiqnimalt «nd Nanaime." And we respectfully pray that your Excellency will place yourself in immediate communi- cation with the Qoverpiient of Canada, to learn whether the Dominion Government will accept the above odditiun as part of the Terms of Confederation, and we further hope that your Excel- lency will support the Prayer of this Petition. And as in duty bound, we will ever pray, Ac. 202993