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Les diagrammes suivants iilustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 FO] Vanc betwe -f •;lud© liritai I 260 r I somel I to ths I is lesi I suitec rock) I are v admi I neith I ofcoj 4. is al f gamt posit hom( west harb PROPOSAL FOR THE FORMATION OF A COLONY IN VANCOUVER'S ISLAND, UN THE WE ^ COAST OF NORTH AMERICA. (Foj* Private Circulation.^ f I ! i I Vancouver's Island lies on the west coast of North America, between the parallels of 48° and 52° N. latitude, and is in- cluded in that part of the Oregon territory alloted to Great liritain, by the last treaty with the United States. It is about 260 miles long, averaging 50 or 60 in breadth, and contains something less than 15,000 square miles. The climate is similar to that of England, but milder, being in a lower latitude. There is less frost and snow in winter, and perhaps more rain. It is suited to English constitutions. The *.ountry is mountainous and rocky, with a great deal of forest ; but the intermediate vallies are well suited to agriculture. English plants and fruits thrive admirably. The crops are fine; and cattle multiply, requiring neither provender nor protection in the winter. T.iere is plenty of coal, and it is believed, iron and copper in the vi< nity. There is abundance of water, and \ iter power. There is plenty of game, and quantities of fish of all kinds. The geographical position of this island is peculiar, pointing it out as the future home of a great people. It has several good harbours on the west coast, and multitudes on the east coast. But there is no harbour for even the smallest vessels from the entrance of the /'i. «<& .>: 9 7/./!/ F55 3 ^-t V, ' p straits of Juan de Fuca to San Francisco, that is, as far as from Dover to Gibraltar; lience the people who live about those straits will command a monopoly of all the trade to the west coast of North America, to the end of time. Vancouver's Island forms one side of those straits; the American territories are on the other. Jt is very likely that the people who first acquire, will retain, at least for a long time, commercial superiority in the country. It cannot be too strongly impressed on Englishmen, that the politic'd influence of their country, under the arrangements of the late treaty, will be lost for ever on the American shores of the Pacific, unless preserved by a powerful and prosperous colony in the territory we still retain. ft is proposed that a company be formed for the purpose of establishing a colony in this island. That a grant be obtained, if possible, from her INIajesty, of the whole island, to be held by charter under the crown of England, and to be governed by a specified constitution. The present charter of the Hudson's Bay Company offers no obstacle to such a grant being made l)y the crown. It is proposed that all the capital subscribed be vested in the directors in a common fund, to be expended in the outlay contingent on emigration, and the first settlement in the island ; in stock, tools, machinery, &c., and food, until the colony pro- duce enough for its own support. No interest will be paid on the capital. It is desired that no capital should be invested except l)y those who are going to join the colony; hence there will be no public debt. It is proposed that the colony should include all classes. Those who must necessarily take the lead, and amongst whom r as from 3Ut those the west ii's Island ics are on all retain, c country. , that the ;ements of shores of )rosperous purpose of lajesty, of crown oi ion. y offers no vested in f ;he outlay | he island; | Dlony pro- | tail! on the ' ted except 3re will be ill classes. igst whom f it is anticipated the scheme will find support, arc young men of the iiigher and middle classes in this country, who have some small capital, but not enough to enable them to live in- dependently; who have not such prospects in any profession as shall ensure success, and who are, nevertheless, possessed of ability and enterprize, for which they can find no definite ap- plication in this country. It is proposed to take out as large a number of labourer.s, farmers, and artizans, as it is possible to export upon the sub- scribed capital. For example — supposing one family could be settled in the island for £100., and the company consisted of two hundred gentlemen, with an average of £ 1000. each; then two thousand families could be transported to the colony. It is proposed that, at first, no division of land or property be made ; that the whole community be organized in compa- nies, according to their different species of labor or skill; and that their united exertions be directed to clearing, cultivating, and stocking the land, building houses and mills, making roads,