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INDEX. l'A(iK U'ilhiii till- rj(iii>' (ijitf Kri(iitisi>it'(c I'list I'ri'sidi'iits . " ( »fflcers, 18!»-') t; 7 ufflciTs, IWHi 7 7 Meinbership Koll S rri'si(U'iit's Address U Secretiiry'x lU-port !!• Extracts fniin Miimti'N '-'(i Ki'ciiuociil Triidc \ti l.>iml»er Industry— Kevicw of '^i Shi))ineiits of '24 H.C. I'lwf, 1"' "i 211 Timber Area Mid Cut .. Jn M.C. TiiniHT T's^s 2'.* Doufilus Fir 'lests Ml C.F.K. Cli.irt .. .. an) I'ost Office Keturiis— Coiiiiinrison, IH'W -■) nr, Trans-I'aeilie Mails ;{.'> l-'ishiiiff Industry- Review of :!(; Siilinon I'ack, 18iM-."> ;i7 AniKial I'ack ;» Columbia River Pack . 40 I'iHhlug Honts LiceiiHed . . .41 Hatcheries 42 }'A(.K. siiii>|iiii>; Industry - Iteview of 4H Averatfe Tort Kxpenses .. I'.t 'I'owtim' ."Kt Copy siiiitjiintt Accounts 'A I'ilotaKc Dues "» Customs KeMirns .■)7 Rei'enues. I'ort of V'an(^0)iver .. .X Shipping, IW.15 r)"! CarH;oes from sea-goinj? vessels year ciidinj; :{()tli .June, 181'5 til Imports into H.V. !or24 years .. (11 Kxports from B.C. for 21 years tl2 Trade and N'aviKatiou Returns (.:: Mining Industry— I. Cariboo 61 Table of Kesults inCali- forniii 72 II. Kootenay 7M III. Coal Mitiing .S7 .Vgricultural Industry- Review of '.10 Statistics ',tl Vancouver. 18»i— After the Fire 10:! Vancouver. 1«'.mi I(i4 Description of IC.% Kxtracts from Records of 1(17 Customs of the Port los Map of H.C Ill OFFICERS, 1895-96. Past Phkbidkntk. 1887-8 I). OpiK'iilu'iiiicr. 188H-» .1). 0|)iM'nh«'iin«T. 1889-5X) K. V. liodwj'l! ((l«'(«-as.'knt — Wm. (iodfrev. Hon. Skchktahy— Wm. Skene. Alexander, R. H. Buseonihe, F. Coekhurn, F. Darling, H. Evans, E. K. Alexander, R. H. Bnseondte, F. (U)ekl)nrn, F. Darling, H, (;OlJN('IL. .lohn.son, {'. (i. Marani, ('. .1. Murrav, \V. McFarland, .1. W. McLagan, .1. ('. Oppenheinier, S. Fat<'rson, R. H. Salshurv, W. F", Skene, \V. Spieer, H. H. BOARD OF ARBITRATION. .iohii.siMi, ('. G. Marani, ('. .1. McFarland, .1. W. McLagan, .1. ('. Oppenheiinei', S. Raterson, R. II . Skene, W. Spicer, H. H. MEMBERSHIP ROLL 3rd March, 1806. Kntekkii. Namk. 1S«7. Alcxaiiiler, R. II IK'.tf). HHrkiT, KriU'Kt. l«Hit. Bell-IrviiiK, Ily. IWCi Movil, .loliii. IWir) Hoak, A. A. 1H'.»5. Howser, W. .1, lH!t5 Braid, Win. 18 . Knsc'onibc, I'". A. FlltM. It.C. Mills T.iVT. Co. I,tl. U('(l Cro.s!. HrewiTV. II. Bi'U-lrvin>f it ("o. John Hoyd er. Manager. General Agent. Hardware. Coal Merchant and Shipper. Bank of B.N. A. .Manager. Merchant. .Manager. H. E. H. Heaps it Co. B.C. Mills T. itT. Co. J. .lohnson it Burnet. Imperial Bunk. K. Furniture it I'pholsterv. Machy. Agt. it Sbingle'Mfr. .Manager. Ship Broker. Manager. Bracknmnit Ker Milling Co. Miller. L. 189i". . . Leckie, R. J. .lohn Leckie. Cannery Supplies. IT. !;lt' Merchant. isit.'i Macunlav, .Inn. IWC.'.McCoimvll, . 189.">..>(((;ri'Hor, l». (;. 18!K) .M(!liili)»li, \V. A. !«»:• MfLapiii, .1. (;. i»t. IMit;! Murrnv, Wni. WX>. (Kllinn, IMof. K. IWt". . Oppciilu'init'r, D. 1891 Oppenln'inier, S, 18'.il I'atorstin, U. II. 18W i'ellcw-llarvi'V, W. 18..IMnnkflt, (»slK>rn(«, ISiNi.l'ykc, .1. A. Kiiowlcsi^ .Macauliiy. (i. S, McCiMiiit'll iV: Co. McDowell, Atkinn, <^ Va. M( Fiirliind tV: .Million. McLennan iV: .McFcely, l.d. .McOilllvray it ArniMtron)^', \V. A. Mclntosli ,V; Co. The Worhl. McMilhin i\j Hamilton. Major it KlilriilKe. Can. Per. Loan iV: Sav'f,"*. Co. Martin iV Kolx'rtNon. Hank of Itritifh Colinnliia. o. Opltenheiiner HroK. »V Co. Ld. ( >ppenheinK'r Uron. i^ Co. L Schoolev, C. A. IHW< Shaw, C. W. 1887 Skene, Win. 1895 Skrine, (). P. 189."i Splcer, II. II. 18%.. Stein, W. T. 189ri Stewart, V. K. 1887 Sweeny, Campbell. 1891.. Taylor, Walter. 1891 . .Templeton, Wm. 1895, Thomson, .las. 1890 TiBdall, C. K. lH9()..Townley, .1. I». 18*t6 TwigKC, John. Kamsay Bros, i^ Co. The .Viiu'N Ilolden Co. s. Can. Pac. Rv. Canadian Oil Co. .lohn I.eckie. S. Greenshields, Sons \ Co. Osmond P. Skrine iV: Co. F. R. Stewart A Co. Bank of Montreal. T. B.C. Fruit Canning Co. Ld. Hudson's Bay Co. Can. Pac. Kv. ,m.. 1896. Warren Falk 1895..William«, A.,M.P.P. McPhillips A- Williams. 1891. Wilson, Oeo. .). 1889.. Winch, R. V. 1887 WHlffsohn,.lohann Winch & Bower. Bewlcke iV: Wnlffsohn •Stoves >V Hartlware. Confectionery Mannfactnrer Boot i\; Shoe .Manufacturer. Ca.shier. Agent. Canning Sniii)lieH. Wholesale Hry Goods. Produce Merchant. Shingle Manufacturer. Accountant. Produce Mehl. >fe Ham Cnrer. Manager. Manager. (iroreries and ProviBions. Local Manager. Fire Arms «$c Fishing Tackle. .\8sistant toiieneral Supt Major-* ieneral. <'olonel, late R.A. Solicitor. Dry (ioods .Mcht. & Canner. Fruit iVi FLsh Dealer. Banker to tl mini nets appo Van( ANNUAL REPORT Vancouver Board of Trade. M.irch 3rd, i8 yi'iU', it will not he out of {)1ju;o for iiic to review some of the work done hy the Hoard durin»i' the past twelve iiioiiths, and to toueh ui)on varions matters of more or less interest to tlie husiness eommunitv. • MsmbGrship NFany ehaniies in tlu' personnel of the Board have taken place dnrinjj; the year ; the prescmt numher of efi'eetive memlters hein^ seventy-two. 'IMiis is far short of what the nieinhership ought to be ; hut it is j>]easin<2: to note that j^reater interest is heinji; taken in the proceed injj^s, and that the attemhince at the mee[in«>;s has hecome jnore and more satisfactory. Work Done nminii the year the following matters, among others, have been dis- eussed and dealt with: Improvements to N'aneouver harhour, light-house at l*rospeet i>oint, and removal of Parti iia dioal an< I I ')urnai)v ro ef oDenmir o )pi f 1<" also Creek for navigation ; improvement of channeh f Fraser and Skeena rivers; o impi'oveiiKMit of mail eoniinuni(;ation with the north and the inteiior; revision of shi[)ping charges foi' the port ; amemlments to the fishery regulations ; duties on riveted [)ipes for mining purposes ; duties on component [)arts of fisliing nets ; remission of taxation on mortgages and the appointment of a supreme resident court judge for Vancouver. Resolutions have heen passed on the 12 VANCOUVER HOAHI) OF THADK qiiostions of preferential trade within tlie Enn)ire ; on the British Pacific railway and on the proposed local marine j'ailway, while a committee has heen formed to enquire into and re})ort on the (juestion of estal)lishment of a smelter aiid refinery in vhis city. An interesting interview was liad with Sir Mackenzie Bowell and the Hon. Mr. Daly, on the 1> th of August, when tlie Board brought various matters of importance to their notice, and on the (Jth November a deputation from tlie Board waited on His Excellency the (Tovernor-General on his arrival at Vancouver. Lumber Th lie lumber business shows satis- factory' signs of improvement, while tlie recent combinations of interest on the Coast will tend to further advance prices. Fisheries There has been a marked extension of the salmon canning business during the })ast season. A good pack has been secured and fair prices have been maintained. The successful results of the Fraser Uiver salmon hatcheries having l)een demon- strated, it is hoped the Government will lose no time in undertaking similar work on the Skeena. Sliipments of halibut continue to l)e made in fair (quantities, showing the value of our dee]) sea fisheries, whicli afford opportunity for great development. Prof. E. E. Prince, head of tlie Dominion fishery department, visited the fisheries of the Province during the season, and the result of his visit is likelv to be beneficial. It is under- stood Ml'. Prince is in favour of extending the operations of the hatclieries to nortiiern waters. Milting The development of the mines in tlie uj)per country has been remarkable. The experimental stage has now passed and capital is being freely emploved with successful results. Kootenay in particular ajipears destined to })roduce great wealth. I'he population in that country has largely increased and consideralile activity is being shown by rival railway companies in jiusliiiig their lines into the heart of the mining districts to secure the trade. The hydraulic mines in (Uiriboo have shown encouraging results. The ANNTAI, HKI'OKT. X^ output of iiiiiicials, t'xelusive of coul, has increased ill value from .t7.sr),()00, in lSil4,to about .t;5,000, (Mill in Coal The total output of coal for IJritish ('oluiiil)ia for the twelve iiionths eiidiiiji; Deceniher ^ilst, iSiT), amounts to 9;)0,()r)4 tons, showin^^ a decrease as a tons, attributed [lartially to the increasing iin})ortation of Welsh anthracite to the California market, and to the us e of natural oil as fuel. Tl le husiness Mas renia ined j)ractically stationary during the i»ast live years. Agriculture Fm- reasons it seems hard to explain agriculture is not as nourishing as it shouhl be, and large (piantities of produce wliiidi could be grown in the country continue to be iini)orted, though in a less degree tliaii rormerly. A growing desire is manifest among farmers to combine for their own pro- tection and a number of branches of the Patrons of industry have been established at various [toiiits in the I'" laser valley, the result of which should be beneticial. 'i'he Dominion (iovernment sent a travelling model dairy through the Province during last season to instruct dairymen in butter making, while the (Jovernment Experimental Farm at Agassiz has done and is doing <'xcelleiit work. '^I'he cultivation of hops is comjtar- atively a new industry, which is receiving increasing attention, and the favourable rejxuts of shipments to llritain, and high jtrices obtained, give indication of great i»ossibilities. Fruit Large (piantities of fruit continue to be imported which could he grown in British ('oluml)ia, l)ut as increasing attention is now being paid to fruit <'uItivation, and the l)est methods of marketing, it is to be hoped this will be remedie(l before long. Railways Beyond (n«liiiary repairs and im- [uovements. work on railways has been chietly confined to tlu; mining country of West Kootenay. Under the management of the C.P.K.. in that section u V.WCOCVKK HOAKI) ok THADK there are now in oi)er{itioii the following' Hue.s : IJevel- stoke to Arrow Lake, Xakusp & Shican to Sainhm, and tlie Rohson and Nelson. The others are the Kash» it JShjcan and the Nelson it Fort She[)j)ard, the latter oj>erated hy the Spokane tt Northern. The Trail and Ivossland line, a narrow uaujije I'oad, is ncirly (•onii)leted. The prinei- })al lines })rojected are: The Crow's Nest Railway to Nelson, which will oi)en uj) Eastern Kootenay and l)ring coal to the smelters ; the line from Sloean crossing the Slocan lake to connect with the Nakusp it Sloean ; and the line from Rossland to Boundary Creek and the Kettle Liiver district, intended tinally to be continued into Southern Okanagan. '^^riie })ermanent Canadian Pacitic Railway station at Vancouver has not yet heen commenced, and the temporary sheds doing duty at present are far from satisfactory. ,. Daily through trains leave and arrive from and for Montreal, and also for Seattle and San Francisco ria Mission Junction. While the Canadian Pacitic is the only company actually having a railway into \'ancouver, merchants have also the advantage of comjteting rates for through traffic hy the Crreat Northern and Northern Pacific. ThB British Pacific in view of the present financial l)osition of the Province, and of the l)ledges given in connection with the recent loan, the jiromise of any financial aid hy the Province to the British Pacific Ivailway would be disastrous to the credit of the country. It is sincerely to be hoi>ed that no such burden will be undertaken. The shipi>ing of the j)ort continues to increase in a satisfactory manner. The tonnage in j)ort will average for the ])ast twelve months in round numbers about four times that of N'ictoria, and twice that of Nanaimo. There has also been an increase in the shipi)ing on the Fraser River ; a new feature being that of recent years a large number ANNTAI. HKI'Oirr. 16 of vessels have loaded salmon dii'eet at the c-aiinei'i thus avoiding' expense and ort and sail every three weeks in summer and every four weeks in nintei', carrying Her Maiestv's nuiils, and receive vear hv vear the increased j)atronage they deserve These swift hoats were huilt under Admiralty supervision and form part of the Ivoyal Naval reserve. The steamers of the Canadian and Australian steamship line make monthly sailings to Sy|)('iii's likely to I Siberian Railway indclinitcly postitoncd, owin^ to (lilii- nillics (tl" coiisliiu'tioii, hut tlic cjirly completion of the Silieiiiiii iJailwiiy opens up ^reat possibilities, and tlie |M»it of \'aneouver is likely toderive eonsiderahle henelit tliei'efroin. Vancouver besides the extensive hiniher mills, Industries sash and door faetoiies, the su^ar relineiy. li. ('. lion Works, ('. !'. [{. rejiairin^- shops, pork packing estahlishments and oreamerv already in operation, a new cold storau'e ware- house was nn-ently estahlished, while the salmon canning- l>usint>ss of the I'^raser Kiver and Northein waters and the halihut fisheries eontrihute to the welfare of the citv. Tl le (piestion of the (>slal»lishm(>nt of a marine rail way for repairing- ships has reeeiy(>d tlu> attention of the Boai'd. and. proyided a suitable site \)o found, this new industry will hi' weleomed hy all. Ship-huihlinu- has so far only heen carried on on a small scale, and tlie (pics- tion oi how hest to eueourajic this important industry is worthy of your consideration. Vancouver, \W Ww estahlishment in N'ancouyer a Financial ol" the four i.t»werful l.anks. the lianks Centre of r>ritish Columhia, Montreal, and Hiitish North America, and the Im- perial, besides numerous well-known mortj>ai'e and inyestment companies. representin«>- lar«>e capital, the city has hecome and iso-euerally recognized as a financud centre for the Pioyiuce, Smelter and a comnuttee of the Board was Refinery recently api)ointed to confer with the City Council on the ([Uestion of the estahlishment of a snudter and rolinery at N'ancouyer. it is hoped the inf(irmation obtained may assist in iiulucinii: one of the seyera! Mrms now investiuatinji' the subiect to locate their works hei'e. ANNl'Ar, HKI'OHT. 17 X^r ,,l (Im> ikcl.v to 1k> ll^r to (lilli- t tlx- ciirly ■< U|> ^M-cat Iv l(». Icrivc iihtM' mills, tile sii^ar ( < i> i> y ■ i . l\. iH'iits iind 'i"ii,ti,(' wjirc- >ii cjiiiiiiii^' vjitcrs and »t' tlic city. lie I'ailwuy oil of tlu' tills new iii,U," has so tllC <|ll('S- ikIusI rv is iiiu'oiivcr H" Banks I'fil, and tlic Illl. K'li;^' Mild I'ital, the inaiK'ial ii- of of Chsmber of (>onnnere(Mif th(> Iire will he held in COininerceOfthe liondon in .lime iK^xt, to whi(di the Empire Board has Ixion invited to send a d(d(^^ate hy the Londn ae(M>|)t(Ml. Imperiai 'I'he attention of the l^oard is called InStitUfe to the d(!siiahility of hetter representa- tion of Provincial products at the lnij)eiial Institnte. Mr. Harrison Watson, curator of the Canadian section, paid tlu; IM-ovince a visit during the autnnin and |>r()niis(^ecu)atioii in land to the more laiulahle object of development of the natural resources of the country. t The conclusion of the war betwcH'ii Chinaand Jajian and the important treaties then made have jjjiven a great impetus to industrial advancement in both countries, which will not be without effect on us, while the revival of confidence and general advance of ])rices in Eastern Canada, the United States and (Ireat I>ritain, and the increased activity in the rich mining country of the interior of the Province, nil i)oint to a time of greater prosperity. This feeling has been somewhat marred by the sudden and unfortunate tension between (ireat Britain and the United States over the \'enezuela boundarv, and IH VANCorVKH I'OAHI) OK THADK by coni|)licjitioiis in the Transvaal. With the strong Imperial (lovernnient now in ]»o\ver a peaceful settlement is to he expected, honourable to all. PrGtersntial TrSdB The spontaneous and unanimous within the Empire outburst of loyal and j)atriotic feeling from Briti di possessions in all })arts of the world ritisli JMnpire not only nu)ie capable of self-nniintenanc(^ in time of war, l)ut more cai)al)le of self- preservation in time of jKM'il." Xothing can bring about dl th lese results so speedily or so s ureb as nreteren itial trade within the l*]rin)ire,and,com[)aratively insigniticant tiiouub our efforts may be, it behooves us to do our utmost to further this great ooject, which means so much for the future Widfare and prosperity of Canada and for the lirilish Km}iire as a whole. II. IiELL-IRVIN(;, Vreaident. ->*<- the strong settlement iiiianiiHous tic feeling H I)arts of 3tl to dvnw are strong uppreciate ue of free A British 'Ult of the make the nt a living <1 he able this gi-eat ^ the ties icceed in apahle of le of self- ing abont 3ferential .^nittcant o do our •so much and for ent. AXXIAL RKPOKT. JQ Secretary's Report for the year 1895-96. mej<:tin(js. General Meetings of the full Board 7 Special " " <' ., Meetings of the Council . . . 11 MK.MI5Kl{SiriI». Members on the Roll, March, 1895 (;<) Io;M) 72 ALTEHATION OF HV-I.AWS. September IJth, Resolved .-—Thixt Bv-law No XII shall now read: "The entrance fee 'for any i)erson desirous of joining the Board of Trade shall be -to.OO (five dollars) m addition to his annual subscription. TIME OF MKETIX(i. December 3rd, Resolved .-—That in future the meetings of the Board be held monthly, on the first Tuesday in each month, at 8 p.m. FINANCES. . All liabilities of the Board paid to date : Credi+ Balance in Bank of Montreal .)j!r)24 22 Cash on baud 17 00 Unpaid dues for current quarter 99 ^^ ^^i'^«^'^ ::..■ oil 00 'J'otal . . )j,o^,| 22 WM. SKENE, March 3rd, 189G. Hon. Sec-Treasurer. 2H) 1 VANCOrVKH MOAHI) OK THADK EXTRACTS FBOU MINUTES. [Copy of address presented lo the Hon. Sir Mackenzie Howell, at Hotel Vancouver, I8th August, 1895.) 7o the Hun. Sir Mackenzie Howell., K.C.M.G., J*renrier of (^anmia. Silt, — \\v the nietnbors ci the \'ancouvei- Board of Trade, enibraee the o['j)ortuintv so kiiiiUy afforded us of evteiidin^ to you a eordir.l welcome on this the occasion of youi' first visit to oar I'roviuce as Premier of tiie Douiinioii, and of likewise welcoming to our citv vour colleague the Hon. T. M. Daly, (i.C, Minister of' the Interior and Superintendent-Oeneral of Indian Affairs. We venture to ex})ress oui wi'rm aj)))recialion of your efforts towards the extension of Intercolonial Trade and to hope, now th;it the (juestion is receiving that special attention from the Hight Ilor.ourable the Minister for the Colonies which its im[)ortance denunids, that even ureater results will sliortlv ensue. We have followed with dee[» interest the proceedings of the Ottawa Conference, the inauguration of which was so largely due to your initiative and the Imperial sig- nificance of wlich. cannot he over-estimated. We would respectfully call your attention to the desirability of the })reseiit Canadian-Australian steam- ship service being as soon as possible raised to the l)osition of a first-class mail and passenger line. As a comi>letion of the chain of communication, we look for- ward with interest to the earlv consummation of the Pacific cable, and of a fast Atlantic service, and feel confident that your Government will spare no effort towards bringing about those desired results, which are of such great importance to the Dominion and to the future welfare of our Citv. Recognizing the desirability of a general Insolvency Act for the Dominion, we trust the time is not far distant when such a nieasure may be brought to a practical and satisfactory issue. ANNCAF. KKPOHT. 21 We are pleased to observe tliat your (loveniment has seen Ht to send an experienced eonunissioner to Hritisli ('ohnnbia to ])ersonally investigate the ini|)ortant Fisliinjjj Industries of tliis Province, and hope that his hihours may result in placing the regulations in general, on a more permanent and satisfactory basis, and further that in view of the benelicial results of the existing hatcheries, these may be extended as well on the I'^raser River as on the Northern and Interior waters. In view of the constantly increasing importance of our shipping interests, we would bring to your notice the desirability of the early removal from Vancouver harbour of the shoals known as Burnaby iJeef and I'arthia Shoal ; of the erection of a light-house at the entrance to the harbour and of the re-()})ening of False Creek for navigation. In the interest alike of ship[)ing and agriculture, we would impress upon you the urgency of ste[)s being taken for the im}»rovement and maintenance of the channels of the Fraser River. In conse(|uence of the increasing im[)ortance of settlements on the Northern Coast, we consider that such merit an extension and imi)rovement in the nuiil service of this district. In the interests of local industries, we would desire to call your attention to the manner in which, first, the present ruling of the (Uistoms De})artmont in regard to duties upon certain component parts of fishing nets and seines, and secondly, plates used for the manufacture of riveted pipes for mining and similar purposes, discrim- inate in favour of the completed articles when nuinu- factured abroad, to the serious detriment of labour and enterprise. We think that the time has now come when the question of the foreshore rights within the municipality of Vancouver should be definitely settled — the present uncertainty of ownership being detrimental to the pros- perity of the City. •>•> VANCorVKH HO.MM) OK 'I'UADK 1 Trusting tliiit tliose inattors iiiiiy receive the coii- ' 'nation of your (ioveniiiient, We are, your liunihle and ol)e(lieut servants, VVM. SKKNi:, H. IU:LL-II{VIX(?, Jlon. Si'cretat'i/. l^rcHident. Reciprocal Trade Within the Empire. Copy ol" resolution of tlie full Hoard at its meetinjjj, 12tli Feluuary, ISJH; : Uenolved : "That in view of recent unanimous expressions of loyal and united feelinj;' from liritish possessions in all parts of the world, making towards a closer consolidation of the British Empire, the present is, in the opinion of this Jioard, an opportune time for initiatin,t2; practical legislation towards securing closer commercial relations between the Mother (V)untry and her (yolonies, and between the Colonies themselves, by a system of interchange of i)roducts and manufactures on preferred terms throughout the 15ritisii Empire," and "That a copy of this resolution be sent to Sir Charles Tiii)per and to the Secretary of the Chamber of Com- merce, London, Eng." LUMBER INDUSTRY. Vancouver is the principal seat of the timber trade of British Columbia, Burrard Inlet, oji which the city is situated, having been tbe home of the industry for thirty years, and until it became the terminus of the (-anadian Pacific Railway its waters were frecjuented only by vessels loading at the saw mills established on its shores. Although the forests of British Columbia comprise a considerable variety of the conifers, the export trade is contined to Douglas fir, cedar and spruce. The first- named is the principal article of export, the trade being one of the most important in the Province ; cargoes of it are sent all over tbe world, and in the different markets the wood is rapidly growing in favour. The DoroLAS Fir (abies DouglasH), sometimes called by commercial usage, though improperly, ' Oregon ANNTAL UKI'OHT. 28 |)inc," attains a ji,r('!it si/c, and its I'lccdom from Wranclics for tlic jircatcst jiortion of its licijilit ix'i'inits of its hciii^ furnished as s|>ars or sipiarc tiniix'i' of j>;r<'at length, and ■•ilniost free fiom knots. l''or masts and spars its excel- lence lias lon<; been reco<2:nized, as its lightness, comhined with ^reat strene mentioned the shij)ment of masts "iS iiudies diameter and TJO feet in length, and of timher .'!('» imdies s(|Uare and 70 feet in len<>th. This eomhination of li- is effected in the tare of the cars. It is also hi«;hly esteemed for l)ridl' rilAMK PC X •< X a; 'tis sc a i- X X G O OS ~ Iz It -- X ^ 3* 1^ n '^ -^ 2' - C — 5 I- = "C M L'- -< •?5 fi — t -r ri -f ?; — Z •=? 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Riid reinov'c .812 38,762 44.1 do do .i>10 30,262 44.8 do do .!»80 83,'37 37' do do .»18 83,'63 37« do do .gii 93,162 4<'6 nnikK LM>i:U A HI :?00,0(K) ;!'.'(),iMH) :U(),(MM) ' ''StMHtO (MHt.miO .142 .148 .154 .140 .146 .155 .15:5 .161 .161) 151 .159 .168 161 .170 .180 I49 ••57 .I65 ) Till ; MAN! scKir'r lt).S. r>7S,niH) 57(>,0(M)U,()i() s;?i,48o' ;i,mH 4J)2,20() ;?,;??)() 48(M()() 3,3(MJ 5;il,(>iS(J8,(i80l do do do •^. llth November, 1895. VANC( )l \'ICK' H()AFv'I) OI-' 'PKADI-: Ki:si ITS oi f\i»fkimi:ms io as(.i:im \in nir. Kr-sisrwri; lo ini i ici ion and ui ptiki: imh;r a (juaiuaii/s incukaskd iu:mi Test No. !,I7.S ,1H() JS2 :{,1KI .•!,18») Nci. b I) ;!,i7!i ;:,i8i :!,i.s;i :;.is.") :;.1S7 .(• \ n AI'I'MKIi AT CKNTi;!-; |ii;s(i:UTiiiN. All ri'(ci\ cd 'J.' It. loiiL'. llniKNSlcrNS. n I) l.fiih'tli WiMKht 'I'oTAi. St1!i:ss i\ l'iprM>s 111, (Kill 11,(11111 In. 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X <;K AIM VI.I.V INCKKVSKI) lU-M>IN(i SIKKSS OF I IVK I ()(iS Or lUilllSlI COI.l M.J.AN .MM: RI-( KIVI-l) 1 UOM MISSRS. lOV. M()K,».iil to Ains. iuid rt'inov'd 80,590 36.0 98,762 44.1 ,to do 8o,2io 35.8100,262 44.8 do do 76,240 34.0 83,137 37-' »I«) do 76,140 34.0 83,163 37.1 do do 78,7'4 35-' 93. '62 41 6 ( 1: ro i>i:i>Ki;ssioN a.m» uri»i i ki; im)i;k a (iUAin Ai.i^ iN( :ui:asi:i» rni FACI'.l) ACcri! AIKI.V TKIK IN lA'I'IIK. Total sihkss i.\ I'i(T.\I)s. IH'.I'MKSSInN -Imii, at Till-: I'c M.i.i i\vl \i i I.>Mi-;. I'l.ll.MATK S'l'liKSS. 107 .111 .122 H2 .148 .i.-,4 .k;;; '<1'i .III .122 .i;;0 .110 .I4(i .1.-,.-, .1,11 2 . ! 82 1 .182 KM otrtl I'cr i|iiari' I!i:mai;ks. ItO ,MMt .20!t .21!t .2;!() .212 .2.")() .21)9 200 .21(1 .220 .2.;0 .2(1 .2")0 .2()4 --'"•""".■-'"■""" -'■"'• ' •>'•.'"«'■■"•'■• :«•,''»(! :il(i.diK, :;,;d,n(;o ;;no doii Idd,d0d 1 !d diid -iid.ii u. ..imi, ; ,dd„ .vjd.odii ,m(K)0 .-..kmmi .ho.odd (iou.ddO, inch. Ilis. Ilis. . 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'^ ! ! : : : 1 rl':;^;^?;^': s?:: 5 i 3II1KIH ■SI lir •aK- - "'- * 2- .^- illg load. I.^ ^ 5 *. i; :,' :;i :; ■:.-'■ ~-- :.' ^Lowest lire ik- = 2.-3 I5 5 5.' k' '^ J 2 : i' ii : jj i \' \\\v~ load. 5 ^ ^ 55' i^Sillii: S|: ?i 1 sMi'in ini; f 5 i :i -0 = 5 — ■-^ =■ - ? 2. < r^ ■^ r it „ :i. ^ r ^ ^ ''^ c JZ. 5 *" 7' r" H H s 2; 1 IT 1 -r K -^ 1" ? '/ ^ -5 • ^It! ii < » CB il f ! 6r o — - 1 z go , ,c S3" a^ d CO UJ . H Q S -1 - s 'S «^ ACIF THE s •^Q 5 z ^M < D o o < flC <•« U u « s s J AN MA I, KKI'OH'I 85 VANCOUVER POST OFFICE. K.XTUACrs FHOM lil'.l'Oin' OK I'OiSTM V.sTKlJ-C iKNKKA I, For yi'ar eliding I^Otli June, 1895. .. No. of Amount of I. 4. iw ".>«., Monev Orders Amount. Money Orders I'nstal Revenue. ,^;,^^,,_ ^^^■^^_ !|!29,87o.o5 10,868 !|;147,48:;.H0 !|!l2.'),791.9;i .Mail matter parsing between Vancouver, B.(j., and China and Japan : Letters. Newspapers. Miscellaneous. Parcels Yokohama 9r>,.'!90 4:5,4 10 .'!0,087 :!:!6 llonu' Kong.... ri;!,949 14,149 11,:!82 Slian'^'hai 19,2(i8 7,744 :!,294 T(.ki(. 10,827 12,i;}7 l."),774 Aiiiov I<)0 ;!9 .")11 Way' letters.. . . .S.')l 9 1 Totals 1895.179,99:1 77,488 ♦51,049 :;:!(; Totals 1894. 10;5,:!14 .50.890 4:{,178 252 Increase... l«i,679 26,598 17,871 84 N'oTK. — In addition to ahov*', throuirh l)a<_'H received from the places designated were forwarded to destinatinn as follows: Yoko- liania, 1,12:'); Hong Kong, 160; Shanghiw, 15(5; Tokio, 499; Kobe, 127; Hakodati, 5:5; Nagasaki, 70. ^lail matter passing between Vancouver, li.C, and the following postollices in Australasia and Sandwich Islands: Letters. Newspapers. Books and Samples. Svdney 56,219 91,217 69,021 Melbourne ;!2,212 64,526 :W,:549 Brisbane 10,456 :!4,756 22,48:! Honolulu ;51,747 5:^,169 29,857 Adelaide 7,702 ;«,707 14,6(55 New Zealand 8,763 ;«,770 :!2,196 Suva and Fiji 1,152 2,08:^ '.V6b Auckland 298 257 10 Tasmania KJl 40 Way mail 49 Totals 1895.. .148,729 ;5i:5,525 206,916 Totals 1894. . 125,675 221,526 92,851 Increase 2:^,054 88,999 114,065 'M VANCOl'VKH MOAUI) OK THADK BRITISH COLUMBIA SALMON FISHERIES. Season, 1896. The result of the [){it>i season's sahuoii llsliin^" lias, on the whole, been satisfactory, so far as (quantity is coiiceriied. Four new canneries were huilt on P'raser iviver, (»ne on Ivivers' Inlet, one on Skeena River, and one on the West C/oast, while one was destroyed hy tire on Skeena and three on Kraser, only one of which was rebuilt in time for the season's o})eratir)ns. The season IcStlT) beinjr the third or " off " year on i'^raser Hiver, only a moderate run was exjiected. The most noteworthy features were the la rue increase in price oi fish on l^'n'sei- Kiver, owing to comj>et tion and expectation of a short run, the unusually heavy run which actually took place, and the partial failure of the run on iSkeena for the third season in succession. Fair prices for the })ack have ruled throughout, and the market remains in a hoalthy condition. It is now generally conce()n Accord Fishery Co lOwen i^ Co Canadian Pacilic Packing Co Sliort i^ Squair F. Boutillier it Co Lulu Island Oa'.ining Co Terra Nova Canning Co Pacific Coast Packing Co Fisherman's Cannintr Co Beaver Canning Co Richmond Canning Co British Columbia C'anning Co., L'td Malcolm — Windsor Canning Co., L'td .... Mrunswick Canning Co Federation Canning Co., L'td Dinsmore Island Canning Co., L'td Costello iay Cannery Pack in Casks. 1894. 82,073 I 1895. Estimated. 8(5,336 53,020 40,800 27,917 19,500 2."),418 2«),500 20,774 19,285 12,4ti.". 12,200 7,300 i:),542 12,605 8,025 7,000 13,253 11,560 11,110 9,200 15,710 15,029 9,«)15 11,511 7,490 7,000 18,429 17,500 15,346 12,500 17,38( 15,000 10,393 8,300 15,900 4,000 4,775 69,119 19,587 19,587 363,967 4.-2,920 10,541 10,000 20,541 SN \AN(Ol-Vi:i{ llOAlfl) UK TIJADK SKEENA UIVEU. N A M !•; .\ii).'l() llrilisli I'oliiiiildii Packing Co ) r>ritisli Aiiicrifii C'lmiu'iy ■ NiM'tli I'lU'ilic Caiiiicry ) I'.ritisli Col mil hill Cuiiiiiiivt Co., L'td N'ii'toriii Cii lining' Co. of l'>.C., I /til Ski'eiiii I'liikiii^' Co., K. Cuiiiiiti^'liiini i^i: Hon.., Haliiioral ('aiininji Co Iiivcriu'ss Caniiiiitr Co Uoyul Cuiuitiiiiii I'acUinjj; Co Carlisle Packing' i<: Cannin>j: Co., l/td RIVERS INLET, \'.\{K IN Ua.sk 1H«U. 17,. '{OS !»,27U (5 711 (ll,!.")! IHO"). I'^timatrd. 20,«iHl 7,059 7,500 «l,-)00 8,1«8 7,8815 H,!»28 ()7,WH) Victoria Ciiiiiiin;; Co., of B.C., i/td Aiiirlo ^)riti^ll Coluiiiliia l'iickiiii OTHER NOirniERN 1'0I^■T^ 10,:520 iii,():!s 2<»-'07 58,565 All 'Aiiv Canning Co. (.\Icrt Bav) Ninm Canning Co., R. Dranoy (N'anin Harl)'r.) Lowe Inlet Tacking Co. iIjOwo Inlet). ClsiYOiiuot Fishing and Trading Co., 1/td (Jrand Total. 2,000 s,;!i; J0.:^i5 494,:i71 (.V./>'.— /• niir c(i)iii('ii('>t (h'stroyed hi/ Jiri\ IS'.)'),) H,283 H,000 8,660 H.I^OO 21,243 600,968 THE ANNUAL PACK, 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879 1880 1881. 1 882 . CASKS 9,847 188 67,: '.87 188 , 11.'! 601 188 . (51,093 188 . 61,849 188 177 '5.061 It .1 4... . i; 1. 5 U 6 It 2t 8 U 9 4 CASKS )6,292 41,242 08,517 61,264 .083 81.040 4,294 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895 CASKS .409,464 .314,893 .228,470 .590,229 .494,371 .600,968 Iv IX (Ja«K8. ANMAI, UKI'OKT, !» ....,, 4 7,0o9 S 7.")00 1 <»,">0() U 8,1 (IK 1 7,8h:; (),!»L^8 Estimate of Total Salmon Pack of Pacific Coast, 1895. ( Fkom ('o.M.MKKcr.M, \k\vs. Dkc. ITtii.') Diiti I I.S(i(5 IS(i7 IS(),S. ISli!). INTO. IS71, 1S72 1S7M. 1S7J. IS7.-). IS7(). IS77. I.S7S. 187!), l.SHO. Date t, 2;{.(MM» \Hsil 1(K».(KK) ISSI 1")<».(K»(» ISH.-) 2(M».n(K) 1SS(> 2r)(MHM) 1 1SS7. 250.000 :r)2.r)(M) :{7S.(MM) ■4!):{,7t7 r)7r).()S7 ($40,101 r)j)s.;«)i (i7!),r)(K) ISSS, iSSi). 18iK). 181)1 . 181)2. 1S!);{. 181)1 181)5. I»a(k. !)5(i.:{75 015.(M)I 100.100 1)71.221 8S(i. I! (5 !)0!),017 !)1»7,S1K) 1 12.721 71 1.081 ((MM, 11!) 57().7:i7 :I1S,7!)7 787.i:il 8S 1.211 12«,:^)}) -.*-^ 40 \ ANCorVKU I5()AI{I) (»l-' Tl{.\l)l<: Salmon Pack, Columbia River, (U.S.A.) No. of Cases Packed. I.(MM) IS. Odd 2S.d(H) |(K).(M)0 l.^d.lHM) 2(MMKM) 2r>0.(M)d 2')d.()dO :i.")0.(Mld ;{7."),0(K) t.'id.OIK) 100.000 Idd.Odd lSd.(MI() .Vid.OOd .VM.dOd ,V)0.(MIO (i2!».d(IO (ilHI.Odd .V)O.O(M) IIS.(MK) :{,")( i.d(K) :{i)(i.ddd :{is. 1.') 2.-) ."id 7.") 1(H) 125 2r)(! :{(H) UK) .■).')() 7r)d «M)d 1.2dd K.'ilM) 1.7(K) l.SdO l.S(M) l.!)IN) l.!)(K) l.ddd 2,d(M) 2.d(M) Shillinu^s. (it lS(i7 52 l.S(i,S ISCiJ) IS to ISTd :H) 1.S71 1S72 1.S7:{ 1874 2S 2(i 1S7.'> 22', l.S7(i IS' IS77 21 I.S7.S 1.S7!) 2d 2d ISSO 20 18S1 20 1S.S2 ISHli . . .. 20 20 ISSI ISS.') 1SS() 20 20 20 ISS7 ISSS 22 21 ISS!) 22 ISJK) 1S!)1 20 21 IS!)2 IS{):{ 21 (J 21 /« 21 18!>l ISS)*") 21 (i ..) j Price >f obtained sh. I'Casc of 48 tt.s. Shilliiijr.s. 04 52 48 40 36 38 :t2 28 26 18 21 20 20 2(» 20 i 20 20 20 20 20 1 22 1 21 i .).) 20 21 21 (i 21 (} 21 21(1 I ANNUAL KEPOHT. 41 Estimate of Total Salmon Pack for the Pacific Coast, for 1895. Casks. Hiitish ('oluiiil)ia (i(K»,S)()S Culiimbia Hivcv (Sjniii^r) ."iOo.KM) " (Fall) I'llSM) 14,(MM» r)2,(MM» :U,(MM) i(».").r)(M» .•)2,(M)0 <«7,<)00 i{(>;ood ))rices. and stocks remaining on hand on tho Coast are not more than suflicient for retiuirements, Gross Estimate of British. Columbia Fisheries, Season, 1895. Total (jiiantitv of Salmon exported fi-esh in ice 1,70."),8!)2 tlis. •■ ' " salted, barrels ;{,U8brls. Sturgeon (di'cssed) :{7.">.»MH) H.s. Halibut (fresh) 2,r):{(),7(M» tt,s. N'alue of Caviar and Isinglas from Stuigeon $ 2,2r)0 (M) Fish oils manufactured i;}.").0(M) 00 Total estimated valu*- of lish and 'heir products, including est imated home consumi)t ion, caught and handled during Season hSOo .$|. I2(;,(HM) IK» Fishing Boats Licensed since 1890. Date. Average cost Fishing Moats Fishing Boats ,., of each lish in Fras.'r Hiver North of ,'•'•'' 18!M», . ... Oc. 1801 10c. 1802 ir)c. \S\Y.\. lOc. 1801 10c. 180.-) 20c. Fra.ser Hiver. and South. Fraser Hivt'r, 720 725 822 780 8:^) 751 783 700 l.»(i5 1.010 1.770 Hoat.> 1.I7I 1.178 1,185 2,287 2.;{!H) 2,000 42 VANCOrVKlJ MOAHI) OK THADK Fish Breeding-. INTKi;KSTIN(i FACTS AND FKilltKS. The following appourod in the Vancouver Xews- Advcrtiser oi FehY\u\ry r2th, 1S',)(;: Fourteen years a<:,-o Mr. Haniuel Wilniot, who only recently I'etired from the office of Supei'intendent-CJeneral of Fish Culture for the Dominion of raiiatla, in the course of a lengthv letter in reply to a I'ecinest made hv Messrs. B. JIaigli ct Hons, Xew Westminstei . for infoi-- niation concerning the artificial j)ropagation of salmon, made the stateiuent that " our Dominion Government is quite m advance or almost any other on this Continent or in the Old World with I'egard to the artilicial }>ropa- gation of lish. * * * Whilst France. (Jermany, England and the Fnited States are heing h.ialded by their institutions and (lovernnuMit organs as doinu' wonders in fish culture, Canada has l)een (piietly, yet surely, outdoing them hy all odds." Although a like distinction cannot now be clainKd f'>!' the Dominion the assertion may be fearlessly made that Can;ida is at any rate doing to-day a great deal in the direction of meriting honourable estinuition, if not of winning like pre-eminence. I'^verybody who takes the slightest interest in the fisheries of the Dominion is doubtless aware that the artificial jtrojtagation of tish continues under the care and at the expense of the Dominion (Toverninent, and that young lish are turned out at the ]):'oi)er times, but there knowledge stops with \ery many. Even to numbers whose information uj)()n this subject is far from being so superficial, it may come as a surj)rise to be told that the total number of fry distributed fi'om the Dominion Hatcheries from the year iSfJS to the end of l,727,700, in the following proportions: Atlantic and Pacific salmon, salmon-ti'out of the (Jreat jjakes, and speckled trout of the streams 27.""),] 70,800 White 1. A of the (Jreat Lake regicm 070,2oO,()00 Pickerel or dore 210,221 ,400 Eobster 384, 100,000 1,030,727,700 ANNr.VI, HKI'OHT, 43 Bvit to ji^rasp the increasing- inij)<)rtanco of this sub- ject it is necessary to bear in niind the (levek>i>nient of this endeavor to maintain an a(le(iuate sup[)ly of food- fish in Dominion waters. Let us take tlie tijj^ures for five vears. The distribution of frv in the several vear; l.SOO-4, was as under : 1,S90 1)(),21;^,()00 ISO] 1S92 11 1 ),< t )i) <»r»( 1 ,800 ),r)00 1S03 25S,8]4,0O0 1S94 2r)4,010,0(M) Tliese fijTures exiiibit an enormous increase, wliicii tliere is ^ood reason to suppose will be well nuiintained. But as the intention of the writer is to notice the progress beinfjf made in this connection in British Columbia in particular rather than in the Dominion in general — the above oflicial statistics having been (juoted merely for the purpose of showing the magnitude of the fish-breeding operations of the Department of Fisheries, as a whole — attention will now be directed to Provincial results. The first batch of fry distributed from the Fiaser Kiver Hatchery was liberated in iSSo. The oflicial Iij2;ures for that vear and those succeeding it are as fol- lows: — :5'.>, 727,700 1885 1,800,000 1880 2,()2r),000 1881 4,411,000 1888 r),807,000 1880 4,410,000 1890 (;,()40,000 1891 ,).0 o: 1)11 1892 (1,000,000 189:] r).7<)4,ooo 1894 1895 ,800,000 '^<)0,0(M) l),o Total frv distributed 55,2()2.800 44 VANCUIVKK MOAIU) OK THADIO It iiKiy ))(' reiiiiirked that duriii}:,' the four years, iSSH-iS, about half the youiiu' fish put out were s{)iinii: sahnon, aud that iu l.Sil4 1, ")()(),( 100 white lish were included in the unusually lar^e total of that year. All the rest of the frv were salmon of the sockeve variety. The V I! It 11 A I d, ith lie Eraser ICivi'r Hatchery is ar lioi half a dozen miles of New Westminster. It is advan- tageously placed ill one re.-p(>ct, vi/., that an ahundant sup[)ly of ruiiniii;^' water ir- ohtainahle from a i)ei'manent neighbouring stream. In two other important resj)ects, however, its position is not a good one. i'^'irst, all the lish eggs have to be brought a (•onij)aratively long dis- tance down from where tli(M)va is taken fiom th(> salmon ; and next, loss of young Hsh occurs in conveying them from the hatchery to the distant places at which they are set free. In this latter connection, 1 iispcctor .McNab, the otlicer in charge of tlu' 1).('. Ilatcdiery, in his report for bSDl) stated that. " More than half of the fry from the Fraser Ifiver liatcherv have alwavs been planted in Harrison Kiver, which is the most suitable place available, but at the season when it is necessary to [)ut out the voung lish the water is so low in the river that it is impossible to get u|) the rai>i(ls on the Harrison with the scows, and although there is not a (luestion in regard to the great benefit which has resulted from planting the fry where, f)f necessity, it has to be done, still many per- sons believe that the benetits would be greater if the hatchery wwv situated above the rapids, in whicdi case both the Harrison Lake and Uiver and their numerous alUueiits would he more? accessible ft)llowinu' statements occurred : — Furtl ler on the "The success of a liatcherv, to be considered as a factor in keeping up a supply of Hsh, is not to be measured by the numhc'r of ova laid down or successfullv hatched, but it is from the number of fry wliich may be successfully [)lanted in suitable j)laces for food and shelter and where there is an absence of })vedatory fishes. The facilities of appliances for planting the young fish are also very important considerations iu connection with the [)rosperity of a hatchery." ^ tour y(Mirs, aTo spring- (isli were ycai". All vaiioty. ord, within t is advaii- \ almndant IxM'iiianeiit it I'osjx'cts, rst, all the *• loiljL!," (lis- \\o salmon ; 'vin^- them ch they are McXah,the ' report for : from the [)lante(l in ■e availahle, ut out the that it is •n with the re»;ar(l to antin*"- the many per- ter if the ^'hieh case numerous r on the ered as a not to he Liccessfully ch nuiy he food and ory Hshi's. voun<>' fish onnection 4 ANMAl- HKI'OHT. 45 Aoain, in his rej)ort for 1S1)4, the same officer remarked • — "()win<;' to the h;ttchery >)ein<2; situated more than seventy miles fiom where most of the fry are lilxM-ated, necessitating' their heinj; towed hy sti'amhoats, in scows, a<;ainst the current of the l''raser Iiivei", a distance of sixty miles, to the mouth of the Harrison Hiver, ami then hy rowd)oats for several miles u[) the latter river, considerahle loss is m(>t with; more, no douht, thau would be the case were the hatchery sitnateacity, will ere lonjj; com[)el either the extensive re[)air and enlarj;ement of the existing; hatchery, or, what is evidently a far more desirable alternative, the construction, in a moi'c favorable posi- tion, of a new hatchery more ado([uate, both as re_i>'ards accommodation and e(|ui[)ment, to the _i!;rowin<2; needs i-f one of the i.tost imjxu'tant industries contributing to the [irosi)erity of this section of the Dominion. Although the object of this contribution is not so much to deal with details of tish breeding o[)erations as to direct attention to the extent to which they have been, and continue to be, carried on, and to the results alreadv achieved, a brief description of the procedure followed will no doubt prove of interest to those not ae([uainted with it. To (piote again from the Inspector's lSi)4 re[)ort, lie stated : "On 21st September I sent men with the nec- essary materials to Morris Creek, Harrison River, to i)uild a tra[) and m ike the necessary [)rej)a rations for ca[)turing [)arent salmon and c(dlecting ova. On 2nd Octt)ber. the tirst lot of ova, 1,.'M4,(H)(), was received at the hatchery * * ' and on the 2r)th the last lot ol •.144,000 ; making a total of (),7r)2,OO0 ova, all of the sockeye variety. The [larent lish were all captured in a i 46 VANCOrVKH HOAIU) OK THADK tru]) constructed of pickets. The tnip was 12 feet square, having a \'-sliape(l entrance. Adjoininj^ the U])per end o f tliis tra[) a ]»oun(l or trap of similar size and con- struction was built. The salmon entered the trajt several days before their ova was fully ripened, and in order to give them more room, and also to facilitate handling them for stripping, the males wei-e lifted in dij)-nets and transferred to the pound. Gill-nets were used formerly for capturing the ])arent fish, but I have dispensed with them altogether, and in my o])inion tln^ ova is in better condition and hatches with a smaller percentage of loss when obtained from fish which have entered the trap of their own accord ; and, too, there is no loss of ])arent fish, which is unavoidable when they are netted in gill or drift nets. The nunibei' of female salmon taken was 2,200, and they gave an av(jrage of o, r)00 ova each. For fertilising these ova it took fro m 1,200 to 1,400 males. The })arent fish — male and female — when libei'ated ai)})eared to be but little affected by the operation and confinement in the pounds." After having been conveyed to the hatchery on trays, the fertilized ova is j)laced in oblong oj)en-wire baskets about 15 inches long, inches broad, and 4 or T) deep. These are ])laced in wooden troughs set about 1) feet above the fioor of the building, that at Bon Accord being a wooden construction HO feet by 40. Nearly the whole of the ground fioor is occupied l)y trouglis placed across the building in parallel grouj)s of five eacli, with room for the attendant to ])ass between the resj)ective groups. The troughs, which number between 70 and SO, are each about .'JO feet long, 10 inches wide, and (> inches dee]). A capacious fiume runs the whole length of the building, and supplies each trough with a constant stream of water, the flow of which is I'cgulated as re(juired. '^^Phe water ]>asses through the baskets of ova, the fertilized eggs having the ap})earance of so many redish coloured small i)eas of almost uniform size. Within three months the young fish begin to batch out. The [>resent season's ova was placed in the hatchery between the ,'>rd and loth of October last, both dates inclusive, and the little fish commenced to hatch about AN MA I. UKTOHT. m Pet squiire, ni)I)er end and con- tlic traj) led, and in ) facilitate ■e lifted in -nets were bnt I have pinion the I a smaller hich have )o, there is when the}' 1" of female avera«2;e of . took from !Uid female iffeeted hv Is." itehery on ojjon-wire 1, and 4 or ; set ahont !it at Bon et by 40. cupied by groups of s between numl)er long, 10 ous flume dies each v of whicli rough the l>pearance >t uniform n to hatch hatchery )oth dates tch about I Christmas time, and have continued to appear ever since, with a considerable nund)er yet to come out. Myriads of little silver-eyed red fish are now to be seen at the bottom of the clear water passing through the troughs. J [ere thev will remain until about the middle of A[arch, oi' a week or tw o earlier or ater, according to the favourableness or otherwise of the weather, when they will be turned adrift to do for them- selves. By that time they will be from an inch to an inch and a (piarter in length, and will then recpiire more food than the water flowing in and out of the troughs 'ould )lv to such li ibei Artificial feed eding could sup})iy to sucn large numners. ArtiUcu is not resorted to in the hatchery. Here control over the young flsh is lost, and their acciuaintance is not again made until a few years later — let us believe — those that have not previously lost the number of their mess are taken by the flsbermen, oi' if they succeed in running the traj) and net blockade of the lower river and adjacent waters, until they crowd the inland streams to continue the work of reiu'oduction. And what is the result of all this effoit ? Let the Ins{)ector's ISt)."] re[)ort again s[)eak for itself : " Numerous letters have been received fi'oni and visits have been made by gentlemen interested in the salmon fisliing of Alaska and the Columbia River in the United States en hiteflsh ova recently received from Selkirk and now in the hatchery. This ova is somewhat differently treated to that of the salmon, but an equally successful result is looked for. 48 VANCorVKU HOAHI) <»K THADK Til iidditioii to an expression of tlninks to Inspector McXnl) for his courtesy in facilitating- the recently paid visit to the hatchery, this <'ontril)ution — whitth has far outrun the limits intended for it — will he concluded with the intimation that it is anticipated hetween (),:)()(),()0() and (■), 4(10,000 salmon fi'y will he lil)erated fi'om tlie Fraser River llatcheiy during- March or Aj)ril next. VVAiCY VKRKNS. SHIPPING. Vancouver possesses a magnificent and |)erfectly sheltered harhour, accessihle for vessels of any draught, and with adequate wharfage facilities, the chartjjes for wharfage heing levied on the cai'go and paid by the receivers. Although not yet })Ossessing a dry dock, there is an excellent heach on the north side of the harbour, where iron vessels can be safely beached for the purpose of being scraped and ])ainted, the I'ise and fall of the tide (13 to 1") ft.) being sufficient to jKuinit this being done in a satisfactoi'y numner. Shi[)masters visiting the port all con(;ur in praising the natural advantage which enables them to rid their vessels of marine growths in such an inex})ensive manner and with i)erfect safety. For inwards Inisiness there nre general cargoes from Euro})e, and cargoes of raw sugar from Java for the Refinery. For outwards business a charter for lumber can nearly always be obtained, and in the season (August to December) canned salmon for the Fnited Kingdom. Tl le iUiDress line of nnul steamers, belonirinir to the Canadian Facitic IJailway, leave for Jai)an and China once a month during the winter, and once every twenty days in the summer (calling off Victoria, Vancouver Island, for local nuul and })assengers). The C'anadian-Australian Mail Line leaves for Sydney once a month, touching at N'ictoria, Honolulu and the Fiji Islan 00 [)er foot " (Vallum Bay' 2 50 Beachy Head 2 00 " Race Rocks or Royal Roads, vessels under steam I 00 '' " Race Rocks or Royal Roads, vessels in tow of a steamer 1 50 " Any fraction of a foot not exceeding six inches shall be paid for as half a foot, and any fraction of a foot exceeding six inches shall be paid for as a foot. i)2 VANCOI'VKR HOAIU) ()K THADK 'riic following' urc coitics of actual accounts : I )i.sl)urseMicnt account of liritish shij) loadinj^ lunihor at Vancouver ; 2,1 OS tons icj'ister ; cargo, J,i)74,()r)0. Hospital (lues, 2c. per ton $ 42 1(5 Harbour dues .') 00 ('ustonis fees, discharging and ship- ping crews, etc 25 00 108 00 Stevedores' bill 2,Ur> 15 Survey . . . I'ilotaire inwards and outwards 'r owage )in"; crew an Shij)} Watering ship ... Butcher's account Lumber and wood Stores Tel d ad vances egrauis Cash to cai)tain ToO 00 r)20 00 20 00 187 15 79 78 50 00 8 54 5 52 9. Commission on charter $ 914 02 -$8,984 80 Extra insurance on deck load C omm vance ssion and insurance on ad- £158 19 19 37 48 970 ()9 .1(4,955 49 .WM'AI, KKI'Ctin", iits : . . . loading ster ; cargo, DO ■)() )0 )l) 1.') )0 )0 )0 15 '8 )0 14 i2 -.1!3,<)S4 80 12 9 Dishiirsoniont iiceoiiiit of Xorwogiaii sliip 1 ,47 ( .$2,S22 01 l,22.s 4.~) .$4,050 4(1 8 - 970 m .$4,955 49 54 VAXCOUVEB BOARD OK TKADP: Lumber Vessel's Expense Accounts. Pro forma disbursement accounts of a ship of 1,500 tons register, inwards witli ballast, outwards with lumber, at Vancouver and l^iget Sound, compared. Puget Sound (say Vi. Blakeley). Vancv'r. To Customs fees $ <> 80 % 1 00 Harbour dues .... 5 00 British (Consular fees If) 00 .... Tonnage dues 00 00 30 00 Health Officer's inspection. ... .... 4 00 Discharging [)art ballast, say oOO tons \ 120 00 75 00 Docking shij) from the ballast ground 20 00 20 00 Stowing and shipping cargo, say 1,200,000 1,380 00 1,200 00 Surveyor's fee 20 00 25 00 Towage 050 00 050 00 Water 20 00 20 00 Stores, say 400 00 500 00 Sundries, say 100 00 100 00 Sailors' advances, say 300 00 300 00 ]*ilotage inwa-ds, say 14 ft. $2 28 00 Pilotage outwMrds, say 21 ft. $2. .... 42 00 Port agency \ 25 00 25 00 Telegrams, postage, etc 25 00 25 00 $3,171 80 )t;3,050-00 (/ommission on charter and advances (if any) according to terms of charter party. NoTK — Port l)lakely has been taken as a fair average for riigel Sound. At other mills the only difference would be in tonnage rates, which to some mills nearer sea arc ^7^() less, and those furthei- .t50 more. 1,500 tons ith lumber, tl. Vaiicv'r. I 1 00 5 00 30 00 4 00 75 00 20 00 1,200 00 25 00 ()50 00 20 00 500 00 100 00 .SOO 00 28 00 42 00 25 00 25 00 $:i,050 -00 (if any) ,ir average difference lis nearer ANNTAL HKPORT. ."iT) PILOTAGE. The question of ])ilotase dues having engaged the attention of this Board, the matter was referred to C. (Jardiner Johnson, Escj., for investigation, and hisre])ort, made after due investigation and correspondence with the proper authorities, was, by resolution, accepted in full meeting, viz.: — Vancouveu, May 2Sth, 1S95. Comparative statement of what a vessel, suy 1,200 tons burden, and drawing 20 feet of water, would have to j)ay in and out of the ports of New York, San Francisco, Portland, Oregon, and N'ancouver, BX'.: 1st. Han Francisco, Cal. — A vessel entering that port would have to pay : — On 20 fcHt in, at .$5.00 per foot $100 00 On 20 feet out, at $5.00 per i\,ot 100 00 On 1,200 tons reg., at 4-100 per ton in 48 00 On 1,200 tons reg , at 4-100 per ton out 48 00 $20(5 00 If the services of a Pilot were declined, half the above rate would be paid, i.e., $1-18.00. 2nd. Portland, Okkcon — A vessel entering that j)ort would have to pay : — r.Ai; r]i,()TA(iK, On 20 feet in, at $5.00 por foot . $100 00 On 20 feet out, at $5.00 per foot 100 00 On 1,200 reg., at 2-100 i)er ton in 24 00 On 1,200 reg., at 2-100 per ton out 24 00 UI'.Kl! I'll.OTAOK. On 20 feet in, at $2.00 per foot 40 00 On 20 feet out, at $2.00 i)er foot 40 00 On 1,200 tons r(>g., at 2-100 ju-r ton in 2-1 00 On 1,200 tons reg., at 2-100 per ton out 24 00 $.S7G 00 So that a vessel of 1,200 tors from sea to Portland would pay the sum of $o7().00. 5(i VANCOCVKH IJOAKI) OK THADK A (laptaiii has the right to pilot his sliip over the bar to Astoria if lie likes, but must pay the full })ilotage for that privilege. ^)r(l. Xkw Youk — This infoi'ination has been kindly supplied me by the Collector of Customs of New York to whom I wrote since our last regular meeting. A vessel entering that poi't would pay : — On 20 feet in, at ^AMl .$ S2 (50 On 20 feet out, at !|i;5.S0 01 (U) .tl44 20 T\\ii New ^'ork pilotage is on a sliding scjile ; for instance, a vessel drawing 21 feet would {)a\ more in proportion than a vessel drawing 20 feet. We have now the three respective j)orts to guide us. Let us see what a vessel of the same burden and draught would [»ay entei'ing and clearing from N'ancouver. A vessel enteiing that })ort would pay : — On 20 feet in. at ^'Hn) .$ -10 00 On 20 feet out, at .t2.ar Pilotage," for, as 1 have stated, the vessid must [)ay tlie same over the bar with or with- out a rilot. b'igures. therefoi'c. stand thus : — San Fi'ancisco, without a Tilot, in and out .$148 00 Portland, from the sea, in and out .'>70 OO New ^'ol•k. in and out 144 20 \'ancouver. !>.(!.. in and ont SO 00 I do not think aft<'i' these figures are looked into — and 1 have used every endi'avor to be (;orrect — theie should be any just cause for eomi)laint. C. CAKDIXKIJ JOHNSON, Secy. Y(tJi' and N, WeHt, PHotmje AidJiorHy. ANMAI. HKl'OKT. TiT CUSTOMS RETURNS. Port oi" Vancoivkr. ytatement showing nniuber of vessels entered inwards from sea and outwards for sea during the twelve months ending IJlst December, 1S9'>. TONS TON'S TDN.S. INWARDS. NO. KKGISTKR. WKKinT. M KASIRKMKNT. British 42 88,29H 26,985 49,:^4."> Canadian.... 27 .•{,489 889 :!24 Foreign 240 228,760 2.").H75 2<),5.'>9 Total 809 8ir),,54."> 52,999 76,228 TONS TON.s TON.s OUTWARDS. NO. RKGI.STER. WKHMIT. .MKAM'RKMKNT. British 40 88,042 51,157 62,418 Canadian... . 24 2,895 2,286 2,82:; Foreign 289 221,888 67,867 82,196 Total 808 812,770 121,810 147,487 COASTWISE. .No. TONS RIOOLSTKR. Reported in 2,056 541,876 .1. M. BOWKLI., Collfrtur. 1895 POKT OK NkW WksT.MINSTKR. Vessels enteretl and cleared for the year ending Dei'eml)er 81st, ISWAR1).S. NO. TO.NS RKCilSI'ER. Foreign 88 18,748 Coastwise 546 119,1(»0 Total 62^; 187,848 OUTWARDS. NO. TONS RKOI.STER. Foreign 82 17,650 Coastwise 552 198,200 Total 684 210,850 .1. M. CLITK, (\>ll,:'tur. r»s VAXCOrVKH MOAHI) OK THADK VAN'COUVEH CUSTOM HOl'SK. Comparative Statement fur 1894-189."): IMI'OHTS. (^iiarters ending March. June. 1894— Dutiable $160,:{04 !H2i8,:)0i 1895— " 12(5, 85.". 204,899 1894— Free 221,210 I72,9,'>1 189.">— " .".«,167 N4,0(i5 1894. Total imports !|;l,440,.")44 Sept. Dec. Totals. $199,22;^ !H182,7:!:t ,11760,761 249,471 2.53,490 83^713 2.50,8:!.S ;!4,789 679,783 44,024 38,698 262,9.54 1895. $1,097,667 |)et'reai^e. •t: 142, 87 7 UKVKNtF. 1894— Duties 189.5— " $51,615 68 $68,6;!6 6 $65, .594 02 $60,066 01 $245,911 87 47,047 94 6;!,610 .10 66, .507 13 77,143 27 1894— Otlierrev. 9,441 68 17,763 4.'! 5,271 90 189.5— 7,604 .52 17,209 82 17,737 49 8,0.52 70 8,942 16 254,309 66 40,529 71 51,493 94 Total revenue. 1894. ..$286,441 .58 1895. Increase. $.305,803 63 $19,362 05 i:.\i't)ur.s. 1894. Troducts of the mines $ 16,758 Fisheries 282,425 Forest 3;!6,99l Animals and their produce 25,846 Ajiricultural produce 5,84' Manufactures 44, .'109 l^ullioii 17,651 Sundi'ies 1 ,.345 Totals $731,175 Increase TdlAI, IJKVKNIK 1894. CHistoms .$286,441 Inland 95,2.58 Totals $381,699 1895. $305,80:! 1 1 1 ,504 $417,307 1895. $ 28,753 259,172 455,9.56 53,269 12,907 58,934 13,490 *882,481 $151,306 Increase. $19,.362 16,246 *35.60» Above ligures by the courtesy of .1. M. Howell, Escj. ANNUA!, KP:P<)KT, .50 Comparative Statement of Cargoes handled at the Ports of Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, For tlie year ending 30tli .Tune, 1895. (From flic OffivUil Hcfiirns.j OUTWARDS. Pout ok VANcorvKK (Huiiai-d Inlet). Vessels entered outwards (foi- Sea), with Carfjfo. British.. . Canadian Foreign. . Total. Number. Tons KeK- Quantity Tons AVeight i:u 4(i,8:i5 of Freight. Tons Measure. 42 2 1(58 08,(555 52 102.780 28(5,487 7(5,028 2:« 5(5,702 207 lll.(H)(5 18:5,8(58 -1 Averagt' Cargo per Vessel 580.20 (54(5(58 PoHT OK \'i("roHiA (Vancouver Island). Nund)er. Tons Reg. Q uantity of F reiglit. 1 — 1 Tons '." l 2S :{7 (iix; "iiii 172. l.-)() ().: (17 Tons .M«'as\uf. i:<:?.S(i:i Hs.:,i:! 10,! Mi.") ±>2.\VH\ I l.!N»<) Imports into the Province of British Columbia for 24 Years Ending 30th June, 1895. Vllllll' of Tdliil Inijiorts. Ti) ;!Otli .liuii.'. IsTJ .1;l.7!H),S.VJ From Cdiiiiila JJ/JI.") To^Otli .Iiiiie, 187:: 2,191,011 Kroiii Ciinadii 7").tl(M To:!Otli .luiR', 1871 JiiiNyrxlO From ("Hiiadii litl.lOi TolWtii .liiiii', 1.H75 •-',.") i:!,r).V_> From Ciiiiada 117,(i")l T():!otl) .lunc, l.H7(; ■_'.'.i!i7,r)i.i7 From Canada ]J(t,7;!r> To.'idtli June, 1H77 ■J.'J>(i,'.«W From Canada It;;!, Hi; To liOtli Jniie, lS7h J,'.'-! I,.')0;? From Canada 14-1,7.") I ToliOtli .hint', 1H7!1 1!,1IU,7«I I'rom Canada l,SI,'.t.">l To:iOtli ,Iuuc, ISHO l,()«',i,:i!M From Canada i;(l8,07'J To;Wth .luni', l.ssi 2,48!»,tji:i From Canada :!«7,111 Toiidth .Inni'. IssL' 2,S!i!i,'jj:i From t^anada I4'.I,7I)H To 30th .Mine, 1M8;) :{,i>87,.">;iil From Canada tl'_M.2l)7 To:;Oth .lune, ISM 4,ltL',l.s(; l-'rom Canada 7.H!t,is7 ToHOlli .)uni'. IKS,) l,OHl>,t!»'J From Canada '.>'27,(i'>4 To :iOtli .luiic, ISXC) n,!i.');!.'J!t'.i ToiiOth .Innc. 1.S87 .S,517,s,Vj ToSOth .lune, In.ss 3..")(l'.t,".ir)l To lidtli .lune, 188'.i :{,7(');i,l'J7 To IWtli .Mine. 18'.K) 4,:{7li,J7'J To;!Oth .lune, l.siil ."),478,88;f ToUmli .lune, 18!»J r,,4',l.-).58il To ;!Otli .Inne, 18 :!.!»:? t.Otld To:!Oth .lune, 18iM ."),;WO,iii.") To :!Otli .lune, I.**!!.") M0:i!i7ti Ci inl)S K.NTKUKM Kol IIoMK. Cons Mi-rioN. Dutiable I'ree liulv (loods. 1 loods. Total. Ciilleele l,9(l6,'20l ■Ml.'.W •.',-J7.!.lL'7 IJ(;,1J.") 11 141,7.')! 144,T.M l.'.i',i7,12.> :yo,:;2ii •J,:;i7,l'.l iM.7o; 01 184,1 -M.'.7.11(; l.'.0.17". l:; ■J(i8.07J 20S,(I7'_' J. 21 1,1.^):; ■.'IJ,'.i():i i,7:;i;,(ii(; .■)K9.40:; 02 :!87,111 :;s7.111 ■J,I7J.174 I0I,'.'.S7 ■j.N7."),it;i i;7.s.lol ■<:', 44'.t,7rKS -ii9,7i;8 :;,;!:;i,ivj:! ■")")0,8.-i;! :;,.st;i;,s.")i; '.Hi7.t;-'i") 54 i)LM,_'07 I1J1,J07 :;,:::i7.t)rj 7oj,(108 4.04o,:;;!r) nM,o7i1 Jl 7.sit,'J.H7 7s9,287 .'i, |.")S,.V.!>.i .'H14,9'J:: 4.0'.';f,|.")-j 9t;i;,i i:; oi 0J7.O.-)4 '.•■J7,o.')l ■J,:; ■J,ti74,911 7'2;t.-.'tii') :i.loi.'->07 .s(;i,4(;.') 14 ■J.Uirj.ilIti 807.1 10 ;i,Mi9.78i; 971,(17.^ (;;• ;?,:i.-)7.in l.ii:!o.:)7.") 4.'J.S7,18tl l.o7"i .'l.') 20 4,Jt;i,2(»7 1.071,118:; .'i,:;:!ti,i'.K) l.:!l(;,0,'i9 42 l,l-':l. Ill i,8ii;),oo.') i;,2'ji;,4i9 1,112..S78 00 :!,iiii2.('i7:> 1, •-'•')."). HI.') 4.918,1(18 l,:!(;7,2.'>o ;i2 .•!..-)8-.'.x;:! 1 ,7:i8,'j82 V,:;:i(;,9tll l.:!08,(;.si 2:1 :!.i:U,l'.Ki !,■-':;(), '.•;!.") 4,:iii.s,r.'.") l,i:i7,727 49 62 v.\N(!oirvH;n HoAKi) «»K thadh: Exports, the Produce of Canada, from the Province of British Columbia, for 24 Years Ending June 30th, 1895. .Viiiinals ami tlu'ir .\Kric'l. .Miscfl- Yetir. Tin- Miiif. I-'islierifs. Fori'st. I'rodueo. rrodiu'ts. IhIU'OIIS. Tolftl. 187.>... . .$1,;«<1,.")8.-) 1 37,707 f214,:{77 .1:214, 7(H) !f 142 If 1,.")40 |1.,H.")H,0.">0 lH-3... .. 1,224,:!(12 4:«,;!(il 211.02t) 2.')9,292 2.885 1.197 1.742,123 1.S74 . . .. 1,:{.-)1.14.-. 114,118 2(M»,ll(i 320.(12.") 5,29(1 443 2,051.743 1875. . . . . I,ll2i»,2'.i4 i;5:!,98ti 292,4f)8 411.810 9,727 2,777,285 lH7r.. . . .. •J.tKri.liii* 71,:!:« 273,4;{0 329,027 3 0>.0 "(18 2,709,082 1H77. . . . . 1,708,848 10.'i,liO:! 287,042 230,89:! 3!083 l..")0(> 2,34(1,9(19 1878. . . . . i,7r)'.».i7i 42;i.s40 ;127,:{60 2.")7,314 4(12 2,7(18,147 187!l... . . l,."):i(i,siJ (■,S3,493 273,;{tUi 2(18,(171 2,50;) 57 2,708,848 18S0. . . . . i,()t>4,()2t; ;!17,410 2r)8,804 339,218 3,843 100 2,584,(K)1 1881 ., .. l,S17,()7'.i 4(K),984 172,tU7 3.')0,474 248 22 2,231, .5,54 1882. . , .. 1.4:i7,07J 97f),iK):! 3(12,87.') 300,429 94(1 2,(11(1 3,080,841 1888. . . . . l,;iO!t,(>4f. l.:i:K,:!8.-. 407,(124 287.304 (1.791 443 3,345,2(13 1884... .. 1,441,()-VJ S99,:!71 4.')8,3(1.'> 271,79(1 1 ,745 1,413 3,100,404 188')... . . 1.7.')'.t..')lJ 727,ti72 2(12,071 414, .{(14 2,324 5,948 3,172,.391 1S8G... .. 1,720,:«.") r)4;{,o.'>2 194,48H 329,2 18 1,907 2,811 2,891,811 1887. . . .. 1,88'.>,8'J7 910,rv.9 235.913 380,12(1 10,2(15 1,911 3,371,(101 1888. . . . . 1,88".>,S0.') l,ltM,019 441,9.-)7 .318,8.39 27.631 .s5,«2(l 3,928,077 188!t. . . ,. •.•,;!77,().i2 99:!,()2:! 449,02(1 397.(185 14,831 102,089 4.:{.34,;«(1 189(). . . .. •J,87."),770 2.:{74,717 32.'>,881 34(1,159 9,823 113,271 5..">45,(121 18itl... . . 2.!»:«),'_"29 2,274,(>8ii ;!74,99(1 294,(11(1 5,017 20,434 6.2.57,1.58 18(f_>. . . 2,!t7it, 170 2,:{r.l,08;{ 42."). 278 3!H),8.")4 25,018 31,97(1 6,571,989 18it:{. . . , . 2,898,047 1„"j()1.h:{1 4.>1,994 310.(121 30,173 14(1,231 5,(142,797 1894... .. 8">2i,.>i;{ :{,.'">41,:i().". 411.623 1 19 2(19 23,323 196,895 7,8^13.9.58 lSl 4.57,373 21 ,774 754,998 9,114 0.58 ANNl'AI. KKI'OHT. m of British 95. Total. ;)il,M,')H,().")0 I,7-12,lJ;i 2,0.51, 7-4:{ 2,777,2S.-) 2,70!>,OM2 2,:i4ti.9()it 2,7(iS,147 2,70H,S-18 2,.')84,(M)1 2,-2:i],r>-A ;!,0H0,M41 ::,34."),2(;;{ ;{,ioo,404 ;{,i72,;i!ii 2,Hi»l,Hll 8,871 ,tH»V :i,<>2H,077 .')..')4.'>,il21 6.2r)7,l.')S 6,57 1,!I8!I .'>,(U2,797 7,S4:?,!>.5H !t,1110.")« t •r -r ?5 o 15 r- ri •.; o iiondiiiHsiiio,-) 5 >^ I X. s II()1),) .KIJ p.w.ijii;^ ?ii-=Tir: % Vr f 1 -c — c<^ — 'rT T ,. „, j_^ '* s ri "^ •^_ •»• •M VO r- f* r^ « -^ CI -r" ift 1^ c; 1^ X S 51x^1 S ** Hft ri 1 ^1^1 cc ~ Ui 7;r5r:- *- ' J— « .; ,T « T 1 •* -^riM -r 1 ,x X ?f 5 X .— fi r^ T-l X ■* i- •— X I-'* I- I- -Z ri X — — I- — -r 1-^ 'c «^ 1 ^ t - -r ^- 1 r: fH X iS -C I ? I 1^ ?i T :t -T - i£ I- '^ ;-j= o"x'i>."i-" tT ^■. T ^^ — ' "T ■^ It -in I -- S H §§ a H O H es H X • •r I'- 7C i» Tl -H1-1-; o '0 Zi >. re X Tt -c *.* ;i U 7i 1 : vJ s *%. cTTicTx' "• T 3 X X — ru- ■^L r-T •iiO!itliuns\;of) r-< a i-H a; r- -r ■M ft ■M-T-r fi "i .i().[ «* m^ 1-* pdiojuH X i rH ?C -r :-7 i"-^ ?i ft S h •M CC X 1 ^ a ^ 1-- l" X X x" 6 ~ « -— TC t" 'f^ 00 iiSi irf a *lr |sii 5 ri" t-r .?■ 3b 23 O H en H OS *5 C 9i . 64 \'.\N<(M'VKI< ItOAIM) OK TIJADK MINING. I. CARIBOO. The l')Oar(l Ik indohtod to tlie conrtcHy of Jolin V>. Hobson, Esq., niaiiiiger of tlii' Horsefly mid Cariboo Hydraulic! MijU'H fur tlu- following co])y of a j)a|»('r ri-ad befori' th«! (ItMieral .Mining Association of (inebee, at .Sluntreal, in January, 189."): rilh AlKIFUKOrS CUAVKI.S oP HUrTrSM COM'MlirA. P.J' .Toll n B. Hobj-'on, of California, wlio appeared in support of the Laws to Regulate Hydraulic Mining in the State of California before the House Ooinniitlee on Mines and Miring, Washingion, D.C, March I8th, JK92. 'V\\v ainil'orous gravels of I>ritisli Coluiiibia, liko those of Central California, may he divided into two classe.s : first, the shallow oi' modern i)lacei's ; second, dee}) or ancient river placers. 'Phese terms indicate the characteristic difference that exists between the two classes of placers. SHALLOW Oi; MOOKKX I'LACKJiS. rp i->' » These j)lacers are sni)erficial deposits of anriferous gravel and allnvinm, formed hy the modern streams that drain an auiiferous region, and are desijiiiated hy river, bar, bench, gulch, creek or ravine digoiiiys, accordinooraphical })osition. '^riie jdac^ers of the laiodern rivers of (-alifornia are practically exhausted. Those of British Columbia are not by any means exhaiised. The shallow ])lacers known as l)ar, creek and gulch diggings, have been, so fai- as known, extensively worked siiice the Fraser River and Cariboo gold excitements about ISoT. The most accessible of the above-named jilacers have been pretty well worked out in the disti'icts I have examined. But the vast accumulations of auriferous gravel on the benches along the h^raser, (^uesnelle, JIoi'seHy and other modern streams examined are practically nnex])lored. These can be woi'ked by hydraulic j)rocess wln'revei' water can be secured and all other necessary conditions ai'e reasonablv favourable. pport of tlie >riiiii lu'fore ).C., Marcli '^riic deep pliKMM's ol" the modern strcniiis, tluit is to smv, the iiurifcrous o;iiiv('ls Iviii^' hclow the water level of the iiiodeni streams, lia\t' been \v..i'ked to some extent in the vicinity of Harkerville, l>nt immense areas remain to he exjdorcMl, and will in all prohahilitv he prolitahly woiked in the fnture hy aid of modern a|>])lianees. 'Idle deep modern ])la('eis can he I'xploited either hy shaft, and worked l»y what is known in California as the driftinji; process, or hy the hydraulic elevator process. In othei' words a shaft is suid< to hedi-ock, and the bottom stratum of auriferous <2;ravel is breasted out, hoisted to the sui'face, washe(l in ordinary sluices and the jjj(dd recovered. \Vhere\'er an abundant sup))ly of water can l)e obtained and delivert'd at the mine under sutiicient head or pressui'e, as it is called by California miners, the auriferous <;i'avids lyini; Ixdow drainage can be success- fully and i)rolitablv worked hy the hydraulic cleyator. TIIK UKKV l'L.\('I<:i;S OF THK AXCIKNT lliyKIIS. The deej> j)lacers of the ancient river system of the tertiary as seen in liritish Columbia, ai'e siir.ilai- in cnarac ter, but so far as [ have been able to dettrmii le fi ir more extensive an( I rid ler in their o-old tenui-e than those of the most favoured districts in(!entral California, here »j;ravel deposits which contain from three to live w dered ricn and cents i)er cubic yard in gold are consu yield as pi'olit from twenty to fifty per cent, of the gross output when worked by the hydraulic process. Water is abundant in all the districts I haye examined, and can be brought on to the deposits in shorter canals and at much less expense than is possible in California. Ill Californiii there are invested one hundred millions of dollars in hydraulic mining eiiter})rises, and prior to the inhibition of that industry, on account of damage done by debris to agricultural lands and nayigal>le streams, the annual product in gold amounted to about twelve millions of (Udlars, about one half of which resulted in profits. (Id VAN<'(HVKU HOAHI) OK THADI-: 'V\\v iimifcious (l('|t(>sits of (Ijilifoniiii rciiiiiiniii^r uiiwoikcd lire est iiimtcMl iit 2,1 OS, ST'), 0(10 ciihic vardc Tl K' ^ol(l tciiiiri' of these ^liivels viiiies from one to tliii'ty cents per ciiMe yard, and the total ^old content estimated at ahont .i!r)(M),0(io,00(».00 I have seen in British Cidnmhia. iiudnded in the Vahs Lillooet and Cai'ihoo districts, three times the area of auriferous deposits that are known to exist in the whole of the State of California. The British Columhia ^lavcds that 1 have examined, and that may he considerecl availahle for hydraulic working, yielde(l results \a)'vin^ fi'om one cent to $1.50 pel' cuhic yai'd, and as a whole average ricdier than any I have seen in ( 'alifornia. in some pro]»erties examined, I sami)led sticaks, some of whi(di were on hedrock and othiMs ir>0 feet ahove the hedrock, that yielded pi'osj»ects varying from .$2 to $80 per cuhic yard. W'e ha\-e no such ricdi deposits in ('alifornia. 'Phe exploitation and e(|uipment of hydraulic mines is ex[»ensive, and lar'e in su(di entei'i>rises. Competent en»i;ineei's should he emph)ye(l to investiti;ate the source of water supi>ly, determine the availahle oradicnt for sluices, dump for dehris and the erincunil>ent nuiss of pooi-er t(»p jrra\el increased the rt'sults decrt'ased, and the individual miner was forced to ahandon his efl'oit and (U'part for shallower and ri(dier tields. This was the condition of California in l.'*:'?. This is the condition of the aurifei'ous rej^'ions or Uiitish Columhia to-tlay — the shallow |»lacers exhausted — the deep placers unexitlored. N'ast areas of the best auiifer- ous eaith in the world awaiting' the ener<2,y of the pros[)ector to exjtlore and locate, ami the courage of ca[)ital to de\'elop and place on a hasis for o;old pioduc- tion. The j^iavel hanks or deposits of (l(d)ris and alluvium of the ancient rivers are the most favourahle form of dej)osit for the operation of hydraulic minin*::, owinu; to the e\-en distrihution of the ^old throu.i!;hout the mass of li'iavel and the jri-eat depth of material. As th irl th le early or j)nmeer miners exhausteil tlie ricii shallow places in the ravines and t;-ulclies, they tui'ued their attention to the dejtosits of the ancii'Ut riveis, work- \\\^ off their thin ed^es with the limite(l suj))»ly of water, hut sooner or latei' ahandone(l the atti'm|»t, as the anM)unt of the nuiterial whicdi they could remove in a day with a small (luantity of water, without |»i'essure, would m)t i)ay; tliev had. however, discovered two important facts, viz: That their want of success was nniiuK due to the want of \^ I (58 VA. id'VKW H<)AHI) OK THAI>K a lar^c sii])ply of water dolivercd uikUt pressure to enable them to remove lai'^e (|uaiitities of material. As before stated, minei's also diseovei'ed tbat as tbe ([uantity or volume of water employed was increased, as also the pressure un(b'r wbieli it left tbe delivery pipes, tbey aeeom])lislied better results, and tbat under favoi'able circumstances, «iiavel wbicb contained only a few cents per cubic yard could be made to ])ay bandsomely, and tiierefore evei'v effoi't was made to secun> tliesc conditions. Out of tbese efforts bas arisen tbe modern system of bvdraulic mininu- wbi(di 1 will briellv endeavour to ex pL iin. MYDUAILIC MIMNO Jlydraubc mininu; is accomplisbed by utilizing- tbe power of water, and I be gradient afforded by tbe fall or difference of level between tbe auriferous deposits and tbe (hnn})s into wbicb the debris resulting from tbe mining operations must be de})osited. '^Pbe power of tbe water depending on its volume and tbe bead or pressure under wbicb it can be delivered at tbe working lb)or of tbe bvdraulic excavation, it is tberefore most essential tbat tbe water ditch oi- canal should be at a high (devation above and as near as ])ossible to the deposit of gravel to be mine(L The tirst condition insures a gieat iiydrostatic j)iessure, and the second a reduction in tbe length and cost of tbe sheet iron or steel conveying pi})es. It has been demonstrati'd that one thousand miner's inches of water can be discharged under a bead or I)ressure of .'>()() feet through a six-inch no/.zle, with a velocity of about 140 feet pci' second, and in a vohime of al)out !,().")() pounds during ihe same period of lime. Su(di a volume of water, in the form of a jet uninterru])te(lly impinging uj)on a bank of auriferous eardi or gravel, having, as it does, about one-tenth of tbe velocity of a j)i'ojected cannon ball, must necessarily do gi'eat execution, and jiroduces the caving of an ordinary gravel bank without the aid of ex[)losive blasting. AXXrAr- HKPOHT, 60 The ^rcutei' the gradient i^ivcn to the conveying oi' niining sluices, the greater will l>e tlie duiv of the water employed to remove the auriferous material from the excavation to the dumps. The separated gold is caught hetween the riffles j)laeed in the mining sluiee hottoms, and held there ])y the use of mercury until it hecomes desii'ahle oi- neces- sary to recov(M' it theiefrom. When the anndgamated gold is (deaned up from the sluices, it is retorted to distil over and reco\er the murcury and the renuiining gold retort, as it is called, is melted into hars and sent to the mints for coinage. (lold-saving appliances, called under-currents, are now in general us(^ in California for recovering tine flour gold that could not he recovered in the ordinary riffled sluice. As it is proi)()se;ravel undei' different conditions. The standard of measurement varies slii>htly in different mining districts, hut the usual method of measuring- water now in use in Califoi-nia is to disidiarge the water tln'ough a four-incdi oj)enin<;- while the water in the measurinu- hox stands four inches ahove the top of the (lischar<]^e oi)enin*i; thus an openinjj^ 125 inches lono- and foui' incdies hioh will dis(diai'ire ')()() miner's inches, one inch heino- c(|ual to a dis(duirp;e of ahout •2.2.'>(> cuhic feet in 'lA houi's. As an illusti'ation of the advantage of estimatino- the value of a hank of -old per cuhic yaid, and (he ninuher of yards of o;i-avcl I'cmoved in '1-i hours ]ier incdi of water used, where the water was used under diffi'rent heads and the sluices under different iii'ades. see the annexed le workinu' of a tew we tahle showing- the results of tli mana_u'e(l hydraulic mines in California. Hy ii'fi'rence " the tahle, it will he seen that the mine yieldinii' the least amount of »;-old ])er cuhic vard i,nves the largest returns to its owners, for the reason, as the tahle shows, that the water was delivei'e(l at the mine under the ureatest head, and the sluices for runnin*,^ away the u'ravel have the heaviest ,Li;rade. It is t'vident that the value of the ^I'avel \)vv cuhic yard is not a lish the (h'sii'cd result. If ]Li;rade for sluices, dump for dehris, and a sutlicient (piantity of water are availahle, it is then woitli while to ascei'tain whether the gravel will |iay to wash, and under this head it will he easy to show. i»y r(>ference to manv operations on a large scale, that the cost of mining anil washing a cuhic yard t)f gi'avel may he hrought to exceedingly low hgures, hut it is almost im|iossil)le to ANM'AL HIOPOKT 11 :i"a(lc of the easurcMl by ^a-avol ai-'o water, it ail inch of avel under L'asurenient t the iisiiul foniia is to iiino- \vhih> dies ahove penin^^ 125 haru^e 500 -('harjjje of stration of k of <^ravel niiiiihor of 1 of water '^Mit heads I' annexed few well- 1 that the ■uhie yard I'oason, as the mine riinnint a ^ood I nts \)cv inch, so that the ditch owners can afford to work gravel on their own account that would not vield more than one or two cents j)er ciioic yard, considering!; otiier (conditions, such as LH'ade for sluices and dunij) foi' dehris heinu- reasonahlv favourable ■*" ^ *? ^ ■*" sufficient 1 while to nd under to many lin^^ and ni.i,dit to 'ssible to iJ. VANCOUVER BOAKI) OK TKADK t vi 03 CO (D 5j S r- O r- iJ TO t- o • ' --o ^>; 1— ( "^ CO 'M X ;5 CO I- 3i S S c =* o 5 £ c ■^ "2 ^ '-7 « 4) J: o ■ '• J3 OS — x: ■43.)j 111 aajtiA^ j(i ojuss.iJd jojiiapVii III >fiiug JO jilii!'>ll •SO'iOUI S. ,1.1111111 III p.)su 'aoiWA\ .'ijiiiiiiiifi "i^'-V ;r^ iTl 'A)!l"')0'i o.) stuiisnmjj, BpllA.IX ;0 r CO CO - = ^ 1—1 '^1 '" O T— I CM sS ^1 cr — '"' ■^^ " 1^ 1 - ^^ ^'' ^.'^ o •"o •' 1 1— t -i ! -3 I- ic X) O :),) ,i.i,)iH,[ -o.) a.ioin,f . ()\ in t •s n ANNTAI. UEI'OHT, 73 II. KOOTENAY. ACCOINT OK TirK MINI.VCi DISTRICT OF WKST KOOTKNAY (SOTTII) FOR ISi)."). Tn order to iiiiike an account of Kootenay for the year 1S95 intelligible it nuiy he advantageous shortly to outline its previous history. The wandering nuner and prospector found his way into the country nniny years ago, coining in hy way of the Colunihia Kiver. His sole ohject was placer gold. His enter})rise was scarcely rewarded, excei)t |)erhaj)s at I'urty-nine Oreek. Tradition tells of large winnings from the gravel of that creek, whicdi to-day is in the hands of a modern hydraulic comi)any. Tiie story (»f tlie Indians and trai)pers making bullets from the outcroj) of what is now the Blue IJell mine is tattered with much telling. It was not until within the hist decade that the gloomy fastnesses of the Slocan were penetrated and the ri(di veins of silver discovered. Nine \'ears ago (in ISSi;) the famous Silver King and its adjoining claim, the Kootenay Bonanza (now the pro[)erty of the Hall Mines Ltd.) were discovered. Public attention was verv slowly attracted to the district. 'I'iiis was owing largely to its inaccessibiliiy, and ten, even five, years ago the ])ros- pector could hainlly get in himself, much less could he induce the capitalist to follow him into those tei'rible mountain' null ui) unon wiiose ^id( amid eternal qiows and glaciers, jind in the very j)ath of avalamdie.^ le claimed to liave discovere') cents per ounce. The (juestion was one almost entirely of transport. While there were rich veins that would staiul the enormous cost of being hauled out to the distant smelters of the Tnited States, there were lai-ge deposits of lower grade ore that could not possibly be made to pay with so much handling. The solution of the difiiculty began as soon as its nature was understood. W^hile Mr. Corbin })ierced the country with his railway from the south, the (MMJ. made a j)ull in the other direction with the Xakusp it Slocan, which commenced work in the fall of bSU-i. Meanwhile the Columbia Iinister of Mines as ))!7S4,9('»5. Such was the condition of affairs at the beginning of 1895. A very few mines, not more than could be counted on the fingers of one hand ; several faii'ly developed prospects of great })roniise, and thousands of discoveries of mineral of all sorts in every direction, gold, silver, co])[)er, lead, in abundance everywhere, it was truthfully said of Kootenay that when its miners found it did not pay to dig out silver they went across the hill and dug out gold. With the advent of 189.") a new era commenced. Apart altogether fiom its material advance^ Kootenay may be said, during 1895, to have become known far and wide and to have attracted the attention of men whose notice was worth having. This became more and more evident as the year advanced by the number of people who visited the country both from the l/nited Stjifps and (treat l^ritain. Among the latter were Mr. J^co Norman, yiv. Hamilton Smith, Mr. .J. U. C'lemes and Lord Swansea, who although he did not actually come in to Kootenay visited British Columbia on Kootenay business and was only prevented from coming to Nelson by a mischance. His lordship's death shortly afterwards was felt by many who did not even know him, because it was understood that he took a great interest in and believed in the field which men were struggling to bring out. The American visitors of note were altogether too numerous to mention, but Mr. Sussnum, of the Kansas City Smelt- ing Company, and Mr. Heinze, of the Parrot Company, were two men whose visits meant smelting more than idle curiosity. It is an o})en secret that Mr. Sussman strongly urged his princii)als to come in and build smeJtei's, while Mr. Heinze has actuallv built the larire smelting plant at Trail Creek which will commence work ' '• 1 r>a 11( pu Til tiv !'U! ..tl col VCi thi^ ^prinj (189()). AN.M'AK KKI'OHT. T7 ill and dug The year opeiu'*! witii the blowing in of tlie I'ilot IJay smelter under the general nianagen it of Mr. A. H. Ilendryx. 'IMie plant fic.ni first to las: including the purchase of the Ulue lU'll mine, cost aboi t .$7r)( ),()()(). At Pilot Bay the buildings consist of a 2()()-ton concentrator, live large roasting furnaces and a lOO-ton water-jacket I'nrnace with the usual assay and sampling offices and other adjuncts of a smelting plant. \\'orl< was actually comnuMiced on 0th March, iSllo, and ujt to the end of the year .'],2"2() tons of silver lead bullion have been sent to the refinery at Auroi-a, Illinois. 'Die valut' of a .u'dter to its district may be gauged liy the following Hgur< : Sl'KNT I)UKlN(i TUIO YKAIt ISO.'). On labour ... .tl7(),tM)0 On supplier So, ()()() Freight 02,o()0 Duty 7(»,0()() ai w 'i'lie establishment of the smelter le(l to increased tivity at Ainswortb, which is opposite I'i'ot \^i\y on the :est shore of the I-ake. The famous Number One mine as leased to some Xova Scotian j)eople who began at once to put out ore, but the amount shi[)[)ed from tliis mine has been disai)i)()inting. J. ate in the summer the Skyline, a mine a mile or so higher u[» than Number One, was opened u[) and has been j)utting out some oOO tons a month ever since. Tlie material from these two mines is known as drv ore, that is to say it has little or no lead witli it. The Black Diamond, Little IMiil, Mile Point, and Highland have also shipped ore mostly to the Pilot Bay smelter, which purchased during the yeai' 2,o(K) tons of tlie value of .1150,404. lOarly in the summer it became known that tl Kaslo Railway was really to be built and sjiortly after- wards >ressrs. l'\)ley Bros. & (Juthrie, tlie well-known conti'actors of St. Paul, took the matter in hand and pushed it through. The line was open for traffic in the fall, and is bringing down ore at the rate of about l.lO tons a day. A tempoi-ary stop[)age occuri'ed during De- le 78 VANCorVKK IJOAHI) uF TKADK CH'iiibi'r, owiii^ to till' unusually licavy snow full. The line follows the main fork of Kaslo Creek uj) to Bear Lake, whieli is situated on tlie divide Ix'tweeii the Kootenayand KSlocan i^ake watersheds. Thenee it eontinues almost on a level to Sandon, on the South Fork of ('ai'i)enter ('reek. From Sandon, an extension I'uns to Cody, some two miles further on. Nearly all the Sloean mines are thus trihu- tary to it. 'Phe rival line, the Xakusj) iV: Sloean, which was hrou^ht in lSi>4 to Three Forks, found iu-elf virtually eut out of all the trallie. It wab therefoi'e e.xtended to Sandon, at whieli ])oint mine owners have theii- ehoiee of either route. The railway extension has flattened out Three Forks and the centre of i)oi)ulation has moved on to Sandon, which has suddeidy . (J. Iron Works Co., of Vancouver, and it has been eminently successful. The concentrator turns out about 20 tons of concentrates, re})resenting KM) tons of ore, a day. These concentrates are worth .flOO a ton. Both the Idaho and the Alamo have paid dividends dur- ing the year ; the Idaho has paid .$34,5()() and the Alamo $35,000." At the Slocan Star a large concentrator has been built, and another also at the Washington. The Slocan Star paid a dividend of 10 per cent, in August, amounting to $50,000. During the fall and uj) to the end of December, 1S05, the Slocan shi[)ped 4,000 tons of ore; 2,500 tons via Nakusp and 1,500 tons via Kaslo. This must not be taken as any criterion of the season's work, because shi})nients did not begin until very late owing to the absence of snow, which is necessary to make the trails good for sleighs and raw- IIK .III lar '- ' Spi pa iul ANNr.M, KKI'OK' 77 il)(>V(' it, l>v ciniountniii: liKlmtr. Duriiiir -'{iiHiiiTV over 1,200 tmis have ijfoiu' out, .1 f 111(1 troll) now on un til yu tlio siii|iiiu'iits will l»e wvy iiriri' Although no new discoveries o|' any importance were iiia( le (lu ring tl le vear m the SI oeaii proper, very rich (iiids were made in the rcirion to the south of it in the SOI iKis were maae in me district draine(l by the Ten-mile, Twelve-mile and Springer Creeks, all of which (low into the south-eastern part of Slocan Lake, and (Ui Lemon Creek, whicdi empties into the Slocan River a few miles after it leaves the lake. Mention has already been made of the {'"isher Maiden and otiier discoveries south of Silverton, and these later lies are due to the luiergies of j)ros|)ector: wli o |»ushed still farther south, it is yet too early to speak with contidence of the nature of the new linds, Ix'yond saying that they are dry ores carrying large (luantities of native silver and also assaying away up into the hundreds of dollars in gold. The country is dillicult of access, the claims lying mostly some sevi'ii or eight miles from the lake and high up on the divides between the creeks. The hills are very rough and densely bushed. In spite i)'! this many men were in the field in the fall and the town of Slocan City situated at the foot of the lake began a little boom which mav mature this vear. Amoiiii those ho visiti'd these (daii ind ac(|uir(Ml interests was Mr. R. C. Campbell-.b)linston, the well-known mining engineer, of N'ancouver. ^^r. .lolin A. {''inch has bonded two of the claims, the Arlington and liurlington, for •toOjOOO, j)aying s|ek Hows into the Columbia River some Hfteen miles below Xakus[) from the eastwanl. I'^rom discoveries made here in 1804 a good deal of dev(dopment as looked for this year, but has not taken place. The w claims are a lontr wav in from the rivei whicii may 8U V.\\('()l\KI{ MOAIM) dl" I'KADK uccouiit for this, and owiicis iirc Siiii^uiiH' as t(t the vjiluc of tlit'ir in'opcrtics. discoveries were made at several j)oiiits on the lower Arrow liUke, and valuable specimens i>rougl»t in, but it was late in the autumn when tliis took place and nothing furtber was done. W'bile the Slocan and the rest of Kootenay lias made wbat nniy be called an ordinary advance, tlie jiTeat Tiail (/'reek Camp lias jumped suddenly into a prominence that lias attractecl mining- men from all oxer the world. Tbe War l^a^l(> (daim was oidy ac(|uii'ed by its present pro])rietors late in iNild, and it nniy be said to have coni- inencer>. About the same time the Le lioi was also put into <;()od working- order. At tliat time only some 1,200 tons bad been sbipjx'd from Trail. Durinjij IS*,).") 2o,400 tons went out, In tl le ame 'liod Uossland jrrew from a villatre witb half-a-dozen houses to a town of .'),000 inhabitants, with waterw(U'ks and electric li^ht. At the mouth of Trail (Jreek on the ('(dumbia IJiver the end of the vear saw a h Trail ir^-e smelter all but completed with tin new town of spi'cad out at its feet. Tl le ore is dil broULfbt down by waj>^ons in the summer and l)y sleighs in the winter, a mode of conveyance wbi(di ne(;essarily curtails tlie output, but a tramway is now under construction for the transport of the mineral from the mines to the sniidter. IJotii tlii' Canadian l*acitic {{ailway and the Nelson tt l"'ort Slie[)])ard IJailway have routes surveyed for I'ailroads into this busy cam[). The former has laid out a route to Robson while the latter intends to ])ull the other wav and has a line surveved, wliicdi under the luin le of the Ked Mountain iJailwav, poes acr tl le International line to the south and joins the Sp 'kane line at North j)ort. The War I*]aolc Com})any is awaiting' something' delinite in tlu' way of railway construction befoi'c erectini!,' a smelter foi' its own use. These com- ])anies ai'c almost entirely owned in Si)okane, and the tendency of their owners is naturally to make them as beneficial to that city as possible. American ('a[)ital has found ^ood reason already for ei'ectinj;' the smelter at Trail Creek, and if the B.C. Southern is built durinj»; 181)() (of wlii(di there appears to be some probability). to llic value ' iit s('\'('riil ' S|K'('iMl('llS 'II this took luis made gi'oat Trail [)roiniii('iU'(' the world. its |H'('S(Mlt ' lia\(' coiii- *.>•'). About o(l woi'kiuu' had hcen < went out. illa^c with tauts, with 1 of Tniil ^'oai- saw a w town of 11 hroufht i:hs in till' ly curtails ruction for nes to the V and the ; survevod 1' has laid to ))ull the under the i('r< > Si tl le ane s awaitina- nstruetioii liese coni- md tl le ' them as apital has ^nielter at ilt during- >l)al)ility), i ANNIWI, KKI'OHT. SI the ad\anta<;e of (diea|> coke hcin^' hrou^ht from tlu ( 'I'OW s Nt-st I ass won Id t uin the i)alaiice entiiiMV m favour of British Columhia. Durin/j; the year no less than 1/.U)7 (daims have heen recoi'ded in the llossland Cam]), whi(di, if they were all of the full size allowed hy law, would cover o\'er KiO Dui'ini'' the sunnner the existence of (|uare miles. valuahle mineral, extending over a very larjjfc area, h certainly heen proved. as In the immediate neinjhhouihood of Ivossland, the whole of the Ivcd Mountain has heen found to he highly mineralized. On its lower benches are the W'ai' F.agle, Le Ivoi, Xicdscl IMate, Centre Star and .losie, while on its summit are the Mountain \'iew, St. lOlmo, ConsolidatiMl St. J'ilmo and Cliff. The latter has lately commenced shij)j)ing. To the east of the Ivcd Mountain is the Monte Ci'isto Hill with the celebrated (daims of that name, and the iron Horse, while further to the east again on the ('olumbia Hill are the ('olumbia and Kootenav cdaims, under heavv bond to Duluth cai»italist> To tl le so uth of the town is the Homestake recentlv bonded to a \' iincouvei' svm licat( w hile still farthei south are the Lily Mav and Zilor. To the west ai'e the O.K. and V t J.X.L., two claims with I'ich free milling gold (juartz. While ore of nearly every kind is found within the limits of the camj) the typical kind is undoubtedly that produced by the Le Roi and War ICagle. This is a })yritic iron carrying gold and copper. The gold is from two ounces per ton u}) to iive or six ounces, and the copper varies from three to tive per cent. The latest values as declared to Her Majesty's Customs ai'c : M<: KOI. Gold m '1 ounces. ver Copper •') }>er cent. Total value per ton )f!4()..S0. «2 VANCorVKH MOAIU) OK THADK WAi; KA ounce xvv c ^''' o pel' cent. '\\)\<\\ value j)er ton $57.40. For the sake of coinpai'isou a table is submitted, showing- the ([uantitatix e analysis of ores from the princijtal shi])]»in^^ mines in the Sloean : M I N !•: LKAI), sn.VKu I'Ki; CKNT. (oiNCKS). man Dead Xoble I'^ive. Black Vox . Last Chance R. E. Lee. .. Goodenou^h \\ ishmo'ton Xortliern P.elh W'liitewater . . . 20 • ).> :^o !)■) O.) i;o 70 ■20 ]\rountain Chief (Payne) 40 Sloean Star Hutli Lu(d (10 100 120 100 100 120 2(;r, 700 120 so 100 100 112 70 AI'l'UOX. VAMK. •t 71 00 m 30 104 00 s;] 00 120 :}() ISl 25 404 00 114 00 04 00 00 50 00 01 25 115 SO 51 50 / I *<-\ s;!0 bao-s (»f this hioh li-radi' or e wei'e sliipjied. Omitting' the exceptionally I'ich stuff from the (Jood- enou^-h. these retui'us oive an averai;-e value of n(>ai'lv .$102.00 p(M- ton to the Sloean ore. As the two ,art of the veai' paid its sharcdioldei's the sum of .$: !2,000.00. \vhi(di repi'csentcil its cost pi'ice together with all improvements u|i to that A.VM'AL KEI'OKT. Ki :>unces. 1' cent. i^uhiiiitted, from the AlM'ltOX. VAM'K. $ 71 00 m 30 104 00 s;j 00 12(1 :5o 181 2r) 404 00 114 00 04 00 77 00 -SO 00 in 25 iir, so ■SI "0 ped. le (Jood- >t' nearly ' the oiT of \(M'y Id, have nl tlici'c in (licir paid its esentcd to that time. It paid hack to them every cent they had j)ut into it. Since then it lias paid them $100,000 more in dividends, hesides ])ayin<:; for a »:;reat deal of development work and [)uttin|i2; in lar»i;e air compressing; and other iiKudiinery. 'i'he Le IJoi is a nuich more expensive mine to work than its nei<:;hhour, and rec{uired a jjjreater initial fxi)ense, ])nt it ])aid a dividend of live cents ])er share, aiiiountin<;- to .$2r),000 in SeptenToer last, and has since paid (1st Fel)ruary, ISOO,) another of .^.lO.OOO. \\^)rk is hein^- jaished ahead on at least twenty claims and shipments from this camp durino; the year should l)e very larfi;e. Discoveries of ore similar to that ohtaine(l at Ross- land have l)een made on Champion and iJear Creeks, whicdi flow into the Columhia on the opposite side to Ti'ail Creek and a little hi_u,'her uj). Xo work has heeii done there yet. l'\)llowino; the same trend, throno-h the very roughest country, we come to the hasin of the Salmon River, whi(di emjities into the Rend d'Oreille. On the North l"'ork and on Shee[) Creek, another fork comiii!;- in from the east, valuahle prospects have heen rcporte(l, The line of the X(4son i^ Fort Sheppard Ivailway runs uj» the main hranch of the Salmon, and a wa^on road will prohahly he huilt in to Sheep Creek during ISOC). The whole of the country lyiui;- in the hlock hounded l)y the Kootenay River on the iKU'th.the Columhia tui the west and the Rend d'Oreille on the south, ap[)cars to he hiirhlv niineralize(l, and culminates in tl le u'l'oup o f hills surrounding- 'i'oad Mountain, on wlTudi ihe Silver Kin^- is situati'd. On I'^orty-Xiiie Ci'eek, which llo northward from this ran])earance in the teller's hox. The up[)er part of the Poorman vein is worked out, and the owners are now sinkini:,' in order to taj) it at a lower level. l)(>tween lOao-lc Creek and I''orty-Xine Creek, and on the hills ahove tluMii, where they have theii' soui'ces, there are many claims ]uivinlace in the summer and active measures at once commenced. The building of a snudter was commenced under the cduirge of an experienced num. A wire ti'amwav was bui' from the mine to the smeitci lt( This tramway, which ' the hirgest of its kind in the world, is four and a hai. miles long. Its upper end is 4,100 feet al>ove the smcltiM' site, and was designed to transj)oi't ten tons of ore pci' hour. The smelter was linishcd by the end of the year, and was blown in during the liist week of .January, iSOt). Its capacity was intended to be 100 tons per day, but it was found capable of dealing with about llo. It is an ordinary watei'- jacket furmice, and concentrates the ore now being used in the })ro])ortion of 10 to 1 , ])roducing a matte containing .'500 ounces of silver, 48 ])er cent of co[)per and about ll'i in gold to the ton. The shares in the Hall Mines Company, whi(4i had been diHicult of sah^ at $"J.2o to .$'2.40, rose at once and were unobtainable at $.'>. The town of Nelson has grown fiom a xillagi' to a ])lace of some importance, though it is still second in size to L{ossland. Its cential position, its banks and its Court House make it the capital of the counti'y. Recognizing this, wholesale iii-ms from the Coast, froni W inni]teg and fi'om Sp(d>;ane have e dabl ISlKM Itl ai cl lemselv ANMAI- HKroKT. 85 III, a rid) i.'^ |»rivate x'ps a tcii- 3 familiar ■'c is ofti'ii liaiidsouie K)x. The t, and tlie t a lower 1<, and on ■ soiii-ces, niillinji: V the l)ost •cahlc foi- diange of d active it smelter )ei'ienced ne to the its kind Its upper designed smelter ilown in icity was <'apal)le V wate I'- ll, i; used ntainiiii;- nut $12 Mines $2. •-!.■■) to ii.uc to a seeond iks and 'ountrv. st, froiii mseh'cs liei'c ; every store ami every dwdlin*!' house is oetmi and new l»uildinu-s are goin.^ up as fast as lumher eai ohtained to build them. In August Nelson was ereated a Dominion po cntrv, with outjtorts at Kaslo. Uosslaml, W'aneta Uvkerts. I'leviously these i)laces, together with N(>1 liad been outjjorts of New Westminster. The ret for the last tive months of the year convey some ,»f the amount of trade handled in West Kootenay. )ied, II be rt of and Ison, urns idea TAIU.K Sn()WIN(i crsTOMS UKTl'ltN'S AT Till': I'OKT OF NKLSON KOK TIIK FIVK MO.NTIIS AlO.-DKi IMI'OKTS. isit: Dutiable (ioods .$201,242 Free 995,1 (i ^:VM). I .) s ItKVKNTK Dut V am 1 other Uevenue KXI'OItTS. Prodnee of Mine l'\)rest . Animah M inufaetures, $ SS,.')."")! .$72S,191 2ir. 15,221 r>,212 llevelstoke still remains an out] tport of New West. minster and eonsecpumtly this return takes no eognisanee of the enormous mass of freight that comes into the countrs- bv that route, noi' tM> tons of a value at least of $2r)(),0()0. which brings the exi>orts of Kootenay for the latter half of IS*.!,") close U])on the sum of one million dollars. The following table gives an idea of the amount of ;i1 wo rk done during 1.S9.") S({ VA.\( (»r . Ki" !i( ,HI) OK THADK MININd r.KCOUDS FOli W KST KOOTEXAY (sOITH) FOR 1S95. DIVISION, son Ivosslaiid inswoi'Tli th ocan SI Xakusji NKW CLAIMS ASSKSSMKNTS HKCOKDKD. I, 'Ml 410 •210 |{KCORI)KI>. 110 21 .) oO.) 500 25 .()5() 1,211 the Kccorder at CJoat W (Owiiiii; to tlio illness of tiio Kccorder at iioat Kiver the ictunis from tliat division are not yet available). TAl'.I,!': SIl()\\I.\(i AMorXT OI" OKI': MINKI), IX TOXS, iSOo, Xelson 1,S71 Ainsworth 2,827 Trail Creek (oold ore) 28,;}r,l Hloean ' 0,204 IMue iU'O Mine 41,70)7 7S,500 (,'r.Ai;ij:s St. liAKi'.K, Nelson, n.C, Fel)., jSDO. WEST KOOTENAY. V )res exj)orttMl year end iii<^ .June oOtli. 1,S!)5, lS,();;s ton's valued at $1,401,811 |iKS( HIPTION OI' OKKS SMiri'KI) I'Uo.M WKST KOOTKNAV I'OR SIX MOXTIIS KXI)IX(i olsT DKC, 1S95. ■ ) (iold Sil value ver Lead ('oDper .tO();;.oni 585,005 IS 1,022 5:;.00)2 .tl,875,:]tMj {•'roni Pilot Uay smelter, hullion esti- iiiate(' 200,000 (Irand t(.tai !lS*.)5. West Kooteiiay .'{!2,2<)0,()()0 East " " 100,1100 Cariboo and I.illooct :5r)0,000 ReiuaiiKU'r of the province ^O.OOO 'Potal value $2,700,000 The above li^nres have been obtained from the most reliable source s and may be taken as aj>j)roximately coi'reet. The construction of a further line of railway the Columbia Western, from Ti-ail throu ■ S. v!. Robins, I^scj.) Total output for .l>iitish C()lui;;.;ia for the yeai' ending- :Ust December, iSOf) V,:V,),{\:y\ ,S-20 tons. Total amount exi)orted 7n(\;A:V.] l()-20 '' Local Sales (including dross us^d as fuel bv eolliei'ies) 1SS..",10 " P>alance on liand :]\M December, 1S04. .;JS,r)70 1-20 " IJalanee (»n hand.'Ust Deceuiber, ISO."). .;};5,,V)0 i;5.20 " The (Ttal productions of the collieries of X'ancouvei' Island culminated in ISOl when the outj'Ut reacdied 1,020,027 tons, failino- to S2(),:):)r) tons in 1S02, increasiufr t(. 07.S,2!M tons in ISO!!, and to ! ,0] 2,0");', t; the pas; iive years, whilst foi the pi'evious seviii- teen vears (1^/4 to l^'JO) there was a gi'adu.il ii^crease from SljOOO tons in 1S74 to ()7S,1I0 tons in ISOO. 88 VANCorVKH HOAKI) OF' TKADK 'I'lic iihovc {i<;Tir('s not only record the output of tlie collieiies hut area fair measure of the growth ofeonsunip- tion in San I'^raneiseo and Southern California ports, whieh may he said to e(nnprise the coal market of the Xorthern Pacilic. Tlie N'ancouver Island Collieries supplied in 1S*,)4 forty-two per cent, of the total consumjttion in the Cali- foinia market, which may he taken as a fair average for the last twenty vears. 1' 'om now onwards, owini;' to tl le im|)ortation of Welsh anthracite coal, the \'ancou\t'r Island mines uri not likely tf) hold so [)rominent a [)ositi()n in the Cali- fornia market, and it will follow as a matter of course (there hein*;" hut a limited nuirket in B.C. for home pro- duct) that the coal minin*;- industry will renniin at a standstill until new markets are opened up, or there he decreased deportations from (Jreat Britain and Australia, owin^- to a hardening of freights inwards uv an advance of rates at the ahove export centres. This market outlook has had its effect in checking development of the coal areas of \^ancouver Island and (^ueen Charlotte Islands. The three coal com[»anies, the New Vancouver Coal Company, Messrs. R. I)unsmuir iSc Sons and the Cnion Coal Company, are all carrying on tlevelopments to keep pace with mai'ket i'((|uii('ments. The New \'aiicou\'ei' Coal Co. are making a minute examination of their Ilarewood Instate to the west and south of Xanaimo, where large ai'eas of coal are known to exist, hut where little exploratory work has hitherto heen carried out. The Wellingion Colliciy Co. have heen recently opening up a new district near |)ei>arture Way as well as extending their works to the south-west towards Mount lienson. The Cnion Collieiy Co. have recently coin[)leted a new shaft at Comox and are o])euing out their works in two of the seams ])iei'ced in the sinking. This company also owns the Alexandria Mini' on the K. <^^ X. Ivailwav, X' ail an thi se cnl SHI A.NMAI. HKl'OUT, 89 Hit of the consuinj)- nia ports, et of the in ],Si)4 till' Ciili- for latiou of lilies aro tlic Cali- jf course nnv ])ro- aiii at a there he usti'alia, ;i keep minute 'st and known itherto where sh>i>(' sinking is now going forward. Tliey are also sinking a slope near Xanainio Uiver. south of the New N'aneouver Coal (,'oin])any's Harewood I'^statc, where an cxfcllent seam of coal has recently heen found. Sonic work has heen done at an outcrop of coal on wliat is known as the Jordan Instate, lying to the West of, ami adjaci'iit to the \\'(dlington Instate. The coal area at this place is nceessarily liniite*!, hut the (piality of the seam is excellent, and consi(h'rahle expense lias heen in- cuiTcd in huihling a tramway t;) Xanoosi' liay where shipments have already heen made for the local mai'kets. in (^ueeii Charlotte Islands, where for many years past surface explorations have heen made hy V'^ictoria capitalists who own a large tract of land in the eentre of (iraham Island, coal has heen found at sevei'al points, and di'ifts liavi' heen diMven during last summer in two oi' three localities wliicdi. it is understood, pi'ovcd seams of cxcelli'iit coal of workahle thi(di'ohahle that any active ()[>erations will l)e undertaken, hut on the lirst indication of inipro\'ement it is prol)ahle energetic measures will he taken to develop hotli the liituniinous and anthracite seams found on this Island. ->oC-^ '1 'cently veil as ■Mount eted a I'ks in npany ilway. \ Is I, 90 VA\(<)rVKl{ IJOAKI) OK TKADK AG}aiCULTURE. 'riic a»2;i'iciiltural interests of tlie province, during the vear iSDo, suffered coiisidei'aliK' owiiiti' to the h »\v jUMces ohtaiiiaole lor iieaiiy all laini proi luce, and also li'oni tlie scarcity of ready casli ainoii^' the fai'iners, in numerous cases the inahility to linance the products of the farm causing ser'.ous h)ss to the |)ro(hicer. It is, how- ever, satisfactory to notice that steps are heing taken in s(!veral h)calities tending towards co-operation among farmei's. 'IMiis will j)rove lai'gely instrumental in assist- ing them to secure for themselves a greater share of the advantages of the home markets, as lu'retof(U'e they have Ix'cn entiridy at the mercy of middle-men, who have heen large im]>oi'ters of American produce, one of the most plausihle I'easons given hy produce men for their large foreign imitortations heing that they cannot dejiend on either the grade or tlu' uniformity of jiome productions, and proximation to the t )tal acreage of agricultural lands owned and cultivated iii the r rovmce durinu- tl le VANCOlVKIi ISLAND. ACUKS. Ount'd 2;5;i,ooo Cultiviited 19,000 year 1S9- i.dw i:i! MAINI.AMJ. ACKION 204,000 4;{,000 ri'i'HMi .MArN'I,ANI). ACKKS. 720,000 49,000 TOTAL. ACKKS. 1,247,000 1 1 1 ,000 During last year a eonsiderahle (juantity <»f farm land, principally on the Mainland, passed from the Crown to the settler, so that the (lovernment re[)ort for the year 1S!I5 (not yet issued) will show an increase over theabove figures, notwithstiiiiding whitdi the actual acr(>age under cultivation and yielding returns \o the owners last year was small, and certainly smaller than the figures that will appear in the (Jovernment re})ort. In this connection attention may be drawn to the fact that allowance should be made for the methods emi)loyed by the Department of Agriculture at Victoria in the collection of their data, which are as yet crude and im{)erfect ; however, when one considers how the small white population of the Province is scattered throughout the different districts, and the ditticulties of communica- tion, the De})artment is to be commended for the volume of useful and fairly reliable information issued annually. The acreage under cultivation in the Trovince last year may be estimated not to exceed 130, 000 acres, from which it will be seen that the proportion of cultivated land to the total amount of arable land owned by indivi- duals is very small, while the proportion of cultivated lands to the whole agricultural area of the Province is again much smaller. At pres(Mit the imports of agricul- tui'al })roducts are, in round ligures, about .t2,r)00,000.00 yearly. On these facts some ha\'e argued that as the areas of cultivated lands increase that the existing present advantages of an im[)()rting home market will gi'adually disapj)eai', and as the sui)plies furnished within the Province grow to meet ' the demand, that |)rices will fall to nothing. To this it may be answered that, on the contrary, all agricultural interests will im])rove by virtue of a genei'al M W2 \A\(0(\ i;|{ l!(»AI{l» OK 'IHAKI': adoption of Itcttci' and more sciciitilic nictlnxls of faniiinj;', as also liy inaiiniiiatin^- tIir(iui:,liout llic riii'al districts siudi industries as crcanici'U's, (diccsc I'actoi'ics, fruit |)a(dhysical training, education, etc., could only lie tiri \' (•\| Ihl tUil ANNiAi. iii;i'(»in', 08 he ( ■^l )('C ted t () |)rovo so iHuny hand leaps, were aiiionj;' tlio I lirst to locale and scenic lar^^c liaets of land in this l*ro- \incc. Xotwitlistandin^' the l'av>;, a lar^c |)ereenta of the a^-ricultnr.d districts and stock raisin,*;' valleys of the l*ro\ince without bein^ able to obtain a pint of fresh milk or seein4 $2,422,374 Duty paid 213,280 $2,635,r)(U) For the same period ending 3()th June, 1893. . 2,630,217 increase $ 5,443 This increase apj)ears altogether in the amount of duty paid, showing that either there was a larger quan- tity of j)roducts im[)orted from foreign ports, or that a large (quantity renniining in bond from the previous year paid duty during the last fiscal year ; probably both causes contributed to the increase. The figures are: Dutv paid to June, 1894 .$ 213,283 2,005,435 lbs. Increase 325,250 lbs. This increase is almost entirely from foreign ports, that from the other Provinces being only about 2,000 lbs. Cheese, 1894 389,031 lbs. 1893 340,749 lbs. Increase 42,882 lbs. This increase is entirely from foreign ports, the im- ports from the other Provinces having decreased. Bacon, hams and lard, 1894 2,732,433 lbs. " 1893 3,370,129 lbs. Decrease 037,090 lbs. This decrease occurs altogether in the imports from the other Provinces, the imports from foreign ports show- ing an increase. VANCOUVER KOAKI) OF TKADK Cattle, l.SiM '2,l(tr, hetul. (( l.S<»3 ,),.) ()1 Decrease lA'^h head. This item stands in the same i)Ositiun as the last SI leep, poc 1804. 42,7:J5 head. 189: o 4,8(;( \ (( Increase 8,(17.") head. This increase is altogether from foreign i)orts, the imports from the other Provinces having decreased. -♦<- AwrAr- HKroHT. m Exports from British Columbia to Countries outside of Canada of products of Agriculture and its branches for the three years ending 30th June, 1894. 2:i| 4 1 15 > 2,".I.V> 200 10 8,.5«)» 4!l,;i83 (■>.■).■> 7 1 "2,343 02.". 214 > LiVK Sto( k: — Horses licml Horned cattle.. ' Swine " :il f 4, 70.'. F S,7H1 ,-.;il 11.'. r 16,2:k) 3.". Poultry it other animals . " :^) Mkats, Ktc. I'oultry Hides, horses, and skins [not fur . ! 1 1 70 597 . 24H. 10 1h:{. 4o:{ 425 1 1 97. 72,27tl . r^. ... 1 ;(.■>.!•!»."> Baron tt)s Beef Hams " M l,il-4(- :i,8i;{ ito 3<.I3 .-.1 M Mutton " KM W. 16 I'ork " 4S :«iO :i:t Sheeji jielts . No Wool. ttis » ■JOA 11 O.V) 7;^'i 18,.")(M'> 1, 110 493 ! 323 21,f.l3 r,4 l.'.,833 ' 1 1,702 2 4,.'.f.t) CiR.\IN, SEKI).«i. iVC, Hke.vdsti'kks ani l'KOLH(T8 OF Bran rwt Barlev .. . Imsh 1 1 1,087 "27i 1 1 •J (■.48 . m 449 1 Jieans " 14.". '.too 10. io.-> 7-«t m ' ' "8.' Oats " •) Peas, split ... Wheat " 2 4'>0 7,86i lO.Ww 3 4,!H)> Wt. 30 3 35 21,279 48 lOcwt. H 18 Flour hbls Biscuits iV bread tt)s 4 •J i 1" •_'■'> 1 21 .'.•4") 173 ti6 Oatmeal bbls l'>. 32 h.') 2.'> . 4.'>. IK 7<».". 1. All other meal. " Frlits a- Vegetables Apjiles, green bbls Fruits, canned. . . tt)Si (11 2<).") :l.l8i . 3. 172 1,001 --) 1,177 !t2('. 3!t8 6 472 0,:{Ol Other fruit .. .. " Potatoes b\ish All other vegeial)leK Dairy Prodii th. Butter lti> Cheese ' KcitiH do? :i 7 H 4 .") .">«i7 2,984 21 If.lH .;,ji ii 44( 1,472 1 7 .">07 ,m 2,24( '.Hi- ! 3,320 I 4,fi.V) I '.•84 (;<»5 11 Hay tonf !, •.'.'>4 •_ .701 lot) t>: ,')8,2(i!t 1 82,0 1'.t 98 VANCOl'VKR HOAHI) OK TRADE Imports into British Columbia from other Countries and Prov be produced in the Province, for LIVK ST( (CK - Homed Cattle, Iloises, X Sheep, (1 Swine, MKATS,ifcC «* II All other, -Haooii and hams Lard, Bacon, hams and lard Hecf (fresh or salt) Beef and mutton, Mutton, Year ending. SOth June, 18W. i iQiiant'y. Value. IMity. I Other Countries, head! I'rovinees, " ' Countries, " I I'rovinees, " i Countries, Provinces. ' Countries, tt)8. \ I'rovinees. head Countries, ftiB. (JRAIN, Skkos, Etc., Bread- STl'FKS and Pkou'cts OF— I'ork, Poultry, i< Canned and other, Tallow, l Biscuit. Buckwheat meal, C^ornmeiil, Oatmeal, Kye (lour. Wheat flour, " " and meal of all kinds, Bran and mill feed, • • II Otlier hreailstuffs, Barley, II Beans, Indian corn, Buckwheat, Oats, 11 Peas, Hye, Wheat, Flaxseed, Beet, carrot, turnip, etc. Other. Provinces, Cinnitries, Provinces, Countries, " Provinces, " Countries, " Provinces •' Countries, •' Provinces, '• Countries, Other Countries, bhls. tf)B. bhls. Provinces. Countries I'rovinees. Countries. 14 Provinces, (;ountries, ItlS. I. Iiush. FlU'IT AND Vkue- TABI.ES Apples, dried, " and other, dried Plums anil Prunes, Provinces, Ciuintries, Provinces, Countries. Provinces, Countries, tt)S. 1,20:{» 3.062 .")20 •137 44,.V>1 471 10,42<.t 2,6!tl :M'J,'500 i')",t>:« 2,!t<>t,000 i:{j,.5<.ii 7:12,(XX) 1(),7% Includ'd (1«,«00 2(),IKX) if)H,0(Xt .')l(i,2"i() .')(),627 222,370 ;«t,;i2K I 7i« ' Ut5 1 20,r)(J2 55,870 4,798,000 "i,502 !»,7r>0 »i,810 5,730 11 21,054 224,072 434 168 28,184 5<»,it:W 102 91,975 240,(HK) 1. ".0,1 48 30,141 t 91,860 ■22,351 27.094 97,688 1,177 592 26,910 6,518 38,407 14,.339 340,8»M) 8,'>80 51,240 767 With 6,0.59 2,0W) 4,it95 16,8(X) 51,.V)4 ■2,l'A 9,880 1,047 2,it90 12,934 524 92,793 307,285 :«,ooi 31,187 1.5,412 !I26 3;?,904 9,467 4,:«3 19 9,906 78,6;« .580 1.52 22,736 47,iMti 177 228 7,708 9,(M2 :«) 4,47(i 20 •29,:H0ti 40 208 .58 1,303 (iO 9,980 91 4,3t«> ;« 592 74 )m 88 beef. 186 00 934 19 n,,599 14 .VMl 27 2,rm 60 75 75 319 93 1,996 43 ,52 25 14,648 :M 6,866 30 3,'68() 20 225 .;5 1,017 17 429 71 1 10 :150 80 '46 00 16 85 3,440 49 ' 16 23 Free. 920 75 6,3.53 1,826 51 19.200 8,iHllj 1,405 60 ANNUAL KKIMHtT. m and Prov 'rovince, for inces of such products of Agriculture and its branches as can three years ending 30th June, 1894. ;tOtli June, 1892. Iiie. Duty. (0,141 1 !t,042 M »l,Kt)0 '2,:{5l 4,470 20 ".(MM 7,f>«« 29,;{0»i 40 1,177 • )!»2 208 .^S (i.ino 6,618 i,30;< m «,407 !>,9»0 91 4,:tt!l 4,at^i 35 O.HCO «,')H(I 592 74 1,2 JO 7(17 823 88 th beef. i,0.") 3,440 49 iMti 177 10 23 22« Free. YearendiiiKWtli Juue, 1893. 708 920 75 tiuiiiitity. 72 3,489 634 212 29,931 4,<»29 5,188 2,680 •269,473 3,064,000 286,391 :(;l»i,(K)0 1,731 Inclu(le(] 76,526 48,000 l'.«l,000 512,573 6,494 232,:{00 ;{0,944 l,o;«i 120,:$41 152 •20,52t) 69,980 •5,262,000 1,5,58 J3,1L>0 6,427 7,916 6 25,853 184,788 655 297 14,627 66,400 42 (.151 Value. t l.'>83 iai,670 30,4:58 l:!,144 71,662 12,:f22 4tV> 26,800 4,571 :{.5.518 3,8;n :?.52,;i6o 19,615 23,.")2() 113 Willi 8,160 3,840 4,483 15,600 46,807 •221 8,329 1.076 2,863 3,763 (•.•28 74,060 384,890 •2t>.09«; 40,703 14,216 878 9,248 9,766 4,902 11 lo,6:te 64,675 819 216 ii,">;« 53,V20 74 •282 3.53 1,826 51 200 SHili 1,405 66 I4,.V>7 152,(HX) 1 1S,^2^27 9,7o« 1,192 12,160 9,595 Dlitv. 474 iXt 6,087 60 21,498 60 103 76 "914 60 7,»>14 95 1,414 68 3,() 77 :16 414 76 (H)l 71 76 '25 14,767 54 5,'217 60 2,798' io ■233 77 943 37 594 72 63 4,3.39 97 61 •28 •29 /.I 698 79 4 25 Free. 1,051 (">6 •297 14 1 ,189 '20 Year ending .SOtli .lune, 1894. Qtiantity. Value. 194 1 ,912 740 •232 40,044 2,691 '2,;>55 3,:«i3 3V9',343 115,0<.I0 2,'298,(I00 •207,8.52 194,000 79,711 liiclmlert 51,789 .V2t),000 194, OCX) 0 31,487 14,384 7:{,:188 6,7^27 1.^)0 :?;{.630 5,8<)3 40,;«7 11, •2.5.5 •2.58,.5-2.5 12,262 13,.580 2,90() will) 5,78i 8.5 1,075 05 m 81 :{;50 .'i6 ;«)»; 21 80 13 16,034 48 ll.:f26 -20 2,60() •20 455 :« \,-r2\ (Mi 721 62 2 ^20 17,1'27 29 93 :n '25 :io 6,(K)() :V2 l:!.018 7, .520 12,:«7 7 15 Free. 1,071 .55 Fi^ee. 2,970 :io 1,615 56 :i 101) VAXCOrVKK H(»AHI) OK THADK Imports into British ('olunihin from FlUIT A Nil VEliK- TABLKs— Almonds, filberts hikI walnuts, Otlic " Ai)i)k's, Kri'iMi, " Small fruits, Chert ies, Cranlterru's, ("urnints, IVaclios, I'hims, (Jninci's, Canned fruits, '• fruits, V veKetabk's .lanis, jellies, etc. Melons, 'I'oniatoes, I'otatoes, i( < >tl>er vegetables. r (^otiutries, ttis. l)bls. I'roviuee.H, " Cduntries, tt)s. i|Uiirts, ■' busli. •' <|iiartH. ■' ttis. " bush. t1)S. Provinces, Countries, Tkkkh and Bushes -Ai)ple, I'rovinees, Countries, No. bush. tt)S. No. t( Cfierry, i( I'eacii, • 1 I'ear, l< I'luin, «,«( i(i; 150 ,4!H){ 1.923' 8,309 2,424' i !t,275 8,983 92 11,8U) 43,i:M 5,403 tit) 2,444 22,259 •2ii 4,(124 2,1.-^ AM :«)2 ti02 l,f.49 31 4,>.19 9,(KK) 708 249 20,951 12,«8() 19 Iti 14 l.tlll 45 3,t)8() 32 ,5r)() 95 ;587 54 207 t)7 2,'5,-)4' 02 1,414 15 Hi .50 ti,431 2. IlIlU'. Duty. •1,1-J( Jjl l,iill .j:. -'f.,r.'< >' ;{,()8() :i2 i\,4'M >i 1 .ilL'. i' .j,")i) <),-i M,;«i' ', ;W7 5-J •_',4J' r 207 07 !t,'J7. > 2,>.iil 02 h,!»H; i 1,414 1.-. if. ! Ill rA) Il.HK i;,4.{l 2(1 «:{,i:k. .),-io;i 2,:«W .■(.-. lit Hi "D •2,444 r)M7 00 t2,'M 10,1!1K 10 J,tl24 1,'770 14 •-',l.-v4 72il lifi im l.r. 08 :«)2 81 21 (M)L> 12;i 84 1,(I4» .•{•'.8 00 :n 4 0.j •1,!.1!» !»8li 84 !t,(K)0 70« 141 IMI LM!» 4!t 80 J,,m) IMT/ !l,2r.O 00 <.m.) ),() i;{ 1.14li r.7 ),000 i,81(i 2,;{li0 .">!• <,tiOO itl7 Ii70 76 ions yeiirs. .liva 2;{4 0.-. ■,707! 1,.>11 40 1,27.. 1,1 ;« M t,l«<> TM (i;! .212 1,207 its .a'tt ,i>«i> 910 *-. ,\m I'"ret'. ,f.i.-. ,111 F.ec. ,108 .S,!tl.-. 13 1,472 870 400 471. .\N.\r.\L HKI'OHT. otlxT Countries ami \*uty\uvt's—(.'uiitin>u'iL 101 Vear eliding liotli Juno. 18'.w. (iuiintlty. Viiltic, :«i,r.!»ii :i,ri'.ii> 2..f>:i 2l,:«)8 :}ii,87« 213 lii'.»,.".17 2,178 li!) l.V.,a>l ,218,(HH1 .>i,:m l,lil8 842 :{."., ;w.) :,4;i') 1,820,000 28,749 318,000 81d 8,000 8,326 Omitted 1,212 l,3i)9 22,!t48 13,009 4li,8,T«> r.,880 111,387 53,1112 5'i;j,472 1,108 7,700 » 3,31.-. 14,310 !t,4l2 1,1142 II. 8K) 2,o84 17 7,682 6,308 113 H,'.t23 40,IKH) .">,IM)8 211 1,1128 22,li;W 12,177 4,2(H1 1,601 370 287 614 1,707 ao 890 2,800 267 23« •22,603 .'.,400 49,I18 78 2<.>7 40 2 I.-. 1,119.". 17 ll.'>3 28 20 7". .■.,114 0". 1,809 ,% .".2 75 415 70 5,2.5.5 (12 1,208 10 (Ml 60 133 118 HO 51 1.".2 28 555 12 3 92 28.5 97 ■.3 47 5,8:?0 20 79 HfiM 4 t 8.57 i,7:l4 (18 10 42(1 .57 yenrs. 124 37 2,(198 00 1,37(1 84 ;{(19 27 7,028 47 1,075 75 2,(131 :« Free.' 3,033 48 "vlO 1176,158 92 $ 2,483,.',90 I » 146,827 .57 Yi-ar ending :iOtli .liuu-, 18'.M. (JUHutity. I Value. 4H.794 9,9:<8 8.'iH li>4,:iii3 .'>4..'43 (ttis.) 228 223,026 3,708 9-1 147,811 1,4."*.(KK) ;«),1.'.9 4,070 1.144 78,2:K1 ■.9,610 14.398 1,91(1 8(11 3,497 13,8(:2 101 2.5 480 116 163,531 114,000 .568,(i8."> 1,<<22,IKK) 73,1131 316,000 8,:{:W 6,146 32,000 1,576 1 812 l8,:fc">3 22,89(1 48,172 3,840 6,106 78,8.5:i 57,692 4811,468 801 3,iK)4 imtv. 3,797 1 1 .4^"> 88 35,722 3.975 32 3:432 6,028 2,-")42 39 4,763 922 27 1,."m9 169 40 12 3 88 7,280 2,2;«) 2(1 H,;'m 1,148 95 99 28 45 ll,.'fc'.8 3,513 ."Ml 48,600 2,703 ^•■m1 14 :«18 92 (Nl 1 ,8'.>ll .".25 91 :i;{,78i 11,(K11 25 2,782 1,();{2 37 l,3t9 431 94 244 73 74 114 25 83 411 104 91 1,1.51 415 86 17 2 'A 2,473 .540 07 5,000 2."rf< 51 60 81 16 •.'0 8,429 1,14(1 46 7,980 111, 2.52 21,(K)1 .59 4.^v5,rKX) 9.237 2,145 26 31,600 10,.589 3,60i 90 41,66.5 • • • • ;«i 442 46 2,240 1,1.">0 \^ 80 18,1,5(1 3,670 64 3,861 1,101 17 2,162 . .".!i7 30 3;<,()69 7,2."m 80 3,:«iO 1.798 (loi 25 12,742 3,942 71 7,:»7 Free. 72,970 1,431 Free. 3,010 2,188 75 15 7 3 .3 7.917 1,400 165 401 45 Free. .( li It (1 ».'4'22,374 $ 213,286 34 T> L •A PQ a .^■ u i; t » 3ivs-*- ANNTAl. HKI'OKT. 105 VANCOUVER, B.C. When it is considered tlitit Vancouver has still to celehrate the ten > anniversary of her incorporation, and when furtiier the fact is recalled that until the comple- tion of the Canadian I'aciHc Railway the entire province of British Columhia was to a great extent ])racticall3' in- accessihle and unknown, a hrief notice of the city and surroundings may at the present time not unfittingly accompany this report. (leogra[)hically situated 49 ^ 17 X. Vancouver's lati- tude is midway between that of London and Paris, to which section of the European coast its mean temperature and climatic conditions are by no means dissimilar, while its longitude of 123 ^ E is within 100 miles of mid dis- tance between London and Hong Kong on the great circle of the earth. Vancouver in built on the south shore of lUirrard Inlet, one of the finest and best sheltered harbours ill the world. The approach from the Gulf of Georgia, which se})arates the mainland from Vancouver Island, known as the Lions' Gate, has at all states of the tide sufficient depth of water for the largest vessels aHoat ; the Narrows extend about a mile by the grandly wooded shore of Stanley Park, when the harbour opens out to a width of tliree miles, capable of affording anchorage room for the entire British Navy. Five miles from the Lions' (iate the shores again con tract, forming the second narrows beyond which the Inlet divides into two branches — the Soutli Arm extending to Port Moody (twelve miles), while the North Arm, a favour- ite resort of pleasure seekers, penetrates the land between lofty mountains to a total distance of 2.'] miles, the sound- ings in the upper reaches exceeding in some places one hundred fathoms. The city proj)er occu})ies a peninsula whose ridge has an elevation of 2.'>0 feet, and this com- bined with a subsoil of hard blue clay, affords a splendid natural drainage, while the Southern portions of Fairview and Mount Pleasant are built on rising ground of a similar nature-. On the north shore of the Inlet, behind the town- ship of North Vancouver, the mountains rise ridge upon KXl VAXCOUVKR HOAKI) (»K TRADK ridge attaining witliin a distance of ten miles an altitude of nearly '"),000 feet ; on the west the lofty range on Van- couver Island, distant about thirty miles, forms a screen from the storms of the Pacific Ocean, while to the south and cast the snow-capped peaks of the Olympians and the Coast Ranges deck the horizon — a prominent feature being Mount Baker, Washington. 10,()8(> feet. The entire country is clothed with dense evergreen forests of i)ine and cedar right up to the snow line, so that for picturesque scenery and surroundings Vancouver has few rivals among the commercial cities of the world. The city has an, unlimited supply of the purest water for all purposes, and an efficient and well-appointed Fire Brigade ; the lighting is by electricity, and there is also an excellent supply of gas ; it has well paved and mac- adamized streets and an efficient electric tramcar service. Vancouver, having in its vicinity excellent quarries of granite and sandstone, can alieady boast of many handsome buildings, prominent among which may be mentioned the Post Office, Custom House, the Banks of Montreal, JJritish North America, and British Columbia, Inns of Court Building, occupied by the Imperial Bank ; the Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver Opera House^ Hudson's Bay Stores, Sir Donald A. Smith and ijefevre Blocks. The Court House occupies a j)rominent and central posi- tion. There are four well-built and commodious public schools and a large central 'school. The places of public worship are : Episcoi)alian, 4 ; Presbyterian, o ; Metho- dist, 3 ; Congregational, 1 ; Reformed Episcopal, 1 ; Roman Catholic, 1 ; Jewish, 1. Stanley Park, with its drive of eight miles through the prinneval forest, is now attaining a world-wide fame, while the electric tramway to New Westminster (twelve miles), again through the forest, affords a speedy con- nection to the Fraser Valley. Vancouver is steadily but surely becoming the chief distributing centre for the l*rovince, and as p()})ulation and demand increase so may industries and manufactures be expected to follow. AN.NTAI. KKI'OKT. H>7 The following figures speak for tlieinselves : Local freight forwanled bv rail — to.ns. From N'ancouver Station in 189") 80,79.S in 1800 10,451 Increase in five vears 20,847 KXTKACT FROM I'OSTMASTKK-CiKNKK A l/s IJKI'OKTS. Gross revenue of Vancouver i'ost Office : Year ending 30th June, 1895 !|!29,37;") '^'^ 1890 10,065 90 Increase in five vears .tl2,709 65 From the City Records. June 13th, 1886, Vancouver destroyed by fire, one building only left. Jan. 1, 1890. Jan. 1, 1896. Streets graded 50.33 miles. 75.19 miles. gravelled 8.35 Macadami.".c;l *> ith broken rock Paved with bituminous rock " " wood blocks Planked 6.80 Water mains, cast iron 10.14 Sewers 7 Number of houses 1,462 Hydrants i')') Assessed value real pro{)erty .$8,077,505.00 .$18,482,884.00 " " improvem'ts'. .$1,826,940.00 .$ 4,828,180.00 1891. 1896. Population, Dominion Census . 14,000 Kstimatod 20.000 10.95 u 19.85 (. 1.82 I > .05 (. 8..80 u 40 u 22 3,200 210 u 1()8 VANCorVKU MOAKI) (»l" THADK CUSTOMS OF THE PORT. KATKS Ol' COMMISSION. Ainciidcd IScIkmIuIi' rccoimnoiKlod l»y Special (V)iii- 111 it-tees aiul a(' coUcH'tahlc : — 1. Oil i)urcliase of stocks, hoiids, aii. On purchase and sale of specie, ^old-dust, and hullion 1 per cent. 4. On ^ale of hills of exchanj:;e, with endorse- ment 2.2 per cent. 5. On sale of hills of exchanue, without en- dorsement 4 per cent. (). For eiidorsinji; hills of exchange, when desired '21 per cent. 7. On sale of ])roduce and merchandise, with guarantee 7^ per cent. 8. On goods receivetl on consignment, and afterwards withdrawn 24 per cent. 1). On purchase and shipment of merchandise, on cost and charges 5 per cent. 10. For collecting and remitting ilelayed or litigated account 10 per cent. 11. For collecting freight money, on amount ccdlected zh per cent. 12. For collecting general claims o per cent. 11). For collecting general average, — on the first .$20,000 or any smaller amount o per cent. 14. For collecting general average, — on any excess over !i!20,000 24 per cent. lo. On nurchase or sale of vessels o per cent. 10. For entering and clearing vessels and at- tending to the Oustoms business of the ship $ 25.00 ANM'AI, KKI'dKT, KKI L-ial Coni- 10 follow- s s per f cent. s I)er cent. t, per cent. per cent. per cent. 1 l)er cent. 1 per cent. per cent. })er cent. per cent. 1 per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. per cent. 17. For " Port Agency " attending to discharge of cargo and transacting ship's business other than entering ami clearing at Customs : On vessels note.xceeding'iriOtoiis cargo. $ 'i.'v. do with 251 tons and notexceed- ing oOO tons cargo 'A'). do with r>{)\ tons and not exceed- ing 750 tons cargo .")(). with 7;")! tons and notexceed- (lO d (lO ing 1,0. over 1,0(10 tons. . 100. do in ballast 10. IS. For disbursements of vessels by consignees 10. For procuring freight or passengers. ■JO. For c'.iartering vessels, on amount of freight, actual or estimated, to be considered as due when the "Charter Parties" or mem- orandum of their conditions, etc., are 21 per cent. ) per cent. dgned [)er cent. 21. For landing and re-shi[)[)ing goods from vessels in distress, on invoice value, or in its absence, on market value 5 per cent. For receiving and forwarding goods, — on invoice amount "i.V per cent. For effecting marine insurance, — on the amount of premium 5 per cent. 24. The foregoing Commissions to be exclusive of Broker- age, and every charge actually incurred. Vessels to pay clerk hire and the labour on wharf, sorting and delivei'ing cargo. •;•> 2.S. 2.'). rUICIIAUI I F. F. F\\ UICIIAUI) ALKXAXDFP, Members of S[)ecial j .. |)\i>i ly/i VXS. Committee. C. (i. .lOllXSON. P()P»T. II. PATFPSON. "\ i I. ^ X J. ^A^ V \ V. N. ^■^ \ V'JO (I I / pJJs \ O \ •^ f^TCH N \. .^^ PORT feSINIBOINl AT H^ e i ^. H \ SA^ .V ^ O^ >^ f^rCHEw^^ VER NO "N # "^^JTl CANADIAN NA;pi^At- Fist^r ^ \ jjtw y^^TX 0LO.Nf S.^„T W^^ '^-^^^'^/l^ RIVERS INLET specially prepared from lai■es^ sources ofintDrmaHon for Vancouvei Board oF Trade JNALD \ \ \ : \ \ ^JiOLoeNff 3;;^/: \ \ '^>. rREVELSTOKE -/^ \ tf" ^H t^O ■"^r mt KlAW AGAN Uif^KK (DERBY IN S^®®!!!!®!/ UPPER ARHOW \\ LAKC NAKl^SP .hkhdo D »>^^ ^^ '% ^ i \ I \ \ LOWfR '«« KASLO AIHSWORT '"A,, A 1- •*-^-..J ;n 'a'l • JlAt^^ III ■i^. 5% ie«D 'I^ i/ ^^f °1Uj,s ©/ 'tT I'fColvil 5^ ^] ^\ n -0 ^^ io — ^ ir 1^ 1^ IL TTT^ //7 lor Vancouver Board of Trade THK FROVlMCe LlTHO. VANCOUVER B.C.