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Buttery " t' " I'ctVricil to in t'liiu.v ;i Ims sinci' ln'cn estnlilislioil. As an luUlition to Clause 4, tlie li.mnl wouiil iiuint out tlmt tlie I'ort of Victoria iioicis utii position in tlie Dominion in rcgnnl to its liii|ini'ts, Exports and Revenue. In eontinimtion of t'liiuses .S mid I) it iiiiiy lie ■-tated that Sir Artluir lilackwooil.of the (ienerul Post Ortiec Department, has had, hy a personal visit to this I'loviiice, ample oi)portunities uf te-stinj; the aoeuniey of the statements therein contained. The Hoard would further point nut as follows, viz. : I. That Steamers calling' at Victoria on outward ))assage couhl secure the Mails, of at least 24 hours later date than can lie disi>atched unihr existing circunistuncea, from the Naval Authorities at Msquimalt and Commercial Correspondence from Victoria and other points in Vancouver Island. Also 10 liours later Cahle and Telei,'ni|)liic advices from all |)arts of the world. '1. That iiotwithstandinj;- it has lieen urged that there would ho of necessity some delay occasioned hy the .Steamers calling at Victoria, such delay would ho hut brief — c<'rtainl\- not more than a few hours. In tiie opinion of the Hoard, the importance of Victoria as a commercial centre and the Capital of the Province, and of Ksipiinialt as Hcaihpiartors of H. M.'s Navy in the Pacific, sliould eert.iirdy constitute sullieieiit reasons for this port not being ignored by any Steamship line receivinjj an Imperial Snbsidj-. ."!. That a large miiiiber of incoming passengers, destined for Victoria. tiRVAHing by this route, are put to great iiicoin enieiice and diday by reason of their bi'ing carried past their destination ami then transferred at Vancouver to coasting Steamers b\- which they are retunu^d to Victoiia. Outgoing passengers from Victoria are compelled to proceed liy ctiasting Steamer to Vancouver and there emliark on the China-.lapan Steamers in lii'U of being permitted to join the ve.s.sels here. The Steamers in ijuestion pass within a mile of the Port of Victoria. 4. Every needful facility in the way of wharf accommodation exists and vessels calling can procure (piick dispatch. Should it be made a condition of the Mail Contract that the Stoamcrs shall call here outw..rds and inwards, all necessary dockage accomodation will bo guai'anteed and iindi'r no circumstances will communication by tug lie consiijered a suHicient substitute. Victoria, B. C, (ith December, 1888. VV. MUNTEITH, Secretarv. ROBT. WARD, President. WroVWClAL ARCHIVES OF B. C. (Copy.) Re. Cltina and Japnn MiiH Sleavinhlp lArtf. Lktteii FROM THE British Coi-rMiiiA Boarb of Tradk to the Rioiit Hon. the Secretary ok Stave for the Co'onies. Vktoria, 2Cth August, 1887. Sin: — By direction of the ProHidont and Council of the Britisli (^)luiiiliia Bimrd of Trudi', I Imvc tlie honor to transmit under separate cover, a Petition ilddro.'^sed liy the Tuenibers of the Board to the Rii,'lit Hon. tiie Chancellor of the Exehc(]uer in reference to the sulisidizing of il line ' Riijht Honorable Geonje Joachim Ooachen, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Etc., Etc. The Petition of the British Columbia Board of Traile of Victoria, British Columbia, one of the Provinces of the Dominion of Canada, havin<{ special reference to the application of the Canadian Pacific Railwoy Company for a Subsidy from the Imperial Government for a line of Steamships from Vancouver, the Terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railway, to Chino and Japan. Humbly Sheweth : 1. That the Town of Vancouver is not situated on Vancouver Island a.s the name would indicate, but on the Mainland of British Columbia, and it separateil from Vancouver Island by the (Julf of (Jeorjfia, obout fifteen miles in width. 2. That Victoria, the Capita! of British Columbia, is situated on Vancouver Island, and with the Harbor of Esquimalt, which adjoins and forms part of the Port of Victoria, is the first Port on British Territory inside the Straits of San Juan ile Fuea. 3. That Esquimalt i.s the Naval Station for H(;r Majesty's Fli^et on the North j uci^i". the site of the recently completeil Oravini; Dock and the propo.sed Government F'ntiiicatioi.", and in the immediate vicinity of where Battery " C " is to be stationed by the Domini(}n Go •ernnnnt. 4. That Victoria .since the first .settlement of the country has been, and still is, tht principal commercial centre for the whole of British Columbia, having regular communication with all other parts of the Province and daily couimunication by Steamer with Vancouver and the United States of America. 5. That the direct commercial relations of Victoria with Great Britain constitute a very large proportion of the commerce of that Port both in imports and exports. 6. That the Port of Victoria is still deeply interested in continuing its direct commercial relations with Great Britain, and, as the carrying trade to and from Great Britain is principally via Cape Horn, it would appear to be antagonistic to tlic; interests of the ('anadian Pacific Railway Company that thi.? connection shoulil continue. B'or this ami other similar reiusons the Canadian Pacific Railway Company have shown a desire to ignore this Port. 7. That the Canadian Pacific Railway Company sinei; establishing this line of Steamers have so far refused to acknowledge the just claims of this Port and Esquimalt, by declining to allow the saifi Steamers to call at this Port to land and receive mails and passengers. 8. That the contention c " the Railway Company that the transcontinental mails would be seriously ilelayed by the Steamer calling at this Port is not correct, as the daily Steamer from Victoria makes close connections with the daily trains from Vancouver, and any mails arriving after the departure of the daily train are held for the following day. 9. That if the mails were landed at V^icto.'ia, those for the Naval authorities and local districts would bo distributed twenty-four hours earlier, and transcontinental mails would be forwarded by first daily Steamer from Victoria, to connect with the first daily train from Vancouver, which would cause no detention whatever in their delivery at destination. 10. That the delay of the Steamers and expenses of calling at Victfjria would be inconsider- able as the Steamers pass within a short distance (not exceeding one mile) from the Port. Youn Petitioners Thekekore Himiily Piuy : Tlitit Ijt'forf granting any suU.sidy to tliu lino of Steamers roforreil to, the Imperial Govern- ment will he pleaseii to innke it a eonilitlon in tlie contract that tlic Steaniom sliali cnii at Victoria l)oth on tlie inwnril ami outward passage tu lainl and recuiive mails, passengers and freight. And your Petitioners as in duty hound will ever pra}-,