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Vancouver BOARD OF TRADE J 898-1 899 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ^ VANCOUVER, aC News-Advertiser, Printers and Bookbinders. OFFICERS. -(o). Past Presidents. m 1887-89 . . D. Oppenheimer (dec.) 1889-90. .E. V. Bod well (dec.) 1890-91 . .R. H. Alexander. 89 1-9 2.. John Hendry. 1892-93. .G. E. Berteaux (dec.) 1 892-93.. W. F. Salsbury. 1893-94.. J. C. Keith. 1 894-95.. G. R. Major. 1 895-96. H. Bell-Iiving. 1 896-97.. H. Bell-Irving. 1 897-98.. Wm. Godfrey. 1 898-99.. Wm. Godfrey. OFFICERS AND MEMBERS FOR 1899-1900. President— C. E. Tisdall, M.L A. Vice-President — F. Buscombe. Secretary — Wm. T. Stein, C.A. R. H. Alexander. H. Bell-Irving. W. H. Malkin. Wn. Godfrey. W. H. Ker. COUNCIL. J. C. McLagan. W. Pellew-Harvey. Campbell Sweeny. Fred. Cockburn. Wm. Skene. G. I. Wilson. W. G. Harvey. W. F. Salsbury. A. Williams. F. F. Burns. BOARD OF ARBITRATION. ,1 1 Wm. Godfrey. W. H. Ker. Wm. Skene. H. Bell-Irving. R. H. Alexander. W. Pellew-Harvey. W. H. Malkin. W. G. Harvey, Fred. Cockburn. W. F. Salsbury. G. I. Wilson. A. Williams v^^ STANDING COMMITTEES. -(o). LEGISLATION. Col. Falk Warren, A. Williams and W. F. Salsbury, RAILWAY AND NAVIGATION. W. K. Malkin, W. G. Harvey and H. T. Lockyer. FREIGHT RATES. W. J. McMillan, A. O. Campbell and F. Buscombe. TRADE AND COMMERCE. P. R. Stewart, G. W. Phipps, Sol. Oppenheimer, E. E. Evan» and W. H. Ker. FISHERIES. H. Bell-Irving, G. I. Wilson and M. Costello. MINES. R. B. Skinner, W. Pellew-Harvey and J. W. McFarland. ' Secretary's Office and Board Rooms : — Lefevre Building, Hastings Street, Vancouver, B. C, Canada.^ ; i| Vancouver Board of Trade 111 a < Ik o o < o K III 5 » O 00 O '- 'A O I- < > I / X I- O n hi u Z Z ll. O <0 AC Id ID u s h. O 05 -** s Im X ;! -s§ S 4> K pS iJ £ <1< « , .2.3 33 WW X I-- r- X o cs « « lo 1^' I • OS «5 ifs >o r- OS 1-- lo 05 ic r- OsoswSoscsxosOsosc^Ososososososo^ososososos xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx a :o5 a o 00 fl O I a o Li >> ■apQ Annual Report. 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( ■ ! r ] ~ ■ i'l If r ill r 11 :• I ^^^^^^^^p sFv i^*^^^ffir^r?v V'^^ V -"^ .'%^#, *^"rr- -^^ * *- - • '• ' '' ^m^mm W^R^SWBWiWw^'lC'*'''''^'' n^'i ^'^m VANCOUVCrurROM MOU1T PLr*flAWT CITY OF V ( Taken CITY OF VANCOUVER. (Tnkcn in Ism).) ! f; ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Vancouver Board of Trade* JUNE 30th, J898. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. Gentlemen, — It is gratifying to report a year of considerable Activity on the part of this Board and renewed interest in its pro- ceedings, and I think I may say that it is now more in touch with Ttha mercantile community than ever before in its history, Neiljibership. There has been a satisfactory increase in tho num- ber of members which has risen from 150 to 200 'during the year, making an increase of 123 new members in two years. Work Done. The following matters have come under the consideration of the Board during the year : ■Construction of railway from Stikine River to Teslin Lake ; Govern- anent petitioned to establish hatcheries on the Skeena River and Rivers Inlet. Endorsed resolution adopted by the Montreal Harbor Commissioners to improve their harbor ; Construction of an all- Canadian route from Glenora to Teslin ; Petitioned Government to establish au Admiralty Court in Vancouver with a judge in Ad- miralty resident in Vancouver ; Bonding privileges to the Yukon District discussed ; Deepening of Fraser River Channel from New Westminster to *he mouth of the Fraser ; Lowering freight charges ■on local parcels ; Opening up a wagon road to Pitt Meadows so as to connect this City with that district ; Quebec Conference Com- mittee appointed ; Meeting with Mr. McMichael, Customs Inspector, and discussing the Custom regulations as affecting ship stores ; Discussing with Capt. Edwards and Mr. Frank Richards as to the possibility of operating a direct steamship line between Vancouver 1 i :' HM-f i i; •\ 'f 11 ' 'M '■ il 1? '! 14. Vm*couver Board of Trade and Han Francisco; New Weatminstor Relief Fund; The Board collected $4,361.00 for the relief f>f the sufferers from the Fire of September, of which !$1,177.50 was * to the Westminster Fair at the request of the subscribers ; rindorsed the proposal of the C.P.R. with regard to the C P.R. Exemption By-Law ; Parcel service to New Westminster via tramway. Different regulations to be adopted after the Company ujove into iheir new premises ; In- spection of tea imported into this Province ; Northern shipping trade ; Esquimalt Naval authorities forwarded blank tenders for ship chandlery and other supplies to the Board for distribution among the members ; Yukon and White Pass Railway ; Address to President J. G. Schurn f J I: i t 20 FancoL'rer Board of Trade ing. With the growth of trade in this Province of British Columbia, the Vancouver Board of Trade is becoming a more powerful and useful body, and I sincerely trust that its deliberations will be marked by absolute independence and by good judgment, keeping always in sight the chief usefulness of this organization, namely the advancement of the commerce of our City and Province on sound and broad lines. In this connection I must congratulate the gentlemen of this ■City who have just been successful in organizing " The Wholesale Grocers' Exchange of British Columbia." The objects they have in view are very worthy ones, and I look upon it as a step in the right direction. W. GODFREY, President. '5TV5' lii Annual Report. 21 Secretary's Report for the Year 1898-9. Meetings. General Meetings of the Board \2 Special = 3^ Meetings of the Council 11 Membership. Members on Roll at 31st March, 1898 150- Resigned 9 Dropped 1 — 10 ua New Members elected 60 Members on the Roll at 31st March, 1899 200 Financial Statement. Receipts— Balance in Bank at 28th February, 1898 $ 327 01 Dues, Entrance Fees, itc 1410 50 $1,737 51 Expe nditure — Current Expenses $ 879 61 Annual Report 557 00 Furniture Account 20 67 l$l,457 28 Balance in Bank of British North America at 3l8t December, 1898 280 23 $1,737 51 Vii 4 i i ■'; V M I I'i 22 Vancouver Board of Trade Balance Sheet as at 31st December, 1898. Liabilities — Dues paid in advance $ 6 00 Balance— Surplus 722 23 $728 23 Assets — Balance in Bank of British North America $280 23 Furniture 200 00 Unpaid Dues 248 00 $728 23 (Signed) WILLIAM T. STEIN, C.A., Secretary. Annual Report. 23 EXTRACTS FROM MINUTES. BrUlmh OolunOilm mnd StleUiw-Trnmlln Rmllwmy. At a meeting held on the 4th March, 1898, it was resolved : *' That the Vancouver Board of Trade urge the Dominion and Pro- vincial Governments to grant such assistance as naay be necessary to secure the construction of a railroad from a British Columbia port to the Stickine River, simultaneously with that between the Stickine River and Teslin Lake." HmtoherlBm on the Skmrnnm RIvbp mnd Hlvmru Intmt. At a meeting held on 23rd March, 1898, the Board resolved : " That they respectfully urge upon the Department of Marine and Fisheries, in the interests of the salmon industry, the great necessity and importance of the immediate establishment of Hatcheries on the Skeena River and Rivers Inlet." Montrmml Hmrbor Improvrnmrnntm, At a meeting held on I'ith April, 1898, the following resolu- tion was passed : " That this Board endorse the resolution adopted by the Montreal Harbor Commissioners, calling the attention of the Dominion Government to the necessity of carrying out the plan of Harbor Improvement suitable to the needs of Montreal as the national port of the Dominion, and affording the trade and commerce of Canada all the advantages refjuired ; and this Board urges upon the Government the prayer of that resolution, that, as the said im- provement works are for the advantage of the Dominion in generel, the cost thereof shall be borne by the Federal Government, so that additional taxation of the trade passing through the port may be avoided." Attmlrmlty Court. At a meeting held on 12tli April, 1898, this Board resolved: " That the Members of Parliament for British Columbia be request- ed to urge upon the Cabinet the desirability without delay of 'Si f " ii :m / i ; i 1 ' - ,1 V ; ; ; .;( ' ■ : ! I'i I .r N : ■I t? V I '« i m J' f:. 24 Fancowver Boai'd of Trade dividing the District of British Columbia into two districts as here- in before raentioned, with Registrars and the proper and necessary officers at Vancouver and Victoria respectively, and that the resident Supreme Court Judge at Vancouver, Mr. Justice Irving, be appointed Judge in Admiralty for the Mainland District." Frmmmr Rlvmr GhmmMl. At a meeting held on 10th May, 1898, a resolution was passed by this Board : "That they would urge upon the Government the advisability of making a supplementary appropriation of $100,000 or such larger amount as the engineers of the Government may re- commend for the purpose of deepening the channel of the Fraser River from New Westminster to the mouth of the River." Inmolvoney Act. On 14th June, at a meeting held, it was resolved: "That this Board place on record its regret that no Insolvency Legisla- tion has been passed during the session now closed, notwithstanding the great unanimity of opinion which exists in all the trade organi- zations in Canada of the pressing and immediate necessity of such legislation." Wmgon Romd from Hmmtlngm to Bmrnet. At a meeting held on 13th December, 1898, it was resolved : " That, in the opinion of this Board, the extension of the wagon road from Hastings to Barnet, with a scow as ferry (subsidized by the Provincial Government) for crossing the Pitt River, would be in the best interests of the City of Vancouver, and or the settler^3 and farmers of the Coquitlam, Pitt River and lower Fraser Districts." WMta Pmrnm and Yukon Railway. At a special meeting of the Board held on the 27th December, 1898, the following resolution was passed : "That this Board views with gratification the energy displayed by the British Capitalists who have so quietly and swiftly solved thfi difficulties of transporta- tion over the White Pass by constructing a permanent and substantial railway from Skagway to the summit. The Chief Engineer gives assurance that the road will be completed to Lake Bennett before the opening of navigation, and this Board urges upon Annual Report. 25 both the Dominion and Provincial Governments, the necessity of aiding the Company in its extensions, and also the importance of aiding a branch to Atlin by way of Log Cabin, a distance of 52 miles, thus placing the merchants of this Province in a position of securing the trade of the North." Mmll SmrvloB to Tmxmdm Imlmnd. At a meeting held on 10th January, 1899, thirty-one business men of this Board endorsed the petition for a tri-weekly mail service to Texada Island. Presentation of Address. To President J. G. Schurman, of Cornell University, and Professor D. G. Worcester, of the University of Michigan, Members of the Commission appointed by the President of the United States of America to enquire into the condition of the Philij)- jnne Islands. Gentlemen : — The Vancouver Board of Trade takes this opportunity of expressing the gratification it affords it to welcome the members of so important a mission as that which is proceeding to the Philip- pine Islands. To President Schurman of Cornell University, one of the sons of Canada, who, by his brilliant abilities and indomitable perseverance has won the confidence of his adopted country ; and also to Professor Worcester of the University of Michigan, an American citizen, of whose ability and learning his country is worthily proud ; the Board extends a welcome to the City of Vancouver, the Western Capital of the British Empire, Upon you has devolved the responsibility of advising upon the steps to be taken in establishing a Government over a group of islands, vast in extent, great in natural riches, and inhabited by 10,000,000 people of different races, languages and religions. Upon S:; ■ll ' F ^ U ' ' M i. "i !!■ i -A '' .*. 1 ■- l .i.i |.; . 1 26 Vancouver Board of Trade i (,; J : \ : your talents, industry and integrity depend, gentlemen, the pros- perity, indeed the very lives of generations of human beings, who have suffered in the past, and some of whom may by impatience mar for a time tlie happy results which you are destined to accomplish. We sympathize with you in the great burden which duty bids you to bear, but we know that success will be your full reward. Gentlemen, your path will be close to a spot which is forever hallowed by the action of an American Commander, who, 42 years ago, went to the succor of a British Admiral and assisted in the rescue of British sailors lying wounded on the mud flats at the mouth of the Peiho, intervening against a friendly power and de- fending its action by replying that " blood is thicker than water." Such an act as that cannot be forgotton. It is cherished in the memory of those who are anxious, and believe in certain even- tualities, able to repay the debt. The Board appreciated your promptitude in proceeding to the Philippines by the fastest route, and wishes you, gentlemen, a happy and prosperous voyage. It prays that your labours may have a successful issue, and trusts that upon some future occasion, when there is nob the same demand on your valuable time, it may again have the pleasure of welcoming yoii to Vancouver. Subscribed at Vancouver, British Columbia, this 30th day of January, 1899, on behalf of the Vancouver Board of Trade. I ! (Signed) WILLIAM GODFREY, Pres. WILLIAM T. STEIN, Secy. ^ m o z a: Ed < ti: -1 pi. u F- z a: -) Q o u. •< a: UJ - z p H o a z u < H p: < o < z 0^ P2 < cc o < z (0 Ul a 3 a mm < . U. 8 UJ z (0 Annual Report. 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I- It X CO ci c:s ■* rt i-. ■rf X >^ *i 1 >»>» H-S-B M5 S o Sept. 30 Oct. 9 JLoailiug 1181 1658 1322 [00 n II 1 BRITISH COLUMBIA " TOOTHPICKS.' 1 If-lii' ! ! ( 1 1 i il Annual Report. 33 S o "C •?" "t; 'f © -r T! — ' © T* s^ 5^ T P * '^' 'C Q * Q t^ o' "^ Q 35 'F t^ •?• O •!2 :0 CO eoe « 60 2 3 cS © E-'^ Q n CO (» CM) boS "^-•H.S .S 3 — « * * SI s^« .9 .2.9 I ■'a!(Sa5o5MOHE-iH ^ ^ » m oa '?'? s s 5 oj^ .5 u 2 ^ s .s.s "S'S S E u > a o w B o ^JiA « « 5 JS il .2 JJ -S » ■"' "> «' ^ Jg § ij .2 r- •!-< •!- r- (- l-l Tl •!-! •!-! T" .*' (- C « -"•!-!•!-'."!•'-'••• SSoC/t>o>-;.;oS .2,2 § Im :?! 'n §s| ® * ra » OB . >■> 9 o o' . .^ >> >» u e8 tf §255222 ^ "« J3 J3 , CC ^^ ^^ f. 57 « « « a:000 '*< — t— in Q s U5 • '^ OS t~» OS t~»s^ -r t;ij >,2 >■ >• t; ^-JJ: t;^ -• ^ o 10 8 : II ©1 ■ a> i^ofMwoecospoos'^inccwMiijccgcusM^cogs fo tfj CO o o ! M (^ •-M O -H S I sT: 3 B S B Bis'S EfeEBStiSisSuSuSsisBSqiBSBS 34 Vancouver Board of Trade THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SALMON INDUSTRY. ^ ) The total salmon pack of British Columbia for 1898 amounted to 492,552 cases, as against 1,015,477 cases for the previous year. This great falling off was principally due to the failure on Fraser River, the Northern rivers yielding an average catch. The cause of the failure on what should have been the second " big year " is attributed by some to the heavy freshets in 1894, when undoubtedly a large amount of spawn was washed cut and destroyed, while the large quantities of fish taken in traps on Puget Sound further de- creased the catch. On Fuget Sound, the Sockeye catch amounted to 272,000 cases as against 370,000 cases on the previous year ; 17 canneries operat- ing in all. Most of this catch was marketed in the United States where for the first time this class of fish became widely known and appreciated. Reculations. While no movement has been made by the Do- minion Fishery Department tr yards further preserving and increasing the fish supply, a matter now generally recognized along the whole coast as of first importance, those en- gaged in the industry have been much disturbed during the year by alterations to the fishery regulations, both brought into effect and threatened. In the Spring, a series of new regulations were proposed, prompt and strong protestations from salmon packers followed, and the Government postponed action. In September, however, the regula- tions objected to were made law not\vithstanding all protests. These were since withdrawn before being tried, being admitted un- workable, only to be followed by a fresh set, containing many of the provisions formerly objected to. The present regulations are so manifestly unfair, a further change may shortly be looked for. For the welfare of the industry, the protection of the fish and in- J and un- y of are for. Kin- a f i O X h I < O Z Hi Annual Report. 35 crease of fish supply would appear to be the true aim, keeping all matters of politics in the background. Hatcheries. Notwithstanding all representations made, not- withstanding the increased revenue from British Columbia fisheries (amounting in 1898 to $47,865), and notwith- standing the splended example of energy and forethought displayed by the fishery authorities of the State of Washington, and large expenditure incurred there, British Columbia can still only boast of the one old original hatchery, admittedly badly located and inefii- cient, the yearly output of fry from which has been decreasing for some years. The annual expenditure on this auiount« to the insignificant sum of about $2,400. The hopes of canners rose when a few years ago it was learned that well-known scientific experts were on their way out to the coast to examine, select and advise as to sites for salmon hatcheries. But they came and went, and still nothing was done. A few years ago, at a large meeting, a majority of canners decided on subscribing towards a hatchery fund, for the establish- ment of a hatchery to be operated by canners, but a small minority held back saying it was properly a Government work and nothing was done, and it is undoubtedly a work to be undertaken by th& Government as the results are not felt for at least four years. The one small hatchery on Fraser River was first operated in 1885. The output of salmon fry in 1898 was 5,850,000 as against 10,393,000 in 1896, which was the lowest since 1893, it is seventy miles from the spawning grounds, and transportation of the fry to the point where they are liberated causes a heavy percentage of loss. Comparison of The following table shows the relative impor- Canadian Pislieries tance of the fisheries of Canada by Province by Provinces. and expenditure on fish propogation by which it will be seen the amount spent in British Columbia is absurdly small : — ; I 36 Vancouver Board of Trade :^i i! «0 a> a flC O b. (0 O h (0 -» E5 *^ Oi 04 M tn CO 0> (O 5^ ;-« {vs 3 5; !:2 ori-r^'< - "■ ' go CO CQ ( ^ -^ CO » CD n 30 3 ^ « S 2 « ,.(»i»uiq8iiq«»8a„ uo •9?.9'69« -190BIU1 JO 9AI8npX9 •AOQ uoiuiiuoQ yCq st^unoaa'B {[v uo Bsuaqsg uo ajn!)ipnodx3 ye^oj^ t-r-. — — O — s 00 o «» ^S8^: oso ■ ^-^ocoK^wi __ ^H i-H ^^ C4 C3 00 Oi 00 o I ec S^ CO QO X 'C CO 0» I--. 55 no ei flc op 05 ■— I Ol U5 "coeo « r^ 04 'S3U9qo)«H JO *oX Wj^-'O oocoTfTx t^ X OS U5 5n o I— I CO eoc4 (N ©» rt ^ I ^ Ins ■ . n « w , .2 «£Q* m J « ^ >.S fl a « o f' u c8 4) O >5 o I !>. X Annual Report. 37 Thus in 1898 no less than 44^ per cent, of the total revenue of the Dominion from fisheries was derived from British Columbia,, while of the expenditure which it is possible to separate, British Columbia only receives 2 9-10% out of the handsome total of $373,000. Of the total value of the output of fisheries in 1897, British Columbia contributed 27%. A comparison of the figures for Britisn Columbia with those for any other province, say Ontario, shows how utterly absurd and unfair is the present distribution of taxation and expenditure. t Every one connected with the fisheries, however indirectly,, should join in a demand for a revision of such a state of affairs, and never cease in their efforts until British Columbia obtains something like fair play. It is evident that either salmon fishery license fees should be much reduced or that there should be a prompt and heavy outlay by the Fishery Department for the purpose of increasing and pre- serving the supply of salmon. The expenditure on fisheries in British Columbia, if based on the comparative value of output, should be $100,700 ; if based on revenue, it should be $166,000 as against an actual expenditure of $10,898. Professor John I. Brice, United States Fishery Commission, in his report for 1896 (page 2) referring to shad and salmon says : — " The fisheries for these important species, representing more than one-tenth of the yield of the fishing industry of the Coastal States are known to depend largely on artifical propogation, and their yearly increase in e:: tent, resulting in a corresponding dimi- nution in national reproduction, makes it advisable that active artificial mt^r^sures be taken for their preservation. Comparatively small sums expended in maintaining fish life in important streams' before they become depleted, will accomplish more than years of ex- pensive efforts after the supply is limited or exhausted." These are important remarks which will apply equally to British Columbia. Conclusion. In conclusion, the following suggestions are made : ■ Si-' ill II l' 1 III •1 . 11,1 [■ i' i i 1 1 ^ ! I ' i ( t i '. i 1 : III il 1 I'lli .t V < f I ml iii' i:i > i j I -ii >- l 38 Vancouver Bonrcl of Trade (I). That a number of salmon hatcheries should promptly be built at suitable points. {2). That a large amount should annually be spent in exploring, exanuning and protecting the natural spawning beds, and in destroying the enemies of the young fry. <3). That a consultative Fishery Board should be formed in British Columbia on strictly non-political lines, to be presided over by a judge of the Supreme Court to assist and advise the Department on all fishery matters affecting British Columbia only. BRITISH COLUMBIA FISHING STATISTICS, 1808. No. of Canneries in Westminster City 6 Ho. of Canneries on Fraser River (outside city) 40 No. of Canneries on north-west coast 20 Total Canneries in British Columbia 66 No. cases salmon put up in city 26,689 No. cases put up on Fraser River (outside city) 237,324 No. cases put up on coast 228,332 Total cases put up in British Columbia 492.345 Sturgeon taken on Fraser River (lbs. ) 750,000 Value of salmon and sturgeon $2,699,330 Value of fish for domestic consumption 350,000 Value for fur seals 285,520 Total value of fish and seals $3..334,850 Value of canneries of Fraser River $ 920,000 Value of nets on Fraser .302,825 Value of fishing steamers on Fraser. . , , 196,165 Value of fishing boats on Fraser 149,000 Value of canneries and plant on coast 761,205 Total value of fishing plant in B. C $2.480,245 No. of men employed in connection with fisheries on Fraser 15,'>58 No. of men employed in connection with fisheries on coast 6,076 Total men employed in fisheries 21 ,1 .34 No. of men employed in connection with sealing 980 No. of fishing licenses issued for B. C 4,645 ' r i 6 40 20 66 34,850 20,000 2,825 96,165 49,000 51,205 15,058 I 6.^76 4,645 SALMON FISH ON CANNERY WHARF. > : ( m I ■■ I ■ f ' )i. A'- I I 1^ r !i^^ iJ; liii ^1 :• f ifi I' I Annual Report. 39 f> C Q © 00> : ■* ft iC O O t-oi-^ -H C5 cc »5 ec s o g| u a: so - i S a) a. *.'* r_. l^ *^ "^ y: Cii u H S 7, S5 > o .5 'r* to > p "c _2 3 d SO a c 2 3.2 c . aj 3 "' d C rt ^ i»» O 03 -J =3 C "* .!«« 3 ca o ;■ i.\ « t. o > 1) y 5 >■ a o 3 « 3 •) * « 3 - t*,* 6 I (5 •18 4) -r; h- 1 OJ (« 3 O t. £) eS >> V 3 3 ^>^ a tn 8 o 3 a ,£3 n Cb i m I. '5 0) E ■^ (• Hi li w O M v: > v: > ^ S>5 yi - -5 3 V 3 ^5 =■ », =3 4) •- .S 3 3 {« .2 « !i 3 X . i li: !i! s fli if;! Hi; I, II I 1 1 40 ti[ ^1 M 1 t . ■ ;i J ih 1 .ss 00 a> 00 c o M (0 M J< O tt Q. T3 C « 0) c c «i O M •r. Eh u < o u r. 5! Vancouver Board of Trade 8 ^ 50 oT ic TjT -^ TjT i-C {Yj" C-l o o 1-^ Ul GO g 8 aq > o « u 'C .^ L> .2 ■•-» o :i^ U o . W)^ 6 o § §.2 .« I S3 S :^ S 6- S 3 « > f>^ o = ^-^ ^1^ ^ 5 s 0.* se n - o< > o s :3 . C O --^9 6 •« a-^o to •y-r-^ 1— 1 V - % -'« c S - ^ ^ a m t- lii *- tt 0Sp2 01 a ci o C5 c o ec o o 1-1 00 O «rp © O 35 — r>^ x_ © S_ ci^ -^ ec TjT of 'f —" ™ o ?» -N > 03 C a a .5 d • ^ H ;-< -^ la § 6 K. O O ? i) y y a a ^ (S CS >> 6 : ? 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Pack by Districts. 1894. 1895. Causes Cases Traser River 303,907 400,308 Skeena River 61,151 07,797 Rivers Inlet 39,351 58,579 Naas River 19,587 19,550 Lowe Inlet 8,315 8,081 Namu Harbor 3,000 Alert bay 2,000 5,100 West Coast, V. 1 3,320 494,371 566,495 1896. 1897. 1898. Case^ Cases Cases 356,984 860,549 268,203 100,140 65,905 80,000 107,468 40,207 105,484 14,649 20,847 20,000 10,395 10,666 10,323 3,987 4,357 2,840 8,602 8,189 5,107 4,434 4,330 601 ,570 1,105,477 496,529 It ' I ' '•i 44. Vancouver Board of Trade SHIPPING. The City of Vancouver is built on the southern side of Burrard Inlet, 15 miles north of the mouth of the Fraser River. The prin- cipal part of the city stands on a peninsula, bounded on the north by the waters of Burrard Inlet, on the south by a small indentation of the sea shore called False Creek, and on the west by English Bay. Burrard Inlet is always safely navigable for the deepest draught vessels and conftitutes a magnificent harbour with good anchorage. The passage at the narrows or mouth of the inlet is about half a mile wide opposite the city front, however, the inlet is more than 2 miles wide, with a depth varying from G to 20 fathoms, and it ex- tends about 20 miles farther inland. On the west and south sides of the harbour, English Bay and False Creek also afford accommoda- tion for shipping. Since last year's report of this Board, a light-house has been put in operation on Prospect Point at the entrance to Vancouver harbour, known as the " Lions Gate." The continued increase in shipping during the past year has overtaxed all the wharfage accommodation. The Canadian Pacific Railv/ay Co.'s principal wharf, on Burrard Inlet, has a frontage of 1500 feet, with aeep sea water sufficient for the largest ocean steamers. East of this there are a number of smaller wharfs affording ac- commodation also for sea going and a large number of coasting vessels. Independent of this and in addition, the sawmill companies operating on the inlet have berths for at least 1 dozen large ships to load at one time for foreign ports. The Canadian Pacific Railway Co. have already commenced an extension to their wharfs, which, when completed, will give a further frontage of at least 1000 feet. During the past year the Railway •er ac- lels. ting an ^ay Annual Report. 45 Company have built a transfer slip, and coal for the Mainland is now brought over in cars from Vancouver Island. A Marine Railway is under construction almost completed, capacity 2000 tons gross weight; length of cradle 212 feet, which, when in operation, will afford accommodation for one large vessel or two smaller boats ; it has 3 tracks, 640 feet long, to cost 845,000. Exclusive of lumber and salmon fleets and in addition thereto, the following steamers sail from Vancouver : — The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s Empress Line of Royal Mail Steamers for China and Japan. This service has been supplemented during the last year by the S. S. Tartar and S, S. Athenian. The Canadian- Australian Line for Sydney, calling at Honolulu, the Fiji Islands and Brisbane, Queensland. The Canadian Pacific Navigation Co. steamship to and from Victoria daily. The Union Steamship Company of British Columbia despatch vessels to Shoal Bay and way ports, 3 days a week ; to Alert Bay and way ports, once a week ; to Juneau, Dyea and Skagway, Alaska, at scheduled time of sailing. The Moodyville and North Vancouver ferry leaves Vancouver almost hourly. Th' Ksquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Company's steamer from Vancouver, to and from Nanaimo, daily. Vancouver is a regular port of call for all steamers engaged in i>he Klondike and Atlin Ti'ade. The Pacific Coast Steamship Company from San Francisco «very 5 days, calling at Victoria. Provisions and supplies of all kinds are plentiful and at moderate prices at the Port of Vancouver — imported goods for ships use being re-shipped ex bonded warehouse. Annexed is a list of the usual disbursement expenses : — ( < ■!••: i' 46 Vancouve. Board of Trade Ordinary Expenses of a Vessel in Vancouver. Hospital dues per register ton .$ Health Inspector's Fee Harbor dues Bill of health, outwards Pilotage, per foot (each way) Pilotage, per foot (steamers) Port Ag3ncy (according to size) $25 00 to ] Discharge of ballast (usually done by ship's crew) or per ton Harbor towage 1 00 to Stevedoring — General cargo or salmon, per ton Sugar, per ton Lumber and timber, per M. ft., according to the style of cargo and facilities of the ■ ship 80 to Watering 15 00 to OS? 4 oa 5 00 1 00 2 00- 1 50 00 00 25 20 oa 4& 25- 1 00' 20 oa Rates of Towage. PILOTAGE DISTRICT OP YALE AND NEW WESTMINSTER. The ports of the Pilotage District of Yale and l^ew West- minster shall be as follows :— Port of Vancouver. Port of New Westminster. Port of Yale and several landings on the Fraser River. (1) The limit of the Port of Vancouver shall be inside a line drawn from Point Atkinson to the red luoy on Spanish Bank. (2) The limit of the port of New Westminster shall be inside- a line drawn between the outer buoys and north and south sand heads at entrance of Fraser River. DUES For vessels entering or clearing from the Port of Vancouver,, the rates of pilotage shall be as follows : — Vessels under sail $4 00 per foot (I in tow of a steamer 2 00 m - II under steam 1 50 n Annual Report. 47 The pilotage from Cape Flattery or Royal Roails to a line drawn from Point Atkinson to the red buoy on Spanish Bnik and vice versa is not compulsory, but if the services of a pilot are required, he shall be paid the following rates, viz. : — For vessels under sail — From Cape Flattery $6 00 per foot II Callum Bay 5 00 n 11 Beachy Head 4 00 n II Race Rocks or Royal Roads 3 00 m For vessels under steam or in tow of a steamer, the following- rates shall be paid : — From Cape Flattery $3 00 per foot II Callum Bay 2 50 n I. Beachy Head 2 00 n . II Race Rocks or Royal Roads, vessels under steam 1 00 n II II II II II in tow of a steamer 1 50 n NEW WESTMINSTER, From the lighthouse on Fraser sand heads to New Westminster : For vessels under sail $4 00 per foot II It in tow of a steamer 2 00 « II II under steam 1 50 n From the lighthouse to Cape Flattery or Royal Roads and vice versa the pilotage is not compulsory, but if the ser\ices of a pilot are required he shall be paid the following rates : — For vessels under sail — From Cape Flattery $6 00 per foot II Callum Bay 5 00 m II Beachy Head 4 00 n • II Race Rocks or Royal Roads 3 00 n For vessels under steam or in tow of a steamer, the following rates shall be paid : — From Cape Flattery 83 00 per foot It Callum Bay 2 50 n II Beachy Head 2 00 n II Race Rocks or Royal Roads, vessels under steam 1 00 n II It ti ti It in tow of a steamer 1 50 n '■:? 48 Vancouver Board of Trade 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 ^hall be paid for as a foot. I '■ I li Customs of the Port of Vancouver. RATES OP COMMISSION. Amended Schedule recommended by Special Committees and adopted by the Board (1896). XV. When no special agreement exists, the following shall be collectible : — 1. On purchase of stock, bonds, and all kinds of securities, including the drawing of bills, for payment of the same 2 J per cent. 2. On sale of stocks, bonds, and all kinds of securi- ties, including remittances in bills and guar- antee 2| per cent. 3. On purchase and sale of specie, gold dust and bullion 1 per cent. 4. On sale of bills of exchange, with endorsement . . 2| per cent. 5. On sale of bills of exchange, without endorsement. ^ per cent. 6. For endorsing bills of exchange when desired. ... 2^ per cent. 7. On sale of produce and merchandise, with guar- antee 7| per cent. 8. On goods received on consignment, and after- wards withdrawn 2^ per cent, 9. On purchase and shipment of merchandise, on cost and charges ,, 5 per cent. 10. For collecting and remitting delayed or litigated account 10 per cent. 11. For collecting freight money, on amount collec- ted 2^ per cent. 1 2. For collecting general claims 5 per cent. 13. For collecting general average — on the first $20,- 000 or any smaller amount 5 per cent. Oi u 8 5^ U ^ u u u 8 .;!!* it! •! 1 I If; ; (•1 1 w in if ^i 'ti 'I ;■] J ^ .1 i 1 i rii ] '^P! ^ I ii 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Annual Report. 49 For collecting general average — on any excess over $20,000 2i per cent. On purchase or sale of vessels 5 per cent. For entering and clearing \essels and attending to the Customs business of the ship $ 25 GO For " Port Agency " attending to discharge of cargo and transacting ship's business other than entering and clearing at Customs: On vessels not exceeding 250 tons cargo $ 25 GO I' with 251 tons and not exceeding 500 tons cargo 35 00 II with 501 tons and not exceeding 750 tons cargo 50 GO II with 751 tons and not exceeding 1,000 tons cargo 75 GO over 1,000 tons 100 00 II in ballast 10 00 For disbursements of vessels by consignees. ... 2i per cent. For procuring freight or passengers 5 per cent. For chartering vessels on amount of freight, actual or estimated, to be considered as due when the " Charter Partie? '" or memorandum of their conditions, etc., are signed 5 per cent. For landing and re-shipping 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 2^, per cent. For effecting marine insurance — on the amount of prenium 5 per cent The foregoing Commissions to be exclusive of lirokerage, and every ciiarge actually incurred. Vessels to pay clerk hire and the labor on wharf, sorting and delivering cargo. ! Ik' ?pi •; 'It. n| 1 ' m I fi N rJ ' ! 'l ; *^: 11 ' ; ^l! S 1 1 f L.I [L i •( 50 Fancowrer Board of Trade VANCOUVER CUSTOM HOUSE Imports. 1895 1996 1897 1898 Dutiable $ 834,713 262,954 .111,204,424 374,395 .•«1,. 331, 474 661,. 381 $2,862,170 Free 717,939 .$1,096,667 §1,,j78,819 .«2,092,8.55 .ii!3,580,109 Exports. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. $ 882,481 1,09.3,7.38 1,.302,.363 1,080, pes Revenm'e. 1895 1896 .•?3.32,470 82 51,708 02 1897 1898 Duties .?254,309 66 51,493 94 .?4.3o,890 38 49,948 00 .S73 1,807 81 71,197 12 Other Revenue $305,803 60 .l!!384,178 84 .f!485,838 38 .'i!803,004 93 Annual Report. 51 Custoins Returns, I>ivisioii of Vancouver. For the Year ending 31st December, 1898. Quarters ending. Entered fob Consi'mptiox. Duty Col Free. Dutiable. Total. March 3l8t June 30th $ 158,404 418,839 77,303 98,081 . (By the courtesy of the Collector of Customs), Port of Naiiaiiiio (Vaticouver Island). For the year ending 31st December, 1898, Ska-goinu Vessels^ No. Ton n auk. Inwards 408 348,918 No. Outwards 445 Exports— Tons. Coal 719,920 Products of the forest Miscellaneous ToNNA(;i;. .S()S,201 Value. §2,523,220 . 145,978 9,826 Total $2,1)79,024 Imports— Dutiable, value .'?184,624 OO Free 55,083 OO Total .*!2.S9,7()7 00 Revenue — Duties $ 61,558 00 (Hy the courtesy of the Collector of Customs), l,»0lmli»^mtklmutmimmtm0mt»m 54 Vancouver Board of Trade Port of Victoria (Vancouver Island). Returns for the year ending 30th June, 1898. (From the Official Returns). Vessels employed in the coasting trade of the Dominion of Canada arrived at and departed from Victoria, 1>. C, during the year ending 30th June, 1898 : Vessels Arrivfd. No. Vessels. Tonnage. 1 ,494 533,914 Vensels Departed. No. Vessels. Tonnage. 1,491 5.33,889 Veasels entered outwards for sea at Victoria, during year ending 30th June, 1898: With Cari/o. 'No. Vessels. Tonnage. 585 510,455 l7i Ballast. No, Vessels. Tonnage. 536 444,997 Vessels entered inwards from sea during year ending 30th June, 1898: With Cartjo. *No. Vessels. Tonnage. 746 527, mS In Hal last. No. Vessels. Tonnage. 446 431,327 Number and to:inage of vessels l)uilt and registered at Victoria during tlie year ending 30th June, 1898 : Bnilf. No. Tonnage. 18 4222 "Include Puget Sound daily bervice. Beiiistered, No. Tonnage. 2 254 Annual Report. 55 00 M 0) e 3 (0 c t. 3 ^-« 0) CC 'o € O X o ,1. CO Z QC D ^- UJ z g > < 2 o z < UJ o X E -^ u Q a » > 2 X 5! u c uonfltunsuo,^ » P C- ■55 -5 "^ 5£ 55 ?i -^ c* 35 ■>! S 50 « Qo ■>* ic -»■ n ^ c 15 •>! '4 1 "i ^ ^^ '^ -^ ^ v^ jC *"• oc 1-1 s ?5 3? !*: "" "^ 5< ^ 5 ^ 5a 2 N €ft 'm5x — S-" 52 5i s s X X g «& S T- X 1 ~ 5c « S Si;s!?: — 55 — « uojjduinsuo.) pajoju:^^ iS3 ?5 :Xi-. — : — ■'ri 7. :? i;K ac .•« -■« ri !ii « ;xf$ IP S ; i = -^ • ^**~ I S «»^ 1 ^. =■- : » X Mil m UOHdUlUSUOQ .lOJ poj94ua c© |?IX X ;S'" ~ : ?f ^ :^ • X ' c' i » • »-i X 1? . ri i~. -« a f «©■ «« ; ^l "M — • -H X '^ . re I* ;-•' • Jk 1"^ «"i ils ; .v. K -J I'M — M :»-'M : o : t- o H i#iii f " ■ii I ! •J ■ iiit- m ri ii i iii i iii wi 56 Vancouver Board of Trade Imports into the Province of British Columbia for 27 Years Endingr JJOth June, 1898. ■■ill. Value of Total Imports. T)„tiable Uoods. Goods Entered for Home Consumption. To 30th June, 1872. From Canada .' To 30th June, 1873. | From Canada. .| To 30th June, 1874. From Canada . . To 30th June, 1875. From Canada . . To 30th June, 1876. Fi-om Canada. . To 30th June, 1877.' From Canada To 30th June, 1878. From Canada. . To 30th June, 1879. From Canada . . To 30th June, 1880 From Canada . . To 30th June, 1881. From Canada . . To 30th June, 1882.; From Canada . . To 30th June, 1883. From Canada . , To 30th June, 1884. From Canada. To 30th June, 1885. From Canada . . ToSOth Jime, 1886. To 30th June, 1887 . To 30th June, 1888 To 30th June, 1889. To June 30tli, 1890. To June 30th, 1891. To June 30th, 189'?. To June 30th, 1893. To June 30th, 1894. To June .TJtli, 1895. To June 30th, 1896. To Jnne30th, 1897. To June 30th, 1898. 790,3i:.i51, 600,361.1 22 21,- 2,19r,0l\ i,.j69,112| 75,608 i 2,085,560 1,676,4921 66,104 ! 2,543,552 1,924,482} 117,054 ! 2,997,597 2,237,0721 129,735 I 2,220,968 1,820,3911 163,142 2,244,503; 1,905,2011 144,754: ' 2.440,781 1,997,1251 184,951 I 1,689,394 1,614,165: 208,072 2,489,643 2,214,153i 387,111 I 2,899,223 2,472,174' 449,768 3,937,536 624,207 4,142,486 789,287 4,089,492 927,054 3,953,299 3,547,852 3,509,951 3,763,127 4,379,272 5,478,883 6,495,589 3,934,066 5,320,615 4,403,976 5,566,238 7,130,381 8,690,263 ): 3,331,023 3,337,642 3,458,529i 2,951,379* 3,065,791 2,674,941 2,002,646: 3,357,111: 4,261,207: 4,423,414 3,662,673' 3,582,333 3,131,490 3,933,050 5,048,755i 0,320,4381 Free (4oods. Total. Duty Collected. ; 166,707 22,215 507,364' 75,604 371,544 06,104; 566,111; 117,054 707,906 129,735 346,318' 16.3,142 .367,926 144,754 320,326 184,951 122,451 208,072 242,963 .387,111 404,287 449,768 .V)0,833 624,207 702,693 789,287 564,923 927,054 1,060,347 560.348 729,266 807,140 1,030,375! 1,074,983! 1.803,005 1,255,495^ 1,738, 282 i 1,236,935- 1,.")93,894; 2,028,653 2,102 593 •«1, 767,068 !j 22,215 2,076.476 75,604 2,048,336 66,104! 2,490;593i 117.054 2,944,978 129,735 2,166,709; 163,142' 2,273,121 144,754 2,317,454 184,951 2,4.J7,116 208,072 1,736,616 387,111 2,875,4'il 449,768 3,866,8.56 624,207 4,040.3.35 789,287 4,023,452 927,054 4,011,726 3,626,139 3.401,207 3,809,786 4,287.486 5.336,190 6,226,419 4,918,168 5,336,961 4,.36S425 5,496,944 7,077.408 8,423,031 342,400 .302,147 .336,494 413,921 488,384 403,520 426,125 484,705 450,175 .•389,403 678,104 907,655 884,076 966,143 880,226 883,421 861,465 974,675 1,075,215 1.346,059 1,412,878 1,367,250 1,308,631 1,1.37,727 1,306,738 1,701,512 2,213,593 48 65 47 50 52 21 14 04 43 62 53 54 21 64 65 53 14 69 20 42 00 32 23 49 56 16 13 f i, . u o u 1^ T 11 \i H 'I' ( 1 ■ii i»a u • I If* i (f ■ - : ■J Hi B m^ Annual Report. 57 [Exports, the Produce of Canada, from the Province of British Coliiinhia, for 27 Years Ending Jiuie :30th, 18UM. Year. The Mine. Fisheries. Forest. Animals & tiieir Agric-'l Pro- Miscel- 1 Total. Produce ducts. laiicous. • $ $ 8 « , s .S « 1872.. ' 1,389,585 37,707 214,.377 214,700 142 1,540 1,858,050 1873 . 1,224,362 43,361 211,026 259,292 2,885 1,197 1,742,123 1874.. 1,351,145 114,118 260,116 320,625 5,296 443 2,051,743 187.').. 1,929,294 133,986 292,468 411,810 !),727 .... 2,777,285 1876.. 2,032,139 71,338 273,430 32!),027 3,080 68 2,709,082 1877.. 1,708,848 105,603 287,042 230,893 3,0S.H 1,500 2,346,!)69 1878,. 1,759,171 423,840 327,360 257,314 462 2,768,147 1879. . 1,530,812 633,493 273,306 268,671 2,505 57 2.708,848 1880, . 1,664,626 317,410 2.')H.S(t4 339,218 3,843 100 2,584,001 1881.. 1,317,07!! 400,! 184 172.647 3.-)0,474 248 22 2.231,554 1882. . 1,437,072 !)76,!)03 362.875 300,429 i)46 2,6l6 '3,080,841 1883. 1,309,646 1,333,385 407,624 287,394 6,7!»1 443 3,345,263 1884.. 1,441,052 89!), 371 458,365 271,796 1,745 1,413 .S, 100,404 1885.. 1,759,512 727,672 262,071 414,.364 2, .324 5,948 3, 172,. 391 1886.. 1,720,335 643,052 194,488 329,248 1,907 2.811 2,891,811 1887.. 1,832,827 910,559 235,913 380,120 10,265 1,911 3,:i7I,601 1888.. 1,88!), 805 1,164,019 441,957 318,839 27,631 85,826 3,928,077 1889.. 2,377,052 993,623 449,026 397,685 14,831 102,089 4,334,30(i 1890., 2,375,770 2,374,717 325,881 346,l.-)9 9,823 113,271 5,545,621 1891 . . 2,!)30,229 2,274,686 374,99(5 294,646 5,017 20,434 6,257,158 1892.. 2,979,470 2,351,083 425,278 390,854 25,018 31,976 (),574,989 1893.. 2,898,947 1,501,831 454,994 310,621 .30,173 446,231 5, C, 12,797 1894.. 3,521,543 3,541,305 411,623 149,269 23,323 1!»6,8!)5 7,843,958 1895.. 4,615,452 3,264,500 500,048 454,618 20.366 85,190 8,!)49.174 1896,. 5,7()2,!)60 3,288,776 685,740 4.S4,(i47 60,763 57,022 10,289,908 J897.. 8,9lH),592 3,.-)67,8l5 742,173 307,845 104.744 552,539 14,184,708 1898.. 11,614,838 3,846,!)51 426,300 285,607 79,015 667,006 16,91!),717 '?)i 58 Vancouver Bnnrd of Trade \U i i t i f ; !ii % 1 I \s \ I ll *( :T ^ '■• 1 .' i i :. li f I> • J 1. Ll « is ^ &2 X 1 0^ «1^ > V * Ml ;■ M# C3 C' Oi 7: /< ^^ « ^« T ^ fa it b£ :c |M • P« ■«« ;u w 9m O' r^ tc »« h « s > I 1 i 1 ^ 'M ift ift C^ -^S f 1- CO i X X ci -.o •.£ -.3 71 -ri i 1 y. > 1 5 1 1 n N n^ 1 i d :.::::'": -H Danish. 1 : :5 : : : : : . .X ; ;«" ; : ; : : C5 1 c S5 ■ . y/^ . . . . . « (Jerman. l,4'6b 1 ,446 2,887 52 I- id d 55 ...-,. .-c^ ■* v. s < x •: H » u if is as X •< 1 : : :^ : : : : . . .1- . . . . I- d :::-':::: Uv.xED States. 1 223,655 1,810 to d : :r : : : : IN British. 1 ■* (M O I- CC -O • • o L": © St — < JO • • — (N « Tj< M . . (N 3 F— 1 ;z: X X X M O 5C • 1 1 FROM Great Britain, Steam. . (ireat Britain, Sail . . United States, Steam . . United States, Sail... Japan, Steam Australia, Steam Peru, Sail Chili, Sail 1 -^ ^ Annual Report. 69 I ^ ■K ■^ mk. •« % ^* m^ » i> w 5 •ta> ■^ *M «■ u< ^ •/. S i, • • •s. p^ •t y ^ %> >M *» m S pi a< •w '4M ^ X > •^ ^H n« Sj: £&. X u Si5 s I ^^■5 6:? O E- c c I c. X 51 1*: w M -X CI -t X — ic -f r: ?! — « = -M iC M X . . « . . 1- c E- X ■^ I'' . . . 05 -J . C'l . . . 15 M . ^m 50 . CI -^ . — : ' : ■* •« ■ f — (M — — >^ ft 05 S Cite ?t 1 1- '~ •S 3; ,0 e^ i^c ">» ' cc X H l-(M - Port ok Victoria (Vancouver Island) Number. 54 63 468 Tons Reg, av AXTITY OK Frei»;ht. \\ Toil's 'eight. Tons Measure. Britisli 96.840 22.611 391,004 5,688 4,:12S 11,4.55 4,236 Canadian •Foreign 4,295 2,251 Total .' . . 583 510,4.55 21.471 10,782 Average C vrgo po V vo.ssel 3!) 70 IS 43 •Including daily 8ervii:e Lo ami from I'liget Sound porta. Annual Report. 61 ! <;: f, ;« Inwards. P( KT OK Vaxcouveb (Burrard Inlet). Number. 60 16 208 Tons Reg. Ql'ANTITV OF FrEKJHT. Tons Weight. Tons Measure. British 122,935 1,856 205,302 330,093 39,290 4,224 24,657 45,951 Canadian Foreign 4,083 26,330 Total 284 68,170 240 04 76,364 Average Cargo per vessel 268 89 Port uf Victokia (Vancouver Island). 1 Tons Reg. QlANTITy OF FUEIOHT, i Number. t i Tons Weight. 17,829 3,672 25,862 Tons Measure. British ">7 Canadian 91 99,050 8,339 420,514 5,669 2,875 •Foreign 59>*) 1 5,199 Total 746 527,903 47,363 13,743 Average Cargo per vessel 63-49 1842 "Including daily service to and from I'uget .Sound ports. it' '«: 1 ii.' 62 Vancouver Board of Trade m f*l« Suininary of Cargoes of S, { f'!' Annual Repoft. 63 AGRICULTURE. !;• It was affirmed in the report of 1897-8 that farming was then on a better basis than ever before. This statement can be empha- sized now as the improvement predicted has already resulted, and it is fully expected that in the future the outflow of money from this Province for dairy products will greatly diminish, in spite of the increased demand, from the rapidly increasing population. All other products of the farm have brought prices that left a margin of profit to the careful farmer, and to-day there is no part of the North American Continent that offers a more promising future than British Columbia to the farmer who has a moderate capital and knowledge of his business. The opening up and developing of mines offer a splendid market for the products of the wheat and grazing lands of the interior. The production of wheat has doubled in the last five years in the Okanagan and Spallumchen Valleys. It may be stated that although the agricultural development of the Province, while not keeping full pace with that of mining, has gone ahead in a marked degree, stimulated no doubt by the active demand for farm produce, but also largely in eonscvjuence of the adoption of better methods of farming : and a hopeful feeling pervades the whole of the agricultural community, in contrast to the comparative stagnation of late preceding years. #1 i'HiH M>' 'i\ Omrmmlm. The cereal crop of IH1,»8 was a heavy one throughout the Province, and prices ruled very good, although lower than for the preceding year. Tiie yield of hay was also large and secured in tine condition, the delta lands of the Fraser turning off some immense orops. In consecjuence of the high prices obtaiaed for the hay crop of 189V, farmers prepared to market on a large scale, in many instances reducing their stock r' cattle for this purpose, but the demand proved less than the supply, and despite low prices, much of it has been carried over Another abundant crop is in prospect. I> -» .■('■'' f. 1:. ! 1^1 '1 i; i-i :y m ill I 64 V'^zwcowver Bonrd of Trade 'J h and farmers are making provision to feed more and sell less than in former years, a practice, which in the long run will probably be ))etter both for the soil and the fanner's pocket. Dairying. Dairying is gradually takirig its true position in the economy of farm practice, the output of the Creameries has been increased all around, and methods of work in this connection cheapened and improved upon, (iood dairy cattle are in demand, and values !■ ive increased for this class of stock, while poor stock is being gradually culled out of the heroa. The testing of milk at the Creameries has enabled farmers to know just what their cows are worth, and is not the least benefit accruing in this connection. The development of the dairy industry has led to better methods of feeding and caring for stock, in the endeavor to maintain i/he butter output during the winter months, when prices rule high and competition is least in fine grades of butter. The meetings of the Provincial Dairymen's Association, held in tlie dirterent dairying districts, have been the means of di.-s'Miiinat- ing much valuable information and drawing out for the beuefit of the community the practical experience of successful dairymen. The fruit crop of 18'J8 was b, lar the largest yet produced, much of it was forced to find an outside market, but for various reasons, satisfactory prices were not always received with the exception of small fruits, which sold at fair prices. Carelessness in selecting and packing the fruit (especially plums) for export were perhaps the chief reasons for the poor prices received, and the experience gained in this respect, and in the actual marketing of perishabN^ fruit at distant points should be iivailable for the future, and ensure pi'ofitable business in coming seaso'..; For the present year (1899) it is generally recognized that the frij'it crop v.ill be a siiort one, and with an oxtended home demand, only a small porti-^n of it will be available foi- export. *Jw^„jr-.-*-^'*r Annual Report. 65 !:m i ;it the nnaiul, Hopm. The hop industry has been more successful and profitable than in previous years. Tlie yield for 1899 was good both in (juality and quantity. Exports for 1S9(S were 60,929 pounds, in e.xcess of 1897, and B.C. hops are now both well and favorably known in the markets of the Old Country and Eastern Canada. The high prices ruling have had the effects of stimulating production, yarils which had been neglected have been again cleaned and cultivated, and extensive additions made to the average under crop, especially in the vicinity of Agassiz, where a large California firm of dealers and growers is operating. Tn the Okanagan valley too, yards are being enlarged and the product is of exceptionally fine quality, competing favourably with the finest Kent Goldings. East Kent and Canterbury Goldings and Washington Chesters are grown on " The Coldstream Ranch " at Vernon. The East Kent and Caterbury Goldings have to compete with the English hops on the London Market, and the proof that they do so, is, that for the past two years East Kent prices have been received on the London IMarket. TobaoGo. Another special crop, "tobacco," har; been grown most suc^'u i- fuUy at Kelowna, in the Okanagan Mission Valleys, and in < • vse- quence the acreage under crop this year will be increased foui *old. The product is cured and worked uj) into cigars on the spf r by the Kelowna Shippers' Union, who, have erected a large and oons- modious building for the purpose, and the i.idustry is now v..i a safe basis. As before referred to incidentally, a very important phiise of the agricultural df velopment of the Province has been tiie establish- ment of Farmers' Institutes in every district. Through thoai, information of value is being widely disseminated, and furnishing the means for farmers to act unitedly upon the questions afFeoting their material interests, they will no doubt become an important factor in the near future. Tlie success of the Royal Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, at New Westmi i.«ter, in October', 1^:98, in spite of the dilliculties caused by the jUsastrous fire which took li "ti m '.If: ¥ if< 66 Vancouver Board of Trade 1 y' ■) ' •i: Hi: place there shortly before, and the splendid showing made by all parts of the Province in agricultural productions, was indicative of the growth of the Province in this direction, and by means of the prizes offered for District collections of fruit and farm produce, a- healthy rivalry has been instituted between the different sections which must result in good to all concerned. Agricultural A.ssociatioii.s in Brltd South Saanich Agricultural Society, Saanich: Fred Turgoose, Turgoose P.O., Secretarv, Cowichan /Vgricultural Association, Vancouver Island: W. W. R, Robertson, M.L.A., President; G. H. Hadwen, Duncan P.O, Secretary -Treasurer. Nanaimo District Agricultural and Horticultural Society, Nanairao; Rowland Malpass, Nanaimo, Secretary. Wellington District Agricultural Society, Wellington: Geo. Blake, Wpjlington, Secretary. « Comox Agricultural and Industrial Association, Comox: John Mundoii, Sandwich P.O., Secretary. Islari'-"^. vgricu;!U'.al and Fruit Growers' Association, Salt Spring* Jslami: Joel 1. Brodwell, Secretary. Mission City .A;:^rii:uitural and Arts' Association, Mission City: J, A. Catli orwood. Mission City. Secretary. Delta Agricultural Society, Delta: A. De R. Taylor, Ladner P.O., ■secretary. Chilliwack Agricultural Society, Chilliwack: S. Millard, Treasurer; C. B. Reeves, Chilliwack, Secretary. Ill; Annual Report. 67 District of Surrey Agricultural Society, Surrey: S. H. Slmnnon, Cloverdale, Secretary. Richmond Agricultural and Industrial Society, Richnioi)d: D. Rowan, President; A. B. Dixon, Terra Nova, Secretary-Treas- urer. Langley Agricultural Association, Langley: Albert Deans. Langley Prairie, Secretary. Agricultural and Trades' Association of Okanagan, Mission: F. J. Watson, Kelowna, Secretary-Treasurer. Kamloops Agricultural Association, Kamloops : W. J. Roper, Pres- ident ; F. J. Deane, Secretary. Okanagan and Spalluincheen Agricultural Society: C. B. L. Lefrey, Vernon, Secretary. Inland Agricultural Association: Joseph W. Burr, Ashcroft, Sec- retary. British Columbia Horticultural Society and Fruit Growers' Asso- ciation: T. R. Pearson, New Westminster, Secretary-Treas- urer. British Columbia Fruit Exchange Society, Limited: (Jeorge R. Brymner, Treasurer; E. Hutcherson, Manager; and Chas E. Robson, Acting Secretary. Lower Eraser Fruit Union, New Westminster: Arthur Malins,. New Westminster, Secretary Treasurer. Fraser Valley Fruit Union, Limited: E. J. Abbott, President; J. A. Caterwood, Mission City, Secretary. Chilliwack Valley Fruit Growing and Shipping Association, Ltd.: G. R. Ash wi'll, Chilliwack, Treasurer; James Peers, Chilliwack,. Secretary, Maple Ridge Fruit Union: H. Ferguson, President; and J. C. Mc Farlane, Secretary, Port Haney. Victoria District Fruit Growers' Association, Victoria: D. D. Dove, Mount Tolmie, Victoria, Secretary-Treasurer. Vancouver Island Flockmasters' Association: T. A. Wood, Qua- michan P.O., Secretary-Treasurer. ,j ' 1 ill I ] I 68 Vancouver Board of Trade Dairymen's Association of British Columbia: H. F. Page, President; G. H. Hadwen, Duncan P.O., Secretary-Treasurer. Cowichan Creamery Association, Limited, Duncan: G. T. Corfield, President; J. H. Whitome, Secretary-Treasurer. Delta Creamery Company, Ltd.: H. N. Rich, President; C. F. Green, Secretary-Treasurer, Ladners P.O. l1 » i Annual Report. 09 Kxports from British C'oliiiiihia To Countries outside of Canada of Products of Agriculture and its Branches, for throe years ending liOth June, 189S. (The Exports to the other Provinces of the Dominion arenot included.) LivK Stock. Horses head Horned Cattle n Swine n Poultry and other animals ,i Mkats, Etc. i Hides, horns and skins (not fur) Bacon lbs. Beef 11 I Hams I Pork i Sheep pelts No. j Wool lbs. Grain, Skkds, Brkadsti-kks { AND PkoDCCTS ok j Bran . cwt. Barley bush. Oats tr I'eas .... II Wheat Flour bbls. Biscuits and Bread cwt. Oatmeal and all other. . bbls. All other seeds n Fruits and Ve(;etable.s. Apples (green) bbLs. Fruits (canned) ll)s. Other fruit m Potatoes bush All other vegetables Dairy Products. Butter lbs. Cheese v Year Ending June.'iO, I8S»(;. Quan- tity. 1,156 170 1,275 150 49,238 150,770 S12 SJO 30 28 62,0t)5 2,520 1 124 Value. doz. Hay tons Straw . . M Trees and liushes Hops lbs. Bones cwt. Tallow lbs. Honey i Malt bush. Other articles 42 l,37il 12,828 10,0.35 11 15 16 67,301 443 18,235 92 33 Total . 8 580 250 11 351 86,131 167 15 173 7 17,618 14,759 229 456 13 31 37,900 8,447 4 790 257 189 19 4-2 444 15 3,()59 1,2.39 19 77 13 (i 11,757 341 634 27 82 4,405 191,157 Year Ending June 30, 1897. ^^'*"- Value tity. ^ "•'"^• 97 4,395 1 30 130 260 86,385: 86,385 984, 118 1,419; 253 38,347 12,958 166,111! 15,561 31 71 20 34 63,471 23,970 19,880 76,548 1,17 1,140 1 516 4 254 211 442 3.172 6,845 2!l 4 956 4 254 151 442 979 969 13 Year Ending June 30, 1898. Quan- tity. Value. 104 1,741 2,062 1,989 457 32,005 3,886 769 4,673 290 85,556 271 148 286 39 12,314 224 6 '396 4,.380 9,391 1 24! 3 45 15,264; 98 37,920 •)•) 161 1,924 20 824 () 1.^5 264 7,732 6,532 280 1,30 228,407 82,193 "2 22,146 4,9(i6 52,449 151 17 375 421 77 208 56 177 1,869 918 39 2,;{94 37 11,762 1 665 180,779 !H h e>!i !i . 1 J 70 CQ •0 u c ■> o u o ID o c U w « "o G a b PQ a; .a fin ^ c <5 01 H 585 o 2 fm =3 >. m 9 -a o •4-2 Li m <° 32 P M u g Vancouver Board of Trade QC s a c ?5 ■J^ — • r- M • —1 » • as I— j? w I- 1- •■C "M S X Oi — ; i- CD :^ J5 . • CO •^ ^ 1- • >o 05 ^-^ (M " 0\ . CO I- I- 12 :i 01 s I- X S 4> V 5« ; ^ • I- • CO ■* . — 8 :.- I- • lO OS • I- cu • •^^ CO ; irf ^12 «c co^ OS -r X X Q X O fC — I- IC 1- I- CO -< w — OS CO X x" X 05 5 co_ co" X i? X CO X OS 4: I Of 05^ X (M 22 .'5 • X : CO . o . X X CO x_ so 't : I— I CO ! iQ CO >>\ I- ■-0 • ^^ fC CO 05 • I-- Oi • -^ (M CO CO • X • »c • -t •CO -CI • o . 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The City of Vancouver was incorporated in the year 1886 ; was ravaged by fire in the month of June, same year; it now has a population of more than 25,000 souls; is the terminus of the Canadian Pacifie Railway ; and has more palatial bank buildings than any other place of its she pn the Continent of America. During the year 1898 the amount of capital invested in residences and other buildings, estimated on the most reliable authorities, was $1,000,000, and at least $500,000 more represented by buildings in course of construction and to be erected, exclusive of the Canadian Pacific Railway Depot, costing about $150,000, also $75,000 which is now being ex- pended by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company on wharf improvements. Vancouver has three hosnitals, a Children's Home and Orphanage, Free Library and Reading Rooms, large and substantial Public-school buildings, also commodious Churches of all denominations. Vancouver is headquarters for the mining fishing and lumbering interests. Vancouver has also, one of the best harbours in the world. 1 1' 1 i iii 1 ■ j I Ill ito in the [Tl ^ w g u ^ li'vl \l '^m> w V ■'; t l! f -4 1 > \ , ■, 1 :1 ■h ' ' l' r ~ * • • qr-1 • ' r i? 1 ' '!i 1 r - i: ■ 1 ' (( '1 ' 1 h , 1 • •< t - • « 1 f: l h D Qi, > D O U - za > = W -if W H Oi - h > o i % Annual Report. 75 « ■s o E o 4: « X 0» ■D C) C '■ 2 *** Q. M tu CO * E So «.E O c o S I O .2^ (til «< — lii . o •^ CC O 'S C > < •- O = ? 51 WIS ■£ o 0) a. El. o rt JE (0 u. > L. a E o O <8 . F-T 1(3 x" © ei «r lo «r 1^ 1-^ af o" »« C C S w 3 e s c o ag ^1 % C » *" o » IS 'S X >o o X ic in in o A X X 1^ 03 » •.jT-^t^i-^xxx''* x^^jsf-r t; 4» — r-«i^O'*©X'»ti»-i — « cJ ec OS «5 «o «2 '^ Ci X — © ag ® '.»« — ^uswxS^eoOftHJ^-^ so r^^ r -^ X ■^'" -^ •*' >« m" X* e4" os" to i-iTjco©oxo6 ©■^(NO2S0Sil.-^l"O3H -^xe<5'»t'Os — 0(NO»i-®S «5 05>OMI-©^«3-^W©0 — ©lecx'^oscfiS — -N ©» w f-i — -N — 05-^'tO(N'N — OS© O5ic©5io«0'*«©o»>o-N OS OS tfC X OS — iM w OS 1^ 1^ r-. 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Streets graded 50..33 miles Streets gravelled 8..35 n Macadamized with broken rock — Paved with bituminous rock — I'aved with wooden blocks — Planked 6.80 ., Sidewalks — Water-mains, cast iron 10.14 « Sewers 7.00 h Box and surface drains . . — Basement drains — Number of houses 1 ,462 Hydrants 65 Public Fountains — Population, Dominion Census. 1891. , 13,686 Jan'y Ist, 1899. 80.59 miles 10.95 „ 22.16 „ 1.82 „ 1.03 „ 2.00 n 84.16 „ 45.00 „ 23,80 ,. 14.32 „ 1 .96 „ 4,200 220 4 1899. Estimated. 25,000 PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF VANCOUVER. High School 8 rooms 5 occupied West 16 M 16 Central , 10 ., 10 East ., 16 „ 15 Mount Pleasant School 16 n 12 Fairview School 4 .i 4 Total 70 n 62 Staff of Teacher 62 Number of Children 2,750 Value of School Property in the City $318,300.00 Water Works System value ^SSO.OOO.OO- Annual Report. 77 BANKERS' CLEARANCE HOUSE. Since last year's Report was issued the Vancouver Bankers' Clearing House has been established. Following are the Official Returns to 30th June, 1899 : BALANCES. CLEARINGS. November, 1898 .$556,083 $2,8.38,317 December, i898 623,906 3,058,457 January, 1899 524,020 2,592,984 February, 1899. 485,344 2,163,522 March, 1899 472,050 2,574,929 April, 1899 712,489 3,268,455 May, 1899 575,052 2,784,262 June, 1899 656,740 3,768,864 Totals $4,605,684 $23,049,790 S; ' 78 Vancouver Board of Trade VANCOUVER POST OFFICE. British Columbia is divided into Two Postal Districts. The- supervision of the Mainland is now directed and controlled by the- Inspector resident at Vancouver. A direct Postal Service, once a week from Vancouver, to and from Atlin, has recently been inaugurated. Official Information for Four Years Ended 30th June, 1808. Year. Gross Postal Revenue. Number of Money Orders Issued. Total Amount of Money Orders Issued. Total Amount of Money Orders Paid. 1895 1996 1897 1898 «29,375 55 32,653 08 37,712 03 51,219 37 10,868 11,023 10,976 12,.378 $147,483 60 161,618 (^ 147,040 24 189,088 02 $125,791 93 131,719 74 143,075 76 167,183 78 $150,960 03 45,245 i|!;545,230 48 $567,771 21 Analysis of the Money Order Business of British Columbia for Four Years Ended 30th June, 1898. 'i Year. Number of Money Orders Issued. Total Amount of Money Orders Issued. Total Amount of Money Orders Paid. 1895 63,575 69,292 77,991 90,674 $ 975,762 99 1,053,.339 08 1,142,973 69 1,396,604 60 $526,256 30 1896 545,925 25 1897 606,2.39 95 1898 705,468 40 $.301,532 $4,568,680 36 $2,383,889 90 Annual Report. 79 CONSULAR AGENCIES IN CITY. UEUilUM. J, M. WiHTBHEAD, Vice Consul. CHILE. M. P. Morris, Consul-Cikdieml. ECUADOR. John MacQuillan, Consul-General. FRANCE. Baron de St. Laurent, Consul. GERMANY. Johann Wulffsohn, Consul. .lAPAN. Hon. S. Shimizu, Japanese Impt>rial Consul, NETHERLANDS. C. Gardiner Johnson, Vice-Consul. NICARAGUA AND HONDURAS. M. P. Morris, Consul. NORWAY AND SWEDEN. J. C. Maclure, Vice-Consul. PERU. R. H. Alexander, Consul. SPAIN. Capt. H. a. Mellon, Vice-Consul. united states. Hon. L. Edward Dudley, Consul ; F. J. Schofield, Vice-Consul. f i' i e i |; \ 1 ■ 1 •!'| 1 yj 11 80 Vancouver Board of Trade CHURCHES IN THE CITY OF VANCOUVER. Presbyterian. First Presbyterian Church. St. Andrew's Church. Mount Pleasant Presbyteriau Church. Fairview Churcb. Roman Catholic. Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. Church of England. St. James' Church. Christ Church. St. Michael's Church. St. Paul's Church. Congregational. First Congregational Church. Methodist. Homer St. Methodist Church. Princess St. Methodist Church. Mount Pleasant Methodist Church. Baptist. Fi;.'8t Baptist Church. Jackson Ave. Baptist Church. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Lutheran. German Lutheran Church. Salvation Army. 11 8- h ^ S3 ■>jF' "I ail h D 8 J ^1; H CO f^a ; : 'I ■ I 1 i I '11 ' • I M ■! >'}:. '. llM I , t> Annual Report. 81 THE MINING INDUSTRY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. Written for the Vancouver Board of Trade by H. Mortimer Lamb, Editor of the " B.C. Mining Record." I have the honour to submit the following, with abstract of returns, from the report of the Minister of Mines for the year ending November 30th, 1898 : Method op Computing Mine Production. In assembling the output of the lode mines of the Province it has been the custom, from which this year no departure has been made, to consider the output of a mine as being that amount of ore for which the smelter or mill returns have been received during the year, or, rather, for the period between the dates of publication of the Minister of Mines' Annual Reports. Hence for 1898 the production is practically based on the returns from December the 1st, 1897, to the end of November, 1898. This system, moreover, fully accounts for the seeming discrepancies between the returns of our Mines Department and those of the Canadian Geological Survey. Returns for the Year. In the appended lode mine tables the amount of the shipments were obtained from certified returns from the various mines, the values having been calculated on the basis of the average prices of the year on the New York Metal Market, and allowing 95 per cent, of this market price for the silver production, and 90 per cent, for the lead. 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CO( CD W C3«( ri"«r?rf 2 W rt 2g: S3 ^ O 05 "^ O (N »O00 r»< C< >0 :§ ec CD a o G Si CD "^ » VM O rt .S- a « 3 S G .a « ^ C 43 o 5 .g ^«8 o o c o UWt^ da Annual Report. 85 Placer Gold. Table V. continues the yearly production of placer gold to date, as determined by the returns sent in by the banks and express companies of gold transmitted by them to the mints, and from returns sent in by the Gold Commissioners and Mining Recorder?. To these _. early amounts one-third was added up to the year 1878, from then to 1895 and for 1898, one-fifth, which proportions are considered to represent, approximately, the amount of gold sold of which there is no record. This placer gold contains from 10 to 25 per cent, silver, but the silver value has not been separated from the totals, as it would be insignificant. TABLE V. Yield of Placer Gold Pee Year to Date. 1858 e 705,000 1859 1,615,070 1860 2,228,543 1861 2,666,118 1862 2,656,903 1863 3,913,563 1864 3,735,850 1865 3,491,205 1866 2,662,106 1867 2,480,868 1868 3,372,972 1869 1,774,978 1870 1,336,956 1871 1,799.440 1872 1,610,972 1872 1,305,749 1874 1,844,618 1875 2,474,004 1876 1,786,648 1877 1,608,182 1878 1,275,204 1879 $1,290,058 1880 1,013,827 1881 1,046,737 1882 954,085 1883 794,252 1884 736,165 1885 713,738 1886 903,651 1887 693,709 1888 616,731 1889 588,923 1890 490,435 1891 429,811 1892 399,526 1893 356,131 1894 405,516 1895 481,683 1896 544,026 1897 513,520 1898 643,346 Total $59,960,819 'ii:: 41 ; M 86 Vancouver Board of Trade ^'U 09 0) a a CO u -tJ .2 s CO 1 o a > .2 to PQ ^ H .S ..^ J 2 i'^ w ^H op < > ^ «<& tOI^O » :..:... -^ t « 5? '- '?> 00 -a c2 < S s o Cd u s M :« ^ a O o > (O Q X I iC X l^ ! 'f im"x lO -h' , (M ifj — C^ I - ,e- ©< « so > ift © OS OS OS CO -^ ) CO O •— I !"" ' — « O CO X ^ -^ _ ^ . - - - CO © ^ 0-1 X CO •%. __ os_ ©__ c-j ©«_ :d^ X X i--^in i^co""* CO icT© t-^Q~(M*io" >-< r- -^ I-- CO OS I-' t- © t- 1-- «^ f^ "(fi OS — (M CO (rfco'iM' CD CO ©© I i 92 Vancouver Board of Trade '.'■■ if! ,t:i f ?, uniform distribution of the gold over la'-ge areas being a marked feature of the new field. With appliances of the crudest kind, $20 per diem to the man has been the average return on the principal creeks, but as high as an ounce an hour has been taken from bed-rock in many authentic instances. No attempt has been anywhere made to reach the creek bed, but facilities for damming and ditching are everywhere pronounced. The constant annual wash from the rich lienchea adjoining and occasional " slides " of large masses of gravel have, however, undoubtedly enriched the shallow bottom gravels to an appreciable extent, and many claim owners, favorably located, are only awaiting the re-opening of the season to divert the streams. Bars are infrequent in any of the waters of the district. Routes. But little difficulty was experienced by prospectors in reaching the vicinity of the new district during the past season. Steamers plying between the head of Lake Bennett — the common terminus of the Chilkoot and White Pass trails — and the lower river, make alternate trips during the summer from Bennett to the mouth of the Atlintoo River, a distance of about 120 miles, landing passengers and freight within a mile or two of the western shore of Lake Atlin. The construction of the Bennett branch of the White Pass and Yukon Railway, now rapidly approaching completion, together with contemplated improvements in the navigation of the Atlintoo River, will give direct rail and steamer connection between tide water and Atlin City, thus bringing the new mining centre within a week's travel of lower West Coast ports. Lake navigation lasts throughout the entire mining season, opening during the latter- part of May and closing early in November. With the close of navigation for 1898 steps were taken by the officials of the White Pass Railway to open up a winter ovprland trail from Log Cabin to Atlin City, preference being given to an existinff trail locallv known as the " Fantail Cut-Off." This route follows the valley of Otter Lake, and is practically level for the greater part of its length, rising slightly during the first 20 miles of its course. Stopping places have been provided at convenient Annual Report. 93 intervals where board and lodging can be obtaiiied at moderate prices. For the information of those travelling this trail, the following has been published by the authorities at Atlin as a matter of expediency : " Coming this way from Log Cabin the first stopping place is a hotel tent, 12 miles. Next is the Tepee — 20 miles. Four miles farther is Otter Lake; at its foot — 31 miles from Log Cabin — is another stopping place. From there it is three miles to the Ferry house on Taku Arm. From the Ferry house it is four miles or more to the Golden Gate, and 12 miles farther co Taku City." A second winter route is known as the " Too-Chi Trail." The ■elevation of Log Cabin above sea level is 2,750 feet, that of Too Chi Lake 2,320, the intervening distance of nine miles being a gradual fall. The lake is 22 miles long. From the foot of Too-Chi Lake to Taku Arm the distance is four miles, and the difference in eleva\ion is 190 feet. From this station the trail runs for 34 miles over the frozen surface of Taku Arm as far as Taku City, thence over the two-mile portage, and across Lake Atlin to the common destination. The difference in elevation between the two lake systems being but 70 feet, this forms the only rise in a distance of 51 miles. The total •distance from Log Cabin to Atlin City by the Too-Chi trail is given at 85| miles, as against 65 or 70 by the earlier route. In addition to the above-mentioned routes by way of Dyea and Skagway, a third trail is now being opened up from the town of Juneau, entering the district from the south by way of the Taku, Silver Salmon and Pike rivers. From the head of tide-water on Taku Inlet — 33 miles by steamer from Juneau — the trail follows the bed of the Taku River to its junction with the Kateena or Silver iialmon, a distance of 50 miles. From the mouth of the Kateena to its source, thence across a narrow divide to Pike Lake and down Pike River to its mouth, is a further estimated distance of 40 miles. The latter stream, as already stated, empties into Atlin Lake some 25 miles south of Atlin City, giving a total mileage by this route of approximately 115 miles from tide-water. Mr. W. J. Rant, Gold Commissioner at Lake Bennett, reports the mining receipts for this district for the season to October 31 at, 1898, as follows:— ! y ^W3 ij< i' :; 94 Vancouver Board of Trade From Free Miners' Certificates issued. . . . $8,020 00 " General Mining Receipts 3,289 50 Total $11,309 50 Gold has been discovered on the Dalton trail, and discoveries have been reported about twelve miles east of the Meade Glacier, in this Province, but to what extent is not known. Cariboo District. The Gold Comn^issioner from this district, in his report, states that every indication encourages the view that Cariboo is on the eve of a prosperous time that has not been equalled for many years. Many properties have been acquired by strong companies, and there is good reason to anticipate greatly increased activity in the near future. River Dredging. Much attention is being directed to this class of mining. So far enterprise in this direction has been almost entirely of an experi- mental character. However, some 275 miles on the Fraser, Quesnelle, Cottonwood and Willow Rivers; and on the Cariboo, Jack of Clubs and Eight Mile Lakes, are now held under dredging leases. There is probably as much more ground available for dredging purposes, and should the work now being prosecuted in this line demonstrate that the gravels of our rivers and lakes can be handled advantageously and cheaply, it will certainly open up an imn:ense field. Several new dredging companies have recently been formed, giving further assurance that the at least partial failure of the attempts so far made are no deterrent to further f fForts. It is estimated that of the men engaged in mining in this district, 350 are whites, v^.d 400 Chinese and Japanese. The following is a summary of mining transactions of the Cariboo district for the year ending November 30th, 1898 : No. of individual Free Miners' Certificates issued. 1373 II Company Miners' Certificates issued ••••.. 9 II Creek leases issued 281 II Hydraulic i. 58 '- 138 II Dredging n 52 j I ' i Annual Report. 95 No. of Placer claims recorded , 1 17\ oc-a ti Mineral n 147/ II Water Records for mining purposes 22 II Certifica*'es of work issued on mineral claims. 23 I! Applications for leases not yet issued 43 QUESNELLE DIVISION. A good supply of water for the greater part of the season enabled hydraulic mining to be carried on to good advantage in this section of the district. Omineca. The greatest drawback to this district is the great experve of obtaining supplies, freights being 1 5 cents per pound from A. :;croft, a distance of about 620 miles. There have been no creeks discovered this past season which would warrant men going in there to work them by pick, shovel and sluice boxes, yet there have been found large areas of gravel which carry gold in quantities that will pay very well when worked by hydraulics, and the following list of applications for leases will show that the men who have been in that district this past season have faith in the future of the Omineca district : Manson Creek 25 applications. Germansen n 32 m Lost M 10 II Quartz n .... 2 n Meslinca River 15 m Oslinca n 14 n Omineca n 18 m Vital Creek 3 ,i Total 119 Following is a statement of receipts for the past season : Free Miners' Certificates $ 540 00 Revenue Tax 186 00 Mining Receipts 2,200 00 $2,926 00 !!'«(■ ; >HiJ 1 ,1 96 Vancouver Board of Trade ! :i:^ ■, i ,. ■ i : ! li li' - . iii East Kootenay — Fort Steele Division. This division comprises the drainage area of the Kootenay River and its tributaries soutli of Findlay Creek, and occupies the extreme .south-eastern portion of the Province. On the east it is bounded along the watershed of the Rockies by the North-west Territory of Alberta ; on the south by the United States boundary line ; to the west by West Kootenay, and northward by the height of land -forming the watershed of the streams flowing into the Kootenay River, south of Findlay Creek, Approximately 80 miles in width iind the same in length, it has a total area of between 6,000 and / ,000 square miles. The mineral development of the district can scarcely be said to have reached the mining stage, with the excep- tion oi the Coal Creek Collieries and the North Star and St. Eugene mines, yet it is gradually passing from the prospecting to the - 52^ o o <0 O O o I— i id Q >5 O w d o ® IT* ^ >• aft «! 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AiJJdwoRTH Division. This Division joins that of Goat River on the south, and extends in a northerly direction on either side of Kootenay Lake for a length of about 100 miles, having a width of 25 miles and a superficial area of 2,500 square miles, The major part of the territory is very mountainous and heavily mineralized. At Hot Springs camp the bulk of the claims are very old locations, dating back as far as 1883, and have been worked with more or less success since its inception, but the camp is now possing through a transition period from the slow, old-fashioned method of hand- drilling, manual windlass work, and mule packing, to compressed air drills, concentrators, steam hoists and elevated rope tramways. There are in the ■^■•mp two concentrators, one worked by steam and the other by water power. In the Blue Bells camp — the first Annual Report. 105 mining camp established in "West Kootenay — a concentrator and smelter were erected at Pilot Bay for the treatment of the ore, the matte being sent to the United States ; but owing to the cost of fuel and the low jgrade of the ores, and the then difficulty of obtaining fluxes, the business was not successful and the concern was closed down pending^the completion of the Crow's Nest Pass Railway, when cheap and plentiful fuel would enable them to work at a profit. Dry ores, lime rock, and iron ore are now to be had through the Duncan River Camp, Whitewater Basin, and on the east and west side of Kootenay Lake within easy reach of the waterway. The ore at the camp is high in lead but very low in silver. No work is, however, now being done. There are a very large number of claims in Whitewater Basin, about three miles from Whitewater Station on theKaslo and Slocan Railway, but all, or nearly all, are owned by the prospecting class, who cannot atJbrd to develop ; but it is satisfactory to know that nearly all of them were last year represented by the annual assessment work and duly recorded. ,<:!! At Kaslo the sampling works, operated by steam power and having a daily capacity of 100 tons, are kept fully employed. Here ores are sampled, sacked, and dispatched to any smelter the owners may desire, or are purchased outright by the works. Operations last year in the Ainsworth Division were chiefly conflned to the development of the mines, and shipments were relatively limited. Division : The following are the official returns for the No. of Mineral Claims, locations recorded .... 939 Certificates of Work issued and recorded .... 1,346 Payments of $100 in lieu of assessment work.. 13 Bills of Sale, Bonds, etc., recorded 377 Free Miners' Certificates issued 1 ,053 Mining Receipts issued 2,o32 No. of notices sent out on mineral tax, assessed taxes, and Crown-granted claims 2,260 Certificates of Improvements recorded 54 106 Vancouver Board of Trade Nelson Division. No section of the country, perhaps, lias shown for the past year a more positive evidence of progress than the Nelson Division. With McKinney and Fairview the Nelson camp boasts of several exceedingly promising free-milling quartz reefs, which are being opened up and developed with the most satisfactory results, under company auspices. During the year a good deal of machinery, including a stamp mill, was installed in this camp. Arrangements have been made for the treatment at the Hall mines smelter of the local silver-lead ores, in addition to ores carrying well in copper. The price paid per pound for fine copper contained, has been about 6 to 6i cents less than New York market price ; for silver, 95% of such market price, and 819.25 per oz. for gold, from which total is deducted a smelting charge of from $7 to $8 per ton of ore. The smelter treated some 800 tons of lead ore last spring. The price paid for these ores has varied with the character of the ore, the treatment charge being from ^10 to$lG per ton, with a price of $19.25 per ounce for gold, 95% of New York price for silver, and for lead 90% of such price, less duty, 1| cents per pound. Under the conditions existing last Fall, the smelter could not compete with American smelters on ores carrying over 40% lead, for the reason, that above the percentage, the additional duty on pig-lead offsets any advantage gained in freights. The capacity of the big furnace is fairly well demonstrated by the following figures : During the week ending 18th of February, 1898, the tonnage smelted per day was as follows for seven days : — 277, 288, 297, 301, .310, 312, 246— a total during the week of 2,030 65 tons, made up as follows : — Silver King ore 1,677.83 tons. Custom ore, etc 170.22 n Limestone 182.60 n 2,030.65 n In two days, the 16th and 17th, 622 tons were smelted, made up ns follows ; — ade up Annual Report. 107 Silver King ore 513.94 tons. Custom ore 52.08 n Limestone 55.98 n It is probably of interest to learn that from a test made of coke from the Crow's Nest Pass ovens, it was found that 135 pounds of this coke will, apparently, go as far as 150 pounds of that from the ■Coast ovens. A sample of this carload carried 8% ash. The coke is well made, and promises to aid very materially the smelting industries of this part of the Province. In the Ymir camp a very large amount of British capital was invested last year, and two or three of the larger mines are being developed on a quite extensive scale. Some of these properties have already reached the producing stage. The following are the official returns from the Nelson Division : Bills of Sale 909 Free Miners' Certificates 2,175 Locations, Mineral Claims 1,483 Assessments (including 9 under sec. 25 of Mineral Act) 1,549 Certificates of Improvements 59 Locations of Placer Claims 62 The following are the official returns from the Arrow Lake Division : Number of Claims recorded 250 ti Certificates of Work 184 ti II Improvements. 6 It Bills of Sale, etc 171 II Abandonments 3 II Placer Leases 4 II Placer Transfers 8 It Crown Grants 4 Free Miner's Certificates 230 Payments of $100 in lieu of Assessment Work.. 5 The following are the official returns from the Coat River Division : Number of Claims recorded 233 It Assessments 136 II Bills of Sale 69 Fsee Miners' Certificates 141 I : r IP 108 Vancouver Board of Trade H ri I , Trail Creek Division. This section of the Province seems to have entered on a career of great progress, and the growth of the mining industry in this Division is especially worthy of note. The statistics of ore production for the year show that about 116,367 gross tons of ore have been shipped from Rossland mines, an increase of 40,000 tons over the output for 1897 (72,000 gross tons). The gross value of the 1898 output is, approximately^ $2,210,000, showing a very gratifying increase during the year, and denoting the sure and steady progress of ore production from the Rossland mines. The official statistics of the Trail Creek Division to December 24th, 1898, are as follows :— Number of Claims recorded (Mineral 1,017 M I. M (Placer) 28 Certi6cates of Work 1,110 Money paid in lieu of work 16 Certificates of Improvements 130 Money in lieu of Certificate of Improvements. 2 Bills of Sale, Transfers, etc 660 / '.;< idonments 66 Miscellaneous Records 21 Records of Water (granted by Nelson office). . 25 Water Grants (this office) 3 Free Miners' Certificates 2,890 Substituted Certificates 22 Frep Miner's Certificates (companies) 127 Grand Forks Division. The mineral indications in many portions of this Division are most encouraging, and many properties upon which development work has been prosecuted to any considerable extent give excellent promise of taking rank as producing mines in the near future. Many of these have been, meanwhile, equipped with machinery, and operations are generally being carried on much more extensive- ly than heretofore. A smelter, it is stated, is to be erected this year in the Division. One or two new camps were established last season on the Forks of the North Fork of Kettle River, and in the Christina Lake district. Annual Report. 109 The official statistics of this Division from December 1st, 1897, to November 30th, 1898, are as follows : — No. of Free Miners' Certificates . , . , 561 Location Records 860 Certificates of Work • ■ • 791 Certificates of Improvements 17 Conveyances and Agreements 466 Permissions to Re-locate 4 Abandonments 75 Filings 352 Revenue from Free MinerV Certificates $3,687 00 Mining Receipts (general) 6,196 10 Total $9,883 10 Kettle River Division The Kettle River Mining Division, which includes the district known as Boundary Creek, is certainly one of the most promising mining sections of the Province. The ore bodies, though generally low grade in values, are remarkable for their size, and last year's developments, in many cases at least, demonstrated the continuity nnd permanency of the deposits to depths of 100 feet and over. The Boundary Creek camp was established about the same time as that of Rossland, but the inaccessibility of the district, the lack of adequate transportation facilities, which prevented the profitable marketing of the ores, until last year practically excluded capital from exploiting the territory. Many of the larger showings were, however, acquired chiefly by American syndicates so long ago as five years back, but work, if carried on at all, was performed in a very desultory fashion, and merely sufficient to prove the properties up to a certain stage. The commencement last year of actual con- struction work on th6 Columbia and Western Railway at once changed the whole aspect of affiiirs, and, at enormous expense, heavy machinery was brought in on wagons over 60 miles of mountainous road from the railway termini, and installed at the majority of the more developed properties. Thus equipped operations were much more actively carried on, with the result that upon the completion of the railway several of the mines will be in a position to send their product to the smelter. The ores of the district may be conveniently divided into : (1) copper ores, (2) ■\Y ! I 110 Vancouver Board of Trade li' heavy sulphide ores, (3) concentrating quartz ores, (4) free milling ores, (5) high grade shipping ores. Phyrotite is, however, the- characteristic ore of the camp, and the values of the larger deposits rarely exceed from 4 to 8 per cent, in copper, and from 5 to 10 dwts. in gold. With this- district a very considerable trade should spring up with the Coast cities. The population of one town alone has more than quadrupled in the past twelve months. In the older camps most of the ground is located, but a new field is being opened up on the Kettle River, north of the mouth of Rock Creek. The ore-bodies in this locality, especially around Deer Creek, Canyon Creek and Cedar Creek, are reported to be very large, but as yet scarcely prospected. In some cases, a few feet in depth has been sunk, and that with good results, but this district may well be termed undeveloped. The surface values so far obtained are also^ reported to oompr ; very favourably with the surface assays first obtained on Bou..aary Creek, consequently this locality may, in a. short time, be equally as important as Boundary Creek. The official statistics to November 30th, 1898, are : Number of Free Miners' Certificates .... 653 II Location Records 563 „ Certificates of Work 528 II Certificates of Improvement 40 II Conveyances and Agreements 361 II Abandonments ... 55 II Permissions to Re-locate 3 II Water Grants 5 Revenue from Free Miner's Certificates for 11 months.. $4,522 10 Mining Receipts (general) 3,826 00 Total $8,348 10 SiMILKAMEEN DIVISION. No official record has been kept of tha gold obtained from this Division since its first occupation, but it must foot up to a large amount. In addition to gold, platinum is found in all the placers in this section of the country in sufficient quantities to render it of commercial value. In 1886 it sold in Granite City for 50 cents per ounce, and as its value became known gradually increased in price to $4 per ounce. It is associated with iron, and contains a certain Annual Report. Ill amount of iridium and osmium. For a number of years it was thrown aside as being worthless, and by this means many thousands of ounces have been lost. This Division has produced some of the largest nuggets found in the Province. In 1886 two pieces were taken from Bear Creek worth $400 and $415 respectively. The following year a Chinaman working for a company on Boulder Creek unearthed a nugget of the value of $900. The long period during which the placers in the beds of the streams and creeks have been worked without intermission, has naturally exhausted them of their wealth, and attention is now being devoted by capitalists to the benches that have lain idle owing to the expense incurred in obtaining water to work them. Attention is also being directed to quartz mining, in several localities excellent prospects of rich bornite ore, assaying as high as 40 per cent, copper, having been discovered. The official statistics for the year are as follows : — Free Miner's Certificates issued 153 = $ 950 00 Location Records 288 Certificates of Work 67 Conveyances 85 Certificate of Improvement 1 Mining Leases 9 Crown Grant 1 Mining Receipts (general) 3,538 70 $4,488 70 OsoYOOS Division. Camp McKinney is the principal camp in this Division, and here last year a very material progress was made. Only one mine is, at prt ,ent, producing. During the year, however, 7,530 tons of ore from it were crushed, and 11,000 ounces of bullion produced, the value of which, at $12 per ounce, was $132,000. The official statistics from this Division to 30th November, 1898, are Number of Free Miners' Certificates 344 It Location Records (mineral) 496 II Placer Records or Re-records 5 It Certificates of Work 351 ^ f !•*? f 'fftl i^J^ t !■ ,3(1 I I ■*' fll t ' 112 Vancouver Board of Trade Number of Oertificates of Improvements 28 II Conveyances and Agreements 210 II Abandonments 22 II Permissions to Re locate 4 II Filings 97 Revenue from Free Miner's Certificates for 11 months... $2,806 00 Mining Receipts (general) 3,023 45 Total $5,829 45 LiLLOOET District. The total ascertained yield of gold from this district is $35,512. The otticial statistics are : Recorded mineral claims 455 Conveyances of n 186 Certificates of Work, n 209 Water grants for m 4 Recorded placer claims 16 Re-recorded n 3 Dredging leases in force 18 M II applied for 4 Hydraulic leases in force 45 Free Miners' Certificates $2,808.00 Mining Receipts (general) 6,355.35 Kamloops Division. This camp has hardly yet passed the prospecting stage, but present indications of fair copper values are encouraging. The official statistics to December 16th, 1898, are : Free Miners' Certificates issu«d 353 = $1,927 00 Locations recorded 364 Assessment Work recorded 232 Mining Leases issued 1 Mining Receipts (general) $2,297 80 $4,224 80 1897. 1898. Free Miners' Certificates issued 2,704 1,865 Mineral Claims recorded 1,878 316 Certificates of Work recorded 174 359 Conveyances recorded 295 98 iM; Annual Report, 113 Revenue from Free Miners' Certificates $21,889 $15,367 Other mining revenues 5,957 2,762 Total mining revenues . . $27,846 $18,129 In the above amounts are included the Free Miner's Certificates issued at Vancouver. Office Statistics — Skeena Division. Free Miners' Certificates 92 Mineral Claims Recorded 31 Certificates of Work 9 Conveyances Recorded 22 Revenue from Free Miner's Certificates. . . .$460 00 Revenue from other sources 155 00 Total $615 00 Exclusive of Haxelton sub-division, from which no report has been received. Alberni and West Coast District. Only one property in the Alberni Division has been at all extensively operated during the past year. At Clayoquot some promising properties have been located. The office statistics of the Alberni Division are : Free Miners' Certificates issued 239 Mineral Claims recorded 441 Certificates of Work recorded 294 Certificates of Improvements recorded 12 Bills of Sale recorded 187 Revenue from Free Miners' Certificates. . $1,430 00 Mining Receipts (general) 2,829 20 e»4,259 20 New Wkstmin.steh Division. • The falling ott' in tlie revenue from this Division has been very marked aud a great manv claims located in 1897 were allowed to lapse. This, however, was to be expected. The mining excitement of 1897 influenced men without experience to locate claims vhere )i H i 1:! - n 114 Vancouver Board of Trade there was very little prospect of dnding a paying mine. In many cases these locations were made in the hope of making a sale of the claim without the expenditure of any money thereon. Many sections of the district are, nevertheless, very promising — notably the Harrison camp — and with the proper expenditure of capital, and under capable management, many of the claims in this neighbourhood should make a good showing. The office statistics for the eleven months are : Office Statistics — Yale Division. Free Miners' Certificates issued, 473 $2,803 00 Mining Receipts (general) 3,797 45 • $6,600 45 Mineral Claims recorded 76 Certificates of Work 71 Certificates of Improvements 7 Placer Claims recorded 43 Placer Leases recorded 14 Permits to Transfer Leases 13 Permit to Re-locate Mineral Claim 1 Powers of Attorney 2 Declaration 1 Transfers of Mineral Claims 23 Transfers of Placer Claims 18 Water Records, Placer 8 Notices Filed 7 W^ater Records Filed 3 Mining Leases 17 The gold yield in this Division for the past season, approximately, is as follows : Hope $ 480 00 Yale 13,225 00 Spuzzum 1,500 00 North Bend 3,400 00 ^Lytton 21,900 00" Ottawa Hydraulic Mining Company 3,800 00 Ashcroft Gold Mining Company 380 00 Taken away privately (estimated) 5,315 00 Purchased by merchants at Abhcrof t .... 6,000 00 $56,000 00 Annual Report. The Office Statistics, West Coast of V. T. Division are : Number of Full Mineral Claims Recorded 106 II Fractional n n 4 115 II Placer Claims 114 Number of Assessments Recorded 64 Revenue from Free Miners' Certificates ^140 00 Mining Receipts 549 25 $689 25 Office Statistics — Victoria Division. 1897. 1,204 772 15 Free Miners' Certificates issued . Mineral Claims recorded Placer n Certificates of Work issued 67 II Improvements issued . 6 Grants of Water Rights for Mining. 1 1 Lay overs 6 Placer Leases 34 Conveyances 1 30 Abandonments . . Mill-site Leases 1 1897. Revenue from Free Miners' Certificates $11,402 00 Mining Receipts (general) 4,359 60 1898. 1,242 392 12 195 17 2 18 li5 8 .«si 3,836 OO 4,037 90- Total 815,761 60 $17,873 90 Nanaimo District. Operations in this district have been chiefly confined to the development of properties on Texada Island. Some of these give fair promise, and a smelter plant with a daily capacity of 50 tons has been recently erected on the Island. Philips' Arm and Shoal Bay. Considering the small amount of development work done in this locality, the prospects are favourable, and it is probable that several good mines will, in the course of time, be opened up in the neighbourhood. There is no indication,, however, of the existency of any very high grade mines. Up to the present time very little I 1 \'n h Wi I I if! ,,(: fji I' -n ;- -.Mi' I I I ill ■ i- f i y. 1i i 'W' 116 Vancouver Board of Trade real prospecting or development work has been performed, and the reason for this is, it seems, that sufficient inducement is not offered by the prospector to capital. As a rule a likely prospect is held at prohibited figures, and until this fact is realized, and the prospector shows his willingness to share risks with capital, it is impossible that any great amount of work will be done. At present, beyond the mines of Texada Island and Slioal Bay, operations nro restricted to the usual surface wrok and yearly assessment work. Much of the development work being carried out by the Fairfield Syndicate is on the " Dorotha Morton," "Young Australian" and •' Philips' Arm Group " of claims. On the latter about 900 feet of driving has been done, and a shute of payable ore has been proved 400 feet in length, with an average width of four feet. On the " Dorotha Morton " the development has been carried on for about 18 months, and a battery and cyanide plant erected. Crushing was started in December last and has been continued up to date, -with the following results, which will speak for themselves : December .... 480 tons. January 464 n February 809 .. March 653 ., April 867 .i May 1435 m Returned . ...$ 3,363 00 . . . 6,232 00 ... 8,120 00 . . 7,864 00 . . . 9,536 00 ... 13,138 00 1 return of $48,245.00 to date The costs of working have been $6 per ton. Tliis includes mining, transportation, crushing and cyaniding. These costs will be reduced considerably as soon as the mine is sufficiently developed to enable the increase of the crushing and treating capacity. The treatment with cyanide has proved very sf.tisfactory, and they have been able to extract 90% of the gold and 80% of the silver values. The fact that it has been proved that cyanide can be used to extract the gold and silver satisfactorily and cheaply should help to draw attention to the possibility of the coast as a mining centre. Of course it is not every class of ore that can be treated with cyanide, but the Dorotha Morton is not likely to be an isolated case, and other.^, no doubt, will be found that will yield equally satisfactory ■results. i '/ Annual Report. 117 The office statistics of tlie Nanaimo Division are as follows : — Free Miners' Certificates issued 381 Mineral Claims recorded .566 Placer n 4 Certificates of Work recorded 475 Paid )$100 each in Lieu of Work, recorded 5 Certificates of Improvements recorded 20 Bills of Sale recorded 204 Abandonments recorded 18 Grants of Water Rights recorded 6 Mill-site Leases issued 2 The total revenue from the above, for the year ending 31st December, 1898, has been $6,463.00, to which must be added $29,49, Mineral Taxes paid for the year. One thousand six hundred and fifty-four records of mineral claims lapsed c1 iring the year 1898, the work not having been recorded, but 1,000 records were in good standing on the 31st December, 1898. Nearly all of these mineral claims are along the coast line, or within easy reach of the coast. The mineral claims in the Dxinsmuir and Cameron Lake districts have good waggon roads and trails leading to them. i ' ii I 'ft' M ,jl ■ i ; iln f i i; n ■Pi ii '\< I !l:i !"■ : i m ■ 1 1 \ It '1 118 Vancouver Board of Trade If .' I f 1 - ■ C H H < • a > S 0^ — >- fl tt) s rt 5? ^ ;- CO to c o p 02 P4 10 C •i-l ' CO C (U 5 - CO 02 ft c o Q < P3 o 02 t— I IS k— I o o p o o Annual Report. 119 s s <2 O O P3 O CO O ♦—I OO M ;^ o o p O o ^ GO O o (3 § CO to § 01 o P5 o «e » a o s < CO S ^ 0) n 5 pi .S t: -a Q ::S g fa H c o '- S 5 > be C vS =3 g tT to • ,J '^ E -^w g 3 '/; °02 X' O w ^ f^ § s fa 0) « a, « o = -g . >> O I- . s « f 4) S — M *> 3 5 y: :: H y Co Oi S 4' * a ^^ ■■"^ -t-> . > =S o) S c so; >^ 0) 3 O OS d o o I H fa O O I— 1 ^^ c o ! 1 la i-i- 120 Vancouver Board of Trade ■; ^ i < is O o J2; < GO o M CQ CO t— I o o o o CO O m i S e« o O a u o « V e ^2; a o to .5. e o o CO V a o •Ji Ph o o 03 E3 O s u Li cs .2 a: O 1-5 :: (^ .-3 S o o I I a* o o . O -2 § .2 ??:: c zr a a , ■fi g * Cj fi3 ^. 15 iM >, <1> ^ F-H is w H o S^«> to .2 W = : g-« >,*^ a <5 o • •so ^ 4) « § ;z5 o c S «^H I .a o 5 o O -A oc . C V C f3 aj "—I »* CO ti ^ So ^ o . o ■:-B . o «: a o P2 o 02 <0 2 Annual Report. 121 COAL MINING IN THE PROVINCE. While coal raining as a practical commercial operation has as yet been confined to the various collieries operating on the east coast of Vancouver Island, and to the Crow's Nest collieries on the western slope of the Rockies, workable coal has already been discovered, and has received more or less development, in various other sections of the Province, its occurrence being widely distributed. Rocky Mountains. Starting at the Rocky Mountains, the eastern boundary of the Province. This range from the U. S. boundary, northward, has been for miles proven to be coal-bearing, and enormous areas of the known coal fields have already been sufficiently developed to establish their value. While a large part of the known and more accessible portions of this area are now held by the Crow's Nest Pass Coal Company, there remain portions of it still unclaimed, and there is every reason to believe that future prospecting will prove the possibly productive area to be practically of unlimited extent. Skeena. Proceeding westward, coal has been found in the valley of the Skeena River in various places, and is said to have been found in workable seams. But little development has been done, and the accounts are not very definite as to the results obtained. Queen Charlotte Islands. Again proceeding westward from the mouth of the Skeona River to Graham Island, one of the Queen Charlotte Group. Here anthracite, as well as bituminous coal, has been for many years known to occur in considerable quantity. Eraser Valley. Discoveries of coal have been made in the valley of the Fraser River. The seams so far reported have been too small for profitable ![■ i* ill lE'i '*^-! t i 122 Vancouver Board of Trade working, but sufficient to stimulate prospecting of a serious character. Nicola Valley. Coal also occurs in the Valley of the Nicola River, a tributary of the Thompson, rjnd seams up to two feet thick have been exposed. At Vermillion Oiiffe lignite has been iv > id in seams of from 2 to 4 feet, and a few tons of the surface Cv^al taken out. Boundary Creek District. Still farther to the south coal has been exposed ai ^ somewhat developed in the valley of the Kettle River, seams oi four feet of good coal being reported. This past year has been the banner year in our collieries, the yearly out-put of the Vancouver Island collieries alone being 1,126,531 tons — about 100,000 tons more than was produced in any one year heretofore, and to this must be added some 9,334 tons from Crow's Nest — which has only just entered the field as a producer — bringing the grand total for the year up to 1,135,865 tons. i ,: !LK i I Coke. Vancouver Island has produced in the neighbourhood of 35,000 tons of coke, (exact figures not being available), and of this amount some 3,167 tons have been exported, the remainder going chiefly to the Kootenays. The Crow's Nest collieries have just begun shipping, having before the close of the year shipped some 361 tons of a very superior quality of coke. At Fernie 30 Beehive coke ovens have been built and are now in operation, with bricks on hand for as many more. It is the intention of the company to erect, in the immediate future, some 200 ovens in all. The exceptionally fine quality of the Crow's Nest coke may be gathered from the following table of laboratory an'j,lysis of the coke's of the world : — ! : o s 4) S a o I— < c3 •J C Annual Report. * 4i o o lo ao CO lo '.^ i^ i^ ;o >o eo-- — ;oiNTtiTji (>5 65 e<5 iQ — 1 r^ o; eo 1-^ »« irj o>i M 0< «> fo ■*' Tjtt^C't'.ixowcooTto:'* ■«lOS — (MI--0-" «3iCiOiST)OiOt050«5'0«0 Oxsc5©:co:oot^:o(.'Ct^ c; JC c; :c -f •»!" I- 1-- o "O 'J cs ■* fNcc«c:c->tfctCMecececc^c<5 .::!;!!!;:: cs c :::::::::: :"5S : ^ • • • : S 2 •^ S '^'"^ s »~ o -a B 52.5 3 = V : .5 « o A3 e3 CO 58 'S (13 a cS 03 d o a 0) I CC «C a e H d 5z; ■ 0) - 00 '"a ?3 1 § t •A rr. V u V (i> -i ..Q 0) 2 Ph i-s !:!■ "■ i id ill n 124 Vancouver Board of Trade Meanwhile the amount of coal available in the Coal Creek mines- is so great that it will be more than sufficient for a long time ta come, but it is estimated that the Elk River basin alone has an available tonnage of 16,443,900,000 tons in the twelve seams. The following table gives the Province's coal and coke production per year to date : Coal. Year.',. 1836-52 1852-59 1859 (2 months). 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871-?-^ 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 Tons (2,240 lbs.) . . . 10,000 $ .... 25,396 1,989 .... 14,246 .... 13,774 .... 18,118 .... 21,.345 .... 28,632 .... 32,819 .... 25,115 .... 31,239 .... 44,005 .... 35,802 .... 29,843 .... 148,549 81,547 .... 110,145 1.39,192 .... 154,052 .... 170,846 .... 241,301 , .... 267,595 .... 228,,357 .... 282,1.30 .... 213,299 .... 394,070 .... 265,596 .... 326,636 .... 413,300 .... 489,301 79. 579,830. 678,140. 1,029,097 826,335. Valub. 40,000 101,59'^ 7,956 56,988 55,096 72,472 85,380 115,528 131,276 100,460 124,956 176,020 143,20* 119,372 493.836 244,641 330,435 417,576 462, 15& 512,538 723, 90» 802,785 685,071 846,417 639,897 1,182,210 796, 78» 979,90* 1,240,080 1,467,703 1,739,490 2,034,420 3,087,291 2,479,005 Carrried forward . . .7,371,710 tons. 1122,496,654 Annual Report. 125 Brought forward .... 7,371,710 tons. $22,496,654 3893 978,294 2,934,882 1894 1,012,953 3,038,8J9 1895 9o9,654 2,818,962 1896 896,222 2,688,666 1897 882,854 2,648,562 1898 1,135,865 3,407,595 Total 13,21 7,552 tons. C<)ke. $40,034,180 1895-6 ■. 1897 17,831 1898 (estimated) 35,000 1,565 $ 7,825 89,155 175,000 Total 54,396 tons $271,980 Table Shoaving Source of California's Coal Supply for 1898. British Columbia 651,208 tons. Australia 201,931 „ England and Wales 75, 1 15 n Soolland 5,056 m Eastern (Cumberland anthracite) 37,560 n Seattle (Franklin Green River, etc) 283,963 „ Carbon Hill, South Prairie, etc 348,474 „ Mount Diablo, Coos Bay and Coral Hollow 172,506 ,i Japan and Rocky Mountains (by rail) 26,560 <, Total coal 1,802,-373 „ In the matter of coke imports California is credited with 41,630 tons for 1898, as against 30,320 tons i.) 1897, of which over one-half was derived from England and the remainder from British Columbia, Belgium and Australia. The above considerations taken as a whole seem to indicate an at)uudant market for the yearly output of our mines, and the indica- tioos are ihat 1899 will not only prove a very prosperous year for the coal trade of the Pacific Coast, but that the collieries of the Province will be called upon to increase their present output. m .1 ' { I'll .." ' \ i r I ! \ . i ' j v 1 1 I ; Hi i r '-';!l \ .if 126 Vancouver Board of Trade li o O o o o: 00- g I— I M ft Q S9 !^ 09 ec n H ft O o M ;>^ n o 09 H H P5 o 4J if • 03 * a . 1 s 4-» •^ t^ a OS 1 S ^ 2 f ^" '^" ■* 1 1 »-H 1 1 1— < -HO r, 05 00 tk in 1:- X i Pi £ & a. & O Q /, •«! 03 CO a o 1 e 1 1 s fl o o a: ■e a a i « I 3 i s .9 « a 1 t 1 u ■> .2 3 H m § h ci 4J ■>f» J ■» > s -4-1 2 ca 0) u 1 i ) .2 - • - ^ ! H 1 1 1! ;i 11 1 i» Annual Report. 127 I V 1, ^1 1 ^H ^s-i • : iiiy « aj * 1 It ' inHsB a tiiH ' '1 •< nj H^^^^H' H ll W^^^m ^ ♦PjflllPl! • S-rf pq > i ■ V' ^1 ^ d^ '. '' » o- 1 ' V- !' . 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(Tons of 2,240 lbs.) 1 c t s p S CO O o .2 O o: -s += c c 03 c 4 : 3 o C bi C -^ S m is a or 'c > > 01 > _a 'c C t> c c I C M C ■* a m > bi _c a c -♦^ c -^ 2 a s ) Li •iH r- H a o s o Annual Report. 129 «a < Ah 05 Cd O •< cT o 09 Q w O M n 2 Q o PS O H O n o 03 0) Sis 0) 0) c8 ™ o SI L-Si '^S -c^S*' in TO ss 1^ ^ > S !M! i< a 5iu ^r^ 130 Vancouver Board of Trade u o Q < 99 > o n I fa Oi QO H o a: H H P5 fa O < 5 t o> 00 C 00 — 05 CO > u 00 >R S8 CD V CO o •S s o o o '*< V V b .o o CZ3 — O CO CO OS "oS o H O o a c3 a . o - CO .S u 3 13 « t3 V a (U u to 00 oo ce O 00 O ^ 00 as 00 OS 00 •< o O fb o H D o Annual Report. H 8 2 § Its M*! r--. U5 tp o ofcro M ^* CO ■^ CC Dl (?l S ^ o a bo a §•1 Li V ■II o o O ID o O fl .2 a ^ X I- 09 o H ^ X OS . GO 1-^ I— i 5 g a t ■< $ t— V OS 00 > 1— ( •5b 4^ -2 o rH A iz; Ed s S ?1 cu H NH S a3 s o Si; ■s o Q HM V U -u b: X H i£ <« «M Bk o o -4^ >H Oi o: 3 o < ♦ s p OD J8 2I3! • Cs *}* 3D £ ff 2J 2*' os OS c-i 5 si ceo E-i fo X 30 (M p-< ^ O o O f^ a o Q V > 13 " S !^.2 a (3 O H o H 131 I 5 4. o a o o V « 2 i >o X 3S X B .2* CO d 'S o , n 1 1. I 1 ■l;i ;l i i 132 Vancouver Board of Trade San Francisco and the other southern ports of California have been the chief markets for Vancouver Island coal, with Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands and steamships engaged in the China and Australian shipping trade, important and steadily increasing secondary consumers. Annual Report. 133 ATLIN AND YUKON ROUTES. I. White Pass and Yukon Railway (Skagway Pass.) Miles. Vancouver to Skagway 891 Skagway to Summit ^17 Summit to Lake Bennett 20 37 Lake Bennett to Dawson 552 1,480 II. Dyea Pass (Chilkoot Pass), Miles. Vancouver to Dyea 895 Dyea to Sheep Camp 13 Sheep Camp to Summit 3 Summit to Lake Lindemann 8 24 Lake Lindemann to Dawson 558 1,477 III. Vancouver to Dawson City via St,Michael and the Yukou River. Miles. Ocean Steamer to St. Michael 2,()60 StMichael to Mouth of Yukon 80 Yukon Mouth to Dawson City 1,610 4,359 t ; The Behring Sea does not open for navigation till June, and the earliest date of arrival of a through steamer at Dawson is usu- ally in July. IV. Stickine-Teslin Route. Vancouver to Wrangle 70O Wrangle to Stikine Island 8 Stickine Island to Glenora 130 Glenora to Telegraph Creek 12 150 Telegraph Creek to Teslin Lake 140 Lake Teslin to Hootalinqua River 70 Hootalinqua River to Lewis River 130 200 Lewis River to Fcrt Selkirk ... 277 Fort Selkirk to Dawson City 173 650 1,640 : I I "i.i 134 Vancouver Board of Trade ATLIN ROUTE. < . Miles. Vancouver to Skagway 891 Distances from Skagway— via White Pass and Yukon Railway. ATLIN ROUTE VIA BENNETT LAKE (SUMMER). Miles. •Skagway to }Jennett 36| „ Takii City 133jf II Atlin 140J ATLIN ROUTE VIA TOO-CHI LAKE (WINTER). .Skagway to Too-Chi Lake 38f II II II foot 60| II Taku Arm 64| ,1 Golden Gate 94f M Taku City 109f I. Atlin City Il6i BAGGAGK IN BONO. /: Notice IwHiied by Canadian Supervisor at Skagway. Under the date of June 15th Canadian Supervisor of Customs, E. S. Bushy, at Skagway, has sent out notices relating to the passage of baggage in bond through American territory, as follows: " Passengers leaving Canadian ports via steamers for British C olumbia or the North-west Territories via way of Skagway, passing over the White Pass and Yukon railway, can have their baggage corded and sealed by a Canadian customs officer at said ports and forwarded in bond to Canadian territory without being examined by United States customs officers \diile in transit through United States territory. "The White Pass and Yukon railway has made arrangements whereby passengers travelling from Skagway via the White Pass and Yukon route .nay have checked baggage examined by a Canadian customs officer at the baggage room of the station up to within 15 minutes of departure of trains. Annual Report. 135 " This arrangement saves inconvenience and delay at the frontier. Passengers will kindly avail themselves of this privilege." The bonding of merchandise and other goods by the "White Pass and Yukon route is now made very simple. The necessary papers are : Two invoices, " certified correct," by merchant supplying goods ; three White Canadian Customs Special Steamer Manifests (blanks supplied by the Railroad Co'y), and the regular through bills of lading of the railroad and connecting steamers. An express service is in operation from Vancouver to all northern points. Foreigners enjoy the same privileges in the Yukon as Canadians in all respects. The Klondike and Atlin gold fields are in Canada, and therefore, naturally, one ought to outfit in Canada to save paying Canadian customs duty. But one has learnt by experience that to reach these fields from the south it is necessary to cross a strip of territory whose boundaries and actual ownership are in dispute, but which is occupied and administered by the United States Government. The following is a list of duties chargeable on impijrted goods by the Canadian Customs : Axes 25 per cent. Anvils 30 n Bacon 2 cents per lb. Baking Powder 6 n Beans 15 cents per bushel. Belts (Cartridge) ; .SO per cent. Blankets 35 h Boats ;..... ' 25 II Boilers (Steam) 25 h Boots (Leatlier or Rubber) 25 n Butter 4 cents per lb. Candles (Paraffin Wax) 30 per cent. Cattle 20 „ Cigars $3.00 per lb. and 25 ., •- ^!i 136 Vancouver Board of Trade !.« ^Jl » i ! Cigarettes $3.00 per lb. and Clothing (Wool) , Clothing (Fur) Clothing (Rubber) Coffee 2 cents per lb. and Condensed Milk Dogs Flour Fruit (Dried) Fruit (Canned) G uns Goats Hay Horses Harness Lard Lumber Machinery Matches Meat (Canned) Meat (Dried) Oatf) Oars Oatmeal Pickles Picks Rice Rope (all kinds) Saddles Saw Mills Saws Sheep Shovels Sleighs Soap Soda Soups Stoves Sugar Tea Tents Tobacco Tobacco (Cut) Vegetables (Canned) Yeast 25 per cent. 35 30 35 „ 10 3^ cents per lb. 20 per cent. 60 cents per barrel, 25 per cent. 2i cents per lb. 30 per cent. 20 $2.00 per ton. 20 per cent. 30 2 cents per lb. 25 per cent. 25 25 „ 25 „ 25 10 cents per bushel- 25 per cent. 20 35 30 1} cents per lb. » 25 per '^ent. 30 25 30 20 35 25 1 cent per lb 20 per cent. 25 25 $1.26 per 100 lbs. 10 per cent. 35 50 cents per lb. 55 II II li II 11 6 II i< Goods paying a specific duty also pay a duty on packages containing them. Annual Report. GOVERNMENT ASSAY OFFICE. 137 Since last year's report the government of British Columbia ha» established an Assay Office in the City of Vancouver, and the banks and merchants will negotiate the certificates issued by the Govern- ment Assayer in charge, Mr. W. Pellew-Harvey, F.C.S., Vancouver, B.C. The following charges and regulations have been made by the Government : The maximum weight to be meeted in any ore bars shall be 400 ounces Troy. FF.fiS. (1) (2) For melting and weighing each bar $1 00 For sampling and assaying bar of value of $1,000.00 or le. 2 00 With an additional charge of $1.00 for each §500.00 increase r^or shall deduct the duty on the missing goods from the amount so deposited, and shall give his voucher for the balance rema,ining ue to the owner of the goods. 7. All imported animals or merchandise abandoned or sold on the route through United States territory shall be seized by thr^ i^ustoms Officers and forfeited to the Government unless duty shall be paid thereon. 8. Whenever the Collector at the port of entry shall receive from the Deputy at the frontier a report that the conditions of any bond have been fulfilled, he shall cancel such bond, and whenever he shall receive the certified statement of exportation above provided for and a voucher for the duty remaining due the owner, he shall pay over such duties, or so much of the same as shall have been found due, to the owner of the goods or the person duly designated by the endorsement of the owner. 9. The Customs Officers at the ports afiected by these regula- tions are hereby authorized to require, whenever they shall deem it <^xpedient to do so, the landing under Customs supervision of all imported goods at such wharf or warehouse as shall be duly desig- nated by them, there to be held in Customs custody until the issuance of permit for their removal. V'- m 1 ti *■ i i!;!|if 1 ' ■. !l : i iiiifli ■l\W: :i[ % ,1 .'' il/ ) lis t : . 1 1.1 ^ 1 ' I Ml 142 Vancouver Board of Trade 10. All articles carried by passengers on the above routes^ and which consist of wearing apparel and personal effects necessary for the present comfort and convenience of such passengers, are exempt from duty. 11. Any person engaged in an attempt to evade the United States revenue laws under these regulations will be arrested, and on conviction will be subject to the extreme penalty of the law in such cases provided, and any merchandise introduced into the United States in violation of the revenue laws will be confiscated by the Government. INDEX. OKFHJEKS— I'AOIC PaHt Prosidonts 2 Executive Ortlcorn i 2 Council 2 Board of Arbitration 2 Standing CommitteoH 3 Membkkbhip Roll 4 President's Address 13 Secretary's Uki-oht 21 Extracts from Minutes 23 Business Failures, ST.rrisTics ok 27 Lumber Industry— Shipping of Lumber 3(» British Columbia Timber Tentn 31 British Columbia Lumber Fleet, 1898-99 32 Fishing Industry— Review of 1898 ;i4 British Columbia B'lHhing Statistics 38 B.C. Salmon Pack by Canneries 39 Comparative Statement of Pack for 5 years 43 Shipping Industry— Shipping 44 Average Port Expenses 46 Rates of Towage 46 Pilotage Dues 46 Rates of Commission 48 Customs Returns— Returns, Port of Vancouver 52 " Port of New Westminster .i3 " Port of Nanaimo 53 " Port of Victoria ,54 Trade and Navigation Returns .55 Imports into British Columbia for Twenty-six Years 56 Exports from British Columbia for Twenty-six Years ,57 Vessels Entered Inwards 58 Outwards 59 Cargoesfor Year Ended .30th June, 1898, Outwards 60 Inwards 61 Summary of Cargoes for year Ended 30th June, 1898 62 Agriculture- Introduction 63 Dairy 64 Fruit 64 Hops 65 Agricultural Associations of British Columbia 6(5 " Exports from British Columbia 69 Imports into Britisli Columbia 70 Vancouver City— Introduction 74 Extracts from City Records 75 Prblic Schools 76 Bankers' Clearing House 77 Post Office Statistics 78 Consular Agencies 79 Churches 80 III ! 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I lii IlKi'OHT ON Mining Inihhtry - paob ProdiicHon for Eiuli Year from 1890 to 1808 (IncluHlvo) 82 Amount iiiul Vnluo for 1890, 1897 and 1898 83 Production of MetuN by I»'"trictH for 189tt, 1897 and ISttS 84 Placer (;old and Production from 18S8 to 1M>8 85 Production of Lodo Alines from 1887 to 1898 86 TIjo Year'H ProuroMH 87 The Gold Production 88 The Silver-Load Production 8J The ('oi>pcr Production SO The Yukon District 91 Tlic Atlln Gold Fields 91 J^XTHACTS KKOM REPORTS OK GOVERNMENT OKKICIALS— Cariboo District 94 East Kootenay 96 Fort Steele Division 96 Windermere Division 97 Donald Division 96 Golden Division 98 West Kootenay 99 Kcvelstokc Division 99 Lardeau Division 100 Trout Lake Division 100 Slocan and Slocan City Division 101 Ains worth Division 104 Nelson Divisioa 106 Trail Creek Division 108 Grand Forks Division 108 Kettle River Division 109 Similkameon Division 110 Osoyoos Division Ill Lillooet District 112 Kamloops Division 112 Skeena Division 113 Alberni and West Coast Division 113 New Westminster Division 113 Yale Division 114 Victoria Division 115 Nanalmo District 115 Phillip's Arm and Shoal Bay 115 CioLD Commissioners and B'^ining Recorders 118 Coal Mining Industry 121 Atlin and Yukon Districts— Routes 133 Canadian Duties 135 Government Assay Office 137 Miners' Licenses 137 Canadian Placer Miners' Regulations 138 Canadian Coasting Laws 139 United States Customs Regulations 139 i llustr ations— Vancouver City, 1888 and 1899 Cordova Street, 1888 and 1899 Hastings Street, 1888 and 1899 Canadian Pacific Railway Company's Docks Vancouver Harbour Felling Big Trees near Vancouver British Columbia "Toothpicks." Salmon Fleet Salmon on Cannery Wharf Ships Loading Salmon vAoa ... 82 ... 83 ... 81 ... 88 ... 86 ... 87 ... 88 ... 83 ... 89 ... 91 ... 91 .... 9« .... 96 .... 96 .... 97 .... 98 .... 98 .... 99 .... 99 .... 100 .... 100 .... 101 104 106 108 108 109 110 Ill 112 112 113 113 113 114 115 115 115 118 121 133 135 137 137 138 139 139 ^A^> hi! '% '\ I 1 > Hi SI ■'s 11 ' 'i'-l