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C: The Colonist Printing: and Puhiishiii^r Co., Ltd. . -il :*S hi l! Hi] !>l Ir : i !•.: !■ } i . :; It i 'j I nsr ID E x:. HACiR List i)f Oftlcers, 1894-s 3 List of Past OfficLTs fnini i86j 4 MombcTship Roll S ANNTAI. KKl'OKT. Mi-mhirship 1 1 Meeting's 12 Vacancy • a Obituary 12 (iraviiig Dock and Marino Railway 12 Harbors 13 Navifcation .... 13 Oci-an TraJe ami .Mail Service 15 Teiej^raphs . 16 A(-ricultiire 16 '7 21 21 21 2.} 23 24 Mining Fisheries The Deep Sea Fisheries Fur Seal Fisheries' I^umber Manufactures Wool I?l;inkets, Flanni'ls and Tweeds. Tubs and Fails 25 Clothing- 25 Cold .Storage 25 Surveys 25 Forestry 27 Public Works 27 Railways 29 Labor, Conciliation and Arbitration. . . 31 ImmigT.ition 31 Insolvency 32 Trade and Outlook . 33 APPKNUICHS. Additions to the Library with the Names of the Donors 35 Beacons, Lights and Ruiiys 36 Report of Committee on L'pper Yukon River 38 Rate iif Wages paid in the various Trades in British Columbia 41 Report of B. C. Sealing Fleet and Catch Season 1893 42 Summary of Catch of Pacific Sealing Fleet, Season 1893 43 .so .ss 57 PACK Award for Losses, 1891 44 Rejected Claims 45 Extract from the Award of the Tribunal of Arbitration 45 B. C. Salmon Pack, Season 1893 47 Comparative Statement of Production in each Brar.ch iif Fisheries, &c., of B.C. 48 Capital invested in Fisheries and Fishing Material, including the Fur Seal Fleet. Boats, etc., of B.C., during the year 18)3 49 Recapitulation of the Yield and Value of Fisheries of B.C., for year 1893. . Census, 1891 Extracts from the Annual Report of the Superintendent of Education, 1892-93 Sundry Statistics Industrial Establishments, i8<)i 59 Meteorological Register for the year 1893, Esqulmalt Stfition 60 Shipping 63 Cui '-^ms Statistics 68 Exports from B.C. for 23 years ending June 30th, 1894 70 Imports into B.C. for 23 years ending 30th June, 189J 71 Statement showing the Transactions under the Chinese Immigration Act, to 30th June, 1893 72 Inl.'ind Revenue Canada, Divisions No. 37 and 38 . . 72 Land Return 73 B.C. Lumber F'lect, 1893 74 Bye-Laws 75 Scale of Commercial Charges 79 Rates on Storage of Merchandise 80 Port Charges 81 Nanaimo Pilot Ground 83 Code of Signals by Day or Night 83 Pilotage District of Yale .ind New West- minster 84 Esquimau Graving Dock 86 Esquimau Marine Railway 86 1894-5. A. C. FLUMERFELT, President C. E, RENOUF, Vice-Pkesident F. ELWORTHY, Secretary COUNCIL: D. R. Ker, W. H. Ei.i.is, H. Bostock, H. E. Connon, G. Leiser, T. S. Futchek, A. B. Gray, J. P. M. ^roit, J.P. BOARD OF ARBITRATION : D. R. Ker, W. H. Ellis, H, Bostock, H. E. Connon. G. Leiser, T. S. Futchbr, A. B. (;ray, J.P. II. Crokt, J.P. H. F. IIeisterman, Wm. Templeman, R. Erskine, F. C. Davidc.k. EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL: R. P. Rithet, J.P., M.P.P. RoiiT. Ward, J.P. M. T. Johnston, J. H. Todd, J.P. Thomas B. Hall, Thomas Earle, M.P. Thomas R. Smith. STANDING COMMITTEES. FISHERIES: Rout. Ward, J.P. M. T. Johnston, J. H. Todd, J.P. H. CkOKT, J. P., A. H. SCAIFE. MANUFACTURES: Thos. B. Hall, G. Leiser, D. R. Ker, F. J. Claxton, Wm. Templeman. HARBORS AND NAVIGATION: R. P. Rithet, J. P., M.P.P. John Irving, M.P.P. R. H. Hall, J. G. Cox, H. E. Connon. PUBLIC WORKS AND RAILWAYS: A. B. Gray, J.P. W. H. Ellis, A. L. Belyea, jos. Hunter, M.P.P. E. B. Marvin, J.P. FINANCE: W. C. Ward, J.P. A. J. C-. Galletlv, H. F. Heisterman. MINING AND PROPERTY: Joshua Davies, C. T. Dupont, J. H. Brownlee. agriculture: AND FORESTRY: H. Bostock, C. E. Renouf, P. A. Paulson. i!* t- ■■■'.,i: ? 'f^' il 1 , <.v 4 .3 .15 -lil : m Officers of llie Cliaintier of CoMerce of Victoria, Vancouver IslanJ. FROM 1863 TO DATE OF INCORPORATION, OCT. 28th, 1878. YEAR. 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 187s 1876 1877 1878 PRKSinK.NT. VICE-PRESIDENT. R. Hi'rn.iby . . . C. W. Wallace . Jules David. . . James Lowe . . . Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry Henry Rh()(le>. Rh(Kk-s. Rhodes . Rhodes . Rhodes. Rhodes . Rhodes. Rhodes. Rhodes. Rhodes . Rhodes. Rhodes . Jules David Jules David James Lowe Henry Rhodes Gustav Sutio Gustav Suiro Gustav Sutro Gustav .Sutro Ch'slav .Sutro E. Grancini T. L. Stahlschmidt T. L. Stahlschmidt.... T. L. Stahlschmidt.... T. L. Stahlschmidt. .. T. L. Stahlschmiiit.... T. L. Stahlschmidt.... SECRETARY. .\. F. Main. A. F. Main. A. y. Main. A. F. Main. Robert IMumnier. Robert Plummer. Robert Rlummcr. Robert Plunnuer. Rol)ert Plummer. Robert Plumnu-r. Robert Plummer. Robert Plummer. Robert Plutiimer. Robert Plummer. Robert Plummer. Robert Plummer. Officers anJ Memliersliij of tlie Britisli Colurlia Boarl of Traie. FROM DATE OF INCORPORATION, OCT. 28th, 1878, TO JULY 13th, 1894. li a] YEAR. PRESIDENT. yiCE-PRESIDENT. SECRETARY. Member- ship. Oct. 28tli, 1878, to July 3, '80. R. P. Rithet, T- P William Charles E. Crow Baker 83 I 880- I R. P. Rithet, |. P William Charles E. Crow Baker 69 1881-2 R. P. Rithet, I. P William Charles E. Crow Baker 67 1882-3 R. P. Rithet, T- P Roderick Finlayson . . E. Crow Baker 83 1883-4 R. P. Rithet, [. P Roderick Finlay.son. . E. Crow Baker 83 1884-5 R. P. Rithet, [. P Matthew T. frhnston E. Crow Baker 90 1885-6 lacobHunterTodd.I.P. Edgar Crow Baker Wm. .Monteith . 99 1886-7 Jacob HunterTodd, f.P. Thomas Earle Wm. Monteith.. 97 1887-8 rqiiinialt Marine Railway. Burns, Ciavin H B'k British North America. Byrnes, George Baker, Hon. Col. James, M. P. P Bogg^, B Bradcn, John, M. P. P Bone, W. H T. N. Hibben & Co Beeton, H. C (London, England) Bodwcll, Ernest V Bodwell & Irving Belyea, A. L Belyea & Gregory Brodrick, Richard Brownlee, J . H Bainbridge, W. H NV. II. Bainbridge & Co. . . Bennett, John Behnsen, H. F. W Knrtz & Co Bostork, H President. Manager. Manager. Auctioneer and Com, Mer. Capitalist. Insurance and Gen. Agent. Plumber and Gas Fritter. Booksellers and .Stationers. Merchant. Barristers-at-Law. Barristers-at-Law. Contractor. Insurai!ce Agent. Financial Agents. General Agent. Manager. Capitalist. -r .■^' ::.-l ■di Croasdaile, H. E., J.P. . H. E. Croasdaile & Co.... Financia' and Ins. Agents. Cowan, M. H Retired. Croft, Henry Dunsmuir Cold Storage vs: Ice Works. . Manager. Crane, J. E Insurance and Gen. Agents. Claxton, Fred. J Dalby & Claxlon Land Agents. Carmichael, H Brit. Col. Paper Mfg Co. . Secretary. Cox, Capt. J. G E. B. Marvin & Co Ship Chandlers. Coigdarippc, J Retired. Crea.se, Lindley Barrister-at-Law. Connon, H. E Northern Pacific S. S. Co.. Agent. Cuthbert, Herbert Auctioneer. Cassidy, Robert Barrister-at-Law. Courtney, Geo. L Canadian Pacific Railway. . Agent. !!• friA n 1 I 1 i BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. NAMi:. FIRM. BUSINKSS. Davie, Hun. Theo., Q.C., M.P.I' Premier of B, C. Dunsmuir, James Union Collieries President. Dunsmuir, Alexander... Esquimait & Nanaimo K'y. President. Davies, Joshua Auctioneer and Com. Mer. Duponl, Major C. T Vic. Elec. R'y & Light'g Co. . Pres. R'y Dept. Dunlevy, P. C Merchant. Davidge, V. 11 Davidge & Co Shipping Agents. Ellis, W. H Colonist P. & P. Co Manager. Earle, Thos. , M. P Merchant. Eberts, I). M., M.P. P. . Eberts & Taylor Barristers-at-Law. Erb, Louis E Victoria Brewing & Ice Co., Ltd., Director. Ewen, Alexander Ewen & Co. (New Westminster), Caniiers. Erskine, R Erskine, Wall & Co (Jrocers. El worthy, V Brit. Col. Board of Trade.. Secretary. Flumerfelt, A C Ames Holden & Co. (Ld) . Managing Director. Foster, F. W ( Ashcroft, B. C ) Merchant. Flint, A. St. G Insurance and (len. Agent. Fairall, U.S... Brewer. Futcher, Thos. S. . . Japanese Wares. Forrester, J. L. . , Canada Paint Co Manager. B- li! i Grant, Ca,jt. Wm Ship Owner. Gray, Alex. Blair, J. P Merchant. Goodacre, Lawrence. .. Queen's Market (Meat) . .. Proprietor. Gallelly, A. J. C Bank of Montreal (Victoria) Manager. Gregory, F. B Belyea & Gregory Barristers-at-Law. Gordon, J. B Bradstreets Manager. Gowen, C. N Victoria Brewing & Ice Co., Ltd., Director. GiflSn, J. B Dun & Co Agent. Heisterm.in, H. F Higgins, Hon D. W., M Harris, D. R Hayward, Chas Hall, Thos. B Holland, Joshua Hutcheson, James Hunter, Joseph, M.P. P.. H Heisterman iS: Co Financial and Ins. Agents. P.P., Vic. Elec. R'y & Lit'g Co., Ld . . Pres. Lit'g Dept. Loewenberg & Harris Financial Brokers. Contractor and Builder. Victoria Flour & Rice Mills. Proprietor. Insurance Agent. Hutcheson & Co Dry Goods. Esquimau & Nanaimo R'y. General Superintendent. MEMBERSHIP ROLL. NAMR. FIRM. bl'SINRSji. Haywood, VVm. C Land Agent. Ilelmcken, lion. J. .S., J.T Thysician. Hall, R. H Hudson's Bay Co In charge. Helmcken, II. Dallas, M.P.P., Drake, Jackson & II. Harrislcrs-al-Law. Hall, Richard Hall & G()ei)el (leneral Agents. Henderson, T. M Langley & Co Druggists. Irving, Capt. John, M.P.P.Can. PaciHc Navigation Co. Manager. Irving, P. Ai Bodwell & Irving HarristersatLaw. Irving, Robert Land Agent. Irving, Robt., Sen Capitalist. Johnson, E M Financial Agent. Johnston, Matthew T... Findlay, Durham & Hrodie. Merchants. Jackson, Robt. E Drake, Jackson&iHelmcken Barristcrsat-Law. Jones, A. W., Capt A. \V. Jones & l?ridgman.. Insurance Agents, Jamieson, Robert Books and Stationery. Jensen, William I lotel Dallas Proprietor. K Ker, D. R Br.tckman & Ker Milling Co., Ld., Man. Diroctor. Keefer, G. A Keefer & Smith Civil Engineers. I' ft Langley, A. J., J. P. . . . Langley & Co Druggists. Loewen, Joseph Victoria Brewing & Ice Co., Ld., Director. Leiser, Simon Wholesale Grocer. Lubbe, T Furs and Skins. Leiser, Gustav Lenz & Leiser Wholesale Dry (Joods, Luxton, A. P . Davie, Pooley & Luxton. . . Barristers-at-Law. M Marvin, Edward B., J.P. E. B. Marvin & Co Ship Chandlers. Mason, Henry S Brit. Col. Land and Investment Co., Ld., Director. Miller, Monroe Printer and Bookbinder. Mara, J. A., M. P (Kamloops) Merchant. Munn, D. J (Eraser River) Cannery Proprietor. Macauley, W.J Capitalist. McQuade, E. A P. McQuade & Sons Ship Chandlers. McAlister, John (San Jose, Cal. ) Retired. McLellan, A. J Cannery Proprietor. Munsie, W Sealing Schooners.Owner. %'^-M if '1 i M !! i .' I'i 8 imiTISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRAPF. NAMK. I-IKM. Hrsr.NKMS. Milne, Cj. L Physician and Surgeon. McLennan, K<)l)t. V McLennan vs: McFeely Cornice Manufacturer!-. Mitchell, James Manufacturers' Agent. McCandless, A. G f Jilinore & McCandless. . . . Cluihiers. Mason, C. Dubois IJarrister-at-Law. McMicking, K. H., J.I' Klectrician. Muir, A. Maxwell Architect. Morley, C Mineral Water Manfr. Morris, Walter I'ederation Hrand Salmon Can. Co. , President. N Nicholles, Major John. . Nicholles & Renouf. Hardware and Ag'l Inipts. Pooley, Hon. C.E., Q.C., M.P.P Barrister-at-Law. Prior, Lt.-Col. E. G., ^[.P., E. Ci. Prior & Co., Ld. Hardware and Implements- Pendray, Wm. J Pondiay & Co Soap Mauufaclurers. Pearson, Kd. , J. P Clark & Pearson I lardware. Pither, Luke Pither & Leiser Wine Merchants. Penny, John L Ship Owner. Pearson, T. B T. B. Pearson & Co Wholesale Clothing. Robins, S. M Vancouver Coal Co., (Nanaimo), Superintendent. Redon, L Redon & Hartnagel Hotel Proprietors. Rithet, R. P., J. P., M.P.P., R. P. Rithtt&Co., Ld. Merchants & Shipping Agts. Redfern, Chas. E Manufacturing Jeweller. Renouf, C. E Nicholles & Renouf. Hardware and Ag'l Impl's. Redmond, W. H Ames Holden Co., Ld. . . . Wholesale Boots and Shoes. Ritter, Robert Ship Owner. Robertson, J. R Financial Agent. Robertson, Arthur Martin & Robertson Commission Agents. & .Spring, Chas Trader. Saunders, Henry Grocer. Say ward, Wm. P Capitalist. Shotbolt, Thos., J.P Druggist. Sears, Joseph Contractor. Smith, Thos. R Robt. Ward & Co., Ld. . .. Merchants and Shippers. Sehl, Jacob Sehl, Hastie & Erskine Furniture Co., Ld. Spencer, C David Spencer Dry Goods. Snowden, N. P., J.P... Loewenberg, Harris & Co. Financial Agents. Swinerton, R. H Land Agent. Sargison, A. G Colonist P. & P. Co Secretary. MEMUHKSillP ROLL. NAMR. FIRM. ltL'MINRS.>t. Scolt, 11. J Ilnniilton Towiler Works.. Manager. Sit'wani, II. V Sliip Owner. Turner, Hon. J. II , M.P.P., Turner, Heelon & Co. Merchants. Tye, Thomas II Matthews, Richards vV: Tye. Hardware, Iron and Steel. Todd, Jacob II., J. P. . . J. H. Todd vS: .Son Wholesale (Iricers. Templeman, Wm Times Priming Co Managing Editor. Teague, John, Sen Architect. Tugwell, Thomas I lotel. Taylor, W. J Eherts iV Taylor l!arristers-at-Law. VanVolkenburgh, H liutclier. w Williams, Robert T Blank Book Manufacturer. Ward, Wm. C, J.P. . . . Bank of British (Columbia. . Supt. of B. C. Branches. Ward, Robt., J.P Robert Ward & Co., Ld , .. Merchants and Shippers. Wilson, Chas (Vancouver^ Barrisler-at-Law. Wilson, Wm W. & J. Wilson Clothiers. Weiler, John Retired Late Furniture Manufac'r. Warren, Jas. D., Capt. . . (ieneral Agent. Williams, B Land Agent. Wilson, W. Ridgway Architect. Worlock, Fred'k II . . . Wells, Fargo .K: Co Agent. Wootton, E. E McPhillips, Woolton & Barnard, Barristers-at-Law. Walker, Walter Coal Merchant. Webber, Lionel H Financial Agent. New Mmmbbrs Elbcteo July 13th. 1B9A. Bridgman, A J. W. ... A. W. Jones & Bridgman. . Insurance and Fin. Agents. Chapman, Hedley Retired. Coltart, John Coltart & Jenns Financial Agents. Gillies, D. W B. C. Cattle Co Manager. Langley, W'. H Barrister-at-Law. Macauley, Norman Manufacturers' Agent. McLachlan, D ... Ft-ed Merchant. Pai'.lson, P. A Sayward Mill Co President. Piercy, J J. Piercy &. Co Wholesale Dry Goods. Pemberton, F. B Pemberton & Son P'inancial Agents. Scaife, A. H Journalist. Weiler, Otto Weiler Bros Furniture Manufacturers. Memo — All members of th'e Board, unless otherwise herein shown, reside at Victoria, B. C. ' 't '1 .•'if- A i M '« ' 'vi II i •' It .if :^i! f't !li s ■il .*.{ % I >U! FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE British Columbia Board of Trade, (JULY 8th, 1893, TO JULY 6th, 1894.) To the Members of the British Columbia Board of Trade : Gentlemen, — Your Committee consisting of the President, Vice-President and Secretary, appointed by the Council, beg to append hereto the Fifteenth Annual Report of the Board, which is submitted for the consideration of members. Membership. The following new members were elected during the period under review, viz : NAME. FIRM. BUSINESS. Allen Cameron Canadian ['acific Railway. . Agenl. Arthur Robertson Martin & Robertson Commission Merchants. Herbert Cuthbeit Auctioneer. Robert Cassidy Barristcr-at-Law. W. J. Taylor Eberts & Taylor Barrister-at-Law. J. B. Giffin Dun & Co Afient. Geo. L. Courtney Canadian Pacific Railway. . Agent. H. Bostock Capitalist. And the present number of Active Members is 161. The Board is indebted to Mr. H. C. Beeton for many cour- tesies, and he having left the Province, at a meeting of the Council held on February 6th last, it was unanimously resolved to tender him Honorary Membership of the Board, which Mr. Beeton has accepted. V ■ Ji-f I Li m- I W'- • il la BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. Meetings. Since the previous Annual Report, four Quarterly General Meetings, and four Special General Meetings of the Board were held. There were twenty meetings of the Council, and the several Standing Committees have dealt with much business. The average attendance at all meetings has been well sustained, and this shows an increasing interest in the business of the Board. Vacancy. Mr. Frederick H. Worlock having tendered his resignation as a member of the Council, upon acceptance, Mr. Joshua Davies was appointed to fill the vacancy. Obituary. By the regretted death of J. D. Pemberton on November nth, 1893, the Board lost one of its members. Mr. Pemberton came here as Colonial Surveyor in 1861, and served in that capacity till 1864. He was also a member of the Executive Council of the first Government of Vancouver Island, which at that time was a Crown Colony, with the late Sir James Douglas as Governor. Craving Docl^ The dock accommodation at Esquimalt, and hitherto confined to the excellent graving dock, Marin^ailwav ^^^ during the past year been augmented by a ^^■^"■^■■"^ marine railwp.y, constructed by private enterprise. The marine railway was completed in May last ; it is capable of hauling out vessels 320 feet long and of 2, 500 tons dead weight ; and at two hours' notice a ship drawing 22 feet of water can be hauled out in 15 minutes. During the two months ending June 30th last, the marine railway was occupied by eight ships, aggregating 8,370 tons. The Esquimalt Graving Dock is capable of admitting ves- sels 480 feet long, drawing from 27 to 29 feet. By arrangement with the Dominion Government, the Im- perial authorities have first claim upon this dock for purposes of Her Majesty's ships. During twelve months ending 30th ultimo, the Graving Dock was occupied 66 days by seven vessels, total tonnage 10,773 tons. .: ANNUAL REPORT. 13 Particulars of the Graving Dock charges will be found in the Appendices. Harbors. Dredging in the Inner and Outer Harbors at Victoria has been continued, the work done being equal to that of average previous years. An additional freight shed, 600 feet by 60 feet, has been erected on a new wharf at the outer harbor, and the area reclaimed by said wharf is being filled in to the level of the adjacent land. In the ap- proaches to and alongside the new wharf, there is now a uni- form depth of 30 feet of water at low tide, which during Neaps and Springs is increased from four feet to ten feet additional. In Nanaimo harbor, the depth of water is sufficient for the largest vessel afloat, and at the wharves there is every facility for coaling vessels with despatch. A light and fog-alarm has been recommended to be placed off Prospect Blufi", entrance of Burrard Inlet Narrows (Vancou- ver harbor.) Improvements in deepening the channel of Fraser River are being made by the Dominion Government, and ships having a draught of water of 20 feet can now be towed to New West- minster. Navigatiof\. There has been no change made in the very unsatisfactory Pilot arrangements whereby the Provincial waters are divided into three Pilotage Districts; and your Committee would therefore reiterate the previously expressed opinion of this Board that the interests of British Columbia Shipping would be best served by the consolidation of the several Pilotage Boards into one central authority. The Port charges and regulations in force in the different Pilotage Districts will be found in the Appendices. A stone beacon with electric light is to be erected on Brot- chie Ledge as soon as the wreck of the S. S. "San Pedro" is removed. It is also intended to immediately establish a light at Fiddle Reef, off Oak Bay. At Zero Rock and at Kelp Reef, P' ^Wi m «. i'. M;C. ■ r ■ ^ \ 'i '^ I M ■ i 'i; m i I: >4 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. I Haro Channel, stone beacons have recently been placed. A fog-whistle is in operation at Active Pass, and at Entrance Island, Gulf of Georgia, a fog-alarm has been recently estab- lished. Other aids to navigation have received necessary re- pairs. There are several points on the south-west coast of Van- couver Island and on what is known as the Northern route, which require lights, beacons, or buoys. Particulars of the most important of these and the requirements thereat were em- bodied in a report — a copy of which is appended hereto — and submitted to the Department of Marine by the Victoria repre- sentatives in the House of Commons. It is understood that the recommendations of the Board have been favorably reported upon by the local Agent of the Marine Department, and it is hoped that the necessary works will be shortly undertaken by the Dominion authorities. Owing to the increasing commerce at our ports seaward, the Board has recommended that during the months, say from November ist to April 30th, Life Saving Stations be maintained on the south-west coast of Vancouver Island. The Board has suggested to the Department of Marine, that by promising a fixed and known reward, to be given promptly after the investi- gation of the service rendered, the Indians of the West Coast might be arranged with for carrying out this service, and if the suggestion is approved, it is recommended that they be supplied with the usual life saving appliances, rocket apparatus, etc. However, should this plan be found impracticable, it is hoped that shelters, containing provisions and means of communicat- ing with the nearest station may be maintained along the coast between Cape Beale and Carmanah Point, at short distances apart, and between these points a better system of fog signals should be established. During eight months of the year, the Dominion Govern- ment steamer "Quadra" could render valuable assistance to shipwrecked crews ; but from December ist to end of March, when most wrecks occur, this vessel has been out of commis- sion and rendered almost useless for such services, owing to imnmmmmmmm ANNUAL REPORT. 15 the delay entailed in getting a crew, etc., before she could pro- ceed to sea. It is understood that the Dominion Government has under consideration the refitting of the steamer " Sir James Douglas " for use in such emergencies. Ocear\ Trade The regular monthly steamship service with i^ikJ Australia has been continued ; trade, however, is Mail'Service seriously handicapped by our Customs tariff and """■■■"■■" by the tariffs of the Australian Colonies. On September i6th last, Hon. MacKenzie Bowell, Dominion Min- ister of Trade and Commerce, who was then en route to Aus- tralia, met the Board, and the Australian trade question was discussed. Attention was directed to the high tariffs on lumber which practically shut out British Columbia lumber from some of these Colonial markets ; it was also pointed out that a large business could be done in canned salmon if the duty were reduced on that article ; and there are other lines in which a reduction of duties would materially assist in the development of the Australian trade. It was recognized that any reduction of duties by the Australasian Colonies should be met by corres- ponding reduction of duties by Canada. It is hoped that the Colonial Conference now in session at Ottawa may arrive at an understanding which will result in the large development of the Canada-Australia trade. The mails from Sydney, N. S. W., are delivered at Victoria, B. C, in 21 days. The ships of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company give during the summer months a service every three weeks with China and Japan, and monthly during the winter. These ships find full freights, and the number of passengers carried is yearly increasing. The voyage from Hong Kong to Victoria, B. C, via Shanghai and Yokohama, occupies 20 days, being 1 1 days from last named port. The Northern Pacific Railway Company has maintained a steamship service with the Orient at similar intervals to that of the Canadian Pacific line. The sailing dates of these two lines are different ; and it frequently happens that a considerable saving of time would be effected if mails were despatched from Victoria by the Northern Pacific Railway Company's ships. U. • ;; i^ j;' it; t^:^■ t.n li' i6 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. 4i lit ','1 II: The Postmaster-General has been asked to have mails des- patched by these ships whenever a saving of time can be effected. Victoria is the last port of call outward, and the first port of call inward, for all the ships of the companies mentioned. Telbgraphs. The only line connecting Vancouver Island with the outside world has recently been im- proved and its capabilities increased by attaching quadruplex instruments. The line has been worked with every desire to give a satisfactory service, but how far this falls short of attain- ment may be judged by the frequent apologies appearing in our daily newspapers for the partial or entire absence of telegraphic news in consequence of the line being down. Within the past month, for nine consecutive days, the only means of telegraphic communication with the East was by sending messages over foreign lines. The Canadian Pacific Telegraph Company de- serve credit for their great efforts to overcome the recent extra- ordinary difficulties. The fact, however, remains, that a single line cannot satisfy the requirements of Vancouver Island. For some years past the Board has continued to urge the establish- ment of an alternative line to connect with the American systems, and the recent experiences but accentuate the correctness of past representations. It is probable that the Province will, in the near future, have cable connection with Australia. A cable to China and Japan was mentioned in the Board's previous report as being contemplated by the Canadian Pacific Railway ; and now the Australian Colonies desire connection with us, and it is expected that the Colonial Conference at present in session at Ottawa will take steps towards its consummation. /Agriculture. Since the publication of the Board's last Annual Report, this industry has not progressed as favorably as might have been hoped for, various causes tend- ing towards this result. The unfavorable weather during har- vest and the low prices prevailing during the winter having re- duced the returns of the producers. The amount of food pro- ducts continued to be imported into the Province shows that ANNUAL REPORT. »7 mixed farming is not yet extensively adopted. The distance from centres of consumption, cost of transportation from many districts, may be partially accepted as the reason therefor. There is, however, in close proximity to the cities sufficient land to produce much of that which we now import. A large num- ber of small holdings so situated have been brought into such use during the past year through the subdivision of larger holdings. There is no doubt that the products from these small holdings will be felt in the market during the coming year, and will cause very material decrease in the imports of food products. The overflow of some of the Fraser River lands althouirh causing losses to many and destroying a large acreage of grow- ing crops, was not so great as would be inferred from the ex- aggerated reports circulated abroad about this disaster. The Government acted promptly and tendered relief where necessary, and voluntary aid has been liberally proffered, although it is ex- pected that but comparatively few will need assistance. This overflow has demonstrated the necessity of a complete and thorough system of dyking. The Board, in conjunction with other Boards of Trade throughout the Province, acted prompt- ly, realizing the im.portance of such work, and, as a large area of the land that will be benefitted is Dominion and Provincial Government land, suggested that the Dominion and Provincial Government lend their credit and aid towards this work. It is to be hoped that a dyking scheme may be speedily carried out, and on lines that will ensure complete safety in the future, and which, experience of river reclamation on the Mississippi and other rivers of the United States shows to be thoroughly prac- ticable. The dyking on the Mississippi when undertaken by private enterprise was found to be inefficient, and it was only when the levees were undertaken under Government control that immunity from flov^ds was secured. mining. The output of coal during the year 1893 was 978,294 tons, against 826,335 to"^ during the previous year. The exports were 768,917 tons, the balance being consumed locally. Our coal retains its hold on the San Francisco market, and 490,679 tons were taken by that city during the last year. The mines gave employment to 2,844 ■u '• 'I'i ■it* f "iij( .^n ■ 1 1 ■ 1 :i i8 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. hands, the miners earning from $2.75 to $5.00 per day. The excellent relations existing between the owners and miners and the practically unlimited supply of coal of high grade quality are most hopeful conditions for the future prosperity of this indus- try, and when business improves in otir foreign markets a much larger output from our mines may be expected. During the year 1893 there were 1,247 persons engaged in gold mining in the Pro.ince, earning wages ranging from $1.50 to $4.50 per day. The total gold output was valued at $353,- 355.00 ; the Cariboo District contributing $202,000.00 of this sum. The mines are worked principally by sluices, but there are also hydraulic workings, and in some of the mines shafts and tunnels have been sunk. Owing to the prospect of Cariboo being opened by a railway at no distant date, the gold fields there are receiving more attention ; large expenditures have recently been made on modern mining machinery, and an increase of the Cariboo gold output may be expected. Several appli- cations for leases have been granted for dredging for gold in the Fraser and Thompson Rivers, which enterprises will be prosecuted with special machinery; this being the first mining of the kind attempted in the Province, the result is looked for with interest. At Big Bend, the gold producing ores are re- ceiving the attention of capitalists, but the excessive cost of getting hydraulic machinery and stores retards operations. From a mine in West Kootenay, $6,000.00 value of gold was taken out from 200 tons of ore ; and in another mine, $4,000.00 worth of gold was extracted in one week by means of a hand mortar only. Many placer mines have been located on the Sal- mon and Fend d'Oreille Rivers, and 21 mining leases have been granted. It is expected that hydraulic machinery will soon be in operation on the last named river. On Vancouver Island, prospecting for gold continues, principally in the Alberni Dis- trict, where in some of the claims substantial development work will be carried out during this summer. The West Kootenay District has given further evidence of its richness, principally in silver bearing ores. During 1893, 1,337 mining claims were recorded and 1,167 transfers were made. Between December 12th, 1893, and May 31st, 1894, re ANNUAL REPORT. UJ 5,374 tons of ore were exported (principally from Slocan mines), to Swansea and to the United States, the declared averaj^e value for Customs purposes beini^ Si 20.00 per ton. All the Slocan mines have been discovered since 1891, and with few ex- ceptions every mine located there has improved as it has been developed, the veins beconin^ strong-er as they went deeper. In 1893, the mines gave employment to 225 men. Transportation of ore has been eflfected with threat difficulty anr" at great cost; but these disadvantages will be greatly re- duced in the future through the construction of railways in the mining districts. On Toad Mountain and in other divisions of West Kootenay, some mines have been worked with satisfac- tory results. It is expected that the Smelting and Refining Plant, mentioned in the Board's Report for 1892, will be com- pleted and in operation before the close of the year. The plant will comprise Sampling Works, Assay Office and Laboratory, Roasters, Concentrators, Smelters and Refinery for the treat- ment of both lead and copper ores. The location of this plant is convenient for the principal mines of West Kootenay, and it is hoped that the treatment of ore will be at such rates as will satisfy mine owners and result in the stoppage of exports of ore. The smelter e'.uerprise is calculated to create a new and pros- perous era in this region, and it is hoped that those who have put their capital in these expensive works will reap satisfactory returns therefrom. In the East Kootenay District, 355 free mining certificates were issued and 347 mineral claims were recorded during the year 1893. Several of the discoveries in this district carry copper and silver, and it is probable that these copper ores will be mined to advantage in the near future. The assays of thirteen specimens from different mines in the West Kootenay District gave an average of 267 ounces of silver per ton and lead 58%; 17 samples from Slocan averaged 178 ounces silver per ton and 91% of lead. From Toad Mountain specimens were assayed which gave 444 ounces of silver per ton and 23^/2% of copper. Notwithstanding the before shown devel- opment, yet owing to the general financial depression, supple- ■- ■ ■ ^ I vii ^i i 20 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. mcnted by depreciation in the value of silver, many mines known to be rich in that metal remain unvvorked. Besides the minerals mentioned, there is an abundance of iron deposits situated in different portions of the Province ; also, cement rocks suitable for making- Roman and ordinary cement, white and ^rey marble, and several varieties of building stone. Mica in large quantities, perfectly clear and very pure quality, is obtained within a few feet of the surface. These minerals await the capitalist to put them into marketable form. Fisheries. Salmon During^ the season of 1893, the out- put at the different canneries in the Province reached the unprecedented figures of 590,229 cases, packed at the following points, viz :— Fraser River 457.797 C.ises, Skeena River 59.683 " Rivers Inlet 3^5,659 " Naas River 15.190 " " Lowe Inlet 8,724 " Clarclincr's Inlet 6,476 " Alert Bay 3,700 '• 590,229 Cases. Shipments were distributed as follows, viz : — (Ireat Britain — Liverpnoi 306,981 London 148,332 455,313 Cases. Eastern Canada 114.792 " Australia 8,830 " Local Sales and Stocks on hand 1 1,294 " 590,229 Cases. It will be observed that the demand from Eastern Canadian points continues to increase year by year, and as regular steam communication with Australia is now established, it may be reasonably expected that the demand from that market will considerably increase also, absorbing a good share of the sup- plies which formerly were drawn from the United States. With these prospects of increased outlets for the product of the can- neries, the supplies for Great Britain must be proportionately ANNL'AI, REPORT. 21 modified. Shipments of Alask.i salmon to Great Britain con- tinue to be the chief competitors with the British CoUnnbia article, heavy shipments from Alaska havinj^ g'reatly tended to depress the English markets for salmon. Prices have ruled at extremely low rates for nearly a year past, and they offer but scant encouragement to the packers for the operations of 1894. With respect to the Fishery Regulations issued by the Dominion Government, the practical abolishment of limiting the number of licenses has worked out a satisfactory result as pre- dicted by the Board. The Provincial Government has still before it the questwn regarding the right of control of our Inland Fisheries, and it is understood that it is to be submitted to the Supreme Court of Canada, with other matters of Provincial interest. Attention has been given to Sturgeon Fishing on Fraser River and a considerable sum invested in this new industry. As very little is known of the habits »^f the sturgeon in Hie waters of the Fraser, it is to be hoped that the Marine and Fisheries Department will cause a thorough enquiry and obser- vation to be made herein, with a view of enacting Government regulations which would give encouragement to the develop- ment of this new industry, while also securing necessary pro- tection to the fish. Under these suggested conditions, sturgeon fishing should form an important adjunct to the food wealth derivable from the Fraser River. The Deep Sea The great latent wealth of the Deep Sea FisherieSi Fisheries of our coast remains undeveloped. Until """"""""^ improved reciprocal tariff arrangements between Canada and the United States are established, the American market, which is the only convenient outlet for these riches of our waters, must be practically closed. Fur Seal The political difficulties with which this im- Fisheries. portant industry was surrounded when making ^^■^■^ last year's report, have been settled by the ■i , ■:JA\ I 22 imiTISM COIA'MHIA MOAKD OF' TRADE. e i^ I i ilii I " Behriiijjf Sea Arbitration," but with results far from satisfac- tory to those immediately concerned in sealinf^ operations. While the Arbitration Award declared all the le^al rights involved, in favor of the British contention, yet the character of the agreed-upon Rcj^-ulations (which have since recei\ed the sanction of both I^irliament and Congress), is such as practically to render these rig-hts all but valueless to the sealers, and leaves little room for congratulations. Among the objectionable regulations is the division of the season into two parts, the first, known as the " Spring Catch " being absolutely unprofitable, and only prosecuted in order to sicure efficient crews for the August season. The regulatic»n prohibiting firearms, throws all white hunters out of employment in Behring Sea, and creates a monopoly in favor of the Indian hunters, who alone are skilled in the use of the spear. The minor but vexatious provisions as to licenses, flags, records of catch, sealing up of outfit during close season, ascertaining efficiency of crews by Government (the pecuniary interests of owners should sufficiently guarantee efficiency), are some of the difficulties and hindrances placed in the way of this legitimate industry. It is to be regretted that the Arbitrators failed to make awards on the long vexed question of confiscation and compen- sation for deprivation of legal rights in Behring Sea during the years of 1891, 1892 and 1893. While appreciating the settlement by arbitration of the dis- pute which existed between Great Britain and the United States over the Seal F'isheries ; yet from a Provincial standpoint, it must be recognized that the one-sided regulations accompany- ing the Award have practically ruined our Behring Sea Fur Seal industry, in which so much British Columbia capital was in- vested. While rejoicing that peace exists instead of interna- tional complications, yet the feeling of gladness is marred by the contemplation of our ruined interests in this connection. The single hopeful feature of the fur seal industry lies in the circumstance that the coast of Japan is now, in some measure, ANNUAL REPORT. a$ furnishing ;i fishinj;' jLjround for our scalinj;" fleet, which by inter- national arbitration has been practically banished from North American waters. The total British Columbi.a vessels' catch for 1H93 amount to 70,332 skins, most of which were taken by vessels which cruised in Japanese waters, the remainder having been secured by the schooners which fished off the British Columbi.i and Alaska coasts, south oi' Behring- Sea, and off the Commander Islands on the Russian coast. The prices obtained averaged less than those for the pre- ceding year. The sealers and others are much indebted to Mr. A. R. Milne, Collector of Customs, tor many courtesie.; extended to them, and for the deep interest he has always taken in the in- dustry and its operations generally. ''I Lumber. The depression existing in all branches of trade has extended to the lumber industry. However, it is encouraging to note that our exports of this article exceeded the previous year by ten million feet. The revival of trade in Australia points to an immediate increased demand in that country for British Columbia lumber. South America, China, Japan, Cape Colony and Europe, all furnish markets for our timber wealth, and received shipments thereof during the past year. The question of grading lumber is a point that should be taken into consideration by the different Boards of Trade of the Province. In Eastern Canada and on Puget Sound, lumber is all cut and graded to standard specifications, and a manufacturer knows what particular grades will fetch in the market, whereas, here there is no such arrangement, and the manufacturers con- sequently suffer. fHanufactures. British Columbia is often spoken of as not being a manufacturing Province, whereas from the last census returns, she is shown to be the largest manufac- il i'f I i; i i Ll 24 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. turing Province in the Dominion in proportion to her population. From the same source, we find that the value of machinery and tools in use in industrial establishments is $3,256,906.00, and that the number of employees has increased 300% during the ten years preceding the census. Among the industrial establishments operating in the Pro- vince, we have : — Salmon canneries, sugar refinery, smelters, shipbuilding, furniture factories, manufactories of aerated waters, steam bakeries and biscuit manufactories, brickyards, roller flour and rice mills, paper mill, rolled oats and oatmeal mill, paint works, chemical works, fruit preserving cannery, Portland cement works, bone manure factory, pickle and vine- gar works, soap factories, pottery and terra cotta works, coflFee and spice mills, breweries, lumber saw mills, sash and door factories, planing mills, carriage factories, cigar factories, boiler and engine works, shipyards, iron foundries, boot and shoe manufactories. In addition to these, there are numerous smaller industrial establishments. All these industries have felt more or less the depression which has followed in the wake of the universal financial strin- gency, but with the development of direct trade with the Aus- tralian Colonies, Fiji and the Hawaiian Islands, it is anticipated that new and profitable outlets will be found for our manufac- tures. Openings with encouraging prospects exist for tiie manu- facture of the following lines : — Wool Blankets, The wool obtainable here is most suitable Flannels ^o^ the production of wool blankets, flannels and tweeds ; and as in addition, the excellent wools of Australia and New Zealand can n'^w be laid and Tweeds. down here at a low cost and in any quantity, there would appear to be a large and successful field open to a woollen mill enterprise. The market for the product need not be confined to this Province, but could reasonably be expected to extend to othe:* portions of the Dominion. ANNUAL REPORT. 25 Tubs and Pails. With the increase in fruit canning-, pickles, vinegar and candy manufactures, there is a large demand for tubs and pails, which now have to be imported. Clothing. Men's suits and overcoats of all kinds are yearly imported in large quantities, and might be made here, employing numerous hands at good wages. Pants, overalls, shirts, and sewed underwear are now manufactured here and supply a considerable portion of the demand. Cold Storage. It is gratifying to record that an extensive cold storage plant is being erected at Victoria by capitalists who are prepared further to extend it, so as to meet any possible requirements of the trade which it is calcu- lated to develop. The advantages accruing therefrom are far reaching. Amongst these is the impetus which will be given to the devel- opment of our deep sea fisheries, as the product thereof will shortly be capable of being preserved and forwarded fresh to the markets of Eastern Canada, United States, Sandwich Is- lands, Australia and elsewhere. The Australian fresh meat and fruit trade will also be capable of being extended to the full ex- tent of the requirements of consumption. The facilities furnished by cold storage will also increase our trade with the Eastern Provinces in perishable articles such as poultry, game, butter, eggs, cheese, etc. Cold storage will be a boon to fur dealers, and especially to the fur seal trade, as both dry and salted furs can thereby safely be held over for a profitable market. The cold storage enterprise will render the beef supply uni- form and continuous, to the mutual advantage of the stock raiser and the consumer, as it will enable the cattle to be brought to the market in prime condition in the autumn and obviate the necessity of their being carried over extreme cold winters, with consequent loss therefrom. Surveys. During the summer of 1893 there were ten Provincial Government Survey parties engaged in different portions of the Province. Upwards of 65,000 acres 'W •;; ;;■» 1 ■ i' p, 26 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. Ii '• if if were laid off into sections of 160 acres each. In the Nechaco District, there is a very large tract of desirable land, and the survey thereof has led to many enquiries from intending settlers. In the Osoyoos District several townships were laid off and descriptive reports made thereon. The survey of the northern portion of Vancouver Island is almost completed, and much re- liable information thereon is now on file in the Lands and Works Department. Altogether upwards of 240,000 acres were laid off for set- tlement, sufficient for 1,500 farms of 160 acres each. Owing to the increasing importance of the mining indus- tries, photo-topographical surveys were made in the East Kootenay District. These surveys will supply the necessary information as to best locations for railways and roads contem- plated for the moving of ore from the mines to smelters. The flats and benches suitable for agriculture, when located, will readily find occupiers to supply a profitable local market. Thirty-five thousand five hundred maps, of which 25,000 inclucKJ all the Province, and 10,500 portions thereof, were published by the Provincial Government for general distribution. A large map of the Province is about to be issued by the Pro- vincial Government ; it will furnish much general information of a topographical nature ; and will in addition show, with more detail than has ever hitherto been attempted, all points of inter- est in the Province, and the location of several industries. Eight hundred and thirty-two pre-emptions were recorded, 264 certificates of purchase, and 393 Crown grants were issued. The total area deeded was 224,634 acres. One hundred and ten thousand six hundred and forty-six acres were for timber cutting, and 20,800 acres were covered by free prospecting licenses. During the recent session of the Legislature, $20,000 was voted for continuing surveys. The principal work now being carried out is in the Kootenay District, where the photo-topo- graphic survey is being advanced. ANNUAL REPORT. 27 Forestry. Our forestry interests are now receiving the attention which their importance merits. A Select Committee of the Legislature during the session of 1893- 1894, reported to the House, as follows :— 1. That endeavors should be made on the grounds of the Provincial Home at Kamloops, and at any other Government institutions in the Upper Country having suitable land attached thereto, to plant trees and shrubs of various kinds, both native and imported, so as to ascertam what kinds can be most suc- cessfully acclimated in that portion of the Province, and be most profitably cultivated for economic purposes. 2. That care should be taken, by reservation or otherwise, to protect the forests covering the sources of the mountain streams, and also to prevent the wasteful cutting or destruction by fire of the timber in the neighborhood of mines. 3. That the Dominion Government should be approached with a view to the location of an experimental farm in the dry belt, with (among other objects) a special view to the investiga- tion of what kinds of forest and fruit trees can be most profit- ably introduced. 4. That every possible effort should be made by the officials of the Province in outlying districts to prevent the destruction of valuable timber areas by fire, and to punish persons careless- ly or intentionally starting forest fires. The immense heavily timbered area of this Province would suggest an inexhaustible supply of lumber, but the present scarcity of that commodity in the former great pine regions of the East forcibly shows that the present time is most opportune for framing such laws as will preserve to this Province its valuable timber wealth, which, if not conserved by legislation, will ultimately become depleted. Public Worlds. During the past year the Provincial Gov- ernment has engaged in the erection of several important public buildings. A commodious Court House has been built in Vancouver City at a cost of $60,000. Plans have been prepared for a handsome stone Court House in Nanaimo. ::-iJ ■I .^Di .in 38 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. m\ The Parliament Buildings in Victoria are under contract to be completed by the 30th November, 1895, and will be occupied early in 1896. The foundations were finished in 1893, and the contract for the superstructure was awarded late in that year, the figure being $567,986.00. The buildings will form one of the most attractive structures on the Pacific Coast. Extensive and substantial dyking works are contemplated along the Fraser River to permanently secure immunity from disastrous floods; and with the view of securing their early com- mencement the Provincial Executive has already communicated with the Dominion authorities, suggesting joint action in this important undertaking. The Dominion Government has purchased an eligible site, and plans are in preparation, for the construction of a central building for all Dominion Offices — Customs, Post Office, Inland Revenue, Marine and Fisheries, etc. The sum of $84,000 was voted at the present session of the Commons, to be devoted to this purpose. It is understood that the buildings when com- pleted will cost $250,000. During the past year, the Dominion Government erected an extensive Quarantine Station at Williams Head, and pro- vided it with all necessary appliances to eff"ectively carry out the quarantine regulations. The Government is to be commended for its action in this respect, for a most rigid observance of the quarantine laws is necessary to prevent the introduction of con- tagious diseases from the Orient. Provision for improving the navigation of interior rivers has been made by various votes this year. What may well be regarded as public works are the Ocean Docks, Victoria, provided by laudable private enterprise. These are now complete in every detail. In Victoria, two brick Ward Schools have been erected at a cost of $40,000 each ; these buildings were required, in addition to the numerous previously existing educational structures, to meet the growing demands of the excellent system of public ANNUAL REPORT. 29 education which obtains throughout the Province, and for which the last annual legislative grant was $188,745.00. Railways. The liberal construction of railways in Brit- ish Columbia, a country of immense distances, is a positive necessity to its development. The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, along the southern portion of the Province furnished a trunk line, to which various branches could be connected, giving through connection East and West to the country North and South of the main line. So far, the Spallumcheen, Okanagan, Osoyoos country, and the Slocan mineral district, have been the only sections which have been brought into close touch with tho outside markets by this means. The southern portion of West Kootenay, now the most promising mineral region in the Province, was furnished a direct railway connection by the completion in the latter part of 1893 of the Nelson & Fort Sheppard Railway, joining the Spok- ane & Northern Railroad at the boundary line. This furnishes a through route to the East and West by the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and Union Pacific systems at Spokane. The "•ear completion of the Revelstoke & Arrow Lake Railway, from the Canadian Pacific Railway to the heart of the Slocan, and in the near future to Nelson, will give West Kootenay District a through railway connection by the Canadian line. The service that will thus be provided the mineral region of southern West Kootenay will be of incalculable benefit in its development. Location surveys for the British Columbia Southern, through Crow's Nest Pass, have been completed and a small amount of construction work done. The building of this line is essential to the working of the coalfields of Crow's Nest, which are said to be a more extensive deposit of the finest bituminous and coking coals than any yet discovered on the continent. The C. P. R. have also made location surveys and some progress in construction on the extension of their line via P'ort MacLeod and the Crow's Nest to Nelson. This line, when com- plete, will furnish an alternative route from Medicine Hat, or Calgary to Revelstoke. Its proposed extension also from Nel- son to Hope would further complete this route, and enable the IP M ■oi- ■ «' ■' ! m 4 :1 }.■ '.'•1 i B ;>v i; ^.4 ■;': s 30 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. 5 ' C. p. R. to give Southern British Columbia, by these two trunk lines and the various branches running north and south, a per- fect railway service. The projected Fraser River & Chilliwhack Railway will give a needed service to the famous farming district on the south side of the Fraser River The Victoria & Sidney Railway, just opened for traffic, is a line extending eighteen miles through the farming districts of Victoria and Saanich to Sidney, a point on the Gulf of Georgia. It is proposed to connect with the Mainland railway system by means of a ferry. The Esquimau and Nanaimo R. R. Co. is now making a loca- tion survey from Wellington to Comox, preparatory t'.- extend- ing the line to the mines of the Union Colliery Co. This ex- tension would open up a rich agricultural and timber district, as well as aid in developing the coalfields. In all the foregoing proposed or constructed railways, the Provincial Government has recognized the necessity of granting liberal aid towards their construction. This has been done either by way of a land subsidy, or by guaranteeing interest on the bonds. The British Pacific Railway (formerly called the Canadian Western R. R.), designed to traverse the heart of the Northern and middle portions of British Columbia, including Northern Vancouver Island, is the most important of the projected lines. It would open up the great grazing and agricultural district of Chilcotin and the famous mining district of Cariboo, and by a connecting line from Winnipeg to the Boundary, would also furnish a second through connection from the Pacific to the East. It is understood that negotiations have been in progress with European capitalists to furnish the necessary funds to build the line, and a successful result is anticipated shortly. It is in the best interests of the Province that this line should be built. The C. P. R. renders a service to the most southerly portion of the Province, and it is absolutely necessary that a line, penetra- ting the middle section to the g -eat bend of the Fraser, should hW: ANNUAL REPORT. 3' be constructed, so that its rich natural resources can be quickly reached and economically developed. It is to be hoped that a sound business proposition, such as will meet with j^-eneral approval, will in the near future be submitted to the public. Labor Concilia' tion and The leg"islation bearing- upon the amicable settlement of labor disputes, referred to in the Arbitration Board's last Report as having been introduced ^— ■""'■^ into our Provincial Statutes, has during the in- terval under review, been successful in arranging labor difficul- ties and a strike of considerable magnitude. The utility of the Provincial Labor Conciliation and Arbi- tration Act has thus been most pleasingly demonstrated, as, but for its services, the strike which it settled would have been dis- astrous and prolonged. The respective relations of capital and labor is the most im- portant question of the present day, and everything which tends to harmonize the two interests deserves universal endorsement. Immigration. During the past year there has been but little change in immigration matters; over supply in all avenues of employment, professional, mercantile, mechanical and laboring, continues. Such being the case, intending immigrants who have sought information from the Provincial Immigration Office have been informed of the conditions prevalent in British Columbia cities, and have been advised not to come meantime to the Pacific Coast unless possessed of means to enable them to tide over the temporary depression. Agriculturalists, capital- ists and others not dependent upon obtaining immediate em- ployment have been given encouragement to give this Province a fair trial. Complaints by new arrivals lately have been very bitter against interested steamship agents and others in the Old Coun- try, for leading them astray with regard to prospects of em- ployment in this Province. Many have been induced to come here in the belief that work of all kinds was easily obtainable ; and that people brought up to no particular line of business could always find something to do at good wages. Nearly all 32 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. \U f'i :'i V\ such have been previously disappointed ; and in some cases ab- solute want has been added to the discouragement which haPs resulted from the misleading representations. Enquiries about Provincial lands, and settlement thereon, have never been more numerous than at the present time. Many farmers and farm laborers are arriving, and still more are looking in this direction for Government lands, from Great Britain, the Continent of Europe, British India, Australia, New Zealand, many of the States, particularly Washington, the Eastern Provinces, Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. The extensive Nechaco District on the Mainland, and the Northern end of Vancouver Island are regarded as being specially desirable localities ; while the Bulkley River lands, and those at the head of Bute Inlet, in the Valdez group of islands, and elsewhere, are also receiving attention from settlers. Recent advertising of small plots between New Westmin- ster, Vancouver, and at Elk Lake near Victoria, by the Land Department under the amended Land Act of last session, has elicited more enquiries about these lands than there are lots available. Reference to these small holdings is made in another part of this Report. The Board is indebted to John Jessop, Esq., Immigration Agent, for the particulars, from which the foregoing is compiled. Insolvency. In January last the Board considered the draft of a Dominion Insolvency Bill. Its pro- visions were generally approved, and the Victoria City repre- sentatives in the House of Commons were askeu to assist the passing of this Bill, and to give their special attention towards keeping down expenses in the realization of estates of insolvent debtors, and towards keeping the control thereof in the hands of the creditors. The Bill has been under consideration of, and passed by, a Special Committee of the Senate, but is not likely to become law this year. Much injustice and hardship obtains through the absence of a suitable Insolvency Act; and the Board would urgs continuous agitation till the desired insolvency legislation is securedT ANNUAL REPORT. 33 Trade and Outlook. The volume of our trade and commerce dur- ing the period under review, whilst not so great >f th as during either or the previous two year^^ has been maintained in a healthy condition. There is, however, much capital locked up in unrealizable assets, and this, together with the more conservative policy of the banks, has lately caused money to circulate less freely. The temporary stringency has necessitated greater caution and stricter economy in all lines of business, which will ultimately serve the best interests of the Province. Confidence in the future prosperity of British Colum- bia is shown in the high rank our Provincial Government Secur- ities and Municipal Debentures hold in the world's financial centres. The growth of our trade, in a great measure, will be legu- lated by the foreign demand for coal, lumber and fish, and con- sidering the depressed state of silver, the output of silver-bearing ore is encouraging. This new industry— the reduction of silver- galena ores, however, requires for its development cheap trans- portation facilities, and the same may be said of the gold and many other minerals which abound in the Province. The loosening of capital in foreign countries will undoubtedly result in the de- velopment of this Province on the lines indicated. The possibilities of our trade and elasticity of our resources are shown by the circumstance that, notwithstanding the uni- versal business depression that prevailed during last year, our exports exceeded in a marked degree those of any previous twelve months. The revenue contributed by this Province to the Dominion Government for the year ending 30th June, 1893, amounted to $1,881,417.00, which is equal to a per capita contribution of $19.65, and is, proportionate to our population, largely in excess of that furnished by any other Province. In view of these figures the Province can in all justice claim from the Federal Govern- ment larger appropriations for public works in the Province than have hitherto been accorded. The statistics in the Appendices will be found to be more comprehensive and interesting than any hitherto furnished by m ii'« §' >'■ n ^i >'1 I n:i ^-^ :. i-'i 34 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. the Board. In assisting towards the compilinj^ o( these, the Board is much indebted to Mr. A. R. Milne, Collector of Cus- toms, Victoria ; Mr. J. M. Bowell, Collector of Customs, Van- couver ; Mr. John S. Clute, Collector of Customs, New West- minster ; Mr. D. Smith, Collector of Customs, Nanaimo ; also to Captain John Devereux, Dock Master, Esquimalt Graving Dock, and to others who have furnished any desired informa- tion. The Board is also indebted to Thos. Earle, Esq., M. P., and E. G. Prior, Esq., M. P., for customary Dominion Govern- ment blue books, and also for their promptness in placing" be- fore the Ottawa authorities representations made from time to time by the Board. The Board closes the present year with the larg-est member- ship roll in its history, which evinces an increasing interest in its work and augurs well for its future usefulness. All of which is respectfully submitted. Signed on behalf of the British Columbia Board of Trade, this 13th day of July, 1894. A. C. FLUMERFELT, President. C. E. RENOUF, Vice-President. F. ELWORTHY, Secretary. APPENDICES. Additions to the Library with the Name« of the Donors, June 30th, 1894. It tt •1 •I t( >• Board of Trade, Annual Report, 1892-3. (t 1894. »i 1892. (1 1892. (t 1 ( 1891. ii 1893. K ' ' ' H -■+ i flK u ^ j^Hn ?s- a r-^^Kii j': ll 36 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. K «< ti «t ii <> Victoria Harhor.— It is rt'fiucstcd that this light 1)l' reimivcd from its urescn! position, to McLachlan Point, and instead of a bell riing hy hand, as at present, that a detonating signal be used ; or, if it is desired to retain the hell, that it be sounded by machinery, and not by hand. It is fuither requested tliat if the bell is retained, that it be not covered in as at present at the top, but left open for the sound to escape. The one great reason for asking for the change in position of Itchrens Island Light, is on account of the rapid building up of the city in the vicinity, the light from so nuny private dwellings is confusing and misleading to officers in charge of vessels. The (|uestion of dirterent colored glasses in the lantern to be the subject of furtl.er investigation. HROfcillK Lkdce. — It is the opinion that some effort slirv.Jd be made to remove the wreck of the "San I'edro," as soon as ]v)ssible, ">'l a stone beacon, with light attached, erected ; the base of the beacon painted jlack, and the top white. FiDDI.E RkI'-.k, inside DISCOVERY Isi.AND. —Replace the juesent open wooden structure by a stone beacon ; the base to be jiainted black, remainder white It is further suggested that a wooden triangular structure, also painted white, be added at the top with lantern attached, showing red. Zero Rock. — A stone beacon painted black ; also, wooden triangular top as on Fiddle Reef. Ofk Sidney Spit.— An iron buoy on west side of West Rock. Sidney Srrr. — The present wooden structure to be boarded up entirely from the base ; paint black at bottom, white at top. Anderson Rock, okk Moresby Island. — A lantern on beacon would be of great assistance here. Prevost Island, Portlock Point. —A stake light and bell to be worked by machinery, or detonating signal, is urgently required at this point. Walker Rock, okk (»alliano Island. — A lantern on beacon would also be of great assistance here. • '# i • • jj ; i-^ ':h kit .'ail Sisters, Gulk of Georgia and Cai-e Mudge —These are most important points, and a light is absolutely necessary, traffic being large. Malcolm Island. —A light is wanted here, and it is suggested that for the present an ordinary lantern would answer, the light to shew red. Pine and Egg Island^, in tije Queen Charlotte Island District.— Both these points require lights ; they would greatly assist navigation. Junction of Fisher Channel and Lama Passage.— This is another important point, and a light would seem absolutely necessary. . . ^ ^ii ^ 38 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. I i M •m Ivory Island, Junction ok Millbank Sound and Skaforth Chan- nel. — A light is wanted at this place. IJuRNiE Island, Entrance to Port Simpson.— A stake light shewing red or green, would be of great assistance to navigation at this point. Its close proximity to Port Simpson warrants the belief that the cost of maintenance will not be excessive . Yours respectfully, (Signed) THOS. B. HAIL, For the Committee. Upper Yukon River. To the President and Members of the British Columbia Board of Trade: (jENTLKMK.n,— The Committee appointed to report on matters relating to the Upper Yukon River, beg to report : They have had under con.sideration the letter of Captain William Moore, dated 2nd December last, and they have also had several interviews with Mr. McArthur and Mr. Millar, miners, who are well acquainted with that paU of the Upper Yukon River, and the tributaries of the same, which have been prospected for gold. From information gathered from them, it appears that paying gold-diggings have been found in the Hood-a-linka, Stewart, Lewis, White, Pelly, Big Salmon and Forty Mile Rivers — all tributaries of the Upper Yukon River, and it is esti- mated that in thtj past year not less than $125,000.00 in gold was taken from that region by about 400 miners. Th.* ground already prospected has by no means been exhausted, and it is believed that much gold-bearing ground in that region remains to be discovered, and that with easier and less expensive facilities for communication and getting in supplies, a large mining population could be supported. The region also abounds in fur-bearing animnls, the trade in which already repi°sents a large sum. The present mode of getting in supplies to the region is by the long and cir- cuitous route of the Yukon River, available for only a short time in the year, and traversing as it does so much of United .States territory before reaching the mining region (which is for the most part in British territory) it is not unnatural that the trade should be entirely in the hands of the former country. It appears, however, from explorations which have been made, that it is quite possible to open up a route which would bring the gold bearing region in British teiritory within a week's journey of Victoria, Vancouver and Nanaimo, and it is probable that were such a road opened, the starting points would be diverted to APPENDICES. 39 those places, which would probably also gain a large portion of the trade of sup- plying the region mentioned. One route is describefl in a report published in the Annual Report of the Board of Trade, i888 : " The route is described briefly as follows :— At the head of Lynn Canal (in Alaskan Territory) there is a bay, named Skagna Bay, which is accessible to sea- going vessels of the largest size, and is perfectly protected from winds, and be- sides having good anchorage, affords excellent facilities for the erection of wharves. ** From that Bay to navigable water on Takoun Lake or Windy Arm, which is part of the Upper Yukon River, the distance by land is only, it is said, about 47 miles, 17 of which are in Alaska, and the remainder (30 miles) in British Col- umbia. " A.rrived at Takoun Lake or Windy Arm, the vast Yukon River is naviga- ble (with the exception of White Horse Canyon) to its mouth in Behring .Sea, for river stoamers of large tonnage. "The land route referred to crosses a range of mountains through a pass, the altitude of which is 2,400 feet above the level of the sea, or 1,200 feet less than that of Chilroot Pass, which is the only other known practicable pass. " It thus appears that only a distance of 47 miles has to be traversed by land to reach the navigable waters of the Upper Yukon River, and when this route has been opened it will be possible to reach those regions in about six days from \'ictoria ; four days being occupied by steamer to Skagna Bay and two days in land travel, and a country of vast possibilities to the miner and trader will then be within easy reach. '* It is stated that the Government of the United States will, at an early date, construct a trail through the portion of the route in their territory — that is, from Skagna Bay to the summit of While Pass — a distance of about 17 miles. "The remainder of the route, 30 miles, as before mentioned traverses British Columbia, and the Committee therefore recommend that the Local Government should be urged to consider the matter herein submitted, and to adopt means for continuing the trail from the point of termination in Alaska, to Takoun River or Windy Arm, thus securing a trail over the entire distance of 47 miles. " Inasmuch as such a trail would also open a way into the Northwest Terri- loiy (also a rich mining region) the Local Government would no doubt obtain the co-operation of the Dominion Government in a work which would be beneficial to both (jovernments." Another route, described as the Taku route, is said to present superior ad- vantages to that previously reported upon. Neitiier, however, has great physical obstacles to the construction of a road passable at all times of the year : " From Juneau City, in Alaska, to the mouth of the Taku River, U the head of Taku Inlet, ihe distance is about twenty-eight miles. From the mouth of the ^f ^ ■I 'H rm 40 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. river to the junction of the Nah-kina River (head of canoe navigation) the distance is about fifty-three miles. From Nah-kina, where land travel has to begin, to South-west Bay of Teslin Lake, the distance is about seventy miles, and there is no difficulty in building a good trail to this Lake. " The total distance from Juneau City to Teslin Lake is about 150 miles. '* The Taku River is not navigable for steamers, even of light draught, ex- cept during the freshets which last about a month, usually the month of June. " In going up the river in July, we found the water as low as eighteen inches in mid-channel from the 15th mile upward. Above the Tallsaykway River the water is still shallower, and in August coming down the river, our boat, drawing about twelve inches of water, often grounded on the gravel bars in mid-channel. Canoes of two to four tons capacity can always manage to go up safely from May to August. The prevailing winds (south-west wind in summer) help very much canoeing up stream, the sails saving a great deal of poling and towing. " Canoes ascend the river '0 Nah-kina, head of canoe navigation, in three or four days. " The rate of current at a medium stage of water averages three miles an hour from tidal water to Tallsaykway River ; from there to Taku Junction it runs four or five miles per hour, and from the Junction to Nah-kina, about six miles an hour. • " This route is certainly the best to reach Teslin Lake, one of the sources of the Yukon River. The country is partly open, not mountains. By following the Nah-kina River to Katunt Creek, and along this last for four or five miles, then striking north-east over a low range of mountains, forming an undulating country where generally the snow lies only one and a half to two feet deep in winter, and the grazing is good in summer, the route would be easy. "The Taku River opens at or about the end of Api"! ■>■: •' -i Ii?ginning of May, and freezes over at the beginning of November, or sometim ; ter. " A trail built from Nah-kina Junction to Teslin Lake could be kept open for horses for five or six months during the year. " The country traversed is generally dry, few swamps being met with. ' The Committee being impressed with the importance of endeavoring to bring the region referred to within the influence of British Columbia, in view of the trade which might be expected therefrom, had a long interview with the Hon. The Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, when the subject was fully dis- cussed, and they were glad to learn from him that the matter would receive the earnest consideration of the Government, and that probably a sum would be placed upon the estimates shortly to be submitted to the Legislative Assembly, for the purpose of opening up a road by whichever route might be deemed most advan- tageous in the interests of the miners. APPENDICES. 4» In the event of sujh a route being opened, and Canadian goods shipped to the mines lha» way, it would be necessary to make customs bonding arrangements with the Government of the United States for the free passage throuqh such por- tion of the road as may be found in their territory, and the Committee therefore recommend that members representing the Province in the Dominion Parliament, should be urged to bring the matter before the Dominion Government, with the view of accomplishing this object. The Committee recommend that copies of this report (if adopted) be sent to the Hon. The Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, and also to the menjbers of the Province m the Dominion Parliament. Thomas Earle, "v M AT T rf E w T. J o H N ST o N , ^ Cof/i ni it tee. Enw'D Gawler Prior, J Victoria, M. C, 5th February, 1894. Adopted Feb. 6th, 1894. F. Elworthy, Secretary. Rate of Wages Paid in the Various Trades in British Colunnbia. Per Day. IVorking Hours. Bricklayers $5 00 9 hours Stone Masons 5 00 9 " Stone Cutters 4 50 8 " Plasterers 4 50 to $5 00 . . 9 " Hod Carriers 2 25 to 2 50 . . 9 " Carpenters and Joiners 3 00 to 3 25 . . 9 " Tinsmiths and Cornice Workers 3 00 9 " Plumbers 3 00 to $4 00 . . 9 " Ship Carpenters and Caulkers, new work 4 5" 9 " " '* old work 500 9 " Cabinet Makers and Upholsterers 3 00 10 " Painters 3 00 to $3 25 . . 9 " Tailors ... .\verage wages $2 50 — ^moslly piece work Tailoresses " " 150 " " Bakers — with board $65 to $ 75 per month Butchers 75 to 100 " Printers Piece work, 40c. and 45c. per 1,000 ems ; time work, $21 per week Wagon Makers $3 00 to $3 50 per day, <)% hours Pattern Makers 3 00 to 350 " 10 " Machinists, Boiler Makers and Blacksmiths... 3 00 to 3 25 *' 10 " '^^ .ii. J ;- '!^ ■ :•■# 3 W- .•■> t Ml'' 42 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. Report of B. C. Sealing Fleet and Catch, Season 1893. Vessels. Triumph Sapphire E. B. Marvin Mascot Dora Sieward Labrador Minnie Annie E. Paint... . Mischief. Diana Venture Mermaid . Fawn Walter A. Earle. . . Beatrice Ocein Belle Mountain Chief... . Arietis Cape Beale Kate Favorite Boeralis Ainoko W. P. Sayward... Katharine San Jose Enterprise Ap^nes McDonald. . Victoria Rosie Olsen Wanderer Viva May Belle Umbrina Peneli'pe Vera Pioneer Otto Mary Taylor Brenda Libbie City of San Diego. Geneva Casco Carlotta G . Cox . . . Oscar and Hattie. . Teresa Sadie Turpel Maud S . . Mary Ellen Walter L. Rich.... Annie C. Moore... Walter P. Hall.... Indians in Canoes. Totals Vancouver Vessels. Beatrice C. D. Rand American Vessels. Mary Brown South Bend 98 108 117 40 94 46 82 'S Crews. 48 7.1 66 861 '3 .S8 Sol ^^\ 7S 64 82 .1" 69 107 63 39 25 58 98 70 60 66 86 42 100 93 46 92 63 76 81 63 S6 97 63 76 "3 98 3641 49 7 8 27 7 24 II 5 23 6 .SOi 19 4 23 3 23 5 83' 25 23 23 7 7 6 S 5 6 4 24 6 S 4 92! 23 20 24 20 '9 6 8 18 26 23 '4 26 '4 24 24 20 24 24 23 24 26 23 01 c .a B i2 ^ g c n U 28 26 24 «9 10 16 26 20 •4 16 «9 16 24 16 23 24 806 432 20 21 4 12 8; ;| 41 2I 8 2 6! 8' 2 6 2 8 8 Masters. Catch. Is «7>3, 1262' 1014 857 1426 263 C. N. Cox Wm. Cox J. Gould H. F. Sieward. . . . R. O. Lavender . . J. J. Whiteley .... J. Mohrhouse 489 A. Bissett.. . 740 W. Petit 344 A. Nelson 707 G. McDonald 82 W. H. Whiteley L. Magnesen j 806 T. Magnesen ' 1622 D. Mac.auley 655 T. O'Leary 1316 J. Narwassum 128 A. Douglass 5 J. E. Quap 86 8 J. Foster 293 L. McLean . ; 949 G. Meyer 1307 G. Heater ' 1344 G. Fercv ' .S96 W. D. .SlcDougall..., 3S2 R. E. Crowell I 242 J. W. Todd !.... M. F. Cutler i H. V. Hughes i 420 A. B. Whidden ; 6s8 H. Paxton 1 206 J. W. Anderson. . . C.J. Harris C. Campbell F. Cole W. Shields J. McLeod M. Keefe E. Shields C. E'. Locke F. Hackett M. Pike W. O'Leary O. Buckholz W. D. Bvers W. E. Baker E. Lorcnz C. LeBlanc R. E. McKiel.... W. O. Hughes . . . .rS. Balcom 132 .!j. Daley ". . . [ J . B. Brown .... '3 10 7 8 9 8 1050 630 84s 84s 256' 204 203s I e .a _: OCX H 2333 1243 942 1612 «.S73 822 768 66 26603 29206 1450 1060 80 116 64 294 940 3'S • •••; 77 • ■ • ■ ! 547 920, 464 1027 274 1441 1852 1827; 625 2291, 1910, 99 623 2336 341! 1603 5«7i «S3' 327 1184 4341 '860 263 2o| S09 401 1 1 14 1 344 1001 82 1255 883 1622 1863 128 J384 86 293 949 •307 •390 596 7«5 242 1301 2766 420 658 206 147 1 18.S2 24S2 2291 2009 1050 1027 1085 46 .363 433 .30 397 240 389 lOI 454 1473, »99 2396 376 1176I 1020 677 927 989 408! »2S3 - 163 1 '043 2066 1672 2772 2198 824 1402 1047 '279 ■838 'S 2IOI «47 406 ii I 333 263 12013 67822 '45° 1060 80 180 29309 29370 12013 7°.S92 Victoria, B. C, December 2nd, 1893. Grand Total I7°.«2 APPENDICES. 43 Summary of Catch of Pacific Sealing Fleeti Season 1893. Catch. Catch of Victoria, B. C, Fleet, consisting of 53 vessels; tonnage, 3,643 ; Crews, white, 806 ; Crews, Indian, 432 ; No. of boats, 256 ; No. of canoes, 204 67,822 Catch of Vancouver, B. C, Vessels, consisting of 2 vessels ; tonnage, 100 ; Crews, while, 41 ; No. of boats, 1 1 2,510 Catch of American Vessels that lundcd their skins at Victoria, B. C, consisting of 2 vessels 260 Total British Columbia Catch 70,592 Catch of American Vessels that landed their skins at Puget Sound Ports, U. S. A 6,855 Catch of Pelagic Sealing Vessels that landed their skins at San Fran- cisco, U. S. A 2,748 Catch from Pribyloff Islands landed at San Francisco, U. S. A 7»425 Catch from Petropaulski by Russian Sealskin Company landed at San Francisco, U. S. A 33) '93 Total number of sealskins landed at San Francisco and Puget Sound Ports 50,221 Catch landed by Hawaiian Vessels at Hakodate, Japan 3»2I2 Catch landed by American " '• " 18,587 Grand Total 142,612 Victoria, B. C, December 2nd, 1893. vS '>'';■ i If j vWi m.. 'I m f li* ^4 i-f') I if t 44 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. H 0) 00 H of QQ QQ p ■sassoT UOJ NOIXVS •N3dwo3 aviox * m f t "'00 t-^ 0^ t^ I'. 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Donald Urquhart John G. Cox. . . . Winnifrcd Charles Spring- Ocean Belle Richard Hall . Wanderer Venture . Sapphire . Carlotta G. Cox I John G. Cox. . . . W. P. Say ward j Andrew Laing . Maud S W. H. Brown . . Carmolite. Charles Hackett Annie C. Moore. Penelope W.ilter A. Earle Ariel Morris Moss Alfred Magnescn . Jas. C. Prevost . /-. r Aw.ird for C.7USC of ^^ ^,f Rejection. , J',^^;,,,^ 2 o C id "3 3 ^* u o Z. a o u - -? I l E o 6 u $1,300 00 i 1 Extract from the Award of the Tribunal of Arbitration, constituted under Article I of the Treaty concluded at Washington on the 29th February, 1892, between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. Article i. The (iovemments of the United States and of Great Hritain shall forbid their citizens and subjects respectively, to kill, capture, or pursue at any time and in any manner whatever, the animals commonly called fur-seals, within a zone of 60 miles around the I ribyloff Islands, inclusive of the territorial waters. The miles mentioned in the preceding paragraph are geographical miles, of 60 to a degree of latitude. Article 2, The two Governments shall forbid their citizens and subjects respectively to kill, capture, or pursue in any manner whatever, during the season extending, each year, from the 1st May to the 31st July, both inclusive, the fur- seals on the high sea, in the part of the Pacific Ocean, inclusive of the Behring Sea, which is situated to the north of the 35lh degree of north latitude, and eastward of the i8oth degree of longitude from Greenwich till it strikes the water ])oundary described in Article I of the Treaty of 1867 between the United .States and Russia, and following that line up to Behring Straits. ') i::|i; ^"'?lp ■ ^1 ^ 1 '-'M '*:. 1 3: ■ M 46 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. Ak I ici.E 3. During the period «)f lime and in the waters in which the fur- seal fishing is allowed, only sailing-vessels shall be permitted to carry on or take part in fur-seal fishing operations. They will, however, be at liberty to avail themselves of the use of such canoes or undecked boats, propelled by paddles, oars, or sails, as are in common use as fisliing boats. Article 4. Each sailing vessel authorized to fish for fur-seals must be pro- vided with a special license issued for that purpose by its Government, and shall be required to carry a distinguishing flag to be prescribed by its Government. ARTici.E 5. The masters of the vessels engaged in fur-seal fishing shall enter accurately in their official log-book the date and place of each fur-seal fish- ing operation, and also the number and sex of the seals captured upon each day. These entries shall be communicated by each of the two Governments to the other at the end of each fishing season. Article 6. The use of nets, fire-arms and explosives shall be forbidden in the fur-seal. fishing. This restriction shall not apply to shot guns when such fish- ing takes place outside of Behring Sea during the season when it may be lawfully carried on. Article 7. The two Governments shall take measures to control the fitness of the men authorized to engage in fur-seal fishing. These men shall have been proved fit to handle with sufficient skill the weapons by means of which this fish- ing may be carried on. Article 8. The Regulations contained in the preceding Articles shall not apply to Indians dwelling on the coasts of the territory of the United vStates or o Great Britain, and carrying on fur-seal fishing in canoes or undecked boats not transported by or used in connection with other vessels, and propelled wholly by paddles, oars or sails, and manned by not more than five persons each in the way hitherto practised by the Indians, provided such Indians are not in the employ- ment of other persons, and provided that, when so hunting in canoes or undecked boats, they shall not hunt fur-seals outside of territorial waters under contract for the delivery of the skins to any person. This exemption shall not be construed to affect the municipal law of either country, nor shall it extend to the waters of Behring Sea, or the waters of the Aleutian Passes. Nothing herein contained is intended to interfere with the employment of Indians as hunters or otherwise in connection with fur-sealing vessels as heretofore. Article 9. The concurrent Regulations hereby determined with a view to the protection and preservation of the fur-seals, shall remain in force until they have been, in whole or in part, abolished or modified by common agreement be. tween the Governments of the United States and of Great Britain. The said concurrent Regulations shall be submitted every five years to a new examination, so as to enable both interested (Jovernments to consider whether in the light of past experience, there is occasion for any modification thereof. APPENDICES. 47 British Columbia Salmon Pack, Season 1893. Fraskr Rivkr— cases. Anglo-British Coliimhia Packi'g Co. 1 16,201 Brunswick Canninjf Co 17,081 E wen & Co 44..V19 Bon Accord Fisiiery Co . . 43,856 Canadian Pacific Packing Co a7..1'8 British Columbia Canning Co 12,818 Victi>ria Canning Co 76,470 Steveston Canning Co 20,975 Short & Squ.-iir 16,728 J. H. Todd & Son 3».7.S8 Terr.a Nova Canning Co 13, 160 Pacific Ciiast C.inning Co '.S>334 Lulu Island Canning Co 20,759 Alert Bay— Alert Bay Canning Co RiVKRs Inlet— Wannuck Packing Co British Columbia Canning Co. Gardiner's Inlet — Price & Co Lowe Inlet— Lowe Inlet Packing Co Namu Canning Co Skeena River— Anglo-British Col. P'king Co. Skeena Packing Co Victoria Canning Co Royal Canadian Packing Co., British Columbia Canning Co. Balmoral Canning Co Inverness Canning Co 457.797 • 3.700 10,297 24,969 35.266 6,476 8,724 3.39.? .4.988 8,165 7..-?85 8,467 6,628 8,249 5,801 Naas River — Victori.a Canning Co British Columbia Canning Co. Federatioi. Brand CanningCo. 59.683 4.184 3.707 7.299 15.19" Total cases 590,229 SHIPPED TO Liverpool— Br. bk. "Routenbeck" 38,800 Br. str. "Grandholni" 3". 707 CASES, Br. bk. "Ladstock" . . . 35,773 Hr. bk. "City of Carlisle" 37..?8i Br.ship "Candida" .50, 1 22 Br. bk. "Harold" ... 60,050 London— Br. bk. "Jessie Stowe" 30,000 Ger. sp. "Sirene" 55.540 Br. bk. "Formosa" 38,126 Br. bk. "Primera" 24, -166 .".^3.833 England— Overland ^7.445 Per "Andrinia" '4.7'5 Via San Francisco 0,988 '48,332 53. '48 Eastern Canada 1 14,792 Australia 8,830 India, China, Africa 150 Local 2,93 1 Stock on hand Suv Total Ca.ses. . 590,229 THE ANNUAL PACK. (Since the beginning of the industry.) ■876 9,847 •877 67,387 1878 1 13,601 '879 61,093 1880 61,849 1881 177,276 1882 225,061 ■ 883 I96,2i:,2 1884 141,242 "885 ,08,517 1886 161,264 1887 204,083 1888 184,040 188') 414,294 1890 409,464 •89' 3'4.893 1892 228,470 1893 59o.»a9 '■■:■ ■* ■ "■ • 1*3 n If 48 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADH. Comparative Statement of Production in each Branch of Fisheries, <&c.. Province of British Columbia. ..Brls. <( .Brls Kinds of Fish. Salmon, preserved in cans Lbs. Salmon, fresli " " smoked. " salted . . Herring, fresh. . . " smoked •' salted . . Sturj?eon Lbs. Halibut ' Oulachons, pickled Brls. *• smoked. Lbs. " fresh... " Trout " Smelts " Skill, salted Brls. Codfish, fresh (rock) Lbs. Oysters Bush Mussels '* Clams " Crabs No. Tooshqua Lbs. Fur-seal skins, . . . No. Hair " .... " Sea-otter skins. ... " Assorted or mixed fish Lbs. *hrimps & prawns " Fish oil Galls Fish products Fish for home con- sumption, Chin- ese laborers, not included above Guano made from offal Tons Quantity. 11,488,592 2,935,609 135,500 2.348 489 000 21,000 620,500 1,357,500 875 21,800 175,500 68,050 156,()00 96 173,600 2.000 600 11,000 600,000 416.300 46,362 6,700 14 430,320 259,654 92. Value. $ cts. 1,378,631 04 293,550 90 27,100 00 28,176 00 23,652 50 2,520 00 1893. Total Increase in 1893. 15 26,025 00 67,875 00 7,000 00 3.270 00 8,775 00 *»! if Population by Sexes, 1881 and 1891. 18S ;i. 1891. Males. Females. Males. P'emales. 29,503 19.956 63,003 35.170 '■: Vrm Birth Places of the People in British Columbia, 1881 and 1891. 1881. 1891. Born in Canada. Born in other Countries. Born in Canada. Born in other Countries. 34,957 14,492 56,851 41,322 v-^ ^ ■ f 52 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. Birth Places ok the Foreign Born in British Columbia, 1881-1891. England Scotland . . . Ireland Newfoundland Other British Possessions. 3-294 1,204 1,285 8 203 12,959 4.368 2,771 437 574 Total British Possessions . 5.994 21,109 France Germany Italy, Spain and Portugal. Russia and Poland Scandinavian United States Chinese Other Countries Total Foreign Countries. Grand total Foreign Born 193 344 lOI 32 170 2,29. 4.35'5 .1,013 8,498 14,492 268 904 587 318 1,065 6,567 8,910 1,596 20,213 41.322 Proportion of Native and Foreign Born, 1881 and 1891. 1881. 1891. Born in Canad :i. Born in Brit. ' Born Possessions. Elsewhere. Born in Canada. 57-9 Born in Brit. Possessions. Born Elsewhere. 70.7 12. I 17.2 21-5 20.6 Density f population, 3 per square mile. The Deaths and Rate per Thousand of the Population. Deaths, 1891. 1,361 Rate per Thousand. 1891. 1881. 13 94 20.35 Deaths England and Wales 19.5 in each thousand, or l in every 51 persons. APPENDICES. Ages of the Womkn of British Columhia. 53 Ages. Total Women Girls between i and lo years. Women over lO " . Girls between lo and 15 " Women over 15 " . 1881. 1891. 19.956 35. '70 4,220 8,900 15.736 26,270 7.648 3.371 8,088 22,899 Occupations of the Persons in British Coi.umiua. Engaged in Agriculture, Mining and Fishing ' '• Trade and Transportation " Manufacturing and Mechanical Pursuits. . . '* Domestic and Personal Services '• Professional Avocations. '* Non-productive class Number. Proportion. 18,169 7,636 10,410 9.951 1,863 734 18 5 7 8 10 6 10 1 I 9 7 Percent, of persons having occupations to total population — 1891,49.7; 1881, 36.5- Increase in the Agricultural Portion of British Columiua. No. of Farmers and Farmers' Sons. 1S91 compared with 1 881. 1881. 1891. 2,381 5.874 Increase. Per Cent. 3.493 146.7 Increase in Mining Portion of British Coi.un'Ria. I88I. I89I. Increase 1891 over 1881. 2,792 4.591 ',799 4 ^• \.\m ^1 ■im I M 54 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. Religions ok the People of British Columbia, 1891. Denomination. Roman Catholics Church of England Presbyterians Reformed Presbyterians . Other Presbyterians Methodists Bible Christians Other Methodists . ... Baptists " F'ree Will Tunkers Brethren Lutherans Congregational , Disciples Adventists Unitarians Universalists Protestants Salvation Army Quakers Jews Other Denominations Not specified Total . 20,843 23,619 15,260 3 21 14.193 97 8 2,960 130 8 166 2,083 775 62 109 79 45 286 298 38 277 597 16,216 98,173 Increase in Fishery Portion of British Columbia. 1881. 1,850 Increase. 1891. Numerical. 3,798 1,048 Per Cent. 105-3 I • APPENDICES. 55 Extracts from the Annual Report of the Superintendent of Education, 1892-1893. Number of schools in operation i66, as follows : High Schools, 4. Rural Schools, 140. Graded " 16. Ward " 6. Number of teachers and monitors employed 267, an increase of 39 over that for the previous year. Total number of pupils enrolled during the year 11,496, an increase of 723 over that for the previous year; average actual daily attendance 71 1 1.40, an in- crease of 884.30 for the same period. In cities the percentage of average attendance was 68.41, in rural districts, 53.82. and for the entire Province, 61.85. E'lch of these percentages shows an increase over the record for the previous year, and is a very creditable showing, especially is this the case in the percentage of average attendance made by the whole Province. The expenditure for education proper was as follows : — Teachers' Salaries $174,847 33 Incidental expenses of Rural Schools 6,374 10 Education Office 9)336 90 Total $ '90.558 33 Cost of each pupil based on enrolment $16.57, and on average daily attend- ance, $26.79. Expenditure by the Lands and Works Department for the construction of school-houses, furniture, repairs, and improvements : .School -houses $20,960 1 1 Furniture, repairs, etc., for Rural Districts 3.537 78 Total $24,497 89 Total expenditure by the Provincial Government for all purposes of education during the year : Education proper $'90,558 33 Less refunds from City Districts 40,280 79 $150,227 54 Lands a;id Works Department 24,497 89 Total $174,77543 ¥^V:A i 1-' ''^flB^ ' HB' i ;>1 56 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. COMI'ARATIVE StATEMKNT OF ATTENDANCE AND CoST OK PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FROM 1872-73 TO 1892-93. Year. 872-73- 873-74' 874-75- 875-76. 876-77. 877-78. 878-79. 879-80 . 880-81 . 881-82. 882-83. 88'?-84. 884-85 . 885-86. 886-87 . 887-88. 888-89. 889-90. 890-91 . 891-92. 892-93. Number of School Districts. 25 37 41 41 42 45 45 47 48 50 59 67 76 86 95 104 109 123 141 154 168 Aggregate Enrolment. 1,028 1.245 1,403 1,685 1,998 2,198 2,301 2,462 2,571 2,653 2,693 3,420 4,027 4,471 5,345 6,372 6,796 8,042 9,260 10,773 11,496 Average Daily Attendance 575 767 863 984 1,260 1,395-50 1,315.90 1,293.93 1.366.86 1,358.68 1,383.00 1,808.60 2,089.74 2,481.48 2,873.38 3,093 46 3,681 14 4,333-90 5,134-91 6,227.10 7,ifi.40 Percentage of Attendance 55-93 61 .60 61.51 58.39 63.06 63.49 57-19 52.56 53.16 51.21 51-36 52.88 51-89 55 50 53-75 48.54 54.16 53-89 55-45 57-80 61.85 Expenditure for Education Proper. $ 36,763 35,287 34,822 44,506 47,129 43,334 *22,IIO 47,006 46,960 69 49,268 63 50,850 63 66,655 15 71,151 79,527 88,521 99,902 108,190 122,984 136.901 160,627 11 59 28 II 63 01 70 10 52 56 08 04 59 83 73 80 190,558 33 Half-year. Tahle showing the Number of Applicants and Certificates Obtainei^ During Each of the Past Twelve Years. Year Number of Applicants. Certificates Obtained. Failed to First Class. Second Class Third Class. Certificates. 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 36 yi 64 67 76 93 100 117 143 154 200 271 6 5 15 15 15 10 9 8 14 5 39 9 3 21 12 6 27 41 36 54 3 107 19 15 16 27 34 30 36 37 61 64 137 90 2 14 12 'A 21 13 41 38 22 55 35 Under the Rules and Regulations, no male candidate less than 18 years of age, and no female candidate less than 16 years of age, can be permitted to be applicants (or certificates of any kind. APPENDICES. Statistics. 57 Mean Summer and Winter Temperaturk, &c. Place. Agassiz Abbotsford Barkerville Clinton Esquimau Fort Simpson Lillooct Ladner's Landing. New Westminster Port Moody Quamichan Soda Creek _. Science's Bridge... Victoria I Latitude. Longtitudc. I Elevation Mean Tetnpcrature. 49.15 48.42 1 2 1 . 40 '25.33 53-2 S>.6 48.26 i2i..33 122.48 123.27 54 ..50 129.20 50.42 122.2 49.6 >23.4 49.12 '22.53 49.14 123.16 48.42 '23-47 52.20 122. 19 SO. 25 48.24 121.30 123.19 above Sea. 52 38 4.210 2.978 28 16 6qo 33 5 Summer, i Winter. i,6qo 770 10 6I..3 60.3 39 9 37- » 53.3 58.4 21.9 21.4 57.0 40.9 63.8 35-2 28.1 60.4 61.3 60.4 62.7 .?(>-7 37-2 .34.8 38.2 22.0 69.0 29.0 S7.3 .392 Vancouver Island is like the South of England, except that it has a gre.iter summer heat with less humidity. In the vicinity of Victoria the highest temperature in tlie shade in July and A '.igust. ranges from 80' to 90 Fahr., while in winter there is rarely more than ten degrees of frost . Province of British Coi-umiua— State.ment ok Debts and .Assets. Assets. Year Ending 30th June. I»»2 i88? 1884 t88s 1886....: 1887 ■888 1889 i8go I 1891 I 1892 ■893 Gross Debt. Dominion Dominion Government Government Other Assets. Debt Allowce R'y Subsidies, $800 566 $499.9' 3 $ 1 16.653 $ 616.566 961.778 499.9 '3 ^^'■'f>.\ 6.?3.'76 770.812 499.9 '3 272.895 772.808 800.258 58 ),02 I 267,CKX) 850,02 1 976.9' ' 583,02 1 206,808 78<^829 1,157,001 1,780,125 58^,021 214,144 797. '65 583.021 699,072 1,282.993 • .772.87' 583,021 583,230 t, 166,251 1,797,820 583.021 .542.293 '.'25.3'4 '.843. '54 ,583.02 • .558.7 '5 1. 141.736 2,876,036 583,021 1,259,403 1,842,424 3,187,456 583,021 909.7 '3 '.492.734 The Areas of Hritish Columbia. Land, Square Miles. 382,300 Total Square .Miles. 383.300 Sii! i4 .t i::y. ;0 58 BRITI.SH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. Ark.\ ok Forest and Woodland in Dritish Columbia. Total Area. Forest and Woodland. a8s..<54 Woodland. 383.300 74.69 Statement showing the Amount ok Mail Matter Passing Between Vancouver, British Columiua, and the koli.owing Post Okkices in China and Japan, krom 24th September, 1892, TO 9th Sei'te.mber, 1893. Weight. Papers. 28.279 10.006 4.5'5 Weight. i Miscell- Weight. 305 3 Weight. Place. Letters . 86.788 41,681 •5.909 Lbs. Oz. Lbs. 6.5«S i.9'5 898 8.329 7.342 1 aneoiis. Oz. 1 Lbs. 9.398 1.890 755 Oz. 12 6 5 6 Lbs. .389 10 Oz. Yokoh.ima . . . Hong Kong.. Shanghai. . . . 3,008 1.892 «o .33.317 II 5..375 9 1.284 14 39.997 7 2.,.44i 1 9W 308 214 Totals T'lsin 1891-92. 143.878 109,411 .14.467 5.900 4.043 8 42,800 34.900 7.900 12,044 8.552 400 330 I 8 Increase 1,856 986 13 j 16.S.S6 .3.491 15 94 69 9 In addition to the above, through bags were forwarded to the places design.ited as follows: Yokohama, 270 ; Shanghai, 76; Hong Kong, 55 ; Nagasaki, 47 ; Kobe, 84 ; Tokio, 118 ; Hakodate, 41. Cost for mail transportation in British Columbia Postal Division, etc., $55,570.06. Table Showing the Number of Post Okkices in Operation, Extent of Mail Travel, Estimated Number of Letters and Other Articles OK Mail Matter Posted in the Province, during the Year ended inh June, 1893. Number of offices in operation on the ist July. 1893 Extent of Mail Service : Number of miles of post route Annual travel thereon Estimated Number of Letters and other articles of Mail Matter posted in British Columbia, during the year ended 30th June, 1893: 219 6.05s 1.300,094 Letters Post Cards Registered Letters Free Letters Number of Transient Newspapers and Periodicals, Books, Packets. Circulars, etc. Number of packets Copy. Pnotographs. Deeds, etc Number of packets Fifth Class Matter, ordinary merchandise, open to examination Number of Parcels by Parcel Post Number of Closed Parcels for the United Kingdom 3.400,000 275.000 1 10.000 1 10.000 480,000 68.000 30,000 10.500 1.252 APPENDICES. 59 Statemekt showing the Accounting Offices in Operation ; the Gross Postal Revenue; the Number and Amount of Money Orders Issued and Paid, durinc; the Year ended 30th June, 1893. Name of Office . County. <^.... Number Issued. Revenue. Nanaimo Var New Westminster New Westminster Vancouver .... Victoria | Victoria Other Offices . . $ c. 6..W7 7' 10,764 45 26,731 22 4.^,382 1 1 46,472 .17 6,659 4.979 8.558 11,314 2>.3'.l 132,747 86 s»'823 Tot'lAm't ^ Total Total of Money Commis'n Amon't of Orders rcc'd from Money Issued. Public. Orders p'd $ c. $ c. $ c. 107,963 19 76,760 34 176,10s 28 2o6,86!i 66 1,061 77 68192 1.66561 2.'.U 10 21,654 14 .S4.47« .S6 109,772 41 169,85671 417,13990 3..123 '8 107.047 72 984,831 37 8,865 58 462.802 54 Industrial Establishmen rs. Number of Establishments 770 ( In Land $2, 1 53, 106 00 Fixed capital. -! In Buildings 1,836,650 co (^ In Machinery and Tools 3,256,906 00 Working capital 7.157.732 00 ''Men over 16 years (No.) 9.615 Women " " , " 1,331 Boys under " " 404 .Girls " " " 157 Total amount paid in wages during the year ... $3,586,897 00 Total value of raw material 5, 1 19,258 00 Total value of articles produced 1 1 ,999,928 00 Hands employed 6o BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. : n cfl "cD £ S3 13 X ^K o ■»-) o -g u £ (fi -5 4-) u »mm M U OJ CQ », a c 2 cS '•M CQ (ti •M • w 0) -v (f- 0) /: cS U ni -M «i i £ OS G 3 O cr c3 CO > lii a» W CO 0) 00 ^ L. 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CQ * C MM 3 tMi £ O 75 3 O" (0 u M CO 0) 00 u o >- £ U a u O cc 75 o 'S) o o o o S CD 00 H n R H w ws:^/: cc w 5S rH 1— 1 i-( rH fl I— 1 (M lO -H ,— t C; 5>1 Greatest Velocity in one hour. 5cC-t«CCC0»?5'1(MC^^M'*< Q o Date and Direction. WW. . ciw* CO «05. t- ^ >. -3 -1^ o OS Or-(pHOOOOOOOOO CI iM-f'^rHt^lOi-lOWNO'* »1 cc 'Ai T l-H •5- OOQOO"^'+'t005'-HU5005t^ oc •3r -s- co^i«o:owOr-iioicoo I— 1 T-H '3 (Niorfeocoi-iocoeoosiat- 1-1 T-H r-l 00 '3 'N 'N I— 1 I— ( CO QC0CU5l^i-HOSrH't^«eOi-H 3t>.-*l-HrH rH .-( -f cc OS ec 0) > hi V Jg O Q CO < w SHIPPING. The Hoard is indebted to the courtesy and kindness of Mr. A. R. Milne, Collector of Customs, for the following Shipping information : PORT OF VICTORIA, B. C. Statement of Vessels, British and Foreign, employed in the coasting trade of the Dominion of Canada, arrived at or departed from this Port, during the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1894 : Vessels Arrived, Vessels Departed. No. No. No. . No. British Steamkrs. Vessels. Tonnage. Crew. Vessels. Tonnage. Crew. Screw 1043 319704 25367 1040 318707 25192 Paddle 109 84296 3090 III 86914 3153 Sternwheel 70 48020 2100 71 48706 2130 1222 452 020 30 557 1222 4543^7 30475 British Sailing Vessels. Ships 3 3338 65 Barques 2 2038 34 2 2277 28 Schooners 26 897 114 62 1 175 222 Sloops 59 372 154 63 326 162 Barges, etc 78 6131 7 80 6291 7 165 9438 309 210 13407 484 Grand Total 1387 461458 30866 1432 467734 30959 Foreign Steamers. Screw I 3292 32 2 977 36 Foreign Sailing Vessels. Ships I 1437 16 3 4129 59 Barques 7 7831 97 Schooners I 397 9 i 707 10 C \ rand Total 3 5126 57 I3_ 1364 4 202 RECAPITULATION. British . J387 461458 30866 1432 467734 30959 Foreign 3 5126 57 13 13644 202 1390 466584 30923 1445 481378 31 161 iil 64 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. PORT OF VICTORIA, B. C. Annual Rkturn, showing the (iescriptioii, nmnhLT nnd tonnnf^e of vessels built and iegist;.rcd at this Port duriR^j the fiscal year ending 3olh June, 1894 : Class of Vessel. Ihiilt. Ne^^sttred. Nil. Tonnaifo, No. Tonnngo. Stf.amkrs : Screw .1 54 ' 4 Slcrnwheei 2 155 Total Steamers 5 209 I 4 Saii,iN(; Vesski.s : Schooners I 38 3 65 Sloops and Hargcs, etc I lOl 2 l8l Total Sailing Vessels 2 139 5 246 Grand Total 7 348 6 250 PORT OF VICTORIA, B. C. Statement of Vessels, British, Canadian and P'oreign, (for sea) at this Port during the year ending 30th June, 1S94. With Cargoes. QlANTlTY OK Countries to which No. of Tons Cleared. Vessels. Register. British : United King.l ^m 7 6602 United States. .. . i 1662 Other Countries 22 465 50 Total 30 54814 Canadian : United States q 2604 Foreign : United States 375 373335 Other Countries 8 5588 Total 383 378923 In Ballast. British : United States 13 23821 China and Other Countries 15 40810 Total 28 64631 entered outwards Freight. Tons Weight. Crew No. 6500 "7 301 70 2133 1742 8934 1929 377 131 7182 11221 21158 90 18403 21248 938 2736 3674 APPENDICES. 65 //V//t Car^'oes. In fialiast. QtfANTITY Frkioiit. No. of Tons Tons Crew No. of Tons Ni>. Whence Arrived. VcrhcIs. Koffistcr. FrciRht. No, N'cftiicln. Rejcisler. Crow. Canadian : From S. Fisheries. 6,^ 4227 289 1326 .. Other Cuunlrics... 53 4523 455 330 62 30555 1280 Total 116 8750 744 1656 62 30555 1280 Forei(;n : United Kingdom. . l 677 435 15 Other Countries. . , 537 444320 2731 1 26057 176 1538 19 6985 Total 538 444997 2774^ 26072 176 153819 6985 Grand Total. . 6 54 45374 7 28490 27728 23 8 184 37 4 8265 RECArrrui.AiioN. PVith Cargoes. In Ballast. British 40 73589 ' 23191 2617 24 43981 2443 Canadian 116 8750 744 1656 62 30555 1280 Foreign 538 444997 27746 26072 176 153819 6985 Total 694 527336 51681 30345 262 228355 10708 Grand Total. . 956 755691 51681 41053 PORT OF VICTORIA, B. C. Statement exhibiting the number of Vessels, with their tonnage and crews, which arrived -at and departed from this Port (seaward) during the fiscal year ending 30th June, 1894, distinguishing the countries to which they belong. Not including vessels trading between Ports within the Dominion : Arrived. Departed. Under what Flag. No. Tons. Crew No. Tons. Crew No. No. British 242 156875 7996 219 136784 8157 United States 713 598139 33042 675 593881 32443 German I 677 15 i 1437 21 956 755691 41053 895 732102 40621 I t .>fl 66 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. RECAPITULATION. Arrived. Under what Flag. No. Tons. Crew No. British Ste.imers 145 124873 6133 British .Sailing Vessels. .. 97 32002 1863 Total British 242 156875 7996 Foreign .Steamers .... 643 582521 32624 Foreign .Sailing Vessels.. 71 16295 433 Total Foreign 714 598816 33057 Total British and Foreign 956 755691 41053 Departed, No. Tons. Crew No. 147 125796 6383 72 10988 1774 219 136784 8157 623 588414 32238 53 6904 226 676 595318 32464 895 732102 40621 No. AM) Tonnage of Sea-Goinc. Vessels Entered and Cleared at the Principal Ports ov Province of British Columbia in 1893. Ports. Comox Nanaimo. . . V.ancouver . Victoria . . . . Vessels Entered and Cleared. British. No. 4 no 380 Tons. 1,749 113.728 167,826 •.S7.SS4 No. 36 0H2 '5 I,U)0 • Foreign . Total. Tons. 6.V108 I 674.294 4n.i7S 1,089,978 No. 40 1,092 562 '.570 Tons. 64,857 788,022 579.'°' '.247.532 Co.mparative Staiemknt, Showing the Nu.mher of Vessels and Number OF Tons on the Registry Books of Brutsh Columbia, on the 31st December, in Each Year, from 1873 to 1893, both Inclusive. Year. Vessels . 30 3.S 40 ^ 5' 60 63 94 Tons. Year. Vessels. 116 '23 '34 149 .67 '!^ 196 246 298 3'S Tons. ,871 4.09.'? 3.61 1 ; 3.6S5 i 3.809 3.479 4,482 4,701 5.049 6,296 7.687 9.046 1884 1885 ".403 It, 8^4 1874 ,878 1886 1 1,900 1876 12,789 14,249 '5.24' 16,034 '877 187a 1888 : ,889 1870 '890 ' i8qi .S-j:; :: . '9.767 23,448 24.903 ,881 ' i8qa 1882 ' i8qi i88t APPENDICES. 67 Statement Siiowinc. the Ni'miier ok Vessels and Ni'mhv.u ok Tons on THE Registry Books ok Hrhish Coi.umhia, on 31st December, 1893. ' T . 1 V I ' Total Net 7';>'» ?'"'"'JV''" Number of Gross Tonnago Tonna^o of ot hailing Ships Steamers. i of Steamers. Sailing Ships and Steamers. Victoria ' ao7 New Westminster j 69 Vancouver | 39 Total VS 9S 57 3' g Ships and Steamers. <6.7.s6 i,8.?o 24,900 Recisterei) Sea-c.oinc. Tonna(;e Emi'I.oyed in Carryinc Carco in and OUT OK THE Province by Five-year Pkk.ods, wnii V'eari.y Averacje. ? ■ ■874-78 i ■879-83 ....; 1884-88 I ■889-93 , ■893 1,430.817 A3.s8,K8s 4,089,788 8,927,979 1.795,612 287, 96? 47'. 777 8,7,958 '.785.596 + <^>3 8 + 73-4 + ■'8.3 + 05 Register Sea-goinc Tonnage, carrying Cakgo into Hritish Columbia. ;r Year. Total . 1874-78 I 7.35-0.^6 1879-8? I 058,566 ■884-88 '•9.«.°8s ■889 93 3.9»8.i38 ■893 i Yearly Aver.ige. 147,187 211,713 387,017 785.628 705.054 PerCerl. + 43.8 + 82.8 t-irJ.o -f- 10.2 ■A Registered Tonnage carrying Cargo out ok the Province. • 't'i 1874-78.... 18J9-81 ... 1884-88.... .889-93... ■893 Year. Total. Yearly Average. 703,881 1,300,319 2,154.703 4,999,841 140,776 260,064 430,940 990,968 >.o9o.S.s8 Per Cent . + 85.0 + 65.7 + ■32.0 + 9-. 68 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. ■«* o> GO •" ■« o c 3 —3 C 4-' o CO ai c ■o c 0) t_ (0 0) >- mr 75 m S m CO JI K 0} 03 h- -»-• < p H •^ CO (0 CO i3 E 3 s o o o M CD U I UJ vO u-l »*• rn 00 \o ^ r^ t^ m 00 On m 10 0\ ..#..» .^ 1 ^ ro t^ 11 f^ 0^ 0> ro M Tt <«• o^ \o VO "^ 00 .* 1 .• N N N.. 0, tfl 1- U) 3 p in ir> ro M vn U ■ til — < ^/i .S .• N t VO r^ Ov d 3 ? 0^ « m vo rt i o «^ -T pF d" >n a\ 'c-t; o N ^N 1 Tj- -r- c -'- IH 1 ' n — « w 00 ui l-l • VO t-t m 0\ 1 N 4J 1a t^ N N m vo «/^ ro •-' ^' d 1 « h- • ro VO 00 N ■* , t ° \ in w ■> vn 1. ^ 1 ;=.S vo' T in •>; i "^ W- ON 00 M N ^ CI vO 1/ 1 m to. c ^ H 4 3 C6 t^ ^ H C 7 ^2 E j: *k c c r L » 1 C C [ c r r 1. 1 > z > 2 APPENDICES. 1 Tj- Tj Tt M 1 f*" 1 , 1 a fO o> o N i ' r r^ rt NH tort p^ ^1 c°2 O Os O 00 ro 00 d" pT q NO^ oo H- vO kM r' •• O N« c 3 u: o ^« 8 nS -^ <- - M Tf r^ ►" m , r-. 00 ON o "" — >, w a- 00 ro O 1-1 X CD ro vO u^ tri » o 1— 1 u <^ oo" d\ • •— 3J o U-) vO NO 00 L. 1— ^ »>. M »4 0) ^ - i 8 8 8 8 8 1 for ^s. \o On O N C3 CJ -21 io. On lO 3C f *> r> as • ■> O; •* ,3 o rr N o NO* (0 H N N^ rn •■^ 13 f/) E U3 8 s O o 8 8 ■ 3 "c m ^ ro n N O O o vO >o NO o N 00 s.^ to. t^ lO c«0 O 1 ad mI u ■* MM NO 'O jC < ^ t^ *-' 1 t^ 1 CO 1 8 "s ■"8 - 8 ! 8 jj 00 oc Tf 1- ^ % 1 ! VC t-^ w ■i \r^ ^% 3 Tt !>. OO r» 1 Tj- u 1 c °, 1^ w 1 »A c i ^ fn > ] ■ 8 CL 1 €> 1 1 £ ** u. o o ^ 1 1 1 ! b 1- 4. c 5 E I r •c z j "r C 4- > i i : c or ^^ 1 r r. «. 1 > >? \ > z 69 ' >; '*^ ■^■l!i. 1 70 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. Exports the Produce of Canada, from the Province of British Columbia, for 23 Years ending June 30th, 1894. , Animals .ind Agric'l Miscel- Year. The Mine. Fisheries. Forest. their Produce. Products. laneous. Total. 1872 ?>.389 58S $ 37.707 $214,377 $214,700 $ 142 $ 1.540 $1,858,051 •873 I,224..?62 43.361 211,026 259.292 2,885 1.197 1,742,123 .874 '.35<.'4S 114,1 '8 260,1 16 320,625 S.296 443 2.051,743 >87.S 1.929,294 .^3.986 292,468 411,810 9.727 2.777.285 1876 2,032.139 7 '.338 273.430 329,027 3,080 68 2,709,082 1877 1.708,848 105,603 287,042 230.893 3.083 1.500 2,346,969 1878 1.7.59. '7' 423,840 327.360 257.3'4 462 2,768,147 1879 1,530.812 (>M 493 273.366 268,671 2..S05 57 2,708,848 1880 1,664.626 317.4'° 258,804 .339.218 3.843 100 2.584.001 1881 '.3>7.o79 400,984 172,647 350.474 248 22 2.231.554 1882 1,437.072 97<'.9o3 362.875 300,429 946 2.616 3.080,841 1 88? i,3cxj,646 '.33- .385 407,624 287,394 6.791 443 3.345.263 ■ 884 1,441,052 899.371 4.S8.365 271.796 ■.745 i.4>3 3.100,404 1885 i.7.S9.S>-J 727.672 262,071 414,364 2.324 5.948 3.172..19' 1886 '.7-20.33.S 643.052 .94.488 329,248 '.907 2,811 2,891,811 1887 1,832,827 9 > 0.559 235.9>3 380,126 10,265 1,911 3.371.601 1888 1889 1890 ■891 1892 ■893 i88 2,166,709 403,520 21 163 142 163,142 1,905,201 367,926 2,273.127 426,125 14 '44 754 '44 754 1,997 '25 ,320,326 2.3'7.454 484 704 04 184,951 184,951 1,614,165 122,451 2,4S7."6 450.175 43 208,072 208,072 3 2'4.'5.> 242963 1.736,616 589 403 62 387.'" 387.'" 2,472 174 404. 287 2,875,461 678,104 .53 449.768 449.768 3.331,023 550-833 3.866.856 907.655 54 624,207 624,207 3,337,642 702,693 4.040,335 884,076 21 789.287 789.287 3-458.529 564.923 4,023,452 966,143 64 927.054 927.054 2. 95 '.379 1,060.347 4,011.726 880,226 65 3.065 791 560348 3,626 239 883421 S3 2,674,941 729,266 3,401,207 861,465 14 2,002,646 807,140 3.809,786 974.675 69 3-357.' >> ' .030.375 4,287,486 ',075.215 20 4,261,207 1,074.983 5,336,190 ',346,059 42 4-423.414 1 ,803.005 6,226,419 1,412,878 00 3,662,673 '.255-495 4,918,168 '.367.2.S0 32 3-582,3.33 ',738.282 S. 3.^6,96 1 1,308,631 23 . I tv) w 72 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OP TRADE. Statement Showing the Transactions under the Chinese Immigration Act, to the 30th June, 1893. Year ending Immigrants. Total Collections from all sources. Refunds . Expense of Collection $ cts. 1,629 26 2,123 81 2,041 22 2,104 25 1.634 99 1,760 79 1,980 36 2,534 83 Share of Capitaiion Fee paid to Provinces . 30lh June. Exempt. Paying Fees. 1886 No. I No. 211 124 290 782 1,069 2,114 3.272 2,244 $ CIS. 11.693 00 7,424 50 15.694 50 40,808 00 56,258 00 107,785 50 166,502 00 113,491 00 $ cts. 450 00 $ cts. 2,525 CO 1,450 00 3,587 50 9,600 00 13,250 00 26,275 00 40,662 50 27.387 50 18S7 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 112 97 12 6 14 242 250 00 300 00 300 00 550 00 2,100 00 Totals 10,106 The census of 5th April, 1891, gives the total number of Chinese in the Do- minion at that date as 9, 129, to which add 6,384 arrivals since that date, and deduct 909 outstanding certificates of leave and of registrations for leave that have been issued since then, and there remains a balance of 14,604 as representing the number in the country on the 30th June, 1893, less those who have left without reporting, of which no reliable estimate can be made. i Inland Revenue, Canada, Divisions No. 37 and 38. Entered for Consumption, July 1st, 1893, to June 30th, 1894. . No. 37. Victoria, B. C. Spirits proof gallons. 49,401.75 Malt Lbs. 1,430.359 Manufactured Tobaccos " 131,222^ Raw Leaf " " 37.289 Cigars, ex- Warehouse No. 283,600 '* ex-Factory " 1,332,900 Malt Liquor Gallons. 450,692 Petroleum " 257,599.76 Total Receipts $146,279.95 No. 38. Vancouver, B. C. 35.253.01 577.910 108,078 23,864 18,900 832,350 228,485 $97,977-98 z QC D I- UJ GC 5 § h H X t- u. 2 a u 3 X •JBIS8B3 ) X t a ""• •OOl)lJB3 - Ovvo . CI in ' 8"°^ fir 5r ■ 'sdoo|uiii^ ^1«A1 •}SW3 •XOU103 I I •OlUlBUW\ • UKljaiMO^ MIL'uiinbsg •HUO10l;\ m t^ - IT. f» U5 *vo «»• i« a tr 10 w X X ui t-XX vO - NX t- « 1/5 f.X ) f^ - ^ c 1; > n VJ ^ ■■ u fc u %l a (« Eu ill be c C tj . 1} 73 /■. -r '*. "t- X vO o X "■■ "t "". N -I 1 ■sO "X i*^ f^. I'- *i - 1 i •r "", ir, 'I t'. 2 J' "T % ' ■. - If- 2 O" "■, "■. ? X O^ - S- S- •^ *" N - vS J 1^ »~ - d f^ I/; N t/5 N ir^sD - C ^r f*: ^x ""• ^ ? PI f^. "1 s£ 1 i u E ■ !S U 4) !.■ = c E •^ r. IK 5 ^ an 3 if : • itc . ill; ■.'^ i : r bos r-.i 5 " 5 f >< S ji-j 3 'S o^ -J -^ '• *■« 353 1 re 74 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. B. C. Lumber Fleet, 1893. Flafe'. Br bark. Br bark . Nor bark . Am bark Br hark . . Chilbark. Br bktn.. Gor Ship. Br ship. . Chil ship. Am bark . Am ship. . Br bark. . Br ship . . Am bark. Haw bark Br bark Br bark . . Nor bark. Chil ship. Br bark . . Br ship. . . Gcr bark. Br bark . . Br ship. . . Am schr. . Am bark. Am schr. . Am bark. Br ship. . . Am ship. . Ni>r bark . Br bark . . Chilbark. Chil bark. Am schr. . Am bktn. Am bktn. Am schr . . Am bark. Am schr. . Br bark . . Am brig . . Am schr. . Am bktn. Am schr. . Am schr . . Am schr. . Nor ship. . Am schr. . Am bark. Am ship . . Am bark. Am bark. Am schr Geo. Thompson .... jM.-irk Curry KritZiie Colorado Highlands India , Bittern Kathirine Ci>nnty of Yarmouth liindostan .Seminole Ivv As'sel Natima Harry Morse John Ena Blairhoyle Mary Low .Sitjurd Atacama \V\thop Gryfc Meinrich Dochra Kinkora Carrier Dove Seminole Puritan Sonoma Gunford VVm. H. Starbuck.. Fortuna Gainsboroug'h India Klisa..^ King Cyrus Chas. F. Crocker. . . Hilo Lyman D. Foster . . Hesper VVm. Bowden Elizabeth Graham . . Geneva Aida Robert Sudden Salvator Louis John D. Tallant.... Germ.inic . . Report' r Snow & Burgess. . . Benj, Sewall Colorado ; Templar W. H. Talbot 1128' Ian. 13 1256 Jan. 4. 1078 Jan, 10 1036 Jan. iq iaj6 Jan. a6 g.Si'Ian. 14 399 Jan. 30 1630 Feb. -7 . . , 3I.S4 Marcn 33 154a March 6. 1439 March 19 1 181 April 2a. 79s March 6. 1 106 April 20. 1313 April 19. 2600 June 2 1291 June I 813 May 24 1 530 May 2 1 123.S May 13 1248 May 26 1069 June 23 923 June 7 966 June 26 •799 July 39 672 Aug. 7 14.39 Aug. I 584 Aug. 4 998 Aug. 16 2108 Sept. 6 1272 Sept. I . 133a Aug. 23 983 Sept. 7 . 953 Sept. 10 91 S Sept. a. 667 Sept. 1 2 813 Sept. 29. 64a Sept." 28. 725 Oct. 14.. 664 Oct. 12. . 728 Oct. 18.. .S98 0ct. 24.. ' 47> Oct. 15.. 507 Oct. 14.. I 585 Oct. 23. . 444 Oct. 29. . I 820 Nov. 8 . .S33 Nov. 19 . 1269 Dec. ag. . ! 33.? Nov. 24 . 1578 Dec. .30.. 1361 Dec. 28.. 1360 Jan. I . . . 910 Dec. 26. . 776 Dec. 28. . I Westmin'r Vancouver do Cowichan. Vancouver .Moodyville Vancouver Moodyville Vancouver Moodvville do Vancouver Moodyville Vancouver Moodyville Cowichan . Vancouver do do Moodyville Vancouver do do do do iCowichan. I.Moodyville i lio [Vancouver do ! do do Moodyville do do Cowichan. jVancouver 'Westmin'r Cowichan. Vancouver Victoria Moodyville Vancouver Moodyville Vancouver I Westmin'r Vancouver Victoria Vancouver ! do ! do I do I do I do I do For. i Cargo ! Ft. 791914 631 165 I 964868 I 928219 12380787 Sydney 806938 Plymouth . . . ] 923038 Callao : 879260 Valparaiso f.o. 8526^7 Montreal 896663 Valparaiso . 798782 Fremantle, Au 302950 Iquiqui. 1328879 Cork 1628330 Vjilparaiso . . . ] 1 196826 Santa Ko.salia 1040913 Wilmington. Antofagasta Port Pirie.. Shanghai . . Port Pirie.. Sydney ' 913685 Pisagua ! 663000 Port Pirie. . . . ; 1426000 V'alparaiso . . . ' 967364 Sydney 1019667 Antwerp \ 786228 Holl.-ind .S77S37 Adelaide 740234 Callao 1436128 Adelaide 886989 .Santa Rosalia 1045008 Tientsin ... . | 725954 Iquiqui i 811 183 Port Pirie j 1974050 London ! 924554 Port Pirie. . . . ] 1286192 Valparaiso f.o 702153 V'alparaiso . . . | 799207 Antofag.asta. . • 577204 Port Pirie. . . . j 914716 Santa Rosalia 783548 Sydney | 688652 Sydney I 871305 Adelaide ' 779398 Adelaide . . . . | 861692 .Melbourne . . . 524681 Sydney S4>228 Shanghai . . . 657974 Port Pirie.... 714808 Port Pirie 527000 Iquiqui 863445 Sydney 70.S802 Cork, U.K., f.o 910483 Nagaaski .... 1*366294 Santa Rosalia' 1075000 Cork. U.K.,f.o 102 1624 Shanghai . . . | 707000 Callao I 567001 Cape Colony.] 804183 Arrived. March ai May 20 .March 3 April 27 June 23 M.irch 30 May 16 May 6 July a7 July 14 April Aug. 28 June 23 Sept. 22 Julv 18 Aug. 7 Aug. 16 Aug. 26 Aug. 31 Aug. 19 Aug. 15 Nov. 29 Oct. 4 Sept. 16 Oct. 29 Oct. 14 Aug. Sept. Nov. 26 Dec. 8 Jan. 20 Nov. 17 Dec. Dec. pr Nov. Nov. 28 Oct. 25 Nov. 18 Jan. .arrived, arrived. {an. 6 )ec. 19 Dec. 14 Jan. 23 arrived Jan. 28 Jan. 21 30 Feb. 12 Jan. 30 arrived prior Ap.ao April 17 ' .\!so 100 spars. BYE-LAWS OK THK BRITISH COLUpiA BOj^RD OF TRi^DE As Amended to July 7th, 1893. MEETINGS. I. The Annual General Meeting of the members of the " British (.'olumhia Board of Trade," shall be held on the first Friday in July, at 3 p.m. The Regular Quarterly (leneral Meetings of the Board shall be held at the same hour on the first Friday of the months of January, April, July and October, each year, and at the time prescribed for the Annual General Meeting. Should the day of meeting, either Annual or Quarterly, fall on a legal holiday, the meeting shall be held the following day. QUORUM. II. At any General Meeting fifteen members present in person shall con- stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Should a quorum not be formed by 3:30 p.m. on any occasion, the meeting shall stand adjourned for one week. At Council Meetings, five shall form a quorum (including the President, Vice- President, or member elected to act as chairman.) PLACE OF MEETIXr;. III. The place of meeting shall be arranged from time to time by the Council, and mentioned in the notices calling each meeting, until such time as a regular place of meeting shall have been delermined by the Council. • OHHER OF BUSINESS. IV. Reading Minutes of last Meeting. Reports and Communications. Elections to fill Vacancies. Unfinished Business. , Miscellaneous Business. Nomination and Election of New Members. if^ ; 'iC!!^K viM i^ 76 BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. AUDIT. V. At the Regular Quarterly (ienerai Meeting held in April of each year, the President shall appoint a committee of three to audit the books and accounts of the Secretary-Treasurer for presentation at the Annual (leneral Meeting. MOTIONS. VI. (ii) All motions, except those for previous questions, postponement or udournment, shall he made in writing ; and no debate shall he permitted except on a motion regularly moved and seconded ; every motion made in writing shall be read by the proposer in his place previous to offering it to the President. {/>) Unless with the consent of two-thirds of the meeting, no subjects shall be introduced for discussion at any General Meeting of which notice has not been given in writing, either at a previous meeting or to the Secretary ten days prior to the holding of such (ieneral Meeting, and the subject for discu--,ion shall be stated by the Secretary in his notice of the meeting. ((•) No member shall speak twice on the same subject, except by permissicjn or by way of explanation. ((/) A member \ay call for a division on any moii( ii, should any doubt exist as to the ruling of ,o President or chairman of the meeting. ALTERATION OK BYKI.AWS. VII. Notice to amend any Hye-Ln\v, or to introduce a new one, shall be made in writing ai ?he Regular Quarterly (leneral Meeting r.e.\t previous to the one at which it is intended to be considered. Any such notice as aforesaid, must contain in full the wording of the proposed amendment or addition. ENTRANCE KEK AND SUHSCRIPTIONS, \'ill. (a) After the Annual (General Meeting to be held in July, 1891, any person desirous of joining the Board of Trade, shall pay an entrance fee of Thirty Dollars ($30.00) in addition to his annual subscription. {/>) The aiinual subscription of members shnll be Twelve Dollars, payable by quarterly instalments of Three Dollars, the rirst instalment thereof payable in advance to the Secretary, at the office of the Council of the Board of Trade. ((■) Managers or Agents of all Incorporated Financial, Commercial or Manu- facturing Institutions and Transportation Companies in the Province, who are members in good standing of this Board, and who are desirous of leaving the Province or resigning their respective positions, may by and with the consent of said Board, transfer their certificates of membership to their respective successors in office, which successor on being duly proposed and elected as a member of the Board, shall be entitled while holding such office to all the rights and privileges of its predecessor without the usual fee of $30.00 for membership. (d) Members in arrears (nr three months shall be deemed delinquent, and their names may be posted up in the office of the Board for one month, and the Secre- HVE-I.AWS. 77 lary shall nuiify (hum to that t-ffecl. After thirty days fniin the date of such notice and posting, their names shall he liable to be removed from the " Roll of Meml>er8," (<•) A list of delinquent members (if any) if called for by any member, shall be read at each (Quarterly (leneral Mcclinj;, and tli^ u names duly i ntcnd on the nijnutes of said nieetinj;. (/) The Council, when they deem it ilesirable, ma) place on a list of Hon- orary Membership, persons who are not residents in Hritish CoUnnbia, such IIonf)rary Member-hip to cease should the parties concerned become ])ermanently settled in the Province. Any person whether resident in or ab'-vnt from the Province, may, on receiving; an unanimous vote at a (icncral Meeting,', l)e elected ai; Honorary Member. ARBITRATION. IX. (I) Hefore any arbitration can be entered upon, the parlies shall execute a bond of submission as provided by Statute. (2) In case of arbitration, the Arbitrators shall be selected from the " Hoard of .\rbitration," as follows : — Each party shall choose one Arbitrator, and the third Arbitrator shall be drawn by lot from the remainder of aid JJoard by the Secretary of the Board, in the presence of the parties, unless a tliird shall hive been agreed upon or chosen by the Arbitrators within three days after the submis- sion of the parties. (3) The decision of the majority of the Arbitrators shall be final and binding on both parlies. (4) The fee for each Arbitrator shall be as follows : (a) For every meeting where the cause is proceeded with, but an enlargement or postponement is made at the request of either party, for each Arbitrator, not less than $ 5 00 Nor more than 10 00 (6) For each day's sitting to consist of not less than five hours, for each Arbitrator 1 5 00 ((•) For every sitting not extending to five hours (fractional parts of hours being excluded) where the arbitration is actually proceeded with, for each hour occupied in such proceedings, for each Arbitrator, at the rate of 3 00 (^hall be submitted and dealt with accord- ingly ; or should the Council C(>nsider the case one calling for expulsion of the member, it shall pass a resolution to that effect, and submit the rpiestion to the next (leneral Meeting of the Hoard ; a vote to expel shall be by ballot, and must be carried by at least two-thirds of all the members present at such meeting. In the event of the expulsion of a member, all fees due by him to the Hoard shall be recoverable under the Statute. The names of members who may have left the City of N'icloria or the Province under dishonorable circumstances, may be re- moved from the " Roll of Members " by the Council. STANDINC, COM.MIITEKS. XII. (a) At the first Cr.uncil Meeting after the passing of this Hye-Law, and thereafter at the first Council Meeting following each annual election, the Presi- dent or Vice-President shall have power to appoint Standing Committees, who shall consider and report to the Council upon any subjects submitted for their action. {d) Each Committee shall appoint its own chairman, and shall notify the Secretary of the Board accordingly, and such notification shall be entered upon the records and read to the Hoard at its next regular meeting. (r) The Standing Committees shall be as follows : Fisheries to consist of five. Manufactures " five Harbors and Navigation " five. Public Works and Railways " five. Finance *' three. Mining and Property " three. Agriculture and Forestry " three. SCALE OF COMMERCIAL CHARGES ADOl'TPP HV THK BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. JULY, 1891. 8. 9. 10. II. 12. 13 14. •5- 16. 17. 18. 19. Whenever no special a^jreement exists, the fi)lli)wing shall l)e collectable : On the purchase of stocks, honds and all kinds of securities, in- cluding the drawing of bills for p.iynient of the same 2I2 per cent. On sale of stocks, b )nds and all kinds of securities, including remittances in bills and guarantee 2|i On purchase and sale of specie, gold dust and bullion I On sale and bills of exchange with endorsement 3 '^ On sale of bills of exchange without endorsement I For endorsing bills of exchange when desired 2^2 On sale of produce, etc., from California, Oregon, Washington State, Sandwich Island I'orts, and other Pacific Coast Ports, with guarantee 7^ On sale of merchandise from other Ports, with guarantee 10 On goods received on consignment and afterwards withdrawn.. 3^ On purchase ami shijmient of merchandise, with funds on hand, on cost and charges 5 On purchase and shipment of merchandise, without funds, on cost and charges 7 j^ For collecting and remitting delayed or litigated accounts 10 For collecting freight by vessels from foreign ports, on amount collected 5 For collecting general claims .... 5 For collecting general average, on the first $20,CXX3, or any smaller amount 5 For collecting general average, on any excess over $20,000. . ..2% On purchase and sale of vessels 5 F^or "Port Agency" to vessels with cargo or passengers from foreign ports, as under : On vessels under 200 tons register $ 50 00 " of 200 to 300 tons register 100 00 " of 300 to 500 " 15000 " over 500 ions 200 00 For disbursements of vessels by consignees with funds on hand.2^'^ 8o BRITISH COLLMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. 20. For disbursements of vessels by consignees without fumls on hand 5 per cent. 21. For procuring freight or passengers 5 *' 22. For chartering vessels, on amount of freight, actual or estimated, to be considered as due when the "charter parties," or menioiiindum of their conditions, etc., are signed 5 '* 23. On giving bonds for vessels under attachment in litigated cases, on amount of the liability 2% " 24. For landing and re-shipping goods from vessels in distress on invoice value, or in its absence on market value 5 " 25. For receiving and forwanling goods on invoice amount 2^ " 26. For advancing on freight to be earned 5 " 27. For effecting marine insurance on the amount insured '2 " 28. The foregoing commissions to be exclusive of brokerage, and every charge actually incurred. 29. Vessels to pay clerk hire and the labor on wharf, sorting and delivering cargo. 30. The receipt of Hills of Lading to be considered equivalent to receipt of goods. 31. (Juarantee or security for contracts or liabilities 5 *' 32. Acting as Trustee on assignments 5 " 33. On investments niade on mortgage or otherwise I " N. H. — Au^iioneers" commissi(m and brokfrage to be charged when incurred. 34. Lai'd agent" for commission on sale and purchase of real estate.5 per cent. 35. Interest on advances for duty, freight and lighterage, and on accounts current, per annum . . i per cent, over current bank overdraft rates. RATES ON STORAGE OF MERCHANDISE. S 10 RACE I'KK MONTH. On measurement goods 50 cents per ton of forty cubic feet {40 c. ft. ) On heavy go .Is 50 cents per ton of 2240 ITis. Or in cither case the amount actually paid if more. The consignee to have the option of charging by measurement or weight. Any fraction of a month to be charged as a month. RUr.m.ATlONS. (a) Concerning the delivery of merchandise, payment of freight, etc.: When no express stipulation exists per bill of lading, goods are to be considered as de- liverable on shore. (b) Freight on all goods to be paid, or secured to the satisfaction of the captain or consignee of the vessel, prior to the delivery of the goods. ((•) After delivery to the purchaser of goods sold, no claims for damage, deficiency, or other cause, shall be admissable after goods sold and delivered have once left the city. . . ■ .. , SCALE OF COMMERCIAL CHARGES. &I {(/) When foreign bills of lading exprcvsly stipulate that the freight shall be paid in a specific coin, then the same must be procured if required, or its equiva- lent given, the rate to be determined by the current value at the time at the banks. WHARVES. (1) The proprietor or occupant of the adjoining property may "overlap" by using the outer berth, or may use the inner berth if not required. (2) Not more than two vessels shall be allowed to lie abreast of any wharf at the same time, unless they can do so without occupying a greater depth (or space) than 60 feet from the water front. The foregoing Bye-Laws, Rules and Regulations, were submitted to the members present at the Annual (leneral Meeting of the Hritish Columbia Hoard of Tr.ide, held July 3rd, 1891. Approved, July 15th, 1894. PORT CHARGES. Ports ok Esqiumalt and Victoria, British Coi.umhia. Vessels bound to other Ports, and coming to an anchor in Royal Roads, the Pilotage is free, except the services of a Pilot are employed, when Pilotage to the following graduated scale shall be payable : Inside or North of Race Rocks to Royal Bay $0 75 per foot ]?eachy Head to Royal Bay I 50 " Pillar Point to Rf)yal Bay 3 00 " Cape Flattery to Royal Bay 6 00 *' For Vessels entering into or clearing from undermentioned Ports, the rates shall be as follows : • Victoria and Ksquinuilt Harbors (under sail) $3 00 per foot " " " (under steam or in tow) 2 00 " " " " (steamers) i 50 " , Half of said rates when vessel is spoken to and services declined. $10.00 for removal in either harbor. Foreign Tugs pay half pilotage outwards, whether spoken or not. Vessels proceeding from Victoria to Fsquimalt, and vice-versa, and having discharged or received a portion of their cargo in either harbor, if proceeding with the assistance of steam, shall pay $1.50 per foot. Towage frotn Royal Roads or Ksquimalt to V^ictoria Harbor, from $50.00 to $75.00. Vessels registered in Canada of not mare than 120 tons register tonnage are now free. • it \i m \ ' ^ 'v^ ,' i jp . IK 1'. i 'fl « .i m 8a BRITISH COLUMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. Regular line ocean steamers, using the outer wharf of Victoria Harbor only, have a special round trip rate as follows : On the inward voyage $i oo per foot. " outward " o 50 " So that the maximum pilotage of the Empresses, Australian and San Francisco Steamers is now reduced from $4.50 to $3.00 per foot as an aggregate. Towage from Victoria, Esquimalt Harbor, or Royal Roads, to Sea, outside Cape Flattery, from $100 to $150. Towage from Victoria and Esquimalt Harbor, or Royal Roads, to Hurrard Inlet or Nanaimo and back : For Vessels 400 tons and up to 500 tons .... $^S^ "o " 500 " 500 " 400 00 •' 600 '* 700 " 425 00 " 700 " 800 " 450 00 *• 800 " 900 " 47500 •• 900 " looo " 525 00 •• looo " iioo " 55000 •• IIOO " 1200 " 575"" Over 1200 tons 600 00 SKJNALS. One Whistle, Trim Yards. Two " Set Fore and Aft Sails. Three " Square .Sails. Four " Let go Hawser. Ships to supply their own Hawser. Bai-LAST — (Shingle)— I^rom $1.00 to $1.25 per ton. Fresh Water (at Esquimalt) — 60 cents per 1,000 gallons. •• (at Victoria) " '• " Wharfage Frke. Hospital Ui;es — Two cents per ton register. Sick Mariners are provided with medical attendance and board free of charge, at the (lovernment Marine Hospital, Victoria. Stevedore Charges— For stowing Salmon, 50 cents per ton weight of 2,240 Itis. For stowing Lumber, from $1.15 to $1.50 per thousand feet. For d'scharging general cargo, 50 cents per ton of 2,240 lt)s. Ballast to be discharged in not less than 20 fathoms of water. This applies also to the harbors of Nanaimo and Hurrard Inlet, B. C, led ine of •'or ies SCALE OF COM.MHRHAl. CHARC.KS. NANAIMO PILOT GROUND. • 83 Till- limits for spcakinj^ vt-sst-ls bouml for Naiiaiiiio shall l)c at or outsiile a line flrawn from Schooner I'oint, (Jabriola Islaml, to Liyhihouse Island, and from Lij^hthouse Island to ilorsewell IJIiift", Vancouver Island. S'essels entering hy way of Dodd's Narrows (it not being a ship channel) will he cl)nri;ed half pilotage whether spoken or not, if the pilot imal he on the cruising ground. nt' Es. The rales of pilotage both inward and outward shall be as follows: (ilotage ; but for vessels similarly ixumd, under canvas, the rate shall be Four Dollars ($4) per foot inclusive of port ])ilotage. Any vessel arriving at Nanaimo or Departure Ha^ without being spoken inwards by a pilot shall not be exempt from outward pilotage ; and the hrsl pilot offering his services and being refused employment shall be entitled to demand and receive the legal pilotage dues, eXiX-pt on the written complaint .)f the master, owner or agent of said vessel the i'dotage Authority shall direct otherwise. CODE OF SIGNALS BY DAY OR NIGHT. IHK TUG. One short whistle (j(jing Slow T\/ ) short whistles Port Three sh< )rt whistles Starboard !l :r ' :» . ■I -Tt.. ^J ';^1 m 84 BRITISH COLlfMBIA BOARD OF TRADE. SIONAIS OK VESSELS TOVVKI) UV DAY. Arms extended (io slow, shortening lowrnpe and stand l)y and lit ^'* One arm to port P' rt One arm to starboard Siarhoartl BY NIOHT. fore-\ castle, bell nuif; rapidly / \ to let go. ►ne bright light over red 1 One bright light over green light Starboard Two lamps exhibited from fore-\ (Go slow, shorten and stand by • / \ to One bright light over red light Port PILOTAGE DISTRICT OF YALE AND NEW WESTMINSTER. Tl.e ports of the Pilotage District of Vale and New Westminster shall be as follows • — Port of Vancouver ; Port of New Westminster : Port of Vale and the several landings on the Fraser River. (i.) The limit of the Port of Vancouver shall be inside a line drawn from Point Atkinson to the red buoy on Spanish Hank. (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 shill be as follows : — Vessels under sail ... $4 00 per foot. Vessels in tow of a steamer 2 00 " Vessels under steam 1 50 " The pilotage from Cape Flatt-'ry or Royal Roads to a line drawn from Point Atkinson to the red buoy on Spanish Hank and vice versa is not compulsory, but if the services of a pilot are required he shall be paid the following ites, viz : — From Cape P'lattery $6 00 per foot. From Callum Hay 5 00 " From Heachy Mead 4 00 " From Race Rocks or Royal Roads 3 00 " And for vessels under steor or in tow of a steamer the following rates shall be paid : — From Cape Flattery $3 00 per foot. From Callum Hay ;» 50 From Heachy Head . ^ CX) << SCALE OF COMMERCIAL CHARGES. From Race Rocks or Uoyal Roads, vessels un- der steam $ I oo per foot. From Race RocUs or Royal Roads, vessels in tow of a steamer I 50 " NIAV WKSTMINSTER. From the li^iitlioiise on Fraser sand heads to New Westminster : — I'or vessels under sail $4 00 per foot. I'Or vessels in low of a steamer 2 00 " For vessels under steam I 50 " From the lighthouse to Cape Flattery of Royal Roads and Ttee versa the pilotnije is not compulsory, i)Ut if the services of a pilut are required he shall lie paid the following rates : — For vessels under sail - From Cape Flattery $6 00 per foot. From Callum Uay 5 00 " From Heachy I lead . 4 OO " P'rom Race Rocks or Royal Roads 3 00 " For vessels under steam or in tow of a steamer the following rates shall he paid :- - From Cape Flattery $3 00 per foot. From Callum Hay 2 50 " From Heachy I 'ead 2 00 '• I'Vom Race Rocks or Royal Roads, vessels un- der steam i 00 " From Race Rocks or Royal Roads, vessels in low of steamer i 50 " Any fraction of a foot not exceeding six inches shall be paid for as half a foot, and any fraction of a foot exceeding six inches shall be paid for as a foot. : m ' ■■w v'. ;';t- m 86 BRITISH COLUMB' BOAKO Ol' TRADE. ESQUIMALT L.HAVING DOCK. 1. Length of Dock on blocks 430 fcL-t, can l>e iikkIc 480 feet. 2. Width of dates 65 feet. 3. I)e|)th of Water, varying from 27 ft. to .-29 ft. 6 inches at springs, according to season of year. SCALE OK CHARC.es FOR IISK OK DOCK. The use of the IJock will be sidiject to the following tarifT, vi/ : For each follow. For the iiiff ilay first il.Ty of inciiiiiinfj tin- Gross Tonnag'e of Vessel docking. unditckin^ day. TONS. HKK TON. For all vessels up to Itjoo $400 00 lo cents From looo to 2(100 500 00 8 cents " 2000 lo 3000 600 o«j 6 cents '* 3000 to 6000 7