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BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Vol. 3, No. 6. NEW WESTMINSTER, JULY 9TH, 1864. Price 12 1/2 cents Table of Contents. Colonial Secretary's Notices General Post Office.

Colonial Secretary’s Notices. Page. Bute Inlet Massacre. $250 Reward...... 1 PROCLAMATION. Offering Premiums for certain works and discoveries...... 1 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. B .C . Proclamations and Ordinances for S a le ...... 1 Extracts from a letter from the Gold Commissioner...... 1 Letter from W . G. Cox, E sq., in Command of the Bute Inlet Bute Inlet Massacre. Expedition from Alexandria...... 2 ROM and after the date of this notice, the convey­ List of Water Frontages forfeited...... 8 F ance or sending by means of Vessels, Teams, Directory,...... 2 REWARD OF $250 will be paid by Government, Stages, or through the agency of Express Companies, General Post Office. A upon and for the apprehension and conviction of or by private individuals, or otherwise, of any letter Postal Regulations...... 7 every Indian or other person concerned as principal or liable to postage under the Postal Ordinance of 1864, Conveyance of M ails...... 1 accessory before the fact, to the murder of any of the for British Columbia, without the previous payment Rates of P ostage...... 1 fourteen Europeans, who were cut off by Indians, on of the postage thereon, (see clauses 14 and 15) is Issue of Postage Stamps...... 1 or about the twenty-ninth and thirtieth days of April, strictly prohibited, and a penalty of not less than £5, Government Ass ay Office. now last past, in the valley o f the Homathco River, nor more than £50, is attached to every such offence. Rates of Charges...... 2 at Bute Inlet. Harbour Master. Dated Government House, New Westminster, 17th The informer will be paid half the penalty recovered. Tenders for the building of a Light Ship ...... 1 May, 1864. Notice to Mariners...... 1 WARNER R. SPALDING, By Command, Lands and Works Notices. Postmaster General. ARTHUR N. BIRCH, Government Reserve on the Showatee River...... 2 General Post Office, Government Reserve in the Shushwap District...... 2 Colonial Secretary. Tenders for Waggon Road Quesnel to Richfield...... 2 New Westminster, 4th June, 1864. Proclamations. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. N o. 6. An Ordinance for the amendment of the ‘‘ Licences Act, 1859." ...... 8 See extracts from depositions on page 3. No. 7. An Ordinance to authorize a Loan of £100,000...... 3 No. 8 British Columbia Steam Traction Engine A ct,...... 4 PUBLIC NOTICE. No. 9. First Telegraph Act,...... 5 C o lon ial S e c r e t a r y ’ s O f f ic e , No. 10. An Ordinance to facilitate the formation of Mining NewWestminster, Joint Stock Companies...... 5 N o. 11. An Ordinance to declare the lawful rate of Interest 2nd June, 1864. BRITISH COLUMBIA. in the Colony...... 5 N pursuance of certain Resolutions of the Legisla­ N o. 12. An Ordinance to increase the facilities for Registering tive Council, passed during the late Session, the RATES OF POSTAGE documents relating to real property...... 6 I N o. 13. An Ordinance for the Regulation of the Inland Governor has authorized the following Premiums to Navigation of British Columbia...... 6 be offered, with a view of developing the resources of, No. 14. An Ordinance for regulating the Postal Service,...... 7 N o. 15. An Ordinance for the relief of certain naval and and stimulating industry throughout, the Colony. ETWEEN British Columbia and Vancouver Is­ Military Settlers...... 7 1. A Premium of Five hundred pounds (£500) to be land, delivered at Victoria or New Westmin­ No. 16. An Ordinance to amend Customs Duties...... 8 paid to any person or persons who shall be the first B N o. 17. An Ordinance for the protection of Inventions...... 8 ster, for each letter under 1/2 ounce ...... 3d. to shew, to the satisfaction of the Government, that Registrar General’s Noti ces. And for every additional 1/2 ounce, or fractional he or they have successfully worked, by machinery, Prepayment of Fees...... 2 excess...... 3d. Receipt for Deeds returned...... 2 a vein of quartz producing either gold or silver, within For each Newspaper ...... 1d. Deeds for Registration...... 2 the Colony of British Columbia. On all Letters and Papers, to or from abroad, and Supreme Court...... 2 2. A Premium of Five hundred pounds (£500) to be delivered or mailed at New Westminster, in A By-Law to abate the nuisance of swine and goats running at paid to any person or persons who shall be the first addition to Foreign Postage, for each Letter large in New Westminster...... 8 to shew, to the satisfaction of the Government, that under 1/2 ounce ...... 3d. he or they have successfully worked any Coal Mine, Tenders for clearing Cemetery Site...... 2 And for every additional 1/2 ounce, or fractional within the Colony of British Columbia, and have bona excess ...... 5d. Imports for the Quarter ending 30th June, 1864...... 8 fide produced from such mine two hundred (200) tons For each Newspaper ...... 1d. of good coal, and have shipped the same to any Port Between a Post Office at any one place in the beyond the limits of the Colony. Colony and a Post Office at any other place in BRITISH COLUMBIA 3. A Premium of Five hundred pounds (£500) to be the Colony, in all cases to be prepaid, for each paid to any person or persons who shall prove to the Letter under 1/2 ounce ...... 6d. PROCLAMATIONS A N D ORDINANCES satisfaction of the Government, that he or they have And for every additional 1/2 ounce, or fractional been the first to complete, in a bona fide manner, the excess...... 6d. ROM the commencement of the Colony to the building of a vessel, within the Colony of British Co­ For each Newspaper ...... 6d. present time, complete in one volume, are to be lumbia, of not less than five hundred (500) tons bur­ N.B.—Packages or parcels, other than News­ obtainedF at the Government Printing Office, or at then. papers, and not exceeding eight ounces in weight, Clarkson’s Book Store, New Westminster, and of 4. A Premium of Five hundred pounds (£500) to will be charged at Letter rate of 6d. per 1/2 ounce. Hibben and Carswell, Victoria. Price $5. any person or persons who shall prove, to the satis­ No parcel can be taken exceeding 8 ounces in faction of the Government, that he or they have been weight. the first to discover any new alluvial mining district WARNER R. SPALDING, sufficiently extensive to give remunerative labor to NOTICE TO SHIP BUILDERS. five hundred (500) men, for a period of not less than Postmaster General. six (6) months. General Post Office, The Governor in Council to be the sole judge as to 8th June, 1864. whether any of the above premiums are to be awarded. EALED TENDERS are invited until noon on S Wednesday the 27th proximo, for the building By Command, of a LIGHT SHIP, about 90 tons measurement, at ARTHUR N. BIRCH. PUBLIC NOTICE. New Westminster, according to plans and specifica­ tions, which may be seen by applying to the Harbour Master, who will give every facility and requisite in­ NOTICE TO MARINERS. N and after the 20th day of June, 1864, all Letters formation to persons wishing to tender. The time O and Mail matter liable to Postage must be pre­ considered necessary to complete the vessel must be paid. NEW WHITE SPAR BUOY, moored in 13 feet stated; and the Contractors will be required to enter Until other Stamps shall have been substituted, into bonds for the faithful performance of the contract. A at low water, (the first buoy from Garry Point) there will be issued for the pre-payment of Postage, The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. has been laid down about a ship’s length to the west­ the Postage Stamps at present in use, bearing the To be addressed to the Harbour Master, at New ward from the position of the old one, which still re­ mark of 2 1/2 d., for which the sum of 3d. will in future Westminster, and marked " Tender for Light Ship.” mains, but during the strong ebb tide is submerged ; be charged. consequently light draught Steamers should not ap­ WARNER R. SPALDING, JAMES COOPER, proach the white buoy nearer than a third of a cable. Harbour Master. Postmaster General. JAMES COOPER, N ew Westminster, General Post Office, 22nd June, 1864. 10th June, 1864. Harbour Master. 11th June, 1864. 185853 2 THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. [JULY 9TH, 1864.

Government Assay Office. C OLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE, L ands and Works Department. 30th J u n e ,1864. The following extracts from a letter received from GOVERNMENT ASSAY OFFICE, NOTICE OF RESERVE. NEW WESTMINSTER, BRITISH COLUMBIA. the Gold Commissioner, are published for general in­ formation. HE following Reserve has been made for the ARTHUR N. BIRCH. SSAYS OF GOLD BULLION are made on T present, by the Government, on the Showatee, a river which empties itself into the sea opposite Fort A the following terms, and under the following R i c h f i e l d , conditions:— Rupert, Vancouver Island: 18th June, 1864. The right and left banks for a distance of half a 1. A receipt will be given to the Depositor for mile back from the stream on either side, from a point “ The mining operations are being vigourously prose­ the exact gross weight of his deposit. 3 miles to a point 6 miles above the mouth of the said cuted in this district, and a very large amount o f 2. The resulting ingot will be delivered to any river. work has been performed since the opening of the By order of His Excellency the Governor, party returning the aforesaid receipt, whether the season. The majority of the best claims, however, JOSEPH W. TRUTCH, may scarcely be said to have commenced work as yet, Depositor or any one else, and the party returning Surveyor General. the early part of the season being mostly taken up by the receipt will be required to cancel it by his sig­ Lands and Works Department, making preparations not immediately connected with nature at the time of receiving the ingot. New Westminster, 16th May, 1864. the taking out of gold, besides which very many are 3. Each ingot will be stamped with its number, laid over waiting the completion of the Bed Rock Flume and Drain. corresponding to its number in the official records, RESERVATION. A few of the claims are, however, yielding richly, with its weight, in ounces and decimals of ounces, among which are the Errickson, which has averaged HE following tract of country in the Shushwap its fineness in thousandths, and its value in dollars for the past month 200 oz. per day, the Wake-up- District, has been reserved for the present, viz : and cents; also with a Government cipher, a crown T Jake, the Cornish Company, and yesterday the Aurora A Section ten miles square, situate near the North Company, upon which a vast amount of labour and encircled by the words “B r it is h C o l u m b ia East of the Great Okanagan Lake. money has been expended during the past twelve G o v e r n m e n t A s s a y : ” thus: This Reserve is marked by a post placed in a con­ months, struck the lead, and took out for their first spicuous position, about eight miles South East from day’s washing 300 oz. the head of the Okanagan Lake, and three miles North I have also much pleasure in reporting that a com­ East of the head of Long Lake. pany, known as the Butcher, on Lightning Creek, being a hill claim situated above the town of Van By order of His Excellency the Governor, Winkle, which yielded largely towards the end of last ARTHUR N. BIRCH, season, but soon after lost the lead, and since then Colonial Secretary, has laboured hard and spent a large sum of money in In the absence of the Surveyor General. prospecting, has again been rewarded by a very rich Lands & Works Department, strike, $5,300 having been taken out in the past three New Westminster, 9th June, 1864. days ; one nugget of solid gold, being the largest yet obtained in the Cariboo district, weighing 30 l- 1 6th and the clip corner will be protected by a small oz. crown impressed on the face of it. PUBLIC NOTICE. Money is, however, scarce as yet, which causes a depresssion of feeling among the business portion of 4. With each ingot will be given a certificate, OTICE is hereby given that Tenders are invited our community, but this I apprehend will be of short signed by a Government officer, of the weight of N for the construction of a duration. the deposit before melting; its weight after; the Waggon Road from the mouth of The utmost confidence is entertained by the miners fineness; the charge for assaying; and the value that the present season will prove to be the richest Quesnel to Richfield. that has been known in this Colony, and that impres­ in dollars and cents. sion is fully borne out by the extent of ground that is The line of the road will be at once decided upon, 5. For all bars not exceeding 50 ounces in being prospected, and the substantial character of the and exactly marked out on the ground, and specifica­ work.” weight, a charge of seven shillings and six pence tions of the proposed work furnished at the Office of (7s. 6d.) sterling will be made, and for every ad­ this Department at Richfield, where also further in­ I have the honor to be, ditional 10 ounces, or fraction of same, one shilling formation on the subject will be given. &c., &c., and six pence ( 1s. 6d.) The work will be divided into four sections, and P. O. REILLY, tenders are to be sent in for each section separ­ All clips are retained in the Government Assay ately, or for the four sections together. Gold Commissioner. office; but on bars not exceeding 10 ounces in Payment for the work will be made on the road in weight, allowance will be made off the assay charge cash. C o l o n i a l S e c r e t a r y ’ s O f f i c e , for the value of the clip. The earliest possible public notice will be given of 29th June, 1864. the exact date on which the tenders will be opened. The following despatch received this morning by N.B.— Bars assayed at this office, or D u s t , may By order of His Excellency the Governor, special messenger, from Mr. W. G. Cox, in command be exchanged for American coin, at the current JOSEPH W. TRUTCH, of the “ Bute Inlet Expedition” from Alexandria, is market rates. Surveyor General. published for general information. A s s a y s o f O r e s are made at the charge of One Lands and Works Department, ARTHUR N. BIRCH. Pound (£1.) for each specimen experimented upon. New Westminster, 20th May, 1964. P u n t - z e e n L a k e , F o r a C o m p l e t e A n a l y s i s o f a n y M i n e r a l 19th June, 1864. Two Pounds (£ 2.) is the charge. NOTICE SIR:— I have the honor to report, for the informa­ No Analyses or Assays will be made until the S HEREBY GIVEN that I, ALEXANDER ROCK tion of His Excellency the Governor, that in compli­ fees for the same have been first paid. I ROBERTSON the younger, of the City of Victoria, ance with your instructions, I left Alexandria on the in Vancouver Island, and a Barrister at Law of the8th instant, in command o f the “ Bute Inlet Expedi­ W . D r is c o l l G o s s e t . Colony of Upper Canada, intend to apply in the next tion;” our force, including myself, consisting of 50 P.S.— Useful geological specimens, whether me­ ensuing term of the Supreme Court of Civil Justice men and an Indian boy; and provisions for one tallic or not, if accompanied by a note of the local­ of British Columbia, for admission as a Barrister at month. Alexis, a Chilacooten Chief, whose good ser­ Law. ity where found, position with regard to other vices as a guide I was led to calculate upon, was not 8th June, 1864. to be found, he having with his family and tribe fled rocks, altitude, dip, &c., &c., will be thankfully to the mountains, reports having been freely circula­ received. W D. G. ted that we were coming to this region for the pur­ April 4th, 1861. TENDERS pose of exterminating the Indians, friendly or other­ wise. W ILL be received until 12 o’clock at noon on 12th.— Arrived at Punt-zeen Lake and discovered, Registry Office. Monday, July 11th. covered in a ditch, the murdered body of William 1. For Chopping from ten to thirty acres of the Manning. One side of the head was completely crush­ NOTICE. Cemetery Site. ed in, and a musket-ball had passed through the body. 2. For burning off five acres of the Cemetery Site. I held an inquest and had it decently interred. EFORE A N Y DEED deposited in this Office 13th— Dispatched Mr. McLean, his son, and another Tenders to be sent in separately for each work, and man and Indian Jack, to Chilacooten Forks to secure, can be returned, the Depositor himself must B to specify the rate per acre. if possible, the services of Alexis, an Indian Chief, not either sign a receipt for the same or else lodge The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. only as an interpreter but a guide, the country here with the Registrar a written order for its delivery. For further particulars apply to being so thickly timbered and covered with brush that it would be a difficult and dangerous task to fol­ JOHN COOPER, Prepayment of Fees. low, with any certainty of success, the Indian tracks Honorary Secretary, and trails, they are so numerous and intricate, pur­ O INSTRUMENT will be registered, no co­ Provisional Cemetery Board. posely made so I presume. About mid-day, a scouting N pies furnished, no searches made, nor any party returned to camp, reporting having seen an In­ service whatever rendered in connection with this dian dog on the ridge of a wooded hill. I at once dispatched a party of 8 of our best men, with an In­ Office, until the fees for the same, as prescribed D i r e c t o r y . dian boy, to follow the dog and bring to camp any by law, are first paid, or tendered. Indian they might fall in with, so that I could make A r t h u r T. B u s h b y , my mission known amongst them. This party had Registrar General. HIBBEN & CARSWELL, entered the wood about half-a-mile or so, when the Land Registry Office, Indian guide made signs indicating that Indians were New Westminster, 1st January, 1863. near, when our party were instantly fired upon by In­ B ooksellers and Stationers, dians lying under cover; the latter started, entrench­ ed themselves behind trees, re-loaded and fired again. NOTICE. YATES STREET, VICTORIA, V. I. The fire was as quickly returned. The Indians start­ ed again and retreated, covering themselves as they NY person depositing a Deed for Registration CLARKSON & Co., did so, by passing from behind one tree to another, A having attached to it, or endorsed on it, a map, whooping as they flew. plan, or tracing, referred to in the Deed, must leave One of our men was wounded in the thigh. I be­ BOOKSELLERS & STATIONERS, lieve the Indians escaped unhurt, although our par­ with the Registrar a copy of the map, plan, or DEALERS IN ty appear to think they wounded one of them. On tracing, which must be duly certified to be a true the firing being heard at camp I sent a second party copy of the original by the maker or makers of Cutlery, Gold Pens, Newspapers, of eight to the assistance of our men, and Mr. Ogilvy Periodicals, Musical and myself went with six men in another direction, the Deed. Instruments, so as to surround the Indians, but having taken shel­ A r t h u r T. B u s h b y , &c., ter in the bush, we all looked and searched in vain Registrar General. for them. This day we constructed good breastwork Land Registry Office, COLUMBIA STREET, for our protection during the night. New Westminster, 14th August, 1863. NEW WESTMINSTER. 14th.— About 11 o ’clock a.m. heard firing in the J ULY 9TH, 1864.] THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE 3

Same direction as above, and saw five Indians come “ I could not identify who these Indians were, but Penalty fo r infraction of “ Licences A ct, 1859.” i n front of the hill and discharge their pieces into the they were dressed something like the Indians who air, as I presume defying us and a trap. I concluded were with us. One had red blankets made like leg­ 1. Every infraction or evasion of any of the provisions of the “ Licences Act, 1859,” shall be punishable upon not to risk the lives of my men in any way until the gings, which I had noticed before— the other I don’t conviction in a summary manner, before any Magistrate arrival of Alexis, as the Indians hold complete advan­ know as I could tell him atall. About one hundred in British Columbia, by any fine not exceeding fifty tage over us in the bush. yards below, I got out of the river and saw the Indi­ pounds (£50) for every such offence, in addition to ans, men, women, and children shouting and halloo­ 16th.—Mr. McLean and party returned, and reports the amount of licence leviable under the said Procla­ having met with Alexis’s tribe and family at Chila- ing where the cook’s tent and provisions were. I then turned and left. The number of mation, in each such case to be levied by distress, and cooten forks ; all were in arms at the approach of Mc in default of payment or insufficiency of distress, by Indians who used to travel with us, and be about with Lean, but he assured them of our peaceable inten­ imprisonment for any term not exceeding three cal­ tions, and they promised to send for Alexis to the us, was generally from twelve to fifteen, and about the same number on the night before the attack. I endar months, at the discretion of the convicting mountains, and stated that we might expect his ad­ Magistrate. vent in four or five days. The above tribe informed saw no difference. I do not reckon the squaws or Mr. McLean that the murderers, ten in number, were children, or the Clayoosh Indians “ Squint-eye,” “ In­ Licence fe e payable by Auctioneers. Not to be required banded together and were lurking about the Country dian Jim ,” or the boy “ George” among the number. o f Government Officers. ranging between Bute Inlet and the place I now write “ B ob,” the Chilacooten Indian, was with us the night 2. That every person selling goods by Auction, from. before; he is what is called a slave. “ George” was whether his own or belonging to other parties, shall, there also (not the Clayoosh George). I know pretty I am now sending for fresh supplies, as it is possible in addition to the ordinary trading licence under the much all the Chilacooten Indians who came with us, we may be here or elsewhere in this vicinity for some “ Licences Act, 1859,” pay a Licence fee of one pound by sight, and could identify them if I saw them. Some weeks, as the murderers and their tribes have retired (£1) per quarter, but such Licence fee shall not be I am sure I should never forget. After I was awoke into the woods, and their position must be discovered required of officers of the Government making sales by the firing of muskets, I heard a good deal of firing. before we can think of taking them with certainty ; and by auction of Government property. The boy “ George,” the Clayoosh Indian, known as for this duty we require Alexis, who is well acquainted “ tenas George,” has told me that Gaudet aud Clark Word “person” in “ Licences A ct, 1859,” how construed. with their haunts and hiding places. and Desmarest were killed the same morning, by the 3. That in the construction of the “ Licences Act, I believe our force is sufficiently strong to perform same Indians who afterwards started off to kill Brew­ 1859,” the word “ person” shall be deemed and con­ our task. The Indians, friendly and unfriendly, do not ster. I saw nothing of what happened to any other strued to include firm or partnership and incorporated number more than 70 at the furthest. I expect Alexis o f our party.” company, any thing in the said Act to the contrary to arrive here tomorrow; should he disappoint me, (Signed) EDWARD MOSELEY. notwithstanding. which is unlikely, I shall proceed towards Bentinck Extract from Mr. Waddington' s evidence. A rm, about 65 miles, and obtain Anaham, an influential Short Title. and good Indian, as a guide. I wish to add that I have sent up 4. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as a second party, who left about the 24th of April, with I have &c., the “ Trades Licences Amendment Act, 1864.” a view to open up the upper trail. They went up by WILLIAM G. COX. Bentinck Arm, and were to commence operations from Passed the Legislative Council the 29th of Febru­ ary, A.D. 1864, A . N . B i r c h , E SQ., Benchee Lake, near Chiscott Lake, and work down­ Colonial Secretary. wards. Mr. Macdonald, who is at the head of the C h a r l e s G o o d , party, has a ranch at Benchee Lake, and I am much Clerk. afraid the whole party will be murdered by the same Received my assent this tenth day of March, A.D. Extracts from the depositions respecting the Bute Chilacooten Indians, who appear to have gone up in 1864, Inlet Massacre made before J. L. Wood, Esq., Act­ their direction, where they will meet the others, who ing Stipendiary Magistrate for Vancouver Island, JAMES DOUGLAS, which may lead to the identification of the murder­ are proceeding by the Bentinck Arm trail, which Governor. ers. crosses the Bute trail at Benchee Lake.” (Signed) ALFRED WADDINGTON. BRITISH COLUMBIA. “ On the 30th April, about half past three in the morning, just at break of day, I was awoke by firing. MEMORANDUM I heard two muskets go off before I turned out of the Received from Mr. Brew, May 25th, 1864. tent, and just as I put my head out I heard and saw No. 7. An Ordinance to authorize a two more muskets go off, and they were fired against Loan of £100,000. the tent where George Smith and Millan were. An It would appear that most of the Chilacootens who Indian who had fired into the tent came up and aimed are concerned in the Massacre are new faces, and [10th March, 1864.] a blow at me with the butt end of a musket, this In­ came to the head of Bute Inlet for the first time this Preamble. dian is named “ George,” and was employed to pack spring. Klattasine, who murdered Smith at the Fer­ drills for blasting. Indians had come with us all the ry, had intended returning to Benchee Lake, by the HEREAS, great and lasting benefit has been de­ Meneza and Bridge River route, when his boy Pierre, way from the town site. We had employed Chilacoo- rived in British Columbia, from the construc­ about 18 years old, accompanied the packers to the W ten Indians to pack, and on the day in question (April tion of roads and other works in the Colony; 30th) there were about sixteen Chilacooten Indians Ferry, April 20th, where the other Chilacootens there hanging about the camp, and some o f them occasion­ had a long talk with him. The boy returned on Fri­ And whereas it is expedient to raise a further sum ally working. Indian “ Jim” and “ George” (an In­ day the 22nd, with the packers, and on his arrival his for the survey, construction, and maintenance of such dian boy. No accusation against him) and “ Squint- Father, Klattasine, immediately changed his mind as public works, by means of a loan, secured on the he told the packer Sampson on Saturday morning. eye were Clayoosh or Homathco Indians, and did not General Revenue of the said Colony, in manner here­ pack, but did general work. When “ George” the He had been asking after Mr. Waddington every day, inafter appearing; Indian aimed the blow at me, I leaped away, and got and whether he would bring many men and provi­ sions, and said he wanted him to get his daughter back And whereas the following loans are chargeable upon away about ten yards, when another, with red leg­ the General Revenue of the said Colony, in order and gings of blanket, and a belt embroidered with glass from the Euclataws. He now, however, give them a canoe, six blankets and two muskets for her, and amount as follows, that is to say: beads with a knife in it, and black mustaches and a started on Tuesday morning, April 26th, for the Fer­ very wide mouth, attacked me. I know him well, and 1st—Under “ The British Columbia Loan Act, can point him out. This man struck at me with an ry, with his son, two men, and three women, slept at 1862,” terminating 1st January, 1873, the sum o f half-way house, slept again near Boulder Creek, and axe, a double handed blow, but I jumped on one side £50,000, less the amount paid by the Colony toward and the axe went into the ground. I then got behind reached the Ferry on Thursday morning about 9 a.m. the Sinking Fund thereof; a tree, and the first Indian “ George” had reloaded his He probably murdered Smith the same evening. One of the men with him was 19 or 20 years o ld ; 2nd— Under “ The British Columbia Loan Act, musket and came round towards me to meet me, I 1863,” terminating 1st July, 1883, the sum of £50,000, tried to dodge him, but he fired and shot me in the had a long coat, and looked like a priest, with long black hair and a long black face. less the amount paid as aforesaid towards the Sinking left arm. I then jumped in the River Homathco, and Fund thereof; was carried down the river about a quarter of a mile, The other was a fine stout looking young warrior, about 23 or 24 years old. Tellot’s son-in-law had told 3rd—Under the “ Cook’s Ferry and Clinton Road to about the second bluff. I was unarmed and not Bonds Act, 1863,” the sum of £12,750, payable as dressed, having on a pair of drawers and a shirt. I one of the packers that he had shot a white man in the peninsula some time ago. follow s: then got out of the river and walked about one hun­ £50 Bonds Nos. 1 to 85, both inclusive, due 30th dred yards, when Moseley over-took me. SUPPOSED MURDERERS. September, 1864; I do not know the names of any of the Chilacooten Klattasine, £50 Bonds Nos. 86 to 170, both. inclusive, due 30th Indians who came with us, except “ George”’ and The young man above of 19 or 20, September, 1865; “ Tellot” also “ Bob” who had been a slave with the The young warrior above, £50 Bonds Nos. 171 to 255, both inclusive, due 30th lower Indians, but I can identify many of them. I Tellot, the Chief, September, 1866; have never heard of any misunderstanding with any Tellot’s son-in-law Jack, about 22, Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of British body of the Indians on the route; the only incident Tellot’s son-in-law George, Columbia, by and with the advice and consent of the I ever heard of, was once a temporary dissatisfaction The Indian slave Chraychamum or Bob, about 20, Legislative Council thereof, as follows: owing to a delay in the distribution of Tobacco among Lowwa, a stout young man about 23 or 24 years old, the Chilacooten Indians. I can identify my own watch, Cushen, do. do. do. Power to Governor to borrow £100,000 on Debentures. No. 7062, an English patent lever ; and clothing.” Indian with two scars on the face, 1. It shall be lawful for the Governor for the time (Signed) PETER A. PETERSON. Indian of 45, Indian with a very wide mouth, black mustache, being of the said Colony, from time to time, or at any time hereafter, to cause to be made out and issued, “ On Saturday morning April 30th, I was awoke and a ring in the nose (had been sick at the cam p). Debentures secured upon the General Revenue of the with the blow of the butt end of a musket on the side These two last had joined Klattasine at the Ferry, said Colony, for such sum or sums not exceeding One of my bead. I got up and saw a man standing over and with the two before mentioned had proceeded hundred thousand pounds in the whole, as may be me ; I do not know, but am almost sure it was the to the Upper Camp. required for the purpose of surveying, constructing, chief “ Pellot.” I went to the tent door, and as I got Tellot has a relation at Tetta Lake. and maintaining roads, bridges, and other public there two Indians drove a knife each of them into my The tents which were all cut up were marked “ J. works within the said Colony. side. I cannot hardly tell who these Indians were, W Keyser” (in a circle). but they were neither of them the man with the mus­ There was a terrier dog, about three years’ old, of Rate of Interest six per cent per annum. ket ;— the knives I speak of were big large heavy middle size and black, at the camp, who knew the In­ 2. All Debentures made out and issued under this knives more than a foot long, made out of files ; and dians and probably followed them. Act shall bear interest at the rate of six pounds ster­ one of the Indians struck at me with a knife. He C. BREW, C. I. P. ling per centum per annum, payable half-yearly, and struck me on the arm, the other gave me a slight cut shall be redeemable at the expiration of thirty years with his knife on the back of the neck. I fell in be­ BRITISH COLUMBIA. from the first day of April, Anno Domini one thousand tween the two men and I got into the brush a few steps eight hundred and sixty-four. and fainted. Of the Chilacooten Indians who came with us I knew “ Bob” and “ Pel­ Debentures for £100 and upwards. Debenture holder can lot’ , the chief, and “ George” the Indian (not the In­ vary place of payment. dian boy) by name, but I know them all by sight, and 3. Every Debenture shall be for any sum or sums could identify all that were there with us. There not less than one hundred pounds sterling, which the were about sixteen able bodied men around our camp No. 6 . An Ordinance for the amend­ said Governor shall determine, and which, together the night before, they talked very friendly with us ment of the " Licences Act, 1859.” with the interest thereon, shall be payable in London, then, and before, and no one had any suspicion of any at the Office of the Crown Agents for the time being, [10th March, 1864.] thing being amiss. Several of the Indians had at- for the Colonies, or at the Treasury of the said Colony. tempted to steal some grub or some little thing or an- Preamble. And the holder or bearer of any of the said Debentures other, but nobody had taken much notice of it. Af- HEREAS it is expedient to make further pro­ may alter the place of payment of the principal and ter I was struck myself I heard firing but saw nothing,j Wvisions for the enforcement of the “ Licences Act, interest, to either the Treasury at New Westminster, I had only a pair of drawers and a couple of shirts on 1859;” or the Offices in London of the said Crown Agents, by when I got away. “ George” the boy, “ Squint-eye” Be it enacted by the Governor of British Columbia, giving six months’ previous notice, in writing, termi­ and “ Indian Jim” where Clayoosh Indians.” by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative nating on the 1st day of April or the 1st day of Octo­ ber, at the previous place of payment (the Treasury (Signed) PHILIP BUCKLEY. Council thereof, as follows. 4 THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. [J uly 9th, 1864. in New Westminster, or at the Offices in London of cancelled and destroyed, and no re-issue of Debentures BRITISH COLUMBIA. the Agents aforesaid, as the case may be), of his wish shall be made in consequence of such purchase and to make such alteration, and causing the Officer in destruction. New Westminster, acting as Treasurer for the time Proportionate reduction of Sinking Fund. being, or the said Crown Agents in London, as the case may be, (who is and are hereby required) to in­ 13. From and after the date of any and every such dorse on such Debenture a memorandum of the alter­ re-purchase o f Debentures as last aforesaid, the No. 8. An Ordinance to authorize the ation. amount then payable to the Sinking Fund shall be introduction of Steam Traction En­ Signature and Registry of Debentures. from time to time reduced in exact proportion to the gines into British Columbia. amount of Debentures for the time being remaining 4. All Debentures made out and issued under this [10th March, 1864.] Act shall be signed by the Crown Agents for the Col­ unredeemed, and any moneys remaining in the Sink­ onies, on behalf of the Government of British Columbia, ing Fund, after the loan hereby sanctioned, is fully Preamble. and entered in a Register to be called the Debenture paid and satisfied, shall be forthwith paid over to the HEREAS it is expedient that Traction Engines, Register, a duplicate whereof shall be kept by the Treasurer, and accounted for as General Revenue. W propelled by steam, should be introduced upon Crown Agents at the Offices in London, and another Trust moneys. the Roads of British Columbia, for the purpose of duplicate copythereof by the Auditor of the said Colony, conveying goods and passengers upon and along the and such Debentures shall be deemed a charge upon 14. It shall be lawful for any Trustees, Executors, Roads of British Columbia; Administrators, or Guardians having the disposition all the Revenue of the said Colony from whatever And whereas it is expedient for the purpose of en­ of any trust moneys, to purchase any such Debentures, source arising, and in order of priority next after the couraging the use of such engines, that certain priv­ by and out of trust moneys, and every such purchase prior charges thereon already created by “ The British ileges should be granted to the persons who propose shall be deemed a due investment of such trust mo­ Columbia Loan Act, 1862,” “ The British Columbia to introduce the same into the Colony of British ney. Loan Act, 1863,” and the “ Cook’s Ferry and Clinton Columbia; Road Bonds Act, 1863,” and all interest on such De­ Non-recognition of Trustees except in special cases. bentures, and the principal when due, shall be paid Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of British by the Treasurer of the said Colony, out of such Rev­ 15. It shall not be necessary for the said Colonial Columbia, by and with the advice and consent of the enues, under warrant to be issued by the said Go­ Treasurer, Crown Agents, or any other person acting Legislative Council thereof, as follows: vernor, in priority of all demands thereon, except the for or in behalf of the Government of the said Colony, Privilege of using Steam Traction Engines, to whom charge and expenses of the collection thereof, and the to notice, or regard, or enquire into any trust to which granted. any Debentures shall be liable, or the rights or au­ said prior charges on such Revenue created by “ The 1. The following persons, namely R o b e r t C h e s h i r e thority of any one being the actual holder or bearer British Columbia Loan Act, 1862,” and by “ The J a n i o n , of Liverpool, Merchant, W i l l i a m L o w t h i a n of any such Debentures as aforesaid, but payment to British Columbia Loan Act, 1863,” and the “ Cook’ s G r e e n , o f Honolulu, Merchant, and H e n r y R h o d e s , the actual holder or bearer thereof, or his lawful Ferry and Clinton Road Bonds Act, 1863.” of Victoria, Merchant, and J o s e p h W i l l i a m T r u t c h , agent, shall be deemed in all cases due payment, un­ of Victoria, Civil Engineer, their executors, adminis­ Form, Date, Numbering. less otherwise specially agreed in writing, by and un­ trators, and assigns, shall henceforth have the privil­ 5. The said Debentures shall be in the form marked der the hand of the Treasurer, Crown Agents, or other ege of using Steam Traction Engines od the public A, set forth in the Schedule to this Act, and shall bear person acting as aforesaid, for the time being entrust­ roads of the Colony of British Columbia, for the pur­ date on the day of the issuing thereof, and shall be ed with the sale of such Debentures. pose of conveying goods and passengers for hire along numbered arithmetically, beginning with number one, Forgery felony. such roads. and so proceeding in arithmetical progression as­ Traction Engines not to be used below Lytton and Lillooet. cending, wherein the common excess or difference 16. Any person who shall forge or alter, or shall shall be one. utter, or dispose of, or put off, knowing the same to 2. Provided always that the said Robert Cheshire Interest Coupons. be forged or altered, any debenture made out and is­ Janion, William Lowthian Green, and Henry Rhodes, and Joseph William Trutch, their executors, adminis­ 6. Interest Coupons shall be attached to each De­ sued under this Act, shall be guilty of felony, and be­ ing thereof convicted, shall be imprisoned for any trators, and assigns as aforesaid, shall not make use benture, in form marked B, set forth in Schedule of such Steam Traction Engines for such purposes as hereto. period not exceeding three years, with or without aforesaid, on Roads lying southward of Lillooet and Debentures transferable by delivery. hard labour, at the discretion of the Judge before whom any such person shall be tried and convicted. Lytton in the said Colony, without the consent in 7. The said Debentures shall be made payable to writing for that purpose shall be first obtained of the the bearers thereof and shall pass by delivery only, Short Title. Commissioner of Lands and Surveyor General for the and without any assignment or indorsement, and the time being of the said Colony. holder or bearer for the time being of every such De­ 17. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes benture, shall have the same rights and remedies in as “ The British Columbia Loan Act, 1864.” Exclusive privilege o f using these Engines granted. Engines to be in use in Colony before 1st May, 1865, on respect o f the same, as if he were expressly named Passed the Legislative Council the 4th of March, pain o f forfeiture of exclusive privilege. therein. A. D. 1864, Sale of Debentures. 3. On and after the first day of May, A.D. 1865, for C h a r l e s GOOD, Clerk. 8. It shall be lawful for the said Governor to au­ the period of one year therefrom, the said Robert thorize the whole or any portion of the said Deben­ Received my assent this tenth day of March, A.D. Cheshire Janion, William Lowthian Green, and Henry tures to be negociated, contracted for, or sold by the 1864. Rhodes, and Joseph William Trutch, their executors, Treasurer or the Crown Agents for the Colonies, and JAMES DOUGLAS, administrators, and assigns as aforesaid, shall have at such times, in such sums, and in such manner, as Governor. the exclusive privilege of using the said Steam Trac­ the said Governor may direct. tion Engines, and suitable carriages and waggons, for the said purposes on the said roads; and during the Payments to which Loan is applicable. said period it shall not be lawful for any other person SCHEDULE. 9. All moneys raised under this Act shall be paid or persons to use such Engines on the said roads in such manner as the said Governor shall prescribe, FORM A. Provided always that if the said Robert Cheshire to the Treasurer of British Columbia, and shall by Janion, William Lowthian Green, and Henry Rhodes, him be placed to the credit of an account to be called and Joseph William Trutch, their executors, adminis­ BRITISH COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT DEBENTURES. the Roads Loan No. 3 Account, to be applied to the No. ------trators, and assigns as aforesaid, shall neglect to in­ purposes of surveying, constructing and maintaining troduce three of such Engines, with suitable carriages BRITISH COLUMBIA LOAN ACT, 1864, £100,000. roads, bridges, and other public works within the and waggons, for the above mentioned purposes, un­ said Colony, or of any sums borrowed or to be bor­ less prevented by repairs or inevitable accident, be­ rowed, and expended in such surveying, construction, For [Owe hundred] pounds advanced to the Govern­ fore the said first day of May, A. D. 1865, then the or maintenance, and to no other purposes whatsoever, ment of British Columbia, the holder of this Deben­ said exclusive privileges shall become wholly void. and the said moneys shall be accounted for in the ture is entitled to receive interest at the rate of six Company may make reasonable charges for conveyance. same manner as if they formed part of the current per centum per annum, in half-yearly payments, pay­ States maximum rate of charges. revenue of the said Colony. able at [ the Offices o f the Crown Agents for the Colonies, 4. The said Robert Cheshire Janion, William Low­ Sinking Fund. in London, or at the Treasury, New Westminster, as the case may be], on the 1st April and 1st October in each thian Green, and Henry Rhodes, and Joseph William 10. The said Governor shall provide for the redemp­ year. Trutch, their executors, administrators, and assigns tion of the said Debentures, by authorizing and di­ as aforesaid, may, on and after the said first day of recting the Treasurer of the said Colony, subject in The said sum o f [One hundred] pounds sterling, May, A.D. 1865, and for the said period of one year the first place to the said “ The British Columbia Loan with interest thereon, is charged upon and made pay­ therefrom, make such reasonable charges in respect Act, 1862,” “ The British Columbia Loan Act, 1863,” able out of the General Revenue of the Colony of of the conveyance by carriages and waggons drawn and the “ Cook’s Ferry and Clinton Road Bonds Act, British Columbia, under the terms of “ The British by the said Engines, along the said roads, or any of 1863,” to the extent aforesaid, to appropriate half- Columbia Loan Act, 1864,” and the principal will be them, of all such passengers and goods as shall be of­ yearly, out of the General Revenue of the Colony, repaid [in London, at the aforesaid Offices, or at the fered to them for that purpose, as they may from time such sum as shall be equal to four and one eighth per Treasury, New Westminster, as the case may be] at the to time determine upon. The maximum rate of charges cent on the total of the principal sum for which the expiration of thirty (30) years, from the 1st day of however on such goods or passengers, respectively, said Debentures shall, from time to time have been is­ April, 1864. shall in no case exceed the minimum market rate of sued, and be for the time being outstanding, and after freight or passage money, which shall at any time having paid the half-year’s interest therefrom, shall Signed on behalf of the Government of British have been bona fide charged and paid, during the pe­ invest, or cause to be invested, the residue thereof as Columbia, and in accordance with the provisions of riod of one year antecedent to the first day of May, a Sinking Fund for the final extinction of the debt, the Act above cited. A.D. 1865, for the same distances and on the same and shall invest, or cause to be invested, the dividends, roads respectively. interests, or annual product arising from such invest­ R egistered, ------Crown Agents Liabilities o f the Company same as those o f common ment, so that the same may accumulate by way of ------for the Colonies. carriers. May claim like protection and privileges with compound interest. FORM B. common carriers. Investment of Sinking Fund. 5. The said Robert Cheshire Janion, William Low- 11. All sums paid to the account of the Sinking No. BRITISH COLUMBIA. thian Green, and Henry Rhodes, and Joseph William Fund, and all interest or produce arising therefrom, Half-year’s interest due [ 1st October, 1865] on De­ Trutch, their executors, administrators, and assigns, shall be invested under Trustees in the purchase of benture No. , payable at the [at the Offices of the shall be subject to the same liabilities as Stage Coach Imperial or Colonial Government securities. The Crown Agents for the Colonies, London, or the Treasury, proprietors and common carriers, but nothing herein nature of such securities, and the selection of the New Westminster, as the case may be.] contained shall extend to charge or make liable the Trustees shall be left to Her Majesty’s Principal Sec­ said Robert Cheshire Janion, William Lowthian Green, retary of State for the Colonies. £ ------, Agents General. and Henry Rhodes, and Joseph William Trutch, their executors, administrators, and assigns as aforesaid, Re-purchase o f Debentures. Sixty such Coupons, numbered from No. 1 upwards, further or in any other case than where, according to 12. Provided, nevertheless, that it shall be lawful to be attached to each Debenture. for the said Governor, from time to time, to authorize the law of British Columbia, Stage Coach proprietors the Crown Agents for the time being for the Colonies, N .B . The holders or bearers o f this Debenture may and common carriers would be liable, nor shall extend or the said Treasurer of the said Colony for the time alter the place of payment of the principal and interest to in any degree to deprive the said Robert Cheshire being, to re-purchase the said Debentures, to the the Treasury, New Westminster, or the Offices o f the Janion, William Lowthian Green, and Henry Rhodes, amount of such moneys as the said Governor, by and Crown Agents for the Colonies, in London, by giving six and Joseph William Trutch, their executors, admin­ with the advice and consent of the Legislative Coun­ months’ previous notice in writing, terminating on the 1st istrators, and assigns as aforesaid, of any protection cil of British Columbia, may by any Ordinance here­ day o f April and 1st day of October, at the previous place or privileges which common carriers or Stage Coach after to be issued and passed by him, by and with of payment [the Treasury in New Westminster, or the proprietors may be entitled to. such advice and consent as aforesaid, or out of the Offices of the Crown Agents, aforesaid, for Crown Plant of the Company to be introduced into the Colony current Revenue of the Colony, appropriate for that Colonies, in London, as the case may be] of his wish during first year free of import duties. purpose, and for the Trustees of the said Sinking to make such alteration, and causing the Officer acting as 6. The said Robert Cheshire Janion, William Low­ Fund to make use thereof, for the purpose of with­ Treasurer in New Westminster, or the said Crown Agents thian Green, and Henry Rhodes, and Joseph William drawing Debentures from the market by purchase, and for the Colonies, in London, as the case may be, to indorse Trutch, their executors, administrators, and assigns a ll Debentures so re-purchased shall be forthwith on this Debenture a memorandum of such alteration. as aforesaid, may from time to time during the twelve July 9th, 1864.] THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 5

months from the said first day of May, A.D. 1865, in­ 5. Upon the completion of the said telegraph line, Passed the Legislative Council the 8th of March, troduce into the Colony of British Columbia, the re­ hereinbefore in the preceding section particularly men­ A.D. 1864, quisite Engines, not exceeding eighteen in number, tioned and described, within the time and in the man­ with machinery, carriages and waggons, and all tools ner therein specified, there is hereby granted to the C h a r l e s G o o d , requisite for the construction and repair of the same, President of the California State Telegraph Company, Clerk. free of all duties and charges to be otherwise levied his successors and assigns, the exclusive right of send­ Received my assent this tenth day of March, A.D at any Port in the said Colony. ing and receiving messages by telegraph between any 1864, Short Title. place within the said Colony, and any other place be­ JAMES DOUGLAS, yond the limits thereof and within the territory of the Governor. 7. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes asUnited States of America, lying westerly of the Rocky the “ British Columbia Steam Traction Engine Act, Mountains, for the period of twenty years from and 1864.” after the completion of the said telegraph lin e; but BRITISH COLUMBIA. Passed the Legislative Council the 8th of March, this Act shall not be construed to prevent, or in any A.D. 1864, manner interfere with, the projected or any other line

C h a r l e s G o o d , Clerk. or lines of telegraph across the Continent through Bri­ tish North America or elsewhere, nor to limit the Received my assent this tenth day of March, A.D. right of any other person, corporation, or company 1864, freely to establish and work any other telegraph lines JAMES DOUGLAS, anywhere within or from the said Colony; provided, No. 10. An Ordinance to facilitate the Governor. however, that other lines shall not be constructed, nor formation of Mining Joint Stock offices established, within the limits of the said Colony C o m p a n ies. BRITISH COLUMBIA. and its Dependencies, so as to do business by telegraph [4th May, 1864.] either directly or indirectly between or through anyplace Preamble. No. 9. An Ordinance lo encourage the within the said Colony, and any other place outside construction of a Telegraph Line, thereof, and being within that portion of the territory HEREAS it is expedient to facilitate the formation connecting B ritish Columbia with of the United States in this section hereinbefore de­ of Mining Joint Stock Companies in the Colony scribed, nor so as to impair the rights herein before of British Columbia; the telegraph lines of the United mentioned. W States, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Governor of British Columbia, Rights forfeited if Telegraph line ceases working for by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative [10th March, 1864.] one calendar month. Council thereof, as follows : Preamble. 6. If at any time, after the completion of the said Gold Commissioner may register Joint Stock Mining HEREAS, the California State Telegraph Com­ telegraph line, the owners thereof shall fail (unless Companies. pany, a Company duly incorporated pursuant prevented by repairs, storms, breakage of cable, or I. The Memorandum of Association and Articles of W to the laws of the State of California, one of other unavoidable accidents) for the continuous period Association of any Company formed for Mining pur­ the United States of America, and having its princi­ o f one calendar month, to keep the same or some poses, under the provisions of the “ Joint Stock Com­ pal office in the City of San Francisco, has constructed other telegraph line in working order, between New panies Acts, 1856, 1857, 1858,” and the “ British lines of telegraph, extending through the said State Westminster and the said State of California, the ex­ Columbia Joint Stock Companies Act, 1859,” and and the adjoining States and Territories, and con­ clusive privileges herein granted may thereupon be thereby required to be registered with the Registrar necting with the telegraph systems of the Atlantic declared forfeited, by the Governor of British Colum­ of Joint Stock Companies, may be instead thereof de­ States and of the British Provinces of North Am erica; bia for the time being; provided that should such livered to any Gold Commissioner in the said Colony, and whereas the President of the said California State failure be caused by war no such forfeiture shall be who shall retain and register the same upon payment Telegraph Company has been authorized, by a reso­ incurred thereby. of the fees due upon registration. lution of the Board of Directors, to represent the said Charges to be made for telegraph messages. Company, and to bind the same in all matters and Duplicate Memorandum and Articles with Certificate to things connected with the extension and construction 7. The prices charged for the transmission of mes­ be sent to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies. of its telegraph lines from California northward, and sages to and from New Westminster, over the lines II. Provided that every such Memorandum and whereas it is expedient to enable the said Company herein authorized to be constructed, to any station Articles shall be first delivered in duplicate to such to extend its telegraph lines to New Westminster, in the thereon in Washington Territory or Vancouver Is­ Gold Commissioner, and one of such duplicates shall Colony of British Columbia, with a view of increasing land, shall not exceed, if paid in gold or silver coin, be by him at once transmitted with a copy of the the facilities of the said Colony for communication four shillings and two pence for each ten words, and Certificate of registration, and certified by such Gold with the rest of British North America, and the Pa­ messages to and from this Colony, passing over any Commissioner, to the Registrar of Joint Stock Com­ cific and Atlantic States of the United States ; lines owned or worked by, or under the control of, panies, at New Westminster. the California State Telegraph Company, situate out­ Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of British All other documents to be registered as usual. side of the said Colony, shall not be charged higher Columbia, by and with the advice and consent of the rates therefor than the lowest uniform rates of charge III. All other documents, matters, and things re­ Legislative Council thereof, as follows: on such lines for local business, nor shall messages lating to any such Companies, and requiring registra­ Privileges granted to the California State Telegraph between New Westminster and San Francisco, if paid tion, shall be registered with the Gold Commissioner Company on Public Lands. in gold or silver coin, ever be charged more than one of the district, and duplicates thereof shall be forth­ with transmitted to the Registrar of Joint Stock Com­ 1. The privilege is hereby granted to the President pound and six pence for ten words. panies, at New Westminster. of the California State Telegraph Company, and to Rights hereby granted, how assignable. his successors in office, or assigns, to construct and Gold Commissioner may issue Certificate of Incorporation. place a line or lines of telegraph over any public or 8. The rights and privileges hereby granted may be IV. Upon any such Memorandum of Association tidal lands, and along or across any public street or assigned by the President of the State Telegraph Com­ being registered, and the proper fees paid, the Gold highway (not obstructing such street or highway), pany, or his successors, to the California State Tele­ Commissioner registering the same, shall certify under and to lay down a telegraph cable or cables through or graph Company, by that name or other their lawful his hand that the company is incorporated; and in across any stream, creek, river, strait, bay, gulf, wa­ name for the time being, upon their registration or case of a limited company, that the company is limited. ter, or water course within the Colony of British incorporation as a Joint Stock Company, under the Incorporation. Columbia and its Dependencies, (but so as not to im­ law in that behalf in force in this Colony, and there­ pede navigation or other public rights), and to own after such Company may sue and be sued in the V. The Subscribers of the Memorandum of Associa­ use, enjoy, and employ the same for the period of Courts of this Colony, in like manner as Companies tion, together with such other persons as shall from twenty-five years from the passage of this Act. duly incorporated therein. time to time become shareholders of the company, shall thereupon become a body coporate under the May run line of telegraph through private property Penalty for damaging or obstructing Telegraph. provisions of the said Acts, and the Certificates of In­ on obtaining consent o f owner. 9. If any person shall wilfully or maliciously cut, corporation shall have the same force and effect, to all 2. The said President of the California State Tele­ break, or throw down any telegraph pole, or any tree intents and purposes, as if it had been granted by the graph Company, and his successors or assigns, are or other material used in any telegraph line herein Registrar of Joint Stock Companies direct. hereby also authorized to construct or place a line or authorized to be constructed, or shall wilfully or ma­ Copies certified by Gold Commissioner or Registrar to be lines of telegraph over any private lands, upon obtain­ liciously break, displace, or injure any insulator in evidence. use in any such telegraph line, or shall wilfully or ing the written consent of the owners thereof. VI. A copy of any Memorandum of Association, and maliciously cut, break, or remove from its insulators Right to Company to purchase right of way over private Articles of Association, or Certificate of Incorporation, any wire used as a telegraph line, or shall wilfully or land. purporting to be certified by the Registrar of Joint maliciously break, molest, or injure any submarine Stock Companies, or any Gold Commissioner, shall 3. Notwithstanding any law or statute to the con­ cable used or intended to be used in any such tele­ be received as evidence in any Court. trary, the Calfornia State Telegraph Company, or the graph line, or shall by the attachment of a ground President thereof for the time being, may purchase wire, or by any other contrivance, wilfully destroy the Interpretation. or lease the right of way over any private lands, and insulation of such telegraph line, or interrupt the VII. The expression “ Gold Commissioner” shall may, with the sanction in writing of the Commis­ transmission of the electric current through the same, include Assistant and Acting Gold Commissioners. sioner of Lands and Surveyor General, purchase or or shall in any other manner wilfully destroy, injure, Short Title. lease any land or other property in British Columbia, or molest any property or materials appertaining to VIII. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes necessary or convenient for the working of the tele­ any such telegraph line, or shall wilfully interfere with as the “ Mining Joint Stock Companies Ordinance, graph lines herein provided for, or for effectually car­ the use of any such telegraph line, or obstruct or 1864.” rying on the business of the said Company, and the postpone the transmission of any message over the grants or leases therefor may be made directly to the same, or procure or advise any such injury, interfer­ said Company, or to the said President and his succes­ Passed the Legislative Council the 27th day o f ence, or obstruction, the person so offending shall be April, A. D. 1864, sors or assigns, and that no such grant or lease shall deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and be liable to con­ C h a r l e s G o o d , Clerk. be deemed invalid or less binding by reason of being viction before any Justice or Justices of the Peace, so made. and shall be punished by fine not to exceed one hun­ Assented to in Her Majesty’ s name, this fourth day Telegraph to be commenced within 5 months. dred pounds, or imprisonment not to exceed six of May, 1864, Telegraph communication in 13 months, or Act void. months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in FREDERICK SEYMOUR, the discretion of the said Justice or Justices ; and shall Governor. 4. This Act is passed, and the rights and privileges moreover be liable to the owners of the said tele­ herein mentioned are granted, upon the express con­ graph line for three times the amount of all loss and dition that the said President of the said Company, damage sustained by reason of such wrongful act. his successors or assigns, shall, within five months BRITISH COLUMBIA. from the date of the passage of this Act, commence Principal office in British Columbia at New Westminster. the work, and within the further period of thirteen 10. The principal office of the California State Tel­ No. 11. An Ordinance t o declare the months, shall cause to be completed and put in oper­ egraph Company within this Colony, shall be situated lawful rate o f In terest in the Colony. ation, a line o f telegraph from the City of New West­ in the City of New Westminster, and the service of minster, in the said Colony, so as to connect directly [4th May, 1864.] any writ or paper upon the person in charge of the or indirectly with the existing lines of the California said office shall be deemed a sufficient service upon Preamble. Recites 3 and 4, W. I V ., c. 42, s. 28. State Telegraph Company, so as to place and placing the said Company. the said City of New Westminster in telegraphic com­ HEREAS, by the Statute of the Imperial Parlia­ munication with the United States and the Canadas; Plant free of Customs duty for two years. ment, passed in the third and fourth years o f and on failure so to complete the said line within the 11. The wire, submarine cables, and materials ne­ W King William the Fourth, chapter forty-two, time in this section specified, the privileges herein cessary for the construction of the said telegraph section twenty-eight, the Jury is in certain cases em­ granted shall cease and determine, and this Act shall lines, shall be admitted free at any port of entry in powered, on the trial of any issue or inquisition of become absolutely void. British Columbia, for a period not exceeding two years damages, to allow interest at a rate not exceeding the from the date of this Act. current rate of interest from the times therein specifi­ Exclusive right of sending and receiving messages grant­ Short Title. ed ; ed to California State Telegraph Company for 20 years. And whereas by certain rules o f the High Court o f This right not to interfere with Telegraph running through, 12. This Ordinance m ay be cited for all purposes C h a n c e r y , interest upon amounts payable under a de­ Canada and British Columbia. as the “ First Telegraph Act, 1864.” cree or order in Chancery is in general to be allowed [Ju l y 9TH, 1864. 6 THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Applies portions of part I. of Merchant Shipping A ct, manner, in any Court of the Colony, for the time being only at the rate of four per cent per annum, which having criminal jurisdiction in that behalf. rate it is apprehended has been established in England, 1854, to British Columbia. Punishment of Misdemeanor and lesser offences; who by reference to the ordinary mercantile current rate I. Clauses 6 to 8, both inclusive, Clause 10, and may be prosecuted before Stipendiary Magistrate. o f interest there being five per cent per annum ; Clauses 12 to 16, both inclusive, of Part I. of the Mer­ And whereas the ordinary mercantile current rate chant Shipping Act, 1854, and the powers and penal­ XI. Every offence declared by this Ordinance, or o f interest in this Colony (where any contract for in­ ties thereby created shall, so far as applicable to the by any clause or part of the said Merchant Shipping terest is entered into) is seldom less than two per cent circumstances of the said Colony, apply and be in force Act, 1854, included in this Ordinance to be a misde­ per month ; but it is apprehended that only the rates and enforceable in British Columbia, in and over mat­ meanour, and every lesser offence than a felony, shall current in England are (in the absence of any specific ters relating to Merchant Ships, or steam-vessels, and be punishable by imprisonment for any period not ex­ authority) recoverable either at law or in equity here; persons navigating the Inland Waters thereof, and not ceeding six calendar months, with or without hard la­ proceeding to sea, in like manner as in such clauses bour, or by a penalty not exceeding one hundred And whereas this circumstance has in some cases is provided in relation to sea-going ships, steam-ves- pounds, and may be prosecuted in a summary manner, operated to induce debtors to delay payment of just sels, and persons. before any Stipendiary Magistrate or any two Justices demands, and defend actions vexatiously with a view of the Peace in the said Colony, who, upon informa­ merely to delay ; Powers o f Board of Trade vested in the Governor or other Officer administering the Government. tion thereof upon oath laid before him or them, by Now, therefore, be it enacted by the Governor of any person, may issue a Summons to enforce the ap­ British Columbia, by and with the advice and con­ II. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions pearance of the party accused, or of any person or sent of the Legislative Council thereof: of this Ordinance, and of every other Act relating to persons who may be required to give evidence in the inland trade and navigation in this Colony, other than case, and shall as soon as may be just and expedient, Lawful rate o f Colonial interest not exceeding 1 per such Acts as relate to the Revenue, all powers and cent per month. proceed to hear and adjudicate upon the case, and in functions vested in, or exercised by the Board of Trade, the event of conviction to inflict, within the above I. In all cases of demands either at law or in equity, under the provisions aforesaid of Part I. of the said limits, such punishment or penalty, and to allow such in which the parties shall have made no express sti­ Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, over matters relating costs and expenses as to him or them may seem just. pulation for interest after any definite rate, and in to trade or navigation by sea, shall be, until an Inland Appeal to Supreme Court. which in England it would be lawful for the Court or Board of Trade shall be in that behalf by law estab­ the Jury to allow interest, it shall be lawful for the Jury lished, and are hereby in all matters relating to ships XII. Any person summarily convicted under this or (whenever the Court alone has to decide the facts and persons navigating the Inland Waters of the Col­ Ordinance, and sentenced to any term of imprison­ without a Jury) for the Court to allow such rate of in­ ony, in like manner and form, vested in the Governor ment beyond thirty days, or to pay any fine beyond terest as may appear just, not exceeding the rate of or other Officer for the time being administering the fifty pounds, over and above the costs of summary one percent per mensem, to be reckoned from the times government of the Colony. conviction, may appeal to the next Assizes to be hol- at which interest would be calculated in England. Description, Ownership, Registry, Transfers, Sales, den for the district or place wherein the case has been tried ; provided that such person at the time of such Short Title. &c., &c., o f Inland Vessels. conviction, or within three days thereafter, shall give II. This Ordinance may be in all cases cited as III. The several clauses and provisions contained notice thereof in writing to the complainant, and shall “ The Interest Ordinance, 1864.” in Part II. of the said Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, also remain in custody until such Assizes, or shall shall, so far as applicable as aforesaid, apply, be in enter into recognizance satisfactory to the convicting Passed the Legislative Council the 25th day of force, and enforceable with the same penalties for for­ April, A.D. 1864, Magistrate or Justices, with two sufficient securities, gery, false declaration, use of improper Certificate, or conditioned personally to appear at the said Assizes h a r l e s o o d otherwise, in the Colony, with respect to the several C G , Clerk. to try such appeal, and to abide the further judgment matters and things relating to vessels and persons Assented to, in Her Majesty’s name, this Fourth of the Court at such Assizes, and to pay such costs navigating the Inland Waters as aforesaid, as are as shall be by such last mentioned Court awarded; day of May, 1864. therein contained, in relation to sea-going vessels and FREDERICK SEYMOUR, and the convicting Magistrate or Justices may bind persons. over the complainant, or any witnesses, under suffici­ Governor. Aliens may own on certain temporary conditions. ent recognizances to attend and give evidence at the IV. Save and except that it shall be lawful for such hearing of such appeal, and the costs of such witness­ BRITISH COLUMBIA. Governor, or Officer as aforesaid, to make such provi­ es shall be allowed and paid by the Colonial Treasu­ sions for permitting aliens resident in the Colony, or rer in the first instance, and if such appeal be dismiss­ aliens shareholders in any Company incorporated, and ed, shall be repaid to the Colonial Treasurer by the No. 12. An Ordinance to increase the having its chief place of business in the Colony, to applicant. facilities for Registering documents own or command British Ships, or steam-vessels navi­ Appeal how heard and determined. relating to real property. gating such said Inland Waters, for such periods not XIII. The Court at such before mentioned Assizes [4th May, 1864.] exceeding one year at any one time, and with, under, shall hear and determine the matter of the appeal, Preamble. and subject to such powers of revocation, conditions, and shall take such order therein, with or without W HEREAS it is expedient to facilitate the regis- and penalties as the said Governor, or other Officer, costs, as to the Court shall seem meet, and shall if ne­ tration o f titles to real property in this Colony; shall by any order, to be published in the Government cessary, issue process for enforcing such judgment. Gazette, from time to time direct, vary, or appoint. No merely formed objections allowed. Be it therefore enacted by the Governor of British Examination of Masters, Engineers, Pilots, and other XIV. On any such appeal no objection shall be al­ Columbia, by and with the advice and consent of the responsible persons in Inland Steamers. lowed on any matter of form or insufficiency of state­ Legislative Council thereof, as follows; V . It shall be lawful for the said Governor, or other ment, provided it shall appear to the said Court that Notarial certificate shall be sufficient acknowledgment. Officer as aforesaid, by any order published as afore­ the defendant has been sufficiently informed of the I. From the passing of this Ordinance, it shall be said, from time to time to require and appoint, as a charge to be made against him, and that the convic­ lawful for the Registrar General, or District “ Regis­ necessary condition for employment on board any tion was proper on the merits of the case. trars” to register any deed or instrument relating to ship or ships, or steam-vessel or vessels navigating Offences where deemed to have been committed. real property in the Colony o f British Columbia, made the Inland Waters as aforesaid, such examinations as to competency, sobriety, ability, and general good XV. For the purpose of giving jurisdiction under without the limits thereof, the due execution of which this Ordinance, every offence shall be deemed to have is acknowledged and proved by the certificate thereof, conduct on board ship, of any persons employed as Masters, Pilots, Engineers, on board any ship or ships, been committed, and every cause of complaint to have by a Notary Public, in the manner usual for noting arisen, either in the place where the same actually foreign deeds or documents of title. vessel or vessels engaged in navigating the Inland Waters as aforesaid, and to require the same to be was committed or arose, or in any place in which the Every such proof of execution, when accepted by conducted by such persons, in such forms and man­ offender complained against may be. the Registrar General, or District “ Registrar” shall ner, with such certificates of competency, or of ser­ Inland Waters when to be described in Government have the force of an acknowledgment under “ The vice in lieu of examination, and to enforce the same Gazette. British Columbia Land Registry Act, 1861.” by such penalties of revocation or suspension of certi­ X V I. In case of any doubt hereafter arising as to Crown Grants to be registered before issue. ficate, or otherwise, to be enforceable in such wise as what shall be deemed to be Inland Waters within the such Governor, or other Officer as aforesaid, may from II. And whereas it is of public importance that meaning of this Ordinance, and for the purposes there­ time to time by any such order direct. Crown Grants, the root of titles to land in the Colony, of, it shall be lawful for the Governor, or other Offi­ should be registered for the protection of persons after­ Lights, fogs, signals, survey, passing and meeting of cer aforesaid, by any order to be published in the wards acquiring or disposing of the land included in Inland Setamers. Government Gazette, more particularly to define the such grants ; be it enacted that all Crown Grants issu­ V I. The said Governor, or other Officer as aforesaid, same. ed after the date of this Ordinance shall, previous to may, from time to time by any order to be published Provisional definition of Inland Waters. such issue, be registered in books in the Registry Of­ as aforesaid, make and vary such rules with regard X VII. In the absence of any such order, all Har­ fice, and such registration may be partly in print partly to lights, fogs, fog-signals, signals, meeting, and pass­ bours, Rivers, Lakes, Inlets, and other Navigable in writing, and no objection shall be taken to any such ing of ships or steam-vessels, and the construction, Waters, within the ordinary Coast line of the Colony, registration by reason thereof. equipment, survey, and inspection of, and for the pre­ from Head Land to Head Land, disregarding irregu­ Fees on Registration. vention of accidents, in steam-ships navigating the larities, shall be deemed to be Inland Waters for the III. There shall be demandable by and paid to the Inland Waters as aforesaid, with such penalties for purposes of this Ordinance. enforcing the strict observance thereof, as such Gov­ Registrar General, upon the registration of every such Fines payable to Colonial Treasury. Crown Grant, the uniform fee of five shillings, for ernor, or other Officer as aforesaid, shall from time to XVIII. All pecuniary penalties by this Ordinance the use of Her Majesty, Her heirs and successors, as time deem advisable. imposed shall, upon collection, be paid into the receipt Revenue. Orders under certain conditions to have force o f Law. of the Treasury of the Colony, to the use of Her Ma­ How Read. VII. Until duly revoked, and so far as the same jesty, Her heirs and successors, and be accounted for IV . This Ordinance shall be read with “ The British shall not have been so revoked, varied, or discharged, as part of the General Revenue. Columbia Land Registry Act, 1861.” every such order shall take effect and have the force of law, from the date of the publication thereof in the Fees payable as ordered by Governor. Short Title. Government Gazette, in the same manner as if the same X IX. It shall be lawful for the Governor, or other V . This Ordinance may be cited as “ The British had originally formed part of this Ordinance. Officer as aforesaid, by any order to be published as Columbia Land Registry Extension Ordinance, 1864.” Orders to be laid before the Legislature. hereinbefore mentioned, from time to time to impose vary, and prescribe the fees to be paid upon doing Passed the Legislative Council the 25th day of VIII. Provided that every such rule shall, if the April, A. D. 1864, any of the various matters and things by this Ordi­ Legislative Council be sitting, be laid within one cal- nance, or by any order or orders issued by him, re­ C H ARLES GOO D, Clerk. dar month after its publication before such Council, quired to be done, and by and to whom, and in what Assented to, in Her Majesty’s name, this fourth day and if the Legislative Council be not sitting, within portions, the same shall be payable, as to such Gov­ o f May, 1864. one calendar month after the opening of the next ernor or other Officer shall seem expedient. session. FREDERICK SEYMOUR, Passengers rights how protected. Governor. Until such orders, Part IV . of Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, to apply. XX. And whereas it is expedient to make further provision for the protection of passengers on board BRITISH COLUMBIA. IX. In the meantime, and so far as any such Rules shall not apply, so much of the provisions of Part IV. vessels navigating the said Inland Waters, be it enac­ ted that it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace No. 13. An Ordinance for the Regula­ of the said Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, as are appli­ cable to the class of ships or steam-vessels, and the to take cognizance of, enquire into, and decide in a tion of the Inland navigation of summary manner on information, all cases of dispute British Columbia. persons navigating the said Inland Waters as afore­ said, shall apply and be in force and enforceable in or damage arising between masters or owners of steam- [4th May, 1864.] this Colony, in the same manner mutatis mutandis as vessels, plying on the Inland Waters of the Colony, Preamble. is therein provided, with respect to sea-going mer­ and passengers whether as to their passage, or any contract, ticket, improper landing, or otherwise, and HEREAS it is expedient to make provisions for chant ships, steam-vessels and persons. upon conviction, to enforce, assess and recover by the regulation o f the Inland Navigation of Punishment of Felony. warrant o f distress, or imprisonment for any term not British Columbia, and for the protection of X. Every offence by this Ordinance, or any clause, exceeding three calendar months, such damage by W Life in Vessels engaged therein; or clauses, part, or parts, of the said Merchant Ship­ way of penalty not exceeding twenty pounds (£20) in Be it enacted by the Governor, by and with the ad­ ping Act, 1854, made applicable to Inland Trade and any one case, from the party against whom he shall vice and consent of the Legislative Council of British Navigation in this Colony, by this Ordinance declared decide, as to such Justice of the Peace shall seem Columbia, as follows; (that is to say :) to be a Felony, shall be punishable in the ordinary just; provided that no objection shall be taken to any July 9TH, 1864.] THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 7

such decision, by reason of the offence complained of For every letter exceeding the weight of 1/2 an Regulations issued by the Postmaster General un­ having taken place in any other part of the Colony, ounce, but not exceeding 1 ounce...... 1s. der the provisions of “ The Postal Ordinance, 1864.” than that in which the offender may happen to be. And so on after the rate of sixpence for every additional 1/2 ounce, or any fractional part thereof 6d. HEREAS, under and by virtue of Clause 2, of Suspensory Clause. And for every single newspaper...... 6d. X XI. Provided that this Ordinance shall not take W “ The Postal Ordinance, 1864,” the Postmaster effect until Her Majesty’s approval thereof, shall have Foreign Mail Contracts. General, subject to the directions of the Governor, is been proclaimed in this Colony. empowered from time to time (among other things) to IX. The Postmaster General, with the approval of regulate the weight and dimensions of Letters, to de­ Short Title. the Governor, may enter into contracts with Foreign fine the various kinds of Postal matter, to prohibit XXII. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes countries, for the conveyance and transmission of the sending of dangerous or improper articles by Post, as “ The Inland Navigation Ordinance, 1864.” Mails to and from British Columbia, from and to such and to make other Postal regulations; Passed the Legislative Council the 29th day of April, countries. It is therefore declared by the Postmaster General, A. D . 1864. Power to search for letters unlawfully carried. by, subject to, and with the direction and approval C h a r l e s G o o d , Clerk. of the Governor, as follows : X. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster, or other Assented to, in Her Majesty’s name, this fourth day From and after the publication hereof, in the Gov­ of May, 1864. officer of the Post Office department duly authorized, at any place, to open, search, and examine the letter ernment Gazette, and so long and so far as these regu­ FREDERICK SEYMOUR, bags, or parcels, packages, or persons of any Express lations shall not from time to time be lawfully altered Governor. Companies or parties suspected of conveying letters or or repealed, Postal matter or Mail matter made lia­ other Mail matter liable to Postage under this Ordi­ ble to postage shall include, namely: BRITISH COLUMBIA. nance, without previous pre-payment thereof. Every Letter not specially exempted from postage Franking Letters. by the Postal Ordinance, and whether by itself, or contained with others in any packet or parcel; XI. All letters on Public Service, marked over the address “ On Her Majesty’s Service,” and bearing the Every single newspaper in addition to those arri­ name of the writer or department on the left hand ving from Vancouver Island, transmitted through the corner, shall pass free. Letters on public matters to Post Office at any place, or from any one place to any No. 14. An Ordinance for regulating and from Legislative Councillors during session, shall other place in the Colony, but not otherwise. the Postal Service. be considered on Her Majesty’s Service, and pass free. For the purposes of the said Act, a Letter shall be [4th May, 1864.] Unclaimed Letters. deemed to include any parcel or packet containing Preamble. Mail matter liable to postage, Bank or Account books, XII. Every Postmaster shall, on the last Monday of HEREAS a General Post Office has been estab- Phamplets, written or printed matter not exceeding every month, cause a list of the then remaining un­ eight ounces avoirdupois in weight passing through lished at New Westminster, for the reception claimed or undelivered letters to be made out in wri­ W and transmission of Letters and other Mail the Post Office, and such matter shall chargeable with ting, and affixed to some conspicuous part of the Post the Letter rate of postage of sixpence per half ounce. matter, and as a Postmaster General has been ap­ Office, there to remain for the space of ninety days, pointed for the said Colony; The following articles are prohibited from trans­ after which period all such letters then remaining un­ mission by Post, namely: And whereas it is expedient to make further provi­ claimed or undelivered shall be transmitted by the sion for the conveyance and transmission of Her Postmaster to the General Post Office, at New West­ Bound books, glass bottles, or glass in any form ; Majesty’s Mails throughout the Colony ; minster. The Postmaster General shall have author­ razors, scissors, needles, knives, forks, or other sharp Be it enacted by the Governor of British Columbia, ity to open such letters, and to return them to the instruments; leeches, game, fish, meat, fruit or vege­ by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative writers thereof, after the expiration of nine calendar tables ; bladders or other vessels containing liquids ; Council thereof, as follows : months from the publication of such list. gunpowder, lucifer matches, or anything which is ex­ plosive or combustible. Establishment of Post Offices. Offences declared Felony. W a r n e r R. S p a l d i n g , I. It shall be lawful for the Governor to establish XIII. Any person who shall steal, embezzle, secrete, Postmaster General. for the reception and transmission of Letters and other or destroy any Post Letter Bag, or packet, or Post General Post Office, Mail matter, in addition to the General Post Office at Letter, or any chattel, money, security, or thing what­ New Westminster, New Westminster, so many Post Offices in other parts soever, in such bag, packet, or letter contained, or 31st May, 1864. of the Colony as he may from time to time deem unlawfully open any Post Letter Bag or packet, or necessary. unlawfully take any letter or thing out of such bag or Appointment of Postmasters. Regulation of Postal packet, or forge, or be engaged in or accessory to forg­ BRITISH COLUMBIA. details. ing, or attempting to forge, any Postage Stamp or II. It shall be lawful for the Postmaster General, form issued or used, or to be issued or used under the No. 15. An Ordinance for the relief of subject to the directions of the Governor, from time authority of this Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of certain Naval and Military Settlers. to time to appoint such Postmasters in the said Col­ a felony, and punishable by imprisonment for life by [4th May, 1864.] ony, to hold office during his pleasure, and to pre­ any Court having jurisdiction in that behalf. Preamble. scribe and vary the mode and amount of their remu­ neration and securities, the nature and extent of their Offences punishable by fine. HEREAS by a Proclamation made and passed duties, to regulate the weight and dimensions of let­ on the eighteenth day of March, A.D. 1861, XIV. Any person or persons, corporation, firm, or W ters, to define the various kinds of postal matter, to certain privileges were granted to Naval and Military partnership whatsoever, that shall knowingly and with prohibit the sending of dangerous or improper articles Settlers in British Columbia, in the purchase of coun­ intent to defraud the Revenue, convey or be concerned by post, to prepare and distribute such Colonial try lands in the said Colony ; in the conveyance of any letter or other Mail matter Stamps for the pre-payment of postage, to order such liable to postage, and on which the rates of postage And whereas by a subsequent Proclamation intitul­ pre-payments, and generally to make all such other by this Ordinance prescribed, shall not have been pre­ ed “ Military and Naval Settlers’ Act, 1863,” those regulations for the more effective management of the paid, shall be liable upon conviction for each such of­ privileges were greatly reduced; Post Office department throughout the Colony, as to fence, to a fine of not less than Five pounds or exceed­ And whereas such last mentioned Proclamation such Postmaster General (subject as aforesaid) shall ing Fifty pounds; every such penalty may be recov­ took immediate effect without providing for sufficient seem expedient for the Public Service. ered upon conviction before any Justice of the Peace notice of such reduction to Officers intending to set­ Tenders for Mail Service. or other Magistrate in the Colony, in a summary man­ tle, and leaving Her Majesty’s Service in the interval III. It shall be lawful for the Governor to direct ner, and in each such case the informer shall be enti­ between the date of such last mentioned Proclamation the Postmaster General to advertise for tenders for tled to receive half the penalty recovered, and the re­ and the time of its general publication in England; the conveyance of Mails within the said Colony. mainder shall be paid to the use of Her Majesty, Her And whereas hardship has been thereby occasioned Mail Contracts. heirs and successors, and be accounted for as part of to certain Officers, and it is just and expedient to re­ IV. The Postmaster General may, with the approval the Revenue. move the same in manner hereinafter appearing ; of the Governor, enter into contracts for the con vey- Every such penalty or fine shall be recovered by Be it enacted by the Governor of British Columbia, ance of Mails in the Colony. warrant of distress of the goods and chattels of the by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows : Postmaster General may sue and be sued. offender. V . In all proceedings and things whatsoever rela­ Officers leaving H . M. Service before 31st August, 1863, And in case of default of payment of such fine, or entitled to full remission o f purchase money. ting to the Post Office or Postal matters, the Postmas­ of the insufficiency of such distress, the offender shall ter General may sue and be sued in his own name. for every such offence be liable to an imprisonment I. All Officers of the Navy or Army who shall have left Her Majesty’s Naval or Military Service prior to Property in Postal matter. not exceeding three calendar months, at the discretion of the Justice or Magistrate convicting. the thirty first day of August, one thousand eight hun­ V I. In all proceedings whatsoever relating to Postal dred and sixty three, and who but for the passage of matters, in which it shall be necessary or usual to al­ Separate Offences. the said Proclamation of the twenty third day of Feb­ lege or prove property, every letter, paper, and matter ruary, A.D. 1863, would be entitled to the full remis­ XV. The conveyance or attempt to convey any let­ being conveyed by, to, or from, or deposited in or sion of purchase money of Country Lands in the said ter, paper, or Mail matter liable to postage, without with any Post Office, or Postmaster, or other person Colony, in such Proclamation prescribed, for their the previous payment to the Post Office Department in the employ of the Post Office in the Colony, shall respective ranks and length of service, shall be deem­ of the proper postage thereon, shall for every such for the purposes of this Ordinance be deemed and laid ed always to have been entitled to such remission, as the property of the Postmaster General. letter or thing be deemed a separate offence, and be and exempted from the operation of the “ Naval and punishable accordingly. Loose Letters. Military Settlers’ Act, 1863.” Offences punishable in any part o f the Colony. Preliminary declaration requisite. VII. Every master or person in charge of any ves­ sel arriving from parts beyond the seas, (save from XVI. Any offence under this Ordinance may be II. Provided that no such application for full re­ Vancouver Island or its dependencies) shall be enti­ dealt with, indicted, tried, and punished in anyplace mission of purchase money shall be granted until the tled to receive one penny for every letter not included or district in the Colony, wh ere the offence is com­ Officer applying therefor shall have first made and in any Mail delivered to the Postmaster at any Port mitted, or in which the offender is apprehended or in subscribed a statutory declaration that such Officer in the Colony, or to any person authorized by him to custody, as if actually committed in such place or was not aware, at the time of leaving Her Majesty’s receive the same. district. Service, of the reduction and alteration created by the Rates of Postage. A ll letters to be pre-paid. said “ Naval and Military Settlers’ Act, 1863.” VIII. For every letter to and from British Colum­ XVII. All letters, papers, and other Mail matter, And compliance with the terms of the first Proclamation. bia and Vancouver Island, and delivered at Victoria not hereinbefore made free of postage, transmitted III. Provided, also, that in all other respects every or New Westminster, and not exceeding 1/2 an ounce, within the Colony, shall be pre-paid. such Officer applying shall have duly complied with there shall be paid a postage of...... 3d. the requirements of the said Proclamation. Exceeding 1/2 an ounce, but not exceeding 1 oz. 6d. Short Title. Short Title. And so on in proportion adding for each rate XVIII. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes IV. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes of 1/2 an ounce or fractional excess...... 3d. as “ The Postal Ordinance, 1864.” And on every single newspaper...... 1d. as the “ Naval and Military Settlers’ Relief Ordinance, 1864.” On all letters arriving from any other place Passed the Legislative Council the 2nd day of May, than Vancouver Island, delivered at New West­ A.D. 1864. Passed the Legislative Council the 3rd day of May, minster, the said rate of 3d. per 1/2 ounce shall be A.D. 1864. paid in addition to Foreign postage. C h a r l e s G o o d , Clerk. C h a r l e s G o o d , Clerk. On every letter which shall be transmitted Assented to, in Her Majesty’s name, this Fourth Assented to, in Her Majesty’s name, this Fourth from a Post Office at any one place in the Colony, day of May, 1864. day of May, 1864. to a Post Office at any other place in the Colony: FREDERICK SEYMOUR, For every letter not exceeding 1/2 an ounce in FREDERICK SEYMOUR, weight ...... 6d. Governor. Governor. 8 THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. [Ju l y 9TH, 1864.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. M unicipal Council. IMPORTS INTO THE COLONY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA,

BY-LAW NO. 15. DURING THE QUARTER ENDING 30TH JUNE, 1 8 6 4 .

A By-Law to abate the nuisance of swine and goats running at large in No. 16. A n Ordinance to amend ARTICLE. QUANTITIES VALUE. Customs Duties. New Westminster.

[4th May, 1864.] HEREAS it is necessary and expedient to abate the nuisance of swine and goats running at Ale and Porter, in wood.. 2318gals $ 1661 0 0 4548 Preamble. W large within the limits of the city of New " in bottle 1747 1/2 doz 0 0 Agricul. & Mining Impts. 227 pkgs 2726 35 HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Customs Westminster, it is therefore ordered by the Municipal Council of the city of New Westminster, constituted A x e s ...... 43 cases 877 00 Proclamation of 2 nd June, 1859. 36509 and assembled under and by virtue of the “ New West­ Bacon...... 160611 lbs 07 W 16582 minster Municipal Council Act, 1860, and the “ New Barley ...... 9643 bags 43 1653 Westminster Municipal Extension Act, 1861,” and the Beans ...... 40481 lbs 94 534 Be it enacted by the Governor of British Columbia, New Westminster Municipal Extension Act No. 2, Beef, salt ...... 38 bbls 50 1570 by and with the advice and Consent of the Legislative 1862,” and the “ New Westminster Municipal Exten­ Bitters ...... 2 2 0 1/3 cases 0 0 4199 prs 20505 Council thereof, as follows : sion Act, 1863: Blankets ...... 64 Boots and Shoes...... 466 cases 27563 98 Machinery, &c., exempt from Customs duties. 1. That a common Pound shall be erected at the expense of the Books, Printed and MSS. 64 pkgs 1097 30 Municipality, in some suitable place within the city limits, to be Bread ...... 307 cases 1833 I. From and after the passing of this Ordinance, selected by the Municipal Council, and a Pound Keeper appointed 19 39010 no 466 the following articles shall be admitted into British to impound all swine or goats that may be found by him running Bricks ...... 95 at large within the city limits. Butter ...... 35762 16855 Columbia free of all duties whatsoever, viz : all Ma­ lbs 71 29403 lbs 7587 chinery for Steam-boats, Grist Mills, or Quartz Mills, 2. That all swine or goats so running at large, on and after the Candles ...... 76 first day of May, will be liable to be impounded in the Common 5108 lbs 1099 and all materials bona fide intended and used for Ship Cheese ...... 37 Pound ; and it shall and may be lawful for any person or persons, 687 China Merchandise ...... 73 pkgs 28 building within the Colony. from and after the first day of May as aforesaid, or any one acting for or under them, to impound any swine or goats so running at Chocolate...... 463 lbs 186 50 Interpretation. large within the city limits. Cider...... 137 gals 1 0 1 75 12485 II. In case of dispute as to what articles shall be so 3. And it shall be the duty of the Pound Keeper to receive all Cigars ...... 156960 no 40 admitted as aforesaid, the decision of the Collector, or swine or goats that may be brought to him ; to give them a rea­ Clothing ...... 203 pkgs 23837 73 other officer of Customs deputed by him, shall be final sonable allowance of food fitted for the nature of the animals he may Coal ...... 8 tons 140 85 have in possession, and to give them a sufficiency of water To 7944 in each case. give notice in writing, within six hours, to the owner or owners of Coffee ...... 22845 lbs 64 Repeals part of Proclamation of 2nd June, 1859. such swine or goats , that his or their animals have been impound­ Confectionery...... 51 pkgs 508 72 ed ; or if the Pound Keeper should not be able to discover the owner Cordials ...... 80 cases 457 85 III. So much of the Proclamation of the second day or owners of such swine or goats, he shall post up notices in three 4704 conspicuous places, viz : Pound, Court House, and Town Hall, Drugs and Chemicals ..... 204 pkgs 32 o f June, A. D. 1859, as conflicts with the above ex­ which notices shall contain a description of the number of animals Dry G oods...... 448 pkgs 44945 76 emptions is hereby repealed. in his possession, distinguishing the kind. And it shall be the du­ Earthenware ...... 58 pkgs 1123 53 ty of the Pound keeper to make a full report to the Municipal Coun­ 415 IV. So much of the said Proclamation of the second cil, every three months, of the number of animals received into the E ggs...... 945 doz 78 day of June, A. D. 1859, as authorizes or purports to Pound, the number released, the number sold, the amount of fees Fish, preserved ...... 114 pkgs 1745 80 received, and the amount of money not claimed ; all of which must " dry and salt ...... 149 pkgs 1510 75 authorize the clearance of vessels in Vancouver Island be entered in a book to be kept for that purpose. for any port of British Columbia, north of Fraser Firearms ...... 15 pkgs 1499 95 P o u n d K e e p e r ’ s N o t ic e . River, or the payment of Customs duties of British Flour ...... 4876 1/2 bbls 33937 65 Columbia in any part of Vancouver Island, shall be Whereas swine or goats (as the case may be, or either or both) Fruits, preserved ...... 127 pkgs 1986 67 were or was impounded in the Common Pound of the City of New 325 pkgs 3608 06 .and is hereby repealed. Westminster, on the day of ; this " d r y ...... is therefore to give notice, to all parties concerned, that unless the " fresh ...... 289 pkgs 1432 94 Short Title. lawful cost, and charges attendant on such impounding, be paid Furniture ...... 113 pkgs 1743 52 V. This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as within five days from the date hereof, the said animal nr animals Glass and Glassware...... 8 6 pkgs 1040 19 will be sold in accordance with the Law. " The Customs Amendment Ordinance, 1864.” Groceries...... 764 pkgs 4289 06 4. If such costs and charges are not paid in accordance with the 1398 Passed the Legislative Council the 3rd day of May, Gunpowder...... 4021 lbs 78 aforesaid notice, the Pound Keeper shall then apply to any Justice 632 11045 A . D. 1864. of the Peace, who may direct that the swine or goats as aforesaid Hardware & Ironmongry.. pkgs 8 6 shall be sold forthwith ; and out of the proceeds thereof the costs Hay ...... 25 1/2tons 1245 30 C h a r l e s G o o d , C le r k . and charges shall be paid, and the overplus, if any there be, shall Harness and Saddlery ... 107 pkgs 2409 44 be paid to the owner or owners on demand ; but if no owner shall Iron and Steel...... 483 bars 2647 36 Assented to, in Her Majesty’ s name, this fourth day appear to make such demand, within thirty days after such sale as L a rd ...... 46517 lbs 8447 1 2 o f May, 1864. aforesaid, then the said overplus shall be paid over and dealt with as part of Municipal funds. Leather...... 40 rolls 1284 07 FREDERICK SEYMOUR, 5. The following scale of fees shall be charged for the duties con­ Lime and Plaster ...... 77 bbls 204 25 tained in this By-law : Lumber ...... 32619 ft 993 2 1 Governor. 1st. For taking of any swine, of fifty pounds weight and under, six shillings a head; for all swine over fifty pounds weight, ten Live Stock. shillings a head ; for every goat ten shillings. Horses ...... 223 head 23400 00 2nd. Pound Keeper’s fee for receiving each animal, two shillings. Oxen...... 6 6 " 7235 0 0 3rd. F o r supplying food to each animal, two shillings per day. BRITISH COLUMBIA. 25 1250 0 0 4th. Pound Keeper’ s fee for giving notice to owners, two shillings. Cows ...... " For posting notice, two shilling each ; forgiving notice to Magis­ Calves ...... 37 " 177 50 trate, and attending sale, eight shillings. Every sale as aforesaid, Beef Cattle ...... 1313 " 66420 0 0 made by or by order of any Pound Keeper hereunder, thall convey 656 4162 55 No. 17. An Ordinance for the protec­ to the bona fide purchaser an undefeasible title to the property so S h eep...... " H ogs...... 77 982 2 0 tion of Inventions. sold " 6 That if any person or persons shall at any time make, or cause Machinery ...... 1 1 2 pkgs 5112 54 [4th May, 1864.] to be made, any breach, or shall unfasten, or open the entrance to Matches ...... 76 " 979 33 the Common Pound, whereby any swine or goats impounded there­ Meat, preserved ...... 91 1332 25 Preamble. in, shall obtain freedom, he or they shall, upon conviction thereof " " fresh ...... 11079 lbs 1408 58 HEREAS it is expedient to provide for the pro­ before any Justice of the Peace in a summary manner, be liable to a fine of not less than one pound, nor more than ten pounds at the Miscellaneous Mdse...... 1148 pkgs 24984 6 8 tection of new and useful inventions ; discretion of the Magistrate, to be recovered by distress of goods and Molasses ...... 9410 gals 2841 94 W chattels of the person so offending, and in the absence of such goods and chattels such person shall be liable to imprisonment for a period N ails...... 384 kegs 2040 53 not exceeding ten days. Nuts and Almonds...... 27 pkgs 267 25 Be it enacted by the Governor of British Columbia, Oils, sweet ...... 30 193 50 Signed and Sealed in New Westminster, this nineteenth day of cases by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative " various ...... 2569 gals 2463 64 Council thereof, as follows : A p r i l , 1864. R. DICKINSON, [L. S,] Oats ...... 1322 bags 4944 0 0 President Municipal Council. 1400 0 0 The Governor in Council may protect Inventions. Opium ...... 99 1/2 lbs Read third time and passed 8th March, 1864. Paints ...... 147 pkgs 693 55 I. The Governor by Order in Council, may grant S . T. T i l l e y , Town Clerk. Potatoes ...... 356 bush 224 0 2 such protection to the Inventors of new and useful Personal Effects...... 188 pkgs 4280 99 Confirmed this twenty seventh day of April, 1864. discoveries and inventions, with such exclusive priv­ Pork, salt...... 35 bbls 1266 09 FREDERICK SEYMOUR, ileges, under Letters Patent or otherwise, as to such Governor. Poultry...... 4 1/2 doz 95 0 0 Governor may from time to time seem just and ex­ Quicksilver...... 14 dks 740 53 pedient. Rice ...... 347303 lbs 18577 0 0 Preliminary enquiry and Certificate of Law Officer. Rope and Cordage...... 229 coils 4190 10 C olonial Secretary's Notices. Salt ...... 547 pkgs 2 0 0 0 2 2 II. No application for such exclusive privilege, shall Seeds, Garden ...... 31 " 353 87 be received unless the same shall have been first en­ " Grain ...... 116 " 555 92 quired into by the Attorney General, (who is hereby NEW WESTMINSTER WATER FRONTAGES. Shot ...... 1 0 0 " 590 84 authorized to enquire into the same) and shall be ac­ S oa p ...... 1118 " 2478 59 companied by a Certificate under his hand and seal, Stationery ...... 165 pkgs 3435 53 that the invention for which the privileges are sought, TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Sugar ...... 183628 lbs 18690 15 is new and useful, and fit to receive protection and Spirits ...... 7582 1/2 gals 20379 4 0 exclusive privilege. Tea ...... 126611/3 lbs 6156 39 OTICE is hereby given that the following Water 60 485 71 Fees. Tin and Tinware ...... pkgs N Frontages, lately held under Lease from the Tobacco ...... 19485 lbs 19280 84 III. Such fees shall be charged and chargeable upon Crown, have been, and are hereby declared, forfeited Vegetables, Turnips, &c. 46 bags 329 85 any application for such exclusive privileges, and to the Crown, for breach of the stipulations of such " preserved ... 118 pkgs 1579 17 payable in such manner as shall be prescribed and Leases, particularly of the covenants for the payment " fresh ...... 97 " 369 20 varied from time to time in that behalf, by any Order of rent. Waggons ...... 35 no 5903 00 of the Governor in Council. By Command, Wheat ...... 787 bush 1509 05 Penalty. ARTHUR N. BIRCH, Window Sashes & Doors 46 bdle 517 7 Wines, Champagne ...... 1611/4 cases 2597 5 1V. Every person infringing any exclusive privilege, Colonial Secretary’s Office, " China Medicated 268 gals 247 0 0 conferred under this Ordinance, shall be liable in an 1st July, 1864. " C laret...... 937 1/2 1517 02 action for damages before a Jury, in the Supreme " LIST ABOVE REFERRED TO. " Various ...... 1541" 5379 00 Court of Civil Justice, to the party aggrieved. W oodenware...... 300 pkgs 1247 6 8 Short Title. Description of Frontage . Names of Lessees. Yeast Powder...... 142 cases 2969 21 1616 89 V . This Ordinance may be cited for all purposes as Government Stores ...... Lots 1 and 2, Block II ... C. W. Wallace. " The Patents Ordinance, 1864.” Lot 4, Block I I I ...... B .C . and V. Navigation Co. Space between Blocks III $606,535 11 Passed the Legislative Council the 3rd day of May, and IV ...... do. Lot 2, Block I V ...... Captain Stamp. A . D. 1864. Lot 1, Block V ...... Robert McLeese. CHARLES GOOD, Clerk. Lot 8, Block V ...... Mayer, Reinhart & Co. Custom House, W . HAMLEY. Lot 9, Block V ...... J. A. R. Homer, Lot 10, Block V ...... do. New Westminster, Assented to, in Her Majesty’s name, this fourth day Lot 11, Block V ...... J. T. Scott. 5th July, 1864. o f May, 1864. Space between Blocks V and V I...... Robert McLeese. FREDERICK SEYMOUR, Lots 3 and 4, Block VII C. W. Wallace. Lots 15 and 16, Block VII R.C . Moody. Printed every Saturday at the Government Printing Office, New Governor. W estminster, British Columbia. Adams, Clara Arter, John 2. Armstrong, Charles Anderson, Arthur Andrew, John M 2 Alexander, Mrs Ann Ardagh, Richard Archibald, Luis Abbott, Jas. G Archibald, Mr Altermat, Stephen Adams, William Ayer, Isaac C Abbott, & Co. 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Adams, Clara Carlisle, D Farley, Turner 3. Hodgins, Henry Larcomb, Joseph Mann, A J Raferty, Edwar Arter, John 2. Crowley, Patrick Fernie, W (registered) 4. Hill, H M Leaver, Thos Moleur, Hilaire Richie, George Armstrong, Charles Cayn, Thomas Forrest, Wm 2. Hockings, Samuel Lippincot, W Minson, Henry Russel, Edward Anderson, Arthur Crichton, Wm Finley, Thos Hammer, M B Lamond, Chas May, Mr Reed, James Andrew, John M 2. Craigie, Andrew Fulton, Jos B Hutton John B Leighton, John Marston, John Raminez, Luis Alexander, Mrs Anne 3. Campo, Rita Farrar, M C 2. Herdman, John Lepine, X J Mulkey, George C Rochon, G Ardagh, Richard Cortade, Jean Fluker, John Howerd, George Leadbetter, Jno Jas Meeker, E Rusk, Robert Archibald, Luis Christie, Alex 3. Forbes, Thos Haley, Patrick Laughton, J M 2. Morris, H Roberts, Wm H Abbott, Jas. G Coxon & Elmore Farr, Joseph Hunter, John Capt Lyons, John G Mathis, Dreury Ruffley, J E Archibald, Mr Coats, H Foster, Thos Hauke, Gabriel Leary, John Mildenstein, Otto Rodgers, Wm Altermat, Stephen Covert, Enoch Fuhrer, Frank Huffman, Hiram Lamity, Jacob 4. Maynard. A B 2. Ring, Michael Adams, William Cardenzo, Manoel V 4. Fearon, Louis Holm, Chas Lane, John Mallett, Mr Robb, David Ayer, Isaac C Crosby, Daniel A 2. Fernand, Gregorio Hodgson, Robert Lennecker, Mr Marr, Robert Reid, Wm Abbott, & Co. Carter, Wm L 2. French, David Heyward, Thos Landers, Mr Martin, Walter S Robinson, Mr Armstrong, Thomas 2. Craig, Robt 2. Foshay, David C Hay, Alex Luckett, Luther J Millard, W S Read, Augustu Archer, S (Royal Engrs.) Carter, Winston 2. Fuller, Josiah L Hughes, George W Lemon, George Maclin, John Read, John M Alexander, W do. Craigie, Anderson Fletcher, Chas Holland, Wm Lee, Francis 3. Matheson, Hugh Rose & Peterso Ash, W H Cronin, Michael Florance, John A 2. Hands, Mr Lester, Frederick D Monteiro, Joseph Ralph, James Anderson, Stephen Chandler, Lafayette Fraser, Alex Harris, John N Lewis, David T Moisson, F V Roatman, Willi Cassady, Peter Fortescue, G E Holmes, Joseph Lothian, Alex Martin, Wm Reinhart, Henr Burdin, Wm Jr. Cooper, John Fontana, R Haller, Joseph Lewis, L. P Meager, James Ross, Wm Bingley, B W Cocinato, Gerasine Frederick, Mr Hogden, Aaron L Long, Wm H Muir, David 2. Royal, Charles Boide, J Caswell & Co. Fallen, Thos Herrin, David Lindsay, Samuel 3. Mohr, John Roche, John Black, Alfred Crouch, Cyrus Fairelo, Chas Hosking, John Lambert Warren Moore, John 3. Robertson, Wm Booth, Robert Coney, Albert Forrance, David Hicks, George Litister, Wm Meyers, Jacob W Robertson, Joh Baker, Peter Masters, Wm Rising, D B Charlson, Jas Fairbairn, George Howell, Wm Mc Lellan, John L 2. Battistien, D Moses, W D Robertson Wm Chivers, Joseph Fiddeck, Samuel Howell, Isaac Mc Intosh, James Buchanan, Jas Moses, Daniel Richardson, Ge Carpenter, L F 3. Fraser, John Hall, D R 3. M c Neill, Mr (Registered) Badfish, Albert G Monotti, Secondo Rees, James M Clohesy, Nicholas Fulton, Robert Hutcheson, Robert 2. Mc Gregor, Robt C (do.) Bowen, John Marks, Mr Rose, Hugh Canniff, Henry Fenton, Robert 2. Hamilton, Dr Mc Crady, E R Marx, F Rodgers, Willis Byrne, Michael W Cradock, Emerson Fisher, Aaron D Holton, Warren 2. Mc Carthy, H D Moriarty, Richard 2. Roach, Samuel Bromfield, Alfred Cushing, George Freiland, George Hill, J J M c Carty, David Benson, Joseph Megarrey, Thomas M Robson, James Chisholm, John V Fuller, Wm Howay, Burgess Mc Carty, M Bremner, Joseph Merritt, T 2. Robinson, H Campbell, Nicholas S 2. Freeman, George Holland, James Mc Cartney, Wm 2. Bruce, John Moffat, C Roek, Louis Connolly, Michael Freeman, Alfred 2. Hall, Joseph C Mc Garry, James 3. Bayfield, Chas Muldoon, John Riske, W 2. Coyle, Mrs Holloway, Robert Mc Curdy, Dr Samuel Bacon, Hiram Graville, David Morrow, H G Ricand, B Chipman, Mary J Harkness, Robert 2. Mc Curdy, James 3. Berting, Carl Good, O C Martin, Joseph 3. Rees, Griffith Chapman, Thos A 17. Higgins, Mrs Mc Connell, Archy Bryant, C Gray, Henry D Mosier, H Ross, James Jr Camacho, Gregorio F Hodgson, Isaac Mc Donald, Charles Goodhue, D J Rider, H M Beckett, A R Court, Capt Howard, W J Mc Donald, H D Beffa, Vincenzo Graham, Malcolm Nielson, Charles Reid, John S Cannell, Joseph Hays, Silas W Mc Donald, Benjamin Bascomb, Robt Giltner, F 2. Nelson, C Romano, Mr Colton, D J Hanly, Samuel A 2. Mc Donald, Alex G Beadle, Henry 2. Gibbons, Patrick Narcisse, Aubry J Roberts, W D Carroll, James Hunter, Chas Mc Donald, Ronald 2. Byrnes, L F Griffin, Judson Nickolls, Samuel Robinson, Wm Conley, Riley Hunter, Chas H M Mc Donnell, John S Buil, John Gofton, George 2. Nolan, Mrs Mary 3. Richards, Evan Carr, Michael Hutchinson, A F 3. Mc Dermott, James Brackbill, J.acob Guegan, Pierre Newsom, D F Reynolds, Geor Coulter, Thos 2. Holmes, Mr Mc Intyre, George W Billings, Thos S Gray, Thos E 2. Newsom, Thomas Robb, Alexand Chaplin, Jas Henderson, John Mc Intyre, Donald 2. Brewster, Sewall S 2. Gale, Mrs Amanda Newberg, Fred Robertson, Tho Cowing, Rufus 2. Hernandez, Mrs Mc Lean, Daniel 2. Bratton, J B Gordon, John Niel, Thomas 2. Ryan, Michael Chase, J M Mc Lean, Duncan Boyle, C A Girard, Joseph Ingalls, Solomon E Nemmo, John Rogers, John Chambers, James Mc Kenzie, Alex Bourbean, Alex Galacar, Phillip Ickoff Bros. Nasan, N 2. Ross, W T Chettenden, S Mc Kenzie, H W Bruce, Thos. J Gould, Pailey Ireland, M C Nichols, Charles Richards, Step Campbell, J J Mc Neil, John Bobb, Israel M Garfield, J Iliffe, Chas 6. Nightingale, M Reid, A Campbell, N W Mc Gregor, George Barnhart, Jacob Greyham, J Iliffe, George Nathan Henry Ross, Wm F Charlton, Edward Mc Gregor, Donald Brown, J J & Co. 3. Goss, Richard Nash, Daniel 2. Roe, M 2. Coleman, E T Jay, Dr Mc Gregor, Robert P 2. Binkley, F Gibson, John Cryster, Leonard Jackson, M L M c Millan, W F Segur, George Burgess, Wm R Gardner, J R O’Kane, Patrick Caton, Wm K James, Wm M c Millan, Murdoch Sylve, Jean Brew, C A Gaffrey, Terence 2. Oates, Joseph Cooke, H P Kenyon 3. Jackson, Duncan Mc Millan, M Simmons, Wm Bonham, Mr Gemmill, Robert Otbarer, Joseph T Crawford, Alex Johnson, J S Mc Millan, James C Smith, W K Brineman, J C Glen, Hugh Ogden, Edward Copland, W C Jones, R H Mc Millan, A B Shampson, W Beith, John Greenawalt, David Ogbourne, A D Cannedey, D Jepson, Chas 3. Mc Millan, John Sawyer, Jonat Brackinan, Henry Garey, George 2. O’Connell, Richard Cramer, Hugh Jones, J F Mc Culloch, Angus Sill, Joseph Boyle, Peter Glasgow, Richard O’ Brien, Michael Collinson, Wm Jones, Capt Jas Mc Keith, D Stinson, Roge Burns, John B Gilmour, Joseph Oliver, Andrew Crockett, Jas A Jackson, J E Mc Landon, Antony Stranuelli, P Bennie, Wm Goity, Leopold O’Hara, John Carroll, Jas (Registered) Johnson, R B Mc Callum, Charles 2. Smithwaite, J Baxter, John Grant, Joseph F Cowan, Robt C Johnston, Thos Mc Mairn, Robert 2. Piercy, Henry Stevens, Mrs A Blyth, Andrew 2. Georgeson, Henry Cooke, W J Johnston, Jas 3. Mc Pherson, Kenneth Putnam, H D Shelford, Johr Brady, Wm S Gillanders, Donald Clark, W Joy, Peter M c Williams, Alex Prater, Charles L Skotfield, Rob Brown, John W 2. Greenslade, A B 2. Cameron, Dugald Johns, John 3. Mc Gillivray Donald Pelime, F Showers, Ezra Blinn, James Garey, Augustus Coffrin, George Johnson, Jacob M c lnnes, Neil 5. Pypers, Thomas Sanderson, Jo Boone, Wm E Graham, Nathan 2. James, Richard Mc G illis, John 2. Pollock, John 3. Simpson, Rob Beaverman & Co Gray, Wm Dubois, Jacques Jones Wm B Mc Alpin, Edward 2. Paove, Thomas Sinclair, C D Briggs, Henry Galagher, James Dennison, Mr Jones, Rees M Mc Ague, Neil Perry, Emerson W Sterno, A J Bowen, Thomas Griffin, E Davis, Wm Jones, Evan J 2. Mc Gragh, Bernard Pearce, Henry Shaw, John Baird, Carroll Gibson, Wm Davis & Co 2. Jones, Chas H Mc Kenzie, Isabella Perry, J L Sherman, W Barnard, Revd. Alonzo Grier, Wm Davis, Nathaniel or Wm Johns, Jas W Mc Martin, D Pattison, Eustace Shively, John Black, George W Gillett, Wm 2. Dimstan, Jas Johnson, John Mc Shen, H P Purdy, D J Shette, John Brierly, Samuel Gleason, David Jr Dancerean, Mr Johnson, Byron 5. Mc Laughlin & Klippal Philips, R Simpson, Rob Burmer, A J Goldsmid, Edward 3. Dinsmore, W S Johnstone, Edward K Mc Crim, Walter Perham, A S 2. 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Schwarz, Eno Babbit, B S Decker, Mr Kenyon, Chas H Hunter, John Mc Dougall, Franklin Pollock, James Stone, Nathan Benrimo, Mr Dillon, James Kyes, Samuel Hilton, Ernest Mc Cue, Roger Parker, Thomas H Stevenson, Jo Barber, John J Doran, J Keatley, Wm Hodgson, Jacob Maconachie, W 3. Parrington, Joseph Sammons, Ch Bailly, Lisa Donohoe, Patrick Kirkpatrick, Wm Harvey, John C Murphy, John (registered) Plomondon, E M Sabin, A M Keon, Patrick Madden, John do. Phelan, Thomas Cox, G M Evans, Ezra 3. Harvey, John Smith, C h arles Kinear, David Munro, Daniel Philips, Charles H 2. Callahan, John or Thos Evans, Mrs Hughes, Lewis M Sheldon, Sam Kemptle, John Munroe, Wm Pierre, Hild Coutts, Alex Eaxil, Paul Hallday, Robert John Sibeston, Jan Kelley, F W Munro, R R Christian, Henry 2. Evans, Jonah 2. Hodsdon, Frederick Parsons, H J Shackleford, Kelley, George A Medora, Alfred Parsons, Charles or Noah Stone, Georg Coutelet, Alex Eley, Henry Helmer, Clarence 2. Kirby, Samuel A Mollony, James Potts, Charles R Caillaud, Noel Egan, Wm Heyill, Wm Stillman, Her Kerr, James Murphy, James Paulding, Wm Campbell, J C Erickson, P E Hunnigan, Thos Stewart, Jam Kennedy, James M Michand, Maxime Patterson, W D Stuart, Arthu Cameron, John Etienne, Claude Harvey, Chas F Kingston, Thos Muller, Otto Pickle, N Spinks, John Cameron, A Evans, Benjamin Haley, David M Kitchen, Isaac 2. Masseaux, Abraham Price, John R 2. Serviglia, Ar Cameron, C M D Erskine, W H Hackley, Simeon Kilcullin, Martin Merrill, F A Paxton, John Smith, Wm Cameron, Alex J Edwards & Co 3. Higgras, Mr Lowery, Jas 3. Morrill, H F 2. Parr, John 2. Corson Henry R Egan, James Hawkins, P M Stone, Bruce Lausing, Henry Morgans, Lewis Parsons, George F Sickler, John Curry, E L 3. Ellis, Thomas Howell, J F Cook, John G Hilliard, Wm H Levey, Alex N Morgan, David P Patterson, Wm Sampson & S Clements, Jas Forteath, Wm Houghf, John Lennen, Edward Morgan, Thos Wm 4. Parson, Robert Simmons, W Clements, John 3. Francis, J Hayton, H Lindsay, Archibald 2. Miller, James H Pitman, R A Sloan, E D Colter, John A Furness, George Hall, J W 2. Livingston, Dugald Miller, James P 2. Perry, Emerson W Sampson, Ja Choigner, Julien Fox, Emma 3. Holland, T G D Love, Thos Murdick, James Story, John F UNCLAIMED LETTERS

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Larcomb, Joseph Mann, A J Raferty, Edward Shelto, John Mc Lennan, Farquhar 2. Returned from Hope. Leaver, Thos Moleur, Hilaire Richie, George Stephen, James Mc Croig, Wilson Lippincot, W Minson, Henry Russel, Edward Shearer, Edward Amede, Monsr Mc Kee, James Lamond, Chas May, Mr Reed, James Savoy, Joseph Burlooknay, J L Newman, william Leighton, John Marston, John Raminez, Luis Scott, Samuel Fallis, Henry 2 Lepine, X J Mulkey, George C Rochon, G Stubbs, Samuel O’Neill, P C 2. Meeker, E Johnson, John D Leadbetter, Jno Jas Rusk, Robert Scott, Robert C Peast, Emerson Laughton, J M 2. Morris, H Roberts, Wm H Starrett, Robert Lamkin, S M 5. Lyons, John G Mathis, Dreury Ruffley, J E Shannon, Wm Lindley , Henry Ross, Duncan Leary, John Mildenstein, Otto Rodgers, Wm Solliver, Josephine Price, J Roberts, Franklin Lamity, Jacob 4. Maynard. A B 2. Ring, Michael Sivewright, James Smith, John C 2. Reed, John Lane, John Mallett, Mr Robb, David Roberts, Wm D 4. 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