A glowing description of British Columbia and its settlement possibilities, written by an Englishman who arrived in Victoria from San Francisco in June 1858 to prospect for Fraser River gold

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Appendix. I. An Act to provide for the government of British Columbia, 2d August, 1858 II. Letter from Gov. Stevens ... Treaty made between the United States and Great Britain in regard to limits westward of the Rocky Mountains, June 15, 1846 III. Despatch from Washington IV. Copies or extracts of correspondence relative to the discovery of gold in the Frazer's River district ... V. Report of a canoe expedition ... VI. Copy of the original charter for incorporating the Hudson's Bay Company ... VII. Extract from the crown grant charter of 1838 ... VIII. Copy of the treaty between Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the United States of America for the settlement of the Oregon boundary ... IX. Free trade with Vancouver Island and upon Frazer River X. Rights of the Hudson's Bay Company XI. Miscellaneous XII. The way there

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