and in any newspaper circulating in the district where the land is

situate.

He must also have the land surveyed at his own expense, by a surveyor approved of and acting under the instructions of the Chief Commissioner.

The price is one dollar per acre, to be paid in full at time of purchase.

The quantity of land must be not less than 160 acres.

WATER RIGHTS.

Landholders may divert, for agricultural or other purposes, the required quantity of unrecorded and unappropriated water from the natural channel of any stream, lake, &c., adjacent to or passing through their land, upon obtaining the written authority of the Commissioner.

HOMESTEAD ACT.

Most important Act, The farm and buildings, when registered, cannot be taken for debt incurred after the registration; it is free from seizure up to a value not greater than 2,500 dollars (£500 English); goods and chattels are also free up to 500 dollars (£100 English); cattle" farmed on shares" are also protected by an Exemption Act.

TITLES.

The Daily News," an Oregon newspaper, said lately:" Emigrants that come here are extremely wary in looking after the "titles of the property they desire to purchase. This vigilance and "caution are probably owing more or less to the fact that the Ter"ritorial laws yet obtain on our borders.'

In British Columbia no difficulty of this kind exists, Titles are

secure.

PRICES OF FARMING IMPLEMENTS, &c., IN VICTORIA.

It is unnecessary to bring much clothing to the province, as extra luggage is troublesome and expensive on the railway, and prices of clothing (which largely comes from Eastern Canada, free of duty,) is only about 10 to 12 per cent. more than in England or Canada.

FURNITURE, BEDDING, AND UPHOLSTERY

Need not be brought. Furniture and bedding are made in the province at prices which prevent importations, say -

Chairs, from 75 cents to $1 25 each, &c.

Bedsteads, $3, $4, $6, $8, &c.

Tables, $1.50 up.

Extra dinner tables, from $12 up.

Mattresses, from $1.50 up to $30, according to quality.

Carpets, tapestry, from 80 cents to $1 per yard; Brussels, from $1 to $1.75 per yard.

Bedroom sets, complete, $25, $35, &c.

POSTAL MATTERS.-MAILS.

British Columbia is part of Canada, and Canadian postal regulations apply to the province. There are mails to the principal settle

ments.

For Eastern Provinces of Canada, United States, Great Britain, and Europe, mails leave Victoria three times a week via Puget Sound, and by the steamer for San Francisco, California, on the 10th, 20th, and 30th of each month, Letter rate, oz., 5 cents to Europe.

TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION.

The province has telegraphic communication with the world.

MONEY TABLE.

TABLE FOR CONVERTING BRITISH MONEY INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA MONEY, AND BRITISH COLUMBIA MONEY INTO BRITISH MONEY.

(From Statistics of J. W. McKay, Census Commissioner, 1881.)

ORIGINS OF THE PEOPLE, ACCORDING TO CENSUS OF 1881.

Africa, 274; Chinese, 4,350; English, 7,297; French, 916; Germans, 858; Indians, 25,661; Irish, 3,172; Italian, 143; Scandinavians, 236; Scotch, 3,892; Spanish, 144; Welsh, 299.

under the head of "Various other Origins," 342; and under the head of "Not given," 1,682.

BIRTHPLACES OF THE PEople.

England, 3,294; Ireland, 1,285; Scotland, 1,204; Prince Edward Island, 23; Nova Scotia, 379; New Brunswick, 374; Quebec, 396; Ontario, 1,572; Manitoba, 24; British Columbia, 32,175; other British possessions, 211. Total from the British Isles, 5,783. Total from other parts of Canada, 2,768.

GAME, &C.

The country is a good game country. Fish have been mentioned at page 89, Part I. As regards birds, there are grouse of various kinds--"Ruffed Grouse," "Blue or Dusky Grouse," "Sharp tailed Grouse" or "Prairie Chicken," and the "Canada Grouse"--the two latter not found in the Coast region. The Ptarmigan frequents elevated districts on the mainland, and also in Vancouver Island. Quails have been introduced into Vancouver Island. Wild geese and many kinds of Ducks, also Snipe and Pigeons are plentiful. Hares abound, periodically, east of the Coast Range. Plumage birds are very beautiful. Song birds not remarkable.

Blacktailed Deer numerous everywhere; also Elk (Wapiti) in particular places. The Mountain Sheep, or Big Horn, the Mountain Goat, and the Cariboo (a kind of reindeer) are hunted. A few Moose have been seen in the Northern Interior.

Beasts of the chase are common, (none dangerous except the Grizzly Bear, which few ever see.) Bears, Brown, Black, and Grizzly; Beaver; Badgers; Foxes (Silver, Cross, and Red); Fishers; Fur

Seals; Martens; Minks; Lynxes (Grey and Spotted); Musquash; Otters (Sea and Land); Panthers; Raccoons; Wolves, Black and Gray of the large kind; Wolves of the smaller kind, known as the "Coyote."

The Furs and Skins of these animals form an important branch of trade in the province-the exports amounting to several hundred thousand dollars annually-but, being in few hands and carried on chiefly through the Indians, it does not specially interest the intending settler.

No dangerous snakes, except a few rattlesnakes in the Southern interior-timid reptiles.

HOSPITALS, &c.

In Victoria there are three hospitals, the Royal Hospital, the French Hospital, and the St. Joseph's Hospital, also an Orphans' Home, and several Benevolent Societies. Nanaimo, New Westminster, Yale, Cariboo, each has its hospital.

LAST CHRISTMAS EXHIBITS IN VICTORIA.

One shop-23 beef cattle, 150 sheep, 35 hogs, 19 sucking-pigs, 33 lambs, 550 turkeys, geese, and chickens, 1 bear, weighing 400 lbs., 1 Angora goat. Net value, $3,800.

Another shop-22 beef cattle, 110 sheep, 33 hogs, 15 sucking-pigs, 12 lambs, 410 turkeys and geese, 50 chickens, 2 goats, and 1 bear. Net value, $3,625.

Equally good displays in other shops.

THE ROAST BEEF OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

AN AMERICAN OPINION.

"One thing is unquestionably true. British Columbia beef has no superior in quality. It is also cheap-cheaper than an inferior "article in Washington, Oregon, or California."-"Post-Intelligencer" newspaper, Puget Sound.

CLIMATE.

(THERE AND HERE THE DIFFERrence.)

"On the 19th March, at Toronto, and, indeed, throughout Canada, four feet of snow fell. The weather was intensely cold, roads were everywhere blocked, and business was suspended. On the same date, in this city, tender flowers bloomed in all the gardens; fruit trees sent forth buds and blossoms, and song-birds carolled among the branches; the air was as soft and mild as in summer, and out-ofdoor work continued without interruption. The Canadian passengers who arrived yesterday noted the contrast as one favourable to Victoria. Really it is time British Columbians began to tell the snowed-up people of Manitoba and Eastern Canada what a glorious province this is." (Colonist newspaper, Victoria, 1883.)