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FACTS AND FIGURES

RELATING TO

VANCOUVER ISLAND AND BRITISH COLUMBIA

SHOWING

WHAT TO EXPECT AND HOW TO GET THERE

WITH ILLUSTRATIVE MAPS

BY

J. DESPARD PEMBERTON

SURVEYOR-GENERAL V. I.

"If, as I firmly believe, it is our duty to maintain our great and valuable Colonial
empire, let us see that those principles are sound which we adopt in our Colonial
administration"
LORD JOHN RUSSELL

"I believe that much of the power and influence of this country depends upon its having
large Colonial possessions in different parts of the world...... that by the acquisition of its
Colonial dominions the nation has incurred a responsibility of the highest kind, which it is
not at liberty to throw off"
EARL GREY

LONDON

LONGMAN, GREEN, LONGMAN, AND ROBERTS

1860

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