252 A SPORTSMAN'S EDEN. 



( Three years ago there were 16,000 Chinamen 

 in British Columbia, now there are only 8,000 ;' 

 but ' 10,000 whites were added to the population 

 in 1887.' 



The effect of the last three years upon the 

 rate of wages in British Columbia has not been, 

 as far as I can see, very material. There is an 

 increasimg white population, and an increasing 

 demand for certain kinds of labour. There are 

 fewer Chinamen, and those who are there get 

 white men's wages, and thoroughly earn them. 

 But of them I should like to say a word later on. 

 Farm-labourers' wages appear still to be about 

 two dollars a day, or eight shillings. Even a 

 man or boy to assist in a ' camp outfit ' as cook 

 or general help wants two dollars and his food. 

 As miners, farm-labourers, carpenters, plumbers, 

 or experts in any kind of manual labour, English- 

 men will find lots of work to do, and good pay 

 for doing it. As clerks and office-seekers they 

 will find that they are not wanted. 



Travelling as I did from one end of Canada 

 to the other, I picked up some information as to 

 work and wages all along my route. Here are 

 some of the facts collected : 



At Halifax, a town which in November should 

 bring his home very vividly before the emigrant 

 from London, as being dirtier, more foggy, and 



