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The farm and its divisions, the several paddocks 

 of grass and hay lands, and other portions of the 

 company's property, are well fenced with board 

 fences, extending over fifteen miles in length. Gates 

 for traffic, wickets and paths for pedestrians are pro- 

 vided, admitting of passage through all parts of the 

 estate, besides lovers' walks and trails through the 

 woodlands held in reserve around the town. The 

 clearing and cultivating have not driven the chivalry 

 and romance from Nanaimo. The clearing of land 

 for the plough that was only covered by wild grasses, 

 willow and small brush, has cost from $50 per ac re, 

 and where timber was large and growing thickly as 

 much as $400 an acre. 



Experience, so far, shows that in the heavy tim- 

 bered land, such as is found at the back of Nanaimo, 

 an inexpensive powder, if it could be produced (and 

 an association of farmers could manufacture a suit- 

 able powder themselves) would reduce the cost of 

 clearing by nearly one half. 



About 500 acres of forest land has also been cleared 

 by holders of five acre lots, and the same is built upon 

 substantially -in many cases ornately and under 

 cultivation. 



The head offices of the New Vancouver Coal Min- 

 ing and Land Company are at 12 Old Jewry Cham- 

 bers, Old Jewry, E.C., London, Eng. 



John Rosenfeld's Sons are the agents of the com- 

 pany at San Francisco, California. 



The story of the coal industry of Vancouver Island 

 is not half told but our available space is exhausted. 

 Further description of the collieries must perforce 

 of circunistances, at present, to our regret, remain in 

 abeyance for a future occasion. 



In the meantime we wish them one and all success 

 and prosperity in their efforts to raise the coal pro- 

 duction of Vancouver Island to a position that will 

 command the foreign markets of California, Central 

 America, Mexico, Hawaii, Alaska and Japan. 



