BKITMI 00! 



$145380; adminirtm 



.1 ..- . 

 .:iitrnaiuv). $'-'?.- 



; adtmnis. 



,700; education. 

 Works, $SO>50; miscellaneous, 



nmerof I8WMr Turner, the 

 ntw Preiter, vWied England, and i*ed 

 rindd loan of 4*0,000. It ru> yean, 



and wa taken op at 95 and 8 per cent interest. 

 >n hi* rrtum hr wan able to announce that a 

 . , . ,. . : -, : ... London 



to develop the mines <>f linn*!. . 



tAtlwajm. Railway con*lruetion during the 

 vr*r w* limited rhieflr to the completion of the 

 ..!:.-.... .*, IM l btM 

 iKiilt nit outlet to the silver ores of 



: . - i, Man; thousand 

 Ions of ore have since been shipped to United 



(hut 



UB one 01 me MBDOS 01 

 gnmpSbedsof bitnminou 

 covered, and also 2 large 

 Investigation showed the e 



Other projected lines into t his 

 main* region were also discussed or carried 

 forward a stage. The British Pacific Railway, 

 an important and wide-reaching enterprise, was 

 deferred, and other proposed and chartered lines 

 were delayed for want of capital. 



Mining. The mining development of the 

 year WM satisfactory. The output of coal dur- 

 ing 1894 was 1.0I2.0& tons, making it the second 

 bsst year on record. Of this amount, 827,642 

 tons were exported, chiefly to California. S. .me 

 went to Alaska, Siberia. and the Hawaiian Islands. 

 On one of the islands of the Queen Charlotte 



MU have been dis- 

 ns of anthracite. 

 i existence of a seam of 

 coal 30 miles long and of a superior quality near 

 the Crow's Nest pass in the Rockies, and several 

 smelting work* have been established upon the 

 mainland. 



Export* of silver ore from the Kootenay dis- 

 trict began in December. 1808, and in the fol- 

 lowing six months were valued at $415.000. 

 Gold mining also appears to have had a boom, 

 principal!/ in the Cariboo district, where several 

 joint-stool companies have been formed. 



Rich deposits of iron ore have been discovered 

 where the ore averages 65 per cent of iron. 

 re naid to be extensive and accessible. 

 During the twelve months ending June 80, 1805, 

 40 mining and smelting companies were in- -.r- 

 poratad in th* province, with a nominal capital 



The fisheries of the province 

 The total nalmon pack during 

 L*N WM 494471 cases, valued at ft*. 

 fin shipments of halibut to New York and Bos- 

 ton were in their uual quantities and in good 

 During the year 58 vessels^ averag- 



>8S tons, and 

 518 Indian*, wiled from Vancouver to seek 

 the fnrstmi Th- mt.-h was lam, amounting 

 '10 ruling prices were poor. 

 < I real diUfcsf action WM frit in the province at 

 the refuml 



tt agreement with Omu 

 competmation of $425.000 for the Bering Sen 



.- -. 



Umber. During the year the export trade 

 in lumber largely increased, but the prices were 



ing 

 and 



not ?ery remunerative. The i|unlity and extent 

 of the resources of f m tin- L 



are very great, and it not -ui-pn-in^ 



t m i-.'i 18,780,704 fed wen taken tiom 



land-, while 



from Crown land-, timber limits, and pri- 

 vate property. The total . -\\ 

 000 feet 



Nen I ml n vl rips. These were contincd to 

 the establishment of some smelting works no- 

 tably that at Pilot |i;i\. \\ -.ay. and the 

 development of certain paint, chemical, and cold- 

 storage works begun in the previous 



\- i unit urc. -In the fiscal year ending .lime 



80, 1M' ll-hels of wheat Were 1IM! 



in addition to the large quantities from .Mani- 

 toba. Hut the PMHJ the succeeding 

 season is expected to diminish this import, l-'rmt 

 was largely grown and in p><>d demand, ti 

 under hops was much increased, am! 

 farming received active encouragement fi-iii 

 the Government. 



Id neat ion. During the year 185 schools 

 i opi ration, the total expenditure on edu- 

 cation being $169,050, an average of $13.40 per 

 popil enrolled, or $21.71 if ba-ed on t lie actual 

 general attendance. 



Commerce. Despite the commercial d 

 sion trade in the province was exceptionally 

 good. For nearly a quarter of a century the 

 exports have increased with almost un) 

 regularity, and during this year i: 

 high-water mark. The imports also were aug- 

 mented. The continued success of the < .mudian 

 Pacific steamship service to China. .lanan. and 

 Au-tralia helped largely in this development, 

 and the vessels of the Northern Pacific line 

 were also kept fully engaged. 



BULGARIA, a principality in eastern Ku- 

 rope created in 1878 out of a former province of 

 Turkey by the decision of the great pou 

 the.Congress of Berlin and augmented by the 

 annexation of the province of Eastern Etoumelia 

 in 1885. The legislative power is vested in the 

 Sobranje. a sin-le Chamber in which, under the 

 constitutional amendment adopted n 

 thTe is a representative for every 20,000 of pop- 

 ulation. Kvery adult male citizen possesses the 

 electoral franchise. 



The reigning prince is Ferdinand, bon 

 26, 1861, you 1 1 _'-! von of the late Prince August 

 of Saxe-Ooburg-Gotha and of Princess Clemen- 

 tine of Bourbon-Orleans. He was elected by 

 the vote of the Sobranie in 1887. and ha- >inc- 

 reigned df facto, though his election, as well as 

 the union of the two Bulgarias, has not been 

 regulari/cd by the formal >ancti..n of the treaty 

 powers ami of the ottoman Porte. 



The Cabinet of ministers in the beginni 1 



1805 was made up as foil. .. n- of the 



1 and Mini-ter of the Interior. Dr. C. 



Stoiloff; Minister of Forei-n Affairs and of 



Public Worship, <- l>. Naehevich: Mini-tcr of 



iii K. (riicshnff: Min:-t.-r of .Justice, 



P. Peeheff; Mini-id- of Public In~tniction. Dr. 



V. Bftdoslavoff; Minister of War. c.,1. U. I'- 



troff; Minister of Hoads and Communications, 



Area and Population. The area of I'.ul- 

 garia prorier is estimated to be 24,:wo srjuare 

 miles, and that of South Bulgaria, as Eastern 



