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The AfjrictiUural Resources of Canada. 



we find a large town of 20,000 inhabitants, with every prospect of further 

 rapid increase. We visited Stanley Park, so called after the present Lord 

 Derby, m ho was a few years ago Q-overnor-General of Canada. It has an 

 area of 1 ,000 acres, and is reserved for public uses and recreation. A 

 zoological collection has already been started. The largest trees here 

 are of enormous size We saw one that had a girth of 55 ft. Others 

 were from 35 ft. to 40 ft., and would be 200 ft. to 300 ft. high. 

 On the very top if" a tree (the actual top being broken off), about 

 200 ft. from the giound, we saw an eagle's nest. 





A LAKGE TREE (gIKTH, 55 FT.;, STANLEY PARK, VASCOCVEB. 



On Saturday night we started for Victoria, arriving there 

 Victoria. at one o'clock on Sunday morning. Victoria is the chief 



tow n of IJritish Columbia, built on eldvated ground over- 

 looking the Gulf of Georgia. Erom the Park, which also overlooks 

 the Gulf, we could see the State of Washington. On Sunday morning 

 we were invited to attend divine service on board the *' Eoyal Arthur," 

 the flagship of the Paeitic Squadron (which consisted of eight men-o'- 

 war). The " Koyal Arthur " had 642 men on board, most of whom 

 attended the service. We also inspected the guns, machinery, &c. 



A large percentage of the population of the city of Victoria is 

 made up of Chinese. There are at least 3,000 of them there. "Johnny 

 Chinaman " makes a very useful servant, and, owing to the scarcity of 

 female servants, he is invaluable as a laundryman. He is also an adept 

 at all kinds of household work. They are brought over by companies, 

 who contract to take them back dead or alive. They inhabit a district 



