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The Aijricultural Resources of Canada, 



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

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

 Derby, \» lio 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 of a tree (the actual top being broken off), about 

 200 ft. fi'om the ground, we saw an eagle's nest. 



A LABGE TREE (gIRTH, 65 FT.;, STANLEY TARK, VANCOUVEB. 



On Saturday night we started for Victoria, arriving there 

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



tow n of British Columbia, built on elevated ground over- 

 looking the Gulf of Georgia. From 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 " Royal Arthur," 

 the flagship of the Pacific SqT adron (which consisted of eight men-o'- 

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

 attended the service. We also inspected the jruns, 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 viork. They are brought over by companies, 

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



