Vancouver Island : its resources and capabilities, as a colony / by Charles Forbes.

  • Forbes, Charles
Date:
1862
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Credit: Vancouver Island : its resources and capabilities, as a colony / by Charles Forbes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    VANCOUVER’S ISLAND. TVm.hX f Colonial Secretary’s Office, { 29th October, 1861. A PREMIUM OF FIFTY POUNDS STERLING- WILL BE GIVEN BY THE Government of Vancouver's Island for an Essay which shall be adjudged to set forth in the clearest and most comprehensive manner the capabili- ties, resources and advantages of Vancouver’s Island as a Colony for settle- ment. The following rules will govern the award : — 1. Competitors must send their Essays in a sealed cover, directed to the Colonial Secretary of Vancouver’s Island, on or before the 1st of January, 1860. 2. No name or mark is to be attached whereby the writer can be known by his Essay; but some distinctive motto is to be affixed. 3. A duplicate of the chosen motto is to be sent to the Colonial Secretary, marked on the outside of a sealed envelope, upon the inside of which is to be given the name of the writer of the Essay bearing such corresponding motto. 4. The Essay will be submitted for award to a Board composed of the fol- lowing gentlemen, who have kindly consented to act on the occasion: The Rev. C. T. Woods, M. A. William F. Toimie, Esq., M. D. Gilbert M. Sproat, Esq. 5. After the Board has arrived at its decision, and signified the same to the Colonial Secretary, the Colonial Secretary will forward to it the sealed En- velope, bearing the motto corresponding to that of the chosen Essay. The Envelope will be opened by the board, and the name found therein signified to the Colonial Secretary. Envelopes of unsuccessful competitors will be returned unopened, if de- sired ; but all the Essays will remain the property of the Government. An award of Ten Pounds will be made for the second best Essay. By order of the Governor. WILLIAM A. G. YOUNG. a ] [In accordance with the foregoing announcement, a number of Essays were sent in to the Committee, who after a careful examination, awarded the prize to the Essay here produced.] Wm. A. G. Young.