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IX.—OPEN COUNCIL.
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» "Vancouver's Island, October 4, 1862.
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Ix.—Open Council.
IX . —OPEN COUNCIL . ( As these page themselves s are intende responsible d for general for the discussion opinions , expressed the Editors . ) do not hold
» "Vancouver's Island, October 4, 1862.
» " Vancouver ' Island , October 4 , 1862 .
My From dear my letters , to , you will have seen that we were about leaving tainty j " Victoria _^ ana imo of to ; which a take school I the shall offered management and forget accepted of a school We by have us at at a been corner a time greatl , of I the think Island disappointed the uncer called
at not remaining in Victoria never , but there . was no opening for a school y ; tuition , like all other professions , is overstocked there . ichildrenand
the This payment situation is but at _ISTanaim 601 . per o is annum princi each pally , out c oal wh m i ners ch we ' are to , 40 , as Z f .
a which year here apiece is unknown for board in , any exclus part ive of of Ireland washing , we , an calculat item e the that ex it p will ense cost o us " nearly 4 s . a-week , and that only by being very careful ined and b economical :
so you may see that as yet there is no advantage gay leaving a I country find should matters where I be , are thoug spared looking h the to very salarie it serious i f matters smal , as l I , m cannot i on nor in expenses save this anyth are . in e g quall for y so ld .
w age hich V , ictoria those , peo wooden ple say nouses , is rising see are b _rajDidl , uilt and y , but occu all go I can b see vast is shoals way the rap of idity deluded with py
bring emigrants out . sufficient I don't see any internal to resources loy labour in t the o hew Island down . Farmers the reat do not ine
between forests , or . " As cult for ivat milk money e I look land upon emp , conse it as quentl a luxury y farms ; we are can but 't g " few it g , nor and can far able to afford it
painful those We who . get Forests are very better low of - p sp irit trees ed here , wherein at . times the ; the foot loneliness of man never of the but trod place , sur i i - - round us . It may be all very fine to theorize on such subject ihuman s , exper bi
b ence ut Indian is quit e clothed a different in filth thin y g ; blankets in our , w p alks ainted we meet faces , and th no uttering an un ngs - earthl We y don jarg 't , take , unknown much to interest us . in themOur minds are harassed and
school annoyed were g . at So ing the we crus mi must t s erable ) tha patientl i paymen there y hope w t we that no get f something , unds . but th to e mana will er the ge turn rs ex tell up penses . We ( for of tried t he e which
m very respect account ust hard try . to to to She the look get Emi bitterl on forward gration in Victoria reg cheerfull rets Society , ever but y failed it h would avin , put g be thou our a I g Chri trust ht regret of sti in _^ an emi greatl the kindness grat Lord y i _^ on , . L for but With you we 's
to deter any poor creatures , of our , class , from coming to this place , where their dollar goes only about as far as our shilling . hereand will
become Servants work a drug that are . they th Housekeepers e onl prefer y class it of and have women besides been wanting they so long are accustomed not ; wealth they to do their h soon to
g there own ive them are no the situations wages required , the sho , . ] _3 It s is are cruelty small , to and advise the proprietors any the one class to y enoug come attend of out to :
their own custom . Farmers with plenty of money are men wanted . idea * of the * extreme loneliness * of * this . part * of Vancouver * '
Island peop . You le . seem have This to no Island think is it quite all one distinct colony from . I British think when Columbia entirel , and y g in iven Eng up land by s
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 2, 1863, page 69, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_02031863/page/69/
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