from the Sessional Papers of the British Columbia Government,
1883-4
extracted by Hugh Armstrong
PETITION (Nanaimo)
To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly
of the, Province of British Columbia. GENTLEMEN: We, the undersigned
Electors of the constituency of Nanaimo, in the Province of British Columbia
beg respectfully to, protest against the passage, by the Legislative Assembly
of the Province, of the Bill entitled the "Settlement Act," and beg to
submit for your consideration our objections thereto, as follows, viz.:-
1. That the "Settlement Act" virtually creates a monopoly, inasmuch as
it makes no stipulation that the Dominion Government shall transfer the
Railway Reserve to the Railway Company under provisions thaf shall secure
to the public,the right to purchase Agricultural, Timber and Coal Lands
at any fixed price or in any definite quantity, or that the regulations
provided for the purchase of Coal Lands from the Dominion Government in
other parts of the Dominion have not been made to apply to the Vancouver
Island Railway Reserve; 2. That the said Act discourages coal mining by
exempting from taxation, until occupied, all the lands to, be transferred
to the proposed Railway Company; 3. Your Petitioners would impress upon
your consideration the necessity of amending the Act so, as to provide
against the - possible creation of a monopoly in the chief resources of
the Province; And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c.
Wm. H. Morton James Knight Joseph Metcalf Peter Taylor Joseph Baker Robert
Freethy Harry Roaswall J.A. Thompson John Linn D.S. McDonald D. Smith Thomas
White John Whitfield D. Hoggan Thos. McGuffie Geo. Bevilockway J. Hirst
Richard Chapple Joseph Bevilockway W. Hirst David Roberts W.E. Webb J.
Webb R. Norris J.M. Knight R. Brown William M. Flewett N. Smith S. Brightman
Magnus Edgar Elijah Smithurst W. Akenbead Jonathan Martin J.B. Ward James
Abrama H. Pitersen John Gribble J.W. Stirtan Aaron Martin Lawrence Manson
D. Jones, senior Thomas Degnen James Lyons David Hopkins James H. Degnen
R. Davis Price Thomas John Degnen J. Stephens George Sage John W. Penberthy
F.C. Meakin Peter Morrison James McLay John Foster Taylor George Theodore
Le boeuf Frank Holden Neal Bowater Michael Manly John Hunter George Hilton
John Gemmell William Miller Aaron Garland Alexander Kennedy Nils Nord Robert
Dunn Albert Fuller T. O'Sullivan C.C. Westwood Samuel C. Davis W. Wymond
Walkem B.J. Westwood James Henry Mulholland R. Whitfield M. Morrison Joseph
Abbott Jonathan Blundell James Harley Parker White James Malpass Robert
Rivers Ewd. H. Michael John H. Scales Samuel Hudson George McGregor Geo.
Thomson David Graham Charles Bennie Thomas Millar D.H. Westwood Samuel
Bennie William Lewis D. Westwood John Bennie William Wilks Saml. Joues
John Thomas D. Davis Adolph Mayer Charles York T. Jones C.N. Westwood James
Gordon George Baker Daniel Beauchamp George Crawford John Grandam Robert
Aitken David Hardy Robert Beck George Churchill Richard Thomas Walter Grifriths
James Davy John Williams John Muir James Williams Wm. Rodgson Duncan McLeod
Mark Churchill Neil McLean G.0. Lock Thos. Hopkins Geo. McGarrigle John
Abrams Thos. Wilks Ben. Popplewell Alex. Hoggan John Cameron Gustav Biermann
James Bennett Wm. 0. Lockhart James Frame James Leask Hugh Richardson Larry
McMahon Charles F. Gullion John Marwick Richard Peden James Fisher John
Cullighan Walter T. Myles George Cassidy John Williams Frank Day Archd.
Cowie Joseph Guthro George Dunbar Charles Stewart Thomas Perry William
Jack Edward Pearson William Davey William Hinksman Alexander Papley Michael
Corcorn John D. Dixon William MacDonald Joseph Trumper J.C. Reiley Alaraham
Starks Thomas Jamieson Michl. O'Dea Louis Starks John Johnson John Fear
David Overton John Pargeter Emanuel Wiles Richard Richardson S. Wm. James
John J. Davis John Richardson Isaac Sage Albion Tranfield Benjamin Richardson
Colin Cameron Frederick Throup Peter Richardson Ben H. Davies William Orwin
John Hemer Arthur Bullock John Enos Jules L. Michael Enoch Sage Harry Bownall
David Scott John A. Mateer David Jones James Paterson Walter Wilson C.W.
Chantrell George Old, senior S.D. Levi John Craven John Meakin, senior
Louis Gabriel Jas. Akenhead Wni. Lukey, junior James McKinlay, senr. Joseph
Ganner William, Stove James Lewis John Peace William Bone Wm. M. Hilbert
Geo. H. Frost William Lukey Richard Gilmore E. Quennell Richd. Brinn George
Gartley R. Westmorland Joseph Randle Wm. Parkin Cornelius Bryant Joshua
Martell James Wilks Samuel Gough Charles Machin Joseph Curry H. Cooper
Thomas Morgan John Mahrer J.H. Pleace Archibald Muir Jos. Foster William
Randle John Meakin, jr. John McLean James Bolton Alex. Galloway Samuel
Price Isaac Snowden W. Sinclair James Thompson William Hosie Z. Guest William
Morgan A.J. Dixon Donald Ferguson William Reid Joseph Lawless William Roberts
C. Millington John Dick Geo. Campbell J. Malcolm Wm. Keddy Hugh Bolton
Joseph Murton Geo. House Henry Bolton Thomas Goldsworthy Joseph Fletcher
John Morgan William Emanuel Ralph Craig Griffith Rees Joseph Harper James
McKinnell Jas. Wilcox John Williams William Hoggan Jas. M. Brown Alexander
Wilson Gilbert McKinnell John Hilbert Isaac Emblen Alex. Easson Chas. L.
Smith John Rollo Andrew McKinlay James Jamieson Thomas Hardy James Allen
W.H. Coburn James Young William Crosson Jas. Phillips Thomas Bertram James
A. Carstairs John Smith W.J. Marriott Henry Biggs P. Sabiston Edward Mortimore,
B.A. John Allan A. Summerhayes A.J. Anderson William Patterson William
Isbister Joseph Ramsay Robert Pool David Page William Worrell John Thompson
John Sampson Thomas Cassidy Absalom Uren John Jones Herman Frocholm James
Stove, Sr. T.D. Jones James Rollo
PETITION (Comox) To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly
of the, Province of British Columbia.
GENTLEMEN: We, the undersigned Electors of the constituency of Comox, in
the Province of British Columbia beg respectfully to, protest against the
passage, by the Legislative Assembly of the Province, of the Bill entitled
the "Settlement Act," and beg to submit for your consideration our objections
thereto, as follows, viz.:- 1. That the "Settlement Act" virtually creates
a monopoly, inasmuch as it makes no stipulation that the Dominion Government
shall transfer the Railway Reserve to the Railway Company under provisions
thaf shall secure to the public,the right to purchase Agricultural, Timber
and Coal Lands at any fixed price or in any definite quantity, or that
the regulations provided for the purchase of Coal Lands from the Dominion
Government in other parts of the Dominion have not been made to apply to
the Vancouver Island Railway Reserve; 2. That the said Act discourages
coal mining by exempting from taxation, until occupied, all the lands to,
be transferred to the proposed Railway Company; 3. Your Petitioners would
impress upon your consideration the necessity of amending the Act so, as
to provide against the - possible creation of a monopoly in the chief resources
of the Province; And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray,
&c. J.X. Willemar David Williams Samuel Piercy William Grieve Thomas
Rabson Thomas Finley J. Jaynes Chas. Bridges George Howe E.W. Rose M. Donohue
William Lewis M. Pierey, Jr. George Grieve S.F. Crawford T. Beckensell
Robert Thomas Byron Crawford John J.R. Miller W.A. Mathewson Thos. Cairns
W.R. Robb Adam McKelvey Saml. J. Cliffe R.R. Wilcox Stafford McKelvey William
Anderton J.H. Halliday Edward Rollings Jas. Robb John Grieve Lorenzo Grant
Geo. G. McDonald James Rees Alex. Urquhart R.H. Pidcock James Clarke John
Hardy H.E. Huxham R.D. Horan Chas. J. Hooper D. Sullivan Thomas Pickard
Matthew Lyttell J.W. McKenzie Hugh Stewart Patrick Murphy John Howe James
Haggard William Beech Geo. F. Drabble, J.P. John Graham John Piercy W.H.
Piercy Michael Watt Henry Grieve Joseph Fitzgerald Thos. H. Piercy Daniel
Stewart Joseph McPhee George T. Forlan R.T. Cliffe Robert T. Swan Alex.
McMillan R.T. Carwithen David Murray David Pickles J.R. Berkeley Thomas
Kinkade Andrew Paul A. Milligan Walter McFarlan Charles Brown W.E. Harmston
Charles McFarlan Peter Berry R.L. Mountain James W. McFarlan John M. Fitzpatrick
Matthew Piercy Stephen Coburn J.A. Pritchard M. O'Brien