books to be printed, if not the first, was the ‘Fraser
Mines Vindicated or a History of Four Months,”
printed by the Count de Garro in 1858. This fact
absolutely identifies the Count as a printer. An
amusing fact in relation to de Garro’s book was that
it was sold for fifty cents. Practically simultaneously
the Chief Justice Cameron of Vancouver Island pub-
lished an eighty-six page book entitled: ‘Rules of
Practice of the Supreme Court of Civil Justice,
Vancouver's Island” which was the forerunner of
government printing. As the number of printing
establishments grew, in like manner did the produc-
tion of book work increase, dealing in religious,
secular and government reports, etc.

In connection with the printing of government
reports, one is reminded of the romance attendant
on the coming of the Royal Engineers in September,
of 1858, under the capable guidance of Lieut.-Col.
Moody. These men did much towards the upbuilding
of the young Province by their unselfish devotion to
duty and their heartfelt interest in their future home.

With them came the first printing press used solely
for the printing of proclamations, reports of explora-
tions by the detachment and other government forms.
Col. Moody purchased the entire printing equipment
consisting of a printing press, a few cases of type

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