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The spiritual welfare of the people is promoted by representatives of all the Chris-
tian denominations, and there are few communities, however small, which have not
one or more churches with resident clergymen.

All the cities and larger towns have well-equipped hospitals, supported by Govern-
ment grants and private subscriptions, and few of the smaller towns are without cottage
hospitals. Daily newspapers are published in the larger places, and every mining camp
has its semi-weekly or weekly paper.

Advice to Prospective Settlers

There is no country within the British Empire which offers more inducements
to men of energy and industry than British Columbia. To the practical farmer, miner,
lumberman, fisherman, horticulturist and dairyman it offers a comfortable living and
ultimate independence, if he begins right, perseveres and takes advantage of his op-
portunities. The skilled mechanic has also a good chance to establish himself, and
the laborer will scarcely fail to find employment. The man without a trade, the clerk,
the accountant and the semi-professional is warned, however, that his chances for em-
ployment are by no means good. Much depends upon the individual, for where many
fail, one may secure a position and win success, but men in search of employment in
offices or warehouses, and who are unable or unwilling to turn their hands to any kind
of manual labor in an emergency, would do well to stay away from British Columbia
unless they have sufficient means to support themselves for six months or a year while
seeking a situation.

The class of settlers
whose chances of success
are greatest is the man
of small or moderate
means, possessing energy,
good health and _ self-
reliance, with the faculty
of adaptability to his
new surroundings. He
should have at least
$1,500.00 (£300) to $2,-
500.00 ( £500) on arrival
in the Province, sufficient
to “look around’’ before
locating permanently,
make his first payment
on his land and support
himself and family while
awaiting returns from his
first crop. This applies
to a man taking up mixed
farming. It is sometimes
advisable. for the new-
comer to work for wages for
a time until he learns the
“ways of the country.”

After the reader has
carefully gone over the
information contained in
the preceding pages he
will have an idea as to
where he would parti-
cularly like to locate in Hot Days, Cool Nights, Without Irrigation, are the Conditions in the
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his best plan will be to write to the Government Land Agent of the district in which he
is interested—see list on page 16—and secure information as to the vacant pre-emp-
tions, their location and proximity to the railway. The reader will understand that
it is no longer possible to secure free land in a well-settled community, but he should
not be afraid to venture further afield. Good roads are being constructed in every
direction where traffic demands, and he will have little difficulty in bringing his pro-
duce to the railway.