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FoRTeWALE, B. Ce
16th April, 1859.

Srr,—I have the honor to submit for the consideration of His
Excellency the Governor the accompanying account furnished to me
by Mr. Land, proprietor of Fort Yale Sawmill,t

Payment to be made. for lumber supplied for Government purposes at

Mr. Fleming should be re-

ired to furnish the lumber si e
pe for Government build- the request of Mr. Hicks, late Assist. Crown

ings at a price not toexceed Commissioner.

$50, the terms offered to Mr. : a

Cae at Fort Hope, otherwise Mr. Hicks states the lumber was procured
a higher charge to be made

for the lumber removed from to complete the Government House, now occu-
the Crown land, and for the

land. pied as a post-office.

I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
(Signed) C. Brew,
Chief Inspector of Police,
Ass. Chief Gold Commissioner.

W. A. G. Young, Esq., Colonial Secretary.

CoMMISSIONER’S OFFICE,
Fort Yate, B.C.,
23rd April, 1859.

S1r,—I have the honor to inform you that it came to my knowl-
edge within a few days that a Mr. Erastus Champlain, of Fort Yale,
had taken possession of 80 acres of land on the plateau on the left

bank of Frazer’s River opposite Fort Yale, and

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ue that he was clearing it and preparing it for tillage.
Or eG nee crea I asked Mr. Champlain to-day by what

dllowed to take the crop og, authority he occupied the land, and he informed

me that it had been granted to him by Mr. Hicks,

late Assistant Crown Commissioner, that the grant was recorded in

this office, and that it had been confirmed to him by His Excellency the
Governor of British Columbia.

I made search in this office and the only papers I could find bear-

ing on the matter are a notice of “location,” a copy of which I send

attached. A paragraph in a letter from His Excellency the Governor

(1) Messrs. Land, Fleming & Co. had a sawmill operated by water-power on the flat opposite
Yale. It was cutting lumber in September, 1858, and supplying it at the price of $125 per M.