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96 The Fraser River Mines.

missioner. He erected and let a Ferry at Boston Bar, Spuzzem, Fort
Yale, Quequinalla, and, I think, Fort Hope.*

Four men coming down-river a few days since were drowned.
I have not learned their names. It is said that one of them had
eighteen hundred Dollars worth of gold-dust on his person at the time
he was lost.

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

P.S.—It has just come to my knowledge that two men are at Fort
Yale with six hundred ounces of gold which they, since the river fell,
washed out on an island opposite Boston Bar, about 40 miles up-river.

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

Fort YALE, B.C.,
27th March, 1859.

Srr,—With reference to my communication of the 12th of January
last addressed to His Excellency the Governor, reporting that I had
placed Mr. Thomas Ronaldson and Mr. William Moor to act as peace
officers in Langly, I have the honor to state that I am informed that
some weeks since these gentlemen got into a row, in consequence of
which Mr. Ronaldson resigned and Mr. Moor was suspended. I
received no official account of the transactions, but it appears that
Mr. Moore was reinstated and ordered to be sent up to me. He
has arrived here and I really do not know what to do with him.
Recommended as he believes he was when he arrived from England,
he hopes to occupy a more respectable position than that of constable,
and if he is to be appointed to a higher post I should be unwilling to
order that he should be placed on constable’s duty with the class of
men who are constables here.

The only duty I could put Mr. Moore to would be to collect duties
on the river, but until I know anything more of him I do not wish to
trust him on a duty of this nature; he appears to have been while
~(68) The only records of ferry privileges granted by Mr. Hicks to be found in the record-

book are: Chilliwack, November 29, 1858, rental to be fixed later; Spuzzum, December 4, 1858,
rental $600 per annum; Boston Bar, March 25, 1859, rental $600 per annum.

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