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PROVINCIAL LIBRARY,
Victoria, B.C., 1926.

The Hon. William Sloan, '
Provincial Secretary, and Minister of Mines,
Parliament Buildings, B.C.

Sir,—I have the honour to transmit herewith the sixth memoir
of the Provincial Archives Department, entitled “The Early History
of the Fraser River Mines,” contributed by His Honour Frederic W.
Howay, Judge of the County Court of New Westminster and a leading
authority on the early history of British Columbia.

The main body of the work consists of official correspondence taken
from the original documents in the Provincial Archives; these have }
been carefully annotated by His Honour Judge Howay, who has also i
furnished a very complete introduction to the work which is a valuable
addition to the literature of this interesting period of the Colonial
history of British Columbia.

I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient servant,

JOHN FORSYTH, |
Librarian and Archivist.