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any difficulty confronting the correspondent. Skilled mechanics will not find difficulty in obtaining employment. The experienced labourer who can care for and handle two horses, load a wagon, plough, and ride a binder is in constant demand, and may find employment on farms or in cities, lumber camps, and railway construction works as teamsters, earning ex- cellent ‘wages. Men who have been used to Clerical and warehouse work, retail stores, etc., and desiring to continue that line of employment will, of course seek it in the larger towns and cities, and must be prepared to accept the first offer of employment. Resourceful women who will under- take domestic service are in great demand, and are well paid, more espe- cially nurses, cooks, laundry women, and dressmakers. Educated young women as stenographers and typists have little difficulty in securing well paid appointments. School teachers must be prepared to qualify under the government regulations relating to education after which appointments are not difficult to obtain.

To the man arriving with $1,000 to $2,500, British Columbia offers ex- ceptional advantages in the way of small holdings which, with energy and perseverance, will result in a comfortable living growing to competency.

In some cases it is desirable that a new comer should take service with a farmer in order to learn the ways ‘“‘ of the country.”

In order to avoid anxiety and risk the intending immigrant from Great Britain should not carry more money than is necessary for con- tingent expenses. His capital, little or much, should be represented by a Dominion Express Company’s money order, payable in his favour at any point in British Columbia, or he may pay his money into the London Branch of the Bank of Montreal, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Bank of British North America, Imperial Bank of Canada, or any of the other chartered Canadian bank agencies, who will give a receipt for the money and remit it to the desired point. A circular letter of credit is also another method by which money can be obtained at any bank in British Columbia. Particulars as to these safeguards can be obtained of any of the banking Companies in Great Britian.

Canadian Pacific Railway Compaay’s Kooteiay Lake Hotel, Balfour, B. C.