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A meeting of the City Council was held last night. Present: His Worship the Mayor in the chair, and the following Councillors— Gowen, Taylor, Drummond, Hayward, More ton and Keast. The minutes of the last meeting were read, and on motion adopted, Permission was granted Messrs. Bunster Co, to break ground on Johnson street, op posite the California Saloon, for the purpose of laying water pipes, . An application from Mr. G. T. Seymour to lower the sidewalk opposite his store, was granted, under the supervision of the street committee. An acknowledgment from his Excellency’s private secretary, of the receipt of copy of the Vehicle By-Law, was received and filed. An offer from Mr. A. Strong, to continue cleansing the streets at rates similar to those of his contract just expiring, was read, and referred to the street committee, with power to act, . A letter from Mr. Redk. Finlayson, calling the attention of the City Council to the ne cessity of repairs on Queen’s Avenue, and on the road running from Hillside to Point El lice,—recently admitted within the city lim its;—was on motion referred to the street committee, for examination of the localities mentioned, and report. Mr. Ripper's tender for the removal of rock on Rae street, by blasting, was accepted, and on motion referred to the Street Committee, in whose discretion the matter is left as to quantity of rock to be removed. A proposal from Mr. Ripper to continue View street drain eastward of Quadra Street, for a distance of 250 feet, at the rate of two dollars per linear freet, was considered too high, and,on motion of Councillor Hayward, it was resolved to call for fresh tenders for the work. A number of accounts for labor on the streets, etc , were passed to the Finance Com mittee for payment if found correct, and the following were dealt with in a like manner :— A. Strong, $35; M. Wells, $3459; J. W. Williams, $34 60; P. Ripper, $845 for View street drain, and $9350 for extra work W.P. Sayward, $2250; Moody, Deitz Nelson, $705; P. Ripper, $5; W. Tierney, $27. Councillor Gowen called attention to the the necessity of repairing James Bay bridge, which is in a very unsafe condition. The contract for laying a sidewalk on Men ziea street, was awarded to Messrs. Smith Clark, under the supervision of the Street Committee. QUARANTINE MATTERS, Councillor Drummond, on behalf of the committee appointed to draw up resolutions, reported that the matter had been carefully considered, and that resolutions had been drafted to be forwarded to Sir John A. Mac donald. The resolutions comment at length upon the injustice of the non-payment of the Quarantine claims by the Dominion Govern ment, and demand a reply from the authori ties at Ottawa, and provision for de fraying the accounts of creditors. The final clause of the resolutions reads as follows:—‘* We further believe that t in the duty of our local members of Parlia ment at Ottawa, supported by the members from the Mainland, to urge upon the present Government at’ Ottawa the necessity of promptly paying these quarantine claims, otherwise the general feeling of the constit uents is that our members withhold their support from the present Government.”’ On motion, the report of the committee was laid on the table to be taken up for con sideration in Committee of the Whole. GAS LIGHTS. It was resolved to accept the offer of the Victoria Gas Co. to furnish the city with 18 lamps and light for same, aat a rate of $3 75 per month eavhy the Street Committee to report at next meeting the most suitable positions for the erection of said lamps. The Council then went into Committee of the Whole. MeETIna.—a meeting of the Saanich Agri cultural Society will be held at Eckstein's Hotel on Saturday evening next, to elect offi cers for the ensuing year, and also for the purpose of naming day and making such other arrangements as are necessary for a ploughing match to be held at an early day. 1.0.C.F.—Mr. J. S. Drummond is in re ceipt of an official letter from the Grand Lodge of the United States, held at Balti more, September 20th,informing him that a Grand Lodge Charter has been granted for the Province of British Columbia. Renovau.—Messrs. Brown White have removed their dry goods business from Fort street, to the premises on Government street, lately occupied by Mr. J. Finlayson, Grocer, next to Messrs. T. N. Hibben Co. His Sorvantt the Bishop of Columbia, and Mrs. Hills arrived from New Westminster last evening, to remain a few weeks. Johnny VanGuay, late of Fort street, has opened a butcher shop at New Westminster. Exporation To Manitopa In 1872— The following is a synopsis of the re port, for 1872, of Mr. Gilbert McMick en, Immigration Agent here, taken from the Report of the Minister of Agricul ture, ‘As many as 1,400 arrived in Winnipeg to settle in Manitoba. Of these 954 came from Ontario; 115 from the States; 78 from the Province of Ques bec, and the rest from other places Ac cording to the report of Mr. McMicken the population of Winnipeg is in a somewhat abnormal condition, there be ing in it at the close of last season, 1,019 males and only 448 females. During the summer of 1872, 124 buildings has been erected in that capital of Manitoba, and from all subsequent accounts the same activity prevails. Buildings, in fact, are limited simply by the supply of mater ial. As Manitoba becomes better known it will, no doubt, attract an ever increas ing number of the wealthier and more enterprising class of immigrant lon the Old Country, with a steady and increas ing outflow of old settlers and natives from the other Provinces of the Dominion. observe Mr. McMicken mentions that it was as well no more came last year, an adequate provision for the reception of more had not been made. Henceforth the more that come the better. It is in teresting to notice from how many dis tricts these pioneers of the great army to the North-West have been drawn. The largest number—131—went from the country of Huron. But of thirty five counties of Ontario each sent its quota,and each of our five cities also contributed—Toronto to the extent of 54, down to Hamilton, which sent 2, Hog land sent 32, Ireland 7, and Scotland 5, while Quebec contributed 78,Nova Scotia 18, and New Brunswick, 9. In the Ap pendix to the General Statement of the Minister there are reports from the’ differ ent agents to the number of 31 contain ing a great variety of interesting and im portant facts and showing that a large amount of activity has been infused into the working of the Department within a short time past.—DManitoba Gazelle,
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Thu, Oct 09, 1873
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