. Opportunities in British Columbia, 1915. s and gives lectures and demonstrations on propertypes of vegetables for commercial and exhibition pur-poses. Experiments in vegetable growing, as to varieties,control of pests, use of fertilizers, etc., are being carried onin all vegetable growing areas. The Markets Commis-sioner reports weekly to 800 growers on Prairie and Coastmarket conditions. A special Small Fruit and VegetableExperiment Station is operated at Summerland. TheDepartment assists in forming co-operative organizationsfor marketing vegetables. Through the Fruit Grow-ers Associat
. Opportunities in British Columbia, 1915. s and gives lectures and demonstrations on propertypes of vegetables for commercial and exhibition pur-poses. Experiments in vegetable growing, as to varieties,control of pests, use of fertilizers, etc., are being carried onin all vegetable growing areas. The Markets Commis-sioner reports weekly to 800 growers on Prairie and Coastmarket conditions. A special Small Fruit and VegetableExperiment Station is operated at Summerland. TheDepartment assists in forming co-operative organizationsfor marketing vegetables. Through the Fruit Grow-ers Association, vegetables have been given specially lowrates by freight and express Mining MINERAL PRODUCTION. The annual Mineral Pro-duction of British Columbia for the past 10 years, aspublished by the Bureau of Mines, British Columbia, isas folic ws: 1904 $18,977,359 1909 $24,443,025 1905 22,461,325 1910 26,377,066 1906 24,980,546 1911 23,499,072 1907 25,882,560 1912 32,440,800 1908 23,851,277 1913 28,086,312 18 OPPORTUNITIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. MINING 10 The decrease in 1908 is accounted for by the fall in theprices of silver, copper and STONE. vSome very good quarries of sand-stone, granite and andesite have been opened up on tidewater. Except on the coast there is little building stoneused. Marble. There are excellent marble quarries at KootenayLake, east of Kaslo, Lardo, and at Nootka, VancouverIsland. CEMENT MATERIAL. There are two rock cement plantsat Tod Inlet near Victoria, and one at Princeton. Out-put in 1912 was valued at $800,000. CLAY AND CLAY PRODUCTS. Suitable clay depositsare found in all districts. The manufacture is increas-ing rapidly. A very good deposit of fire clay exists atClayburn, near Vancouver, from which pressed brickand fire brick are being made. The Silica Brick and LimeCo. manufactures a light grey lime silica brick at Victoria. COAL. Coal beds occur in Vancouver Island, the CrowsNest Pass, at Princeton, Nicola and the Bulkley Valley,the Q
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