. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . r the arrival of the steamer,and waits to talk over things in general with every-body else. There is not yet a bank on the islands, and conse-quently, as all wages and salaries are paid bycheques, these are used as currency in the once had occasion to ask the hotel-keeperto cash me a cheque for $200 in order topay my bill. He gave me a very dirty chequefor $ on the Bank of Nova Scotia, one for$ on the Canadian Bank of Commerce, twoor three smaller ones on various banks, and afew odd dollars in cash. Each cheque had fiv
. The call of the West -letters from British Columbia . r the arrival of the steamer,and waits to talk over things in general with every-body else. There is not yet a bank on the islands, and conse-quently, as all wages and salaries are paid bycheques, these are used as currency in the once had occasion to ask the hotel-keeperto cash me a cheque for $200 in order topay my bill. He gave me a very dirty chequefor $ on the Bank of Nova Scotia, one for$ on the Canadian Bank of Commerce, twoor three smaller ones on various banks, and afew odd dollars in cash. Each cheque had fiveor six endorsements on the back. I suppose ulti-mately they would reach their banks, but goodnessknows how many hands they pass through beforethey leave the islands ! %z 5F *P V V For many years past coal has been known toexist at a number of places on Graham far back as the sixties a mine was opened upat Cowgitz on a seam of anthracite. A large sumof money was spent on a tramway to bring thecoal to the sea, and a wharf and bunkers
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