The West S h o e E
Portland, Oregon, July, 1879.
VOL S No 7 I L H pnwuiwr,
I&ITISH COLUMBIA.
As the first of u scries of engravings
of British Columbia buildings and scen
ery which will appear in successive
numben of The Writ SiionK, we
furnish an exact copy of that magnifi
cent structure located at New West
minster and known as St. Aim's Acad
emy. It is one of the principal places
of instruction for young ladies in the
Province) and is under Catholic aus
pices, being in charge of the Sisters l
St. Ann, who also have similar acadc-
mies at Williams' Lake and Kamloops
City, H. C, together with a very pros
perous institution at Victoria, Vancou
ver's Island.
The building is constructed entirely
of stone, and its interior arrangements
are modeled after similar institution! In
Europe, having all the modern lm
provementa for the health and conifoti
of its inmates. The building, OXclu
sivc of the furniture and Interior fit
tings, cost $jo,ooo. It is under the di
rection of six Sisters, with a number
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of assistants, anil has accommodations
for two hundred day scholars and fifty
hoarders. The site upon which the
building stands is one of the must eli
gible in the city, as the institution can
be seen at a great distance by passed
geis as they ascend the Fritter Itivt-t.
Although we. sre a fasiei ptopie we
haw Vel many things to leal u li om QUI
British cousins; and ve should pon
sider it a good investment if our Chiel
of Police, with a si pi ad of his pallid
men, could be shipped over to Vnt
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ST. A'K'6 ACADEMY AT VrW WESTMINSTER, fc C.-fw t Houpt W K. Mr).