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being $35,000.00. It is a well disciplined and ellicient
organization. The streets of the city are nearly all
macadamized and have well-kept sidewalks. Nearly
$53,000.00 were expended on them last year, and im
portant improvements in the way of paving the main
thoroughfares and opening new ones are contemplated
for the near future. One thing that strikes the vis
itor is the'unuBually excellent condition of the drives
about the city and the roads leading into the country.
They are alljhardand smooth like the Btreets of tho
city. These roads are under the supervision of the
Besides these, there are the ladies' college uuder tho
auspices of tho Anglican church, and an academic in
stitution, as well as a primary school, maintained by
tho Roman Catholio denomination. There are Prot
estant and ltoman Catholio orphanages. Tho city has
a public library of about ten thousand volumes, and
several of the fraternal and benevolent societies also
havo libraries of considerable $h
EsquimaU harbor, about three miles to tho west
ward of Victoria, is tho sito of a British naval sta
tion. It is an excellent harbor. Due, two or three
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government, and not subject to tho caprice of local
tax payers, or rate payers, as they are termed there.
The soil of Vancouver island is such that good rol
can be maintained at a comparatively small eipena,
and tourista'fiod special enjoyment in tho long drives
in the country from Victoria, and tho beautiful sen-
ery they afford.
Tho city is amply provided with educational facil.
ities, both publio and private There are fire ward
schools, beside the largo central high school, and an
efficient corps of instructors is emplojed. The pub
lie schools are supported by tho government and eon
trolled by a school board elected by popular suffrage.
war vtwls are statioui tlre constantly, and it Is
general headquarters for Ilnr Majesty's navy lo the
I'aciflo. Fcilitie are provided for doing all sorts of
repairing for war ship. There Is a dry dock four
hundred ami fifty fl long and twentyven M
dtvp, with ao entrance fifty-five M wb!s which was
construct! at a out of aUmt t.m,lW.W. The arv
nal contains largo quantities of store au4 orJnanca
nppli of all description. A royal tavy UopiUl
and crmrtj U thnro. A small town U built
up about the dry dock. Tier ar many fine rl
dene along the Koimall rol and It U a j-ofuUr
dris from Victoria. Th Kaqulmalt district embr c-