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Two lanterns for the lighthouses arrive from England
Letter from an Old Sailor about Coast Pilots
On whether the Home Government, British Columbia or Vancouver Island had to pay for the lightkeepers.
Home government appropriates 7000 pounds for the construction of the two lighthouses
” Mr. Morris , Civil Engineer now erecting the lighthouse at Race Rocks—Home government appropriates 7000 pounds for the construction of the two lighthouses.— 3500 to be paid by the Imperial government, , the other half by this colony and British Columbia– “In that case we ought to have had the right to select the lightkeepers as there are many persons her just as well qualified as any that can be imported from England“