The coins and tokens of the possessions and colonies of the British empire (1889)
Atkins, James · London : B. Quaritch · leaf 294
alen Islands are a small group near the centre ofthe Gulf of St. Lawrence, and about equi-distant from CapeBreton and Prince Edward Island. They contain about2000 inhabitants, who are chiefly supported by the pro-ductive cod, herring and seal fisheries of the neighbouringwaters. There is but one… … BRITISH COLUMBIA. Until the year 1858 British Columbia formed a portionof the Hudsons Bay Territory; but in that year largediscoveries of gold were made which, attracting a vastimmigration of gold-diggers, rendered it necessary for theBritish Government to take measures for the maintenanceof order,…
Numismatics -- Great Britain Colonies
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