"With land at four shillings an acre, and time allowed for payments, together with the improved state of communication between Victoria and the back settlements, we may hope that the inhabitants of the town will not in future be so dependent on neighboring countries for their supplies of produce." Official List for Vancouver Island. James Douglas, C.B., Governor. W. A. G. Young, Colonial Secretary. Joseph Porter, Chief Clerk. George H. Carey, Attorney-General. A. Hensley, Clerk. Alex. Watson, Treasurer. Jos. Despard Pemberton, Surveyor-General. W. B. Pearse, Assistant. Robert Ker, Auditor (father of D. R. Ker). Thos. E. Holmes, Clerk. Edward G. Alston, Registrar-General of Deeds. Charles G. Wylly, Assessor (still with us). Henry Wootton, Postmaster (father of Stephen and E. E. Wootton). J. M. Sparrow, Clerk (still with us). The Legislature. Hon. Rodk. Finlayson, Hon. Donald Fraser, Hon. David Cameron, Hon. Alfred J. Langley, Edw. G. Alston and Hon. Alex Watson, nominative. J. S. Helmcken, G. H. Carey and Selim Franklin, Victoria City. Wm. Cocker, Esquimalt. W. F. Tolmie, M.D., J. W. Trutch, and Jas. Trimble, M.D., Victoria District. Geo. F. Foster and W. J. Macdonald, Lake District. J. J. Southgate, Salt Spring Island. D. B. Ring, Nanaimo. John Coles, Saanich. Robert Burnaby, Esquimalt. Victoria Fire Department. John Dickson, Chief Engineer. John Malovanski, Assistant Engineer. Chas. Gowen, President Board Delegates. Jas. S. Drummond, Secretary Board Delegates. ORGANIZATION OF COMPANIES. Union Hook and Ladder, November 22nd, 1859, D. A. Edgar, Foreman. Deluge Engine, No. 1, March 5th, 1860. Jas. S. Drummond, Foreman. Tiger Engine No. 2, March 23rd, 1860. Samuel L. Kelly, Foreman. Note.--Of these pioneer firemen of Victoria of this date, Sam Kelly is (1910) the only surviving member of the executive. H. M. S. Ships of the Pacific Station. Rear-Admiral, Sir Thomas Maitland. _Bacchante_, 51 guns; _Chameleon_, 17 guns; _Charybdis_, 17 guns; _Clio_, 22 guns; _Devastation_, 6 guns; _Forward_, 3 guns; _Grappler_, 3 guns; _Hecate_, 6 guns; _Mutine_, 16 guns; _Naiad_, 6 guns; _Nereus_, 6 guns; _Tartar_, 20 guns; _Termagant_, 25 guns; _Topaz_, 51 guns; _Tribune_, 23 guns; _Sutlej_, 51 guns. Note.--One-third of these were on southern station. --Ex. Consuls at Victoria. France, P. Mene, Esq. United States, Allen Frances, Esq. Sandwich Islands, Henry Rhodes, Esq. (father of Chas. Rhodes). Municipal. Thomas Harris, first mayor of Victoria. John Copeland, James M. Reid, Richard Lewis, William M. Searby, Michael Stronach and Nathaniel M. Hicks, first councillors of Victoria. Algernon Austen, Town Clerk. J. C. Colquhoun, City Inspector. Educational. Henry Claypole, Master at Craigflower. William H. Burr (my old master), Master at Victoria. Cornelius Bryant, Master at Nanaimo. Salary 150 pounds and fees. Police Department.