1858. While David Belasco was a little child,--apparently about 1858,--his parents removed to Victoria, Island of Vancouver, B. C., taking him with them. In the latter part of 185(8?) he was “carried on,” at the Theatre Royal, Victoria, as _Cora’s Child_, in “Pizarro,”--Julia Dean (Hayne) being the _Cora_. Later he played the child in “Metamora,” when Edwin Forrest filled an engagement in Victoria. 186(2?). About 1862 he appeared with Julia Dean (Hayne), in “East Lynne,” as _Little William_. 1864. In the latter part of 1864 he played the little _Duke of York_, in “King Richard III.,” with Charles Kean, at the Theatre Royal, Victoria. 1865-1871. In 1865 (March-April?) the elder Belasco removed with his family to San Francisco, California, and there established his permanent residence. As a boy, in that city, Belasco attended several schools, chief among them the Lincoln Grammar School. During part of this period the Belasco home was in Louisa Street, then in Bryant Street, afterward it was in Clara Street. 1871. March. 17. At the Metropolitan Theatre, San Francisco, Belasco appeared as an _Indian Chief_ in Professor Hager’s “Great Historical Allegory, ‘The Great Republic,’”--which was several times repeated, for the benefit of the schools whose pupils participated in the performance: in the Second Part thereof he personated _War_. April. 15. He appeared, in Hager’s “The Great Republic,” at Sacramento, California. June. 2. (Friday Evening.) He took part in a series of public “competitive declamations” (reciting “The Maniac”), by pupils of the Lincoln Grammar School, at Platt’s Hall, San Francisco. On same occasion he appeared as _Highflyer Nightshade_, in “The Freedom of the Press.” 7. At the Metropolitan Theatre, revival of Hager’s “The Great Republic,” in which he again appeared as an _Indian Chief_, and as _War_.