Gold mining licences introduced 1858 Edward Bulwer-Lytton is Secretary of State for the Colonies 1858 . Pemberton becomes Surveyor General of Vancouver Island 1859 Douglas appoints first Gold Commissioners & Stipendiary Magistrates 1859 Douglas reduces price of surveyed land 1859 First Methodist missionaries at work in BC 1859 Father Charles Pandosy (OMI) active in the Okanagan. Mary’s Catholic mission established near Mission City (to 1984) 1861 Gold discovered in the Upper Peace River region 1861 Harrison-Lillooet wagon road completed 1861 Proclamation consolidates laws relating to the settlement of unsurveyed crown lands 1861 1861 Gold Commissioners also become Assistant Commissioner of Lands 1861 John Carmichael Haynes is Gold Commissioner at Rock Creek 1861 Coqualeetza residential school established at Sardis (to 1940) 1861 1862 Cariboo region divided into two parts, Cariboo East & West (to 1865) 1862 Metlakatla mission established (to 1887) 1862 Thomas Crosby (Protestant) active in Nanaimo 1862 Indians allowed to pre-empt land conditionally 1862 Smallpox epidemic reduces aboriginal populations in BC (to 1863) 1862 Peak of the Cariboo Gold Rush 1862 Gold rush on Stikine 1862 Building of Cariboo Road between Yale and Barkerville commenced (completed in 1865) 1863 Royal Engineers recalled to England; some individuals stay in BC 1863 1863 William Cox is Justice of the Peace and Gold Commissioner for the Cariboo 1863 Road between Spence’s Bridge and Clinton completed 1863 Peter O’Reilly is a member of the BC Legislative Council (to 1871) 1863 St.New Caledonia becomes Colony of British Columbia 1858 James Douglas resigns from HBC to become Governor of mainland Colony of BC 1858 British government passes act establishing direct rule on the mainland 1858 Colonel R. Moody is Commissioner of Lands & Works (CLW) to 1864 1858 Royal Engineers undertake mapping of BC mainland 1858 Douglas reserves are laid out on BC mainland (to 1864) under Douglas’ policy 1858 Colonial proclamation states that all land is vested in the crown 1858 Indian people have right to pre-empt vacant crown land during Douglas’s governorship 1858 Oblates of Mary Immaculate establish a centre at Esquimalt 1858 Gunboats sent to New Caledonia (BC) 1858 Fraser River Gold Rush 1858 Steam boats penetrate Fraser River as far as Yale 1858 Pack trail is established between Yale and Lytton 1858 Construction of Harrison-Lillooet road commenced 1859 sets out Gold Commissioner’s duties and miners’ water rights 1859 HBC trading license on Vancouver Island expires. Catholic mission established 1859 Peter O’Reilly (Joseph Trutch’s brother-in-law) becomes Assistant Gold Commissioner 1859 Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Anglican) comes to BC 1859 Methodists E. Mary’s mission established by the Oblates 1864 Peter O’Reilly becomes Chief Gold Commissioner 1864 Western Union Telegraph Company decides to build telegraph through BC 1864 1864 Rev.James established on Stuart Lake 1806-7 Fort Fraser post established by HBC at Fraser Lake 1807 Road built from Fort St.James to Fort Mc Leod 1807 David Thompson visits the Kutenai.The packing, processing, and marketing of agricultural products are closely related activities also influenced by science.

Gunboat dispatched 1853 Peak of the California gold rush 1852 James Douglas becomes Lieutenant-Governor of the Queen Charlotte Islands 1854 Douglas concludes treaty in Nanaimo 1855 Nanaimo coalfields purchased by HBC 1856-7 Nlaka’pamux force American miners to retreat 1857 Anglican missionary William Duncan arrives in Victoria 1857 Anglicans establish Indian school at Fort Simpson 1857 Methodists establish Indian school in Nanaimo 1857 British Parliamentary inquiry into the affairs of the HBC 1857 Colonial proclamation claims all gold mines. White active in Victoria 1860s Douglas or pre-Confederation reserves laid out (mostly to 1864; none after 1871) 1860s William Cox is Gold Commissioner at Rock Creek 1860s Commercial fishing begins to develop 1860 Edgar Dewdney and Walter Moberly open Dewdney trail between Hope & Similkameen 1860 Royal Engineers widen Douglas-Lilloet trail into wagon road 1860 Similkameen post established by HBC 1860 Proclamation establishes procedures for pre-emption of unsurveyed agricultural land 1860 J. Pemberton is Surveyor-General Vancouver Island (to 1864) 1860 Victoria Gas Company founded 1860 Anglicans establish Indian school near Victoria 1861 Legislative Assembly of VI asks England for funds to extinguish aboriginal title; denied 1861 1861 St.Agricultural chemistry deals with other vital farm problems, such as uses of fertilizer, insecticide, and fungicide, soil makeup, analysis of agricultural products, and nutritional needs of farm animals.Plant breeding and genetics contribute immeasurably to farm productivity.rt, science, and industry of managing the growth of plants and animals for human use.In a broad sense agriculture includes cultivation of the soil, growing and harvesting crops, breeding and raising of livestock, dairying, and forestry.Population centres are dispersed, as at Kamloops and Prince George in the interior, Prince Rupert and Kitimat on the northern coast, and Dawson Creek and Fort St. Each of these towns are centres of separate sub-regions and depend more on world markets than local markets.Much of the development of resource-based economic activity in the province has been concerned with linking these separate regions together into a broader provincial economy.