C. McNab was secretary of the Bank of British North America, which had its head office
at No. 7, St. Helens Place, in
London. As secretary, McNab was responsible for signing off on the Bank's accounts -- including
debts and assets -- which was occasionally made public in the
Daily Colonist. Seemingly from McNab's correspondence, he was an advocate for the seat of the government
to be established in
Victoria and not at
New Westminster -- as was being discussed and debated in the late
1860s.