May I ask whether you could furnish me with a statement of the
               total annual
               
exports from 
Vancouver's Island, and 
British Columbia,
               expecially those of gold, for the last
few
 few years.  This information
               would be of great assistance to me, and, could you supply it, I
               should feel myself really obliged.
               
               A comparative statement of the annual imports would also be of much
               service, and could it be furnished without much trouble, it would
               confer on me a great favour.