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Excerpt from Land Policy of British Columbia: Speech by the Hon. William R. Ross, K. C., Minister of Lands, February 14th, 1913
In the latter part of 1910. As before stated. I was honored with the confidence of our present leader. And asked to assume the direction of the destiny, of the Lands Department; and, I must confess. Sir. That while I appreciated the honor. As well as the distinction such an appointment must of necessity give, both to the electors. At well as to the electoral district which it is my privilege to represent in this House. I had never previously ap proached an undertaking of such magnitude. And I am frank to say I had many misgivings as to the probable outcome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.