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use, including a number of his own specialties, prominent among which are the celebrated Braden's Cough Cure, Campbell's Sarsaparilla Blood
Purifier, Campbell's Rose Leaf Face Powder, Japanese Hair Tonic, etc., etc. Mr. Campbell carries a full line of toilet articles, from the
cheapest to the most expensive ; pays strict attention to family recipes and orders. An ardent sportsman, in company with John Fannin, of
the Provincial Museum, Victoria, Mr. Campbell has made frequent trips through the Selkirk and Fraser Ranges, as also the West coast of the
Island, and the fine heads and antlers which adorn the walls of his store are a token of his skill in the chase. He is also the possessor
of a fine kennel of dogs. Mr. Campbell is a very popular man in Victoria.
FINDLAY, DURHAM AND BRODIE.
This firm is a branch of the English house of the same name, and is principally engaged in salmon fisheries on the different rivers in
British Columbia, having five canneries in all, and a saw mill in conjunction with them. Their output has reached an amount of about 60,000
cases of salmon per year, which find their way to Canadian, English and Australian markets. The firm are agents for the British Columbia
Canning Co. of London ; also of the Northern Fire Insurance Co. of London and Aberdeen, and of the British & Foreign Marine Insurance Co.
of London. Mr. M. T. Johnston, the manager of this house, is a native of Scotland, and has resided in Victoria since 1865, having assumed
the management of the present company in 1876. He is a prominent member of the Board of Trade, and has been elected one of its Council.
ROBERT WARD, J. P.
Mr. Ward, who, for the past four years, has been President of the British Columbia Board of Trade, came to Victoria at the close of the
Crown Colony days, and was, for a time, in the office of the Auditor-General until after the confederation of Canada. He joined the house
of Welch, Rithet & Co. at its inception in 1871, and remained there five years. He subsequently joined Stahlschmidt & Co., which was
established as Henderson & Burnaby in 1862. The firm was changed to Stahlschmidt & Ward in 1876, and in 1881 Mr. Ward became the sole
partner and changed the firm to Robert Ward & Co. They are largely interested in the leading imports and exports of the country, especially
the product of the salmon fisheries, in which they have seen the full career, and they represent five of the leading establishments on this
coast. In addition, they are the leading insurance firm of the city, being general agents for the Royal Insurance Co. ; London & Lancashire
Fire Insurance Co.; Standard Life, of Edinburgh ; London Assurance Corporation, and the London & Provincial Marine Co. The firm is
represented in London by Messrs. H. J. Gardiner, No. 1 Gresham Building, Basinghall, E. C. Mr. Ward is Consul for the Kingdom of Sweden &
Norway, having been appointed in 1879. He has been a member of the Council of the Board of Trade almost uninterruptedly since it was
founded, and during his four years of office as President has made its influence felt more than ever before. He served as Councillor and
Chairman of the Finance Committee in the Victoria Municipal Council in 1885. He is a Magistrate for the Province of British Columbia ; a
Pilotage Commissioner, and Managing Director of the British Columbia Corporation, limited.
KINGHAM AND MINOR.
This is a succession of the firm of Pennock & Kingham, Mr. Minor having bought Mr. Pennock's interest in the business. Mr. J. Kingham is
lately from England. They carry a large and well selected stock of optical goods, diamonds, jewelry, etc., etc., and do a very extensive
repairing trade. They manufacture many articles from the raw material, employing five workmen. They are both smart, intelligent men, and
thoroughly understand their business.
COWAN AND WILSON.
This wholesale grocery house is the largest fruit importing firm on the Northwestern Coast, handling in immense quantities California and
tropical fruits, both dried and green. The firm is composed of Maynard H. Cowan and William Wilson. Mr. Cowan is a native of Ottawa,
Ontario, and has been in Victoria for the past eight years. He started the firm of Cowan, Shaw & Co. five years ago, doing a general
commission and agency business, principally representing large manufacturers in the East. Two years ago he and Mr. Wilson bought out the
stock and good will of S. J. Pitts, who had founded the present business. Their trade has increased enormously, and their present business
amounts to $750,000 yearly. The stock comprises everything in the grocery line?-staple and fancy produce and provisions, etc., etc. They
supply the principal grocers of this province, and ship, via Alaska, to the northern portion of British Columbia, this having to be done
in bond. Their premises have a frontage of sixty feet on Yates street, with a depth of one hundred feet, and the building is two stories
in height. Mr. Cowan was at one time Manager of the B. C. Fire Insurance Co., and one of the first chosen of the Board of Directors of
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