8 o'clock to open up their place of business and sauntering home again about 5 p.m. everyone taking life as if was meant to be one of enjoyment as well as business. They have none of the bustle the Americans have got and directly a man makes a few dollars the family gets most ridiculously stuck up crew as the best families in Victoria today are mere English & Scotch labourers who have been fortunate enough to strike a gold mine. They won't notice or look at a guiltman and his family who have been less fortunate. So much for the almighty dollar. Gold is king here as elsewhere.

Victoria B.C. Nov 20th .92 Finis.

Written by your loving son William Law Ogilby

BC Archives, AAAA1452 File 1 / OGILBY, William Law / Diary, 27 Mar to 8 Oct 1892.