the day of the taking this inquisition at a certain building and in a certain yard thereto adjoining situate and being in the Songish Indian Reserve and near the dwelling houses of divers liege subjects of our said Lady the Queen and also near divers public streets of the City of Victoria and common highways there and yet doth a great number of hogs and unlawfully and injuriously did but place and leave and caused and procured to be put placed and left and did [pervail?] and suffer to be left divers large quantities of dung and filth whereby divers noscious and unwholesome smells from the said dung and filth- did then and there arise and thereby the air there became and was greatly corrupted and infected to the great damage and common nuisance not only of all the liege subjects of our said Lady the Queen inhabiting and residing near the said place where the said dung and filth was so put placed and left as as aforesaid but also of all other liege subjects of our said Lady the Queen on by and through the said public streets and highways going returning passing and repassing and against the peace of our Lady the Queen her Crown and Dignity

BC Archives GR-0419 Box 26 File 1884/29

BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Attorney General documents.