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124 W. F. WENTZEL'S
been the consequence. With regard to the general appearance of
the returns of A thabasca this year, nothing certain can be said,
tho' it is presumed that no considerable diminution will take
place on account of the McKenzie's river returns.
Salaries. The prices of the men's wages have increased considerably;
a middle man gets now a thousand livres, Halifax currency,
and a Bout, fourteen hundred; interpreters, from sixteen to two·
thousand; clerks, from one hundred and fifty to two hundred
pounds same currency. Some of the Hudson's Bay Company's
clerks have three hundred pounds sterling, others less, and I
believe few have more except those who are styled "Governors,"
these have five hundred _ ....................................... ..
I beg leave to conclude with deference and respect,
Dear Sir,
Your ever grateful servant,
WILD. FERD. WENTZEL.-