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requirin- pilots (which excludes all ferries, coastal vessels, tugs ana fishing boats) haa reached the figure of 41,55?!,343.^ Moreover, besides the problems inherent in such a rapid gro’/'Tth in the volume of shipping (as many as forty- two vessels were reported at anchor or tied up in Burrard Inlet as early as 1^75 ), the first mariners were also faced with the problem of the hazardous nature of much of the British Columbia coasb, in particular the west coast of Vancouver Island which became known as the ’’graveyard of the Pacific’»^ and the inadequacy of many of the charts of the area, despite the excellent v/ork of Captain Richards of H»M.S .Fl-umper during the midâ€"nineteenth century^ Thus, as trading and exploration by sea increased, it became obvious that British Colum.bia ports should supplv somie sort of pilot service to assist in-coming and out-going vessels. The first reference to the use of such a service 1. 3. 4. Report of the Royal Commission on Pilotage, 196B, Fart II, Queen’s Printer, Ottawa, 1965, P. 221, Major J.S. Matthews, Early Vancouver, Vol. Ill, P.33, Con- versation with J.K. Scales, 5th July, 1933, Vancouver City Archives. R. Bruce Scott, Breakers Ahead, Review Publishing House, Sidney, B.C. 1970, P.9. Captain J.T. Walbran, B.C. Coast Names 1592-1906, J.J, Douglas, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C. 1971, Pp. 353-4.