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t the end of the war, McKenzie took on the naval contract
to supply bread and biscuits in 1858. In 1860, he agreed,
ccording to Sampson, to supply “10,000 pounds of bis-
cuit within twenty-four hours of demand and an unlimited quan-
tity within fourteen days of demand, the biscuit being guaran-
teed to keep ‘good and fit’ for nine months.”

With the Navy’s requirement for bread and biscuits, McKen-
zie had to import wheat from Oregon farmers because the
PSAC’s farms were unable to fulfill the demand.

- This might have been one of the reasons he purchased 345

acres of land in North Saanich [Sections 20 & 21, Range 1 West;

Section 21 Range 1 East; Part of Section 20, Range 1 East] on

Feb. 22, 1864, by auction from Mark Coles for the grand sum of .

$1,200.

The farm was described as being “of fine open and wooded
land, with upwards of 15 acres securely fenced, one half of
which has been under cultivation.”

Another possible reason for McKenzie’s purchase of the land
in North Saanich is that his lease of Craigflower | farm was to ex-
pire on Oct. 31, 1865, and he was making provisions for acreage
to continue his contract for foodstuffs with the Navy. This con-

a tract he continued to get, although there was some opposition ©
f+». and complaint from Victoria bakers, until his death in 1874.
os * In 1866, McKenzie moved his family from Craigflower tohis:

Lakelull property, where the family oe remain Lad the next

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50+ years. He was an active farmer while there, his journals pro-
viding detailed accounts of the vegetables he grew, and the
amounts he sold them for. He would raise sheep, cattie and
horses on his farm as well.

McKenzie also became active in public life, and held various

~» Colonial positions. He was one of the founders of the Vancouver

Island Agricultural and Horticultural Association in 1861, of

: a he served asa director and later as its s president. He was:

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MoKenzie would supply bread and biscuits to the Navy

also appointed a road commissioner with William John Macdon-
ald in July 1865.

During the fall of 1865, he was a candidate for the vacant seat
in the Vancouver Island Legislature for Esquimalt and
Metchosin, which he would step aside in favor of Dr. John Ash.
In early February 1871, he was appointed again as a Justice of

-the Peace in the Court of Revision for the municipal council of
~ Victoria.
n April 10, 1874, Kenneth McKenzie died at his Lakehill
farm of heart disease and was buried at Ross Bay Ceme-
tery a few days later. He was 63. Among his pallbearers
were Sir James Douglas, James A. Grahame and Roderick Fin,
layson..

Douglas, writing to his daughter in England, wrote: “Mr.
McKenzie ... died yesterday of heart disease, aggravated bya
fall from his carriage. He died in peace after receiving the com-
munion, and was perfectly resigned to the will of God. May’ we
be found so also when our turn comes.”

Agnes McKenzie died on June 14, 1897, and was interred be-

- side her husband at Ross Bay Cemetery.

Kenneth and Agnes McKenzie had eight children; Agnes, .
1842 - 1927; Jessie, 1844 - 1882; Kenneth Jr., 1846 - 1906; :
- Dorothea, 1848 - 1895; William, 1850 - ?; Wilhemina, 1852 - 1928;
Andrew Colville, 1854 - 1912; and Robert Gregory, 1856 - 1913.

- The farm at North Saanich remained in the family’s hands:

~ until it was sold to the Victoria Lodge No. 1 of the Independent.
Order of Odd Fellows, i in the late 1870s.

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