William's second son G.J.A. Skeen was appointed Government Printer in 1881 and served in this position until his death in 1906. F. Skeen. another son of William, joined the firm in 1878 and left to establish a similar business in Rangoon in 1887. He returned to take charge of the bu...
"But, Grant, you don't mean to send them up north in this cold country. They may not reach Hudson's Bay in time to catch the company ship to Scotland! Why, man, it's sheer murder to expose those people to a winter up there without a thing to shelter them!" "To my mind, free...