Series GR-3379 - Blue books of the Colony of British Columbia

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Blue books of the Colony of British Columbia

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  • microform

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  • Source of title proper: Title based on the common usage title of these volumes. Colonial Office personnel referred to these as ~blue books~ since the cover was blue.

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GR-3379

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  • [Microfilmed 195-? (originally created 1860-1870)] (Creation)
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    Great Britain. Colonial Office

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2 microfilm reels [ B14171 - B14172]

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Series consists of ~blue books~ containing a compilation of statistical information, public accounts and general information about the Colony of British Columbia. Each volume includes a table of contents and includes the following separate sections: 1) Taxes, duties and other sources of revenue 2) Fees 3) Revenue and expenditure 4) Comparative yearly statements of revenue and expenditure 5) Local revenue 6) Public debt 7) Military expenditure: militia 8) Public works 9) Legislation: laws, proclamations, etc. 10) Political franchise 11) Council and Assembly 12) Civil establishment 13) Officer who have given security for discharge of their duties 14) Pensions 15) Abstract of expenditure for civil, judicial, ecclesiastical establishments, etc. 16) Foreign consuls 17) Population 18) Savings banks, friendly societies, immigrants and emigrants, etc. 19) Ecclesiastical return 20) Education, newspapers and reviews 21) Coins exchanges, etc. 22) Imports and exports 23) Shipping 24) Agriculture, cultivated and uncultivated lands, wages, etc. 25) Manufactures, mines and fisheries 26) Grants of land 27) Gaols and Prisoners 28) Charitable and literary institutions.

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Consists of microfilm copies of records catalogued at the Public Record Office of the United Kingdom as CO64.

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The microfilm was previously numbered as 388A-389A and 626A-627A.

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Archives code(s): Briefly known as AAAA0525.

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Accession number(s): GR-3147

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  • Box: B14171
  • Box: B14172