Series GR-0868 - Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works correspondence inward

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Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works correspondence inward

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GR-0868

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  • 1871-1883 (Creation)
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    British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works

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44 cm of textual records and cartographic material; 3 reels of microfilm [B16901-B16903]

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(1871-1908)

Biographical history

The Dept. of Lands and Works was established in 1871 under the Constitution Act (SBC 1871, c. 147). Prior to that, the origins of the department were in the offices of the Surveyor General for the Colony of Vancouver Island (1859-1866) and the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor General for the Colony of British Columbia (1859-1871).

The mandate of the department was to grant permission for the pre-emption of unoccupied, unsurveyed, and unreserved Crown lands, issue Crown grants and grant leases of Crown lands, oversee all survey and map functions, and construct and repair roads, bridges and buildings for public services. It was also responsible for promoting immigration. The Dept. of Lands and Works was headed by the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and Surveyor General.

By 1899, the department was organized into two branches: Lands Branch and Works Branch. In 1908 the Dept. of Lands and Works was disestablished with an amendment to the Constitution Act (SBC 1908, c. 12). Its functions were assigned to two new departments: the Dept. of Lands (SBC 1908, c. 31) and the Dept. of Public Works (SBC 1908, c. 41).

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Scope and content

This series consists of letters inward to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, 1871-1883. Letters are arranged by file number. These letters were selected for transfer to the archives in 1937 and therefore do not appear on the microfilms of Lands letters inward that were made later.

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Transferred to the BC Archives in 1937.

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Oversized maps removed from files and stored separately.

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Accession number(s): GR-0868

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This series was previously described by the BC Archives under the title "Commissioner's correspondence".

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Use microfilm copy.

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