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1867-1868 (Creation)
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- British Columbia (Colony). Post Office Dept.
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1 cm of textual records
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The Post Office Dept. of the Colony of British Columbia was established in 1864 by the Postal Service Ordinance (27 Vict., No. 14). The main post office was established at New Westminster. The department was administered by a postmaster general who appointed Postmasters. The postal service legislation was revised in 1867 for the united colony of British Columbia by an ordinance to assimilate the law regulating the postal service (30 Vict., No. 25).
After confederation in 1871, responsibility for the postal service transferred to the Canadian government.
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This series contains correspondence between Messrs. Wm. Cochrane, H.M. Ball, W.R. Spalding, John Bowron, and Acting Postmaster General A.T. Bushby, concerning the establishment and operation of postal services between New Westminster and the Cariboo. The series also contains mail contracts drawn up between Bushby and Peter O'Toole and Stipendiary Magistrate Chartres Brew and H.R.H. Adamson.
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Accession number(s): G82-151
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Archives code(s): previously known as AAAA1354
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- Ball, Henry Maynard, 1825-1897 (Subject)
- Bowron, John, 1837-1906 (Subject)
- Brew, Chartres, 1815-1870 (Subject)
- Bushby, Arthur Thomas, 1835-1875 (Subject)
- Spalding, Warner Reeves, d. 1898 (Subject)
- British Columbia (Colony). Post Office Dept. (Subject)