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This series consists of Timber Inspector reports to Minister of Lands and Chief Forester, March 1911 to December 1912.

The series consists of Forest Branch records created between 1912 and 1914. The series contains timber cruiser reports by W.J. Kelly on diverse tracts, including holdings of the Lillooet and Cariboo Land Company, Ltd. Reports include numerous photographs and maps.

This series consists of Forest Branch timber investigations and inspections files, 1913-1915. Records include correspondence and reports from Nelson, Prince Rupert, Vancouver and Vernon Forest Districts. Includes file on early logging railroads, Vancouver Forest District.

This series consists of bank books for Forest Trust account and Forest Branch general account, 1911-1917.

This series consists of Forest Branch timber photographs correspondence files, 1913-1918.

This series consist of Forest Branch statements of royalty and timber royalty correspondence files, 1914-1918. Records are arranged by Forest District.

This series contains copies of letters and telegrams sent to Chief Forester, M.A. Grainger, by the British Columbia Agent General in London, regarding export of British Columbia timber.

This series consists of the inspection log of Ranger E.F. Wynne-Heath. of Tete Jaune Cache, 1919.

This series consists of Forest Branch Spruce Permit files, numbers 1-330 and unnumbered.

This series consists of Chief Forester reports, memoranda and correspondence with B.C. Lumber Commissioner regarding timber marketing and export policy; semi-official correspondence with District Foresters of Vancouver and Cranbrook Forest Districts; and preliminary report on grazing of livestock on Crown lands.

This series consists of 117 volumes of special timber licences from 1884-1920. The series also includes one receipt book for the renewal of special timber licences in 1910.

This series contains the Commissioner of Grazing's file carbon copies of free grazing permits issued in the Vernon and Cariboo Grazing Districts as well as a letter transmitting grazing fees (form) from the Kamloops Grazing District. The boundaries of grazing districts coincide with those of the forest districts of the same name.

This series contains correspondence inward and outward of the Lumbar Commissioner regarding expansion of British Columbia lumber markets.

This series contains a paper on recommendations for selective logging in the Prince George District by J.H. Jenkins, junior forester.

This series contains various financial documents originating from the Forest Branch trust account. Types of records in this series includes a cash book and accounts ledger in one volume. This volume contains a list of cheques issued on the Forest Branch trust deposit account between 1920 and 1924 and is arranged chronologically. Information captured in these records includes the amount and name of payee. The series also includes a list of debit slips issued on the Forest Branch trust account between 1920 and 1927.

This series contains the Chief Forester's correspondence inward and outward.

This series contain carbon copy of accounts detailing expenditures to November 30, 1917 and miscellaneous correspondence regarding the forest protection fund and legal interpretations of the Forest Act.

This series contains an outline of the work of the Research Division with reports on general reforestation investigations, studies of forest yield, work done at the Aleza Lake and Cowichan Lake Experiment Stations, as well as reports on the Experimental Forest Nursery and Green Timbers Forestry Station.

This series consists of patrol diaries of forest protection patrolman, Eric Bergenham, of North Vancouver, May - September 1929 and May 1930.

This series contains records from the Department of the Interior particularly General Township Registers for the Coast (also called New Westminster) Division of the Railway Belt. The records are annotated by Forest Branch, ca. 1927, to show forest reserves. Vol. 1 covers W.C.M., E.C.M., and W.7th; vol. 2 covers W.6th. The registers, arranged by legal description, indicate the nature of the grant, the number, date of entry, file number, patent approval date, and name of grantee.

This series consists of five volumes of annual reports of forest fires from the Forest Branch from 1916-1930. Reports record detailed information concerning location, damage, and causes of fires throughout British Columbia. Vol. 1, 1916-1918; vol. 2, 1919-1921; vol. 3, 1922-1924; vol. 4, 1925-1927; vol. 5, 1928-1930.

This series contains the log of the Forest Branch launch "Cherry".

This series contains descriptive reports of forest experiment stations. This incudes mimeographed booklets describing purpose and development of Cowichan Lake Experiment Station, Aleza Lake Experiment Station, and Green Timbers Forestry Station. The series includes photographs posted into each booklet.

This series contains annual grazing reports submitted to the Chief Forester by the District Forester of the Fort George Forest District.

This series contains a typescript (carbon copy) of The Young Men's Forestry Training Plan: A Statement of its Progress to Date and its Possibilities September 1, 1935. It is illustrated with pasted-in photographs.

This series contains a table of average log prices, 1937-1938, and a historical review of provincial timber royalties, 1914-1937.

This series contains the records of the Forest Surveys Division. Records include cruise and survey reports, instructions for surveys and machine tabulation of records as well as a typescript report on the work of the Division.

This series consists of experimental forest sample plot studies created by the research division of the Forest Branch from 1924-1938. The records track the growth, inventory, availability and volume of timber in a particular area referred to as a sample plot. This includes tracking the ratio of height and width of a tree relative to its age to estimate growth rates in various types of ecosystems. The records contain descriptive information of the plot’s soil, topography, ground cover, previous logging, location and vegetation.

One study from 1924-1930 referred to as project number 11 or ME 11 which relates to Douglas fir. The other study conducted around 1938 relates to red alder trees. Plots were located around Vancouver Island, the lower mainland, the Gulf Islands, the Sunshine Coast and other areas of the south coast. Records include statistics, tables, graphs and field notes.

This series contains a report by Irene Mounce of the Division of Botany and Plant Pathology, Central Experimental Farm, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa on the "Forest Mycology of British Columbia, May-October 1938". The paper contains a report on the work of the Cowichan Lake Experiment Station and a discussion of the desirability of, as well as possible sites for, the establishment of a forest pathology laboratory in British Columbia.