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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.

Series consists of "blue books" containing a compilation of statistical information, public accounts and general information about the Colony of Vancouver Island. Each volume includes a table of contents and includes the following 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.

The series also consists of 11 pages which may be draft copies of several parts of the 1863 blue book.

This series contains copies of British Columbia Executive Council minutes from 10 January 1865 to 7 July 1871.

British Columbia: Entry Books of Correspondence, 1 July 1858 - 11 August 1871 (C.O. 398, Vols. 1 - 7). Unit consists of letter-book copies of despatches to the governors of British Columbia from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, along with copies of letters from the Colonial Secretary to other departments of the British Government and to individuals, on matters relating to British Columbia. Indexes to correspondence appear at the end of each volume. A series of duplicate original despatches (hardcopy) is catalogued as C/AB/10.2/1. This series of duplicate original despatches often includes copies of enclosures, which are absent from letter-books which comprise this unit.

Vancouver Island: Entry Books of Correspondence, 1849-1867, (C.O. 410, vols. 1-2). This unit consists of letter-book copies of despatches from the Secretary of State for the Colonies (i.e. the Colonial .Secretary) to the governors of Vancouver Island. Subject indexes appear at the end of the volumes. Original duplicate copies of these records are catalogued as C/AA/10.2/1. Other copies, but of inferior quality, may be found on microfilm reel B00004 (1).

This series consists of transcripts of correspondence with the Hudson's Bay Company relating to the conveyance, settlement, and reconveyance of Vancouver Island. Correspondence is arranged chronologically.

Volumes:
Volume 1: 1822-1851
Volume 2: 1852-1856.
Volume 3: 1856-1858
Volume 4: 1858-1860
Volume 5: 1860-1863
Volume 6: 1863-1880

This series contains original correspondence (C.O.60/1 - C.O. 60/44), consisting of despatches (despatches from the Governor of British Columbia to the Colonial Secretary, correspondence and minutes arising from the despatches, and draft despatches from the Colonial Secretary) as well as miscellaneous letters to the Colonial Secretary from other departments of the British Government and from individuals on matters relating to British Columbia. Reel 1453 contains some pages which were not filmed at the time of the original filming.

This series consists of correspondence pertaining to the settlement of Vancouver Island and despatches from the Governor of Vancouver Island to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. (CO 305/1 to CO 305/2).

This series contains extracts from volumes in C.O. 537 series [supplementary correspondence]. The records consist mainly of despatches to and from the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the Governor-General of Canada and senior British military officers. The majority of the records were originally classified as "Secret" or "Confidential." Records pertain to all parts of Canada, but include substantial British Columbia-related material. San Juan Island dispute, B.C.'s entry into Confederation, trans-Pacific steamship services, coastal defence, and the Bering Sea sealing negotiations are but some of the issues documented in this series.

Series consists of Colonial Office correspondence relating to the Colony of Vancouver Island. Correspondence is arranged chronologically in bound volumes.

Series consists of ~entry books~ containing official despatches including commissions, instructions, patents, etc. Records are arranged chronologically.

This series consists of correspondence relating to instructions and supplies for George Vancouver's expedition, 1791 and negotiations between Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra Mollinedo and George Vancouver at Nootka, 1792-1793. (CO 5/187).

Entry Books, series 2, British Columbia: Commissions, Instructions to Governors, Petitions, Grants, Orders-in-Council, Warrants, Letters, etc. 2 Sept 1858 - 14 Feb 1871. (C.O. 381/18). Index on p. 494.

Copies of official correspondence, mainly from the Colonial Secretary to the governors and administrators of Newfoundland, 1762-1765. These records are a portion of C.O. 194/26. Vol. 1.

Copies of official correspondence, mainly from the Colonial Office, relating to Prince Edward Island, 1769-1782.

Photocopied memorandum by Colonial Office officials entitled "The Royal Engineers in British Columbia."

This series contains a register of acts from British Columbia, 1859-1884; North West Territories, 1881. Individual acts are registered only up to 1872; after that the register simply notes once a year that statutes have been received. The reel also contains vol. 24, Canada, 1881-1891; vol. 48, Manitoba, 1871-1887; and vols. 54-56, New Brunswick, 1786-1838, 1839-1848, 1848-1860.

The series consists of 8 volumes of transcribed copies of despatches from the Governor of British Columbia to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1858-1859. Originally numbered CO 60/1 to CO 60/4.
Volume 1: C.O. 60 vol. 1 part 1, 1858
Volume 2: C.O. 60 vol. 1 part 2, 1858
Volume 3: C.O. 60 vol. 2 part 1, 1858
Volume 4: C.O. 60 vol. 2 part 2, 1858
Volume 5: C.O. 60 vol. 3 part 1, 1858
Volume 6: C.O. 60 vol. 3 part 2, 1858
Volume 7: C.O. 60 vol. 4 part 1, 1859
Volume 8: C.O. 60 vol. 4 part 2, 1859

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