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The series consists of ledgers from the Works Dept. in Victoria. The series includes records regarding works and buildings; roads, streets and bridges; prisons and police; harbour improvements; lighthouses; explorations and surveys; education; and salaries.

This series contains correspondence, reports, and miscellaneous documents regarding financial grants to the City of Victoria Centennial Celebrations (1962), British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame (1968-1973), and the Vancouver Indian Centre Society (1963-1969).

This series contains water licences issued for Victoria Water District, 1909-1912, by W.S. Drewry, Chief Water Commissioner, pursuant to the Water Act, 1909. The records include water notices and approval of plans. This volume was also used by the Board of Investigation to make water rights determinations, ca. 1913-1914.

Fence viewer's awards nos.1-10; index.

Letterpress book of correspondence outward from Victoria Court Registry.

Correspondence inward to the Victoria Court Registry, A-M.

Wills probated in British Columbia, numbers 31,201 - 46,021.

This series consists of correspondence, petitions, accounts, statements of population, and reports relating to land of Indigenous peoples in British Columbia from the Department of the Provincial Secretary.

This series consists of the records of the Commission on Mount Douglas Park, 1930-1931. Unit consists of Letters Patent appointing the commissioner, correspondence, exhibits, notes, photographs, submissions and the report.

Letter inward to Premier John Foster McCreight from Robert Beaven, 22 December 1871, regarding proposed water legislation and City of Victoria's water supply. Contains 1 page.

Correspondence relating to compensation for privately owned lots on Bird Cage Walk required for the Parliament Buildings. From Lands and Work files 4155/1892, 4457/1892 and 41/1893.

This series contains minutes from the Executive Council meetings. Records of interest in this series include minutes "relative to the Indian troubles on the Skeena River," from 1888.; dispatches, reports, and correspondence concerning the relocation of Songhees Indian reserve, 1893-1896. The series also includes a copy of the Report on British Columbia for Royal Colonial Institute (for use in British elementary schools), 1884.

Index to judgments, Jan. 1, 1885 - Nov. 1, 1895. The judgments and the preceding index are found in GR-1590.

Returns of criminal appeals, 1940-1954. Statistics including "Sentences varied by Court of Appeal", 1945-1949 and Dominion Bureau of Statistics form "Appeals of Criminal cases, 1949".

Series consists of one bench book for Colony of Vancouver Island Supreme Court of Civil Justice civil and criminal cases heard by Judge David Cameron at Fort Victoria from November 1853 to January 1856 and one criminal case at Nanaimo in May 1854. It also includes civil cases heard at Victoria in the Inferior Court of Civil Justice in 1856. The volume additionally served as a criminal record book for 1853, a cause book for 1856, and a Registrar's record book for 1853. It opens with a notation that Judge Cameron's commission was read and that he took his seat on 6 October 1853. The Registrar also notes that he received the court seal from Judge Cameron.

Financial records from Victoria's Supreme Court of Civil Justice. There is a receipt book, 1859-1964 recording payments made by Registrar Thomas G. William to suitors. The date, the number of the plaint, the "Full amount of judgment and costs" and/or the amount of cash received [pounds, shillings, pence] and the signature of the suitor receiving the money. In 1862 the format and handwriting changes. Registrar's account book, 1866-1970 showing daily entries of sheriff fees and court fees (in dollars and cents). A booklet of "Fees collected during the Circuit of 1870, 21 June to 26 August" marked Duplicate.

Suitor's Funds bank book from the Bank of British North America.

The series consists of three volumes of Victoria Gaol Warden's diaries dated 1893, 1896 and 1899.

The James Bay Athletic Association [JBAA], the oldest Canadian amateur athletic organization west of Montreal, dates from 1886 (inc. 1890). Early records include: minutes, 1927-1930 and articles of incorporation 1927. Most of the unit spans the years 1966-1977 and includes: minutes, 1966-1978; reports; financial records; correspondence files; newsletters; team files and subject files. Also includes papers concerning the British Columbia Rugby Union [BCRU] and the Victoria Rugby Union [VRU] which became the Vancouver Island Rugby Union [VIRU] in 1976. BCRU files include reports, minutes (1968, 1973, 1976, 1977). VRU/VIRU files include reports, minutes (1965-1977), constitutions. The JBAA's athletic interests grew to include rugby, track and field, basketball, tennis, badminton, wrestling, Canadian football, soccer, lacrosse and ice hockey; eventually, however, interest in sports other than rugby suffered. Active in rugby to this day, the teams of the JBAA have compiled an impressive playing record. JBAA records include some early material: minutes, 1927-1930, articles of incorporation 1927, etc.; however, the bulk of the records span the years 1966-1977 and includes minutes, 1966-1978, reports, financial records, correspondence files, newsletters, team files and various subject files. Also included are papers concerning the British Columbia Rugby Union [BCRU] and the Victoria Rugby Union [VRU] which became the Vancouver Island Rugby Union [VIRU] in 1976. BCRU files include reports, minutes, etc., VRU/VIRU files include reports, minutes, constitutions, etc.

Letterbooks (indexed) of correspondence outward by Registrar and Sheriff, 1866-1890. The first section of vol. 2 also serves as a letterbook of correspondence outward for the Dominion Saw Mill Co., 1884-1885. 2 vols.

Register and index for assignments of book debts.

Debt attachment books. The two volumes cover the same time period but the contents are not duplicated.

Firm indexes and individual indexes. Firm declarations covered by these indexes are in GR-2540.

Civil record books (indexed at the front of each volume).

Ledger, roll call of regular and special meetings, register of stocks traded.

Records of the Victoria Branch of the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BCSPCA). The collection consists of minutes (1909-1943, 1952-1953), committee reports, financial statements, annual reports (1946-1980), and clippings.

The series consists of a photograph album created in 1875, possibly as a presentation album for Prime Minister Alexander Mackenzie, containing 54 black and white photographs taken by Charles Horetzky. The images were taken during the Canadian Pacific Railway Survey and are mostly of the Homathko River area. Each photograph is numbered and has a caption.

Correspondence regarding publication of a history of Victoria.

The series consists of diaries of George Lovatt, kept from October 1903 to September 1905, while he lived in Sandon and worked as a sawmill operator and timber and liquor dealer. There are also diaries from his retirement in Victoria, from January 1920 to May 1924.
The series also includes account books, from 1900 to 1906, of Lovatt's son-in-law Harry Nash, who was a plumber and tinsmith and operated a hardware store in Sandon.