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Part of Herald Street collection
The item consists of a register of crown land grants for the Colony of Vancouver Island. A Crown grant is the legal instrument by which ownership of Crown (public) land is transferred to private ownership. The grants in this register are numbered 502-568. The records relate to the sale of lots for the Town of Victoria.
Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General
"The Return Of The Lands: Signing The Pact"
Premier Tolmie, Cabinet, Deputy Minister of Lands, and Deputy Attorney-General. Official transfer of control over the crown lands and natural resources in the Peace River Block and Railway Belt from the federal government to the provincial government.
Standing (l-r): O.C. Bass; H. Cathcart; W. Atkinson; R.L. Maitland; W.A. McKenzie, J. Hinchliffe; S.L. Howe, R.H. Pooley
Sitting (l-r): W.C. Shelley. N.S. Lougheed; F.P. Burdon; S.F. Tolmie
Disposal of Crown lands in British Columbia, 1871-1913 / Robert Edgar Cail
The item is copy of a thesis by Robert Edgar Cail titled "Disposal of Crown lands in British Columbia, 1871-1913." viii, 526 p: maps, tables. Thesis (M.A.), University of British Columbia, 1956. Bibliography: p 513-526.