This series consists of 7 volumes of Vancouver Island Supreme Court fee books maintained by the Registrar, 1859-1870. The volumes record fees owing to the Supreme Court. Volume 2 also includes the registrar's office diary.
Although the colonies of Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia were united in 1866, the Supreme Court of each Colony remained as two separate Supreme Courts until they were merged in 1870 as the Supreme Court of British Columbia, based in Victoria.
The fonds consists of journals of Fort Kamloops, created between 1841 and 1870, and kept by John Tod, William Manson, Hamilton Moffat and Paul Fraser, as well as a letter book of Hamilton Moffatt's outgoing correspondence during the time he was Chief Trader at Fort Kamloops.
This series consists of letters and copies of letters from the Colonial Attorney General to the Governor forwarding ordinances and commenting on bills and ordinances, 1864-1870.
Correspondence from American government officials and British embassy in Washington, D.C., concerning diverse matters pertaining to U.S. - British Columbia relations. Includes correspondence from U.S. Military re: Indian population in Alaska (1867) and despatches British minister re: San Juan Island dispute, 1859-1870.
The series consists of certified copies of records pertaining to Indian lands obtained by the Dept. of the Attorney-General in 1976 from the Public Record Office, London.
It includes selected page copies of proclamations (PC 2/110), correspondence, and despatches (C.O.5/65, C.O.42/24 and C.O.398) from successive Secretaries of State to the Governor of British Columbia pertaining to Indian lands and Crown lands in North America as well as British Columbia.
This series contains records of the Vancouver Island Board of Education and its successor, the British Columbia Board of Education. Records include minutes of Board meetings, letterbook of correspondence outward, account book of text books and other school supplies, and a notebook regarding Vancouver Island schools and visits to them by Superintendent of Education. The letterbook of correspondence and notebook of school visits in handwritten by Alfred Waddington.
Correspondence from J.W. McKay, chairman of Yale School Board, concerning boundaries of Yale School District, school taxes, and pupils' fees as per Common School Ordinance, 1869. Draft replies to McKay's queries are included.
Custom House Returns. The records In this volume include: lists of articles (quantity and value) imported to British Columbia from Vancouver Island, the United States and the United Kingdom; lists of articles exported from British Columbia; shipping returns from the port of New Westminster; road tolls from Yale, Douglas and Hope; and an annual summary of customs receipts (from duties, harbour dues, head money, tonnage dues, warehouse fees, inland navigation licenses, fines, and tolls at south boundary).
Court calendar kept by Richard Woods (Acting Registrar): includes names of solicitor, plaintiff, defendant and cause of action for each day. This volume is made up of large sheets of paper, placed with the most recent on top, folded, and tied with ribbon.
Series consists of two bench books for Colony of British Columbia Supreme Court of Civil Justice civil cases heard before Judge Joseph Needham between 13 October 1865 and 27 February 1869.
Volume 1 (Oct 1865 - May 1867) is indexed, but Volume 2 (Jun 1867 - Feb 1869) is not.
British Columbia (Colony). Supreme Court of Civil Justice
Series consists of two bench books for Colony of Vancouver Island Supreme Court of Civil Justice criminal cases heard by Judge Joseph Needham between 4 November 1867 and 4 December 1869.
The account provides primary evidence of the life and death of Fredrick Seymour, second Governor of the Colony of British Columbia from 1864 to 1866, and the first governor of the union of the two colonies, also named the Colony of British Columbia from 1866 to 1869. Semour's final journey as Governor was to the Nass Valley to settle a dispute amongst First Nations tribes. He died of dysentery at Bella Coola on the return trip.
The records were created by another passenger on the H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, the ship used by Seymour to travel to the Nass Valley. The "journal" was created after Seymour's death as a primary account of Seymour's life and death, the main focus being the final journey to the Nass and Seymour's eventual demise. It is likely that the account was written by D.C. Maunsell, Seymour's private secretary. Maunsell was on the Sparrowhawk at the time, and of the known passengers seems the most plausible figure to write a personal and sympathetic description of Seymour.
Incoming correspondence from Colonial Secretary, Treasury, and other government departments. For additional correspondence, see Colonial Correspondence, GR-1372 and Department of Mines records listings.
This series consists of civil cause books from the mainland colony's British Columbia Supreme Court, 1864-1869.
Although the colonies of Vancouver Island and mainland British Columbia were united in 1866, the Supreme Court of each Colony remained as two separate Supreme Courts until they were merged in 1870 as the Supreme Court of British Columbia, based in Victoria
British Columbia (Colony). Supreme Court of Civil Justice
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.
The fonds consists of a diary of Stephen Tingley's travel through the interior of B.C. and from Victoria to Oregon and California. [Also available on microfilm.]
