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Election writs and other material

  • GR-1714
  • Series
  • 1856-1866

This series contains election writs, voters' lists, poll books and related correspondence dating from 1856-1866. Poll books give electors' names and indicate the candidates for whom each elector voted. This unit should be used in conjunction with GR-0484 [Voters' Lists, 1865-1866] and GR-1666 [Voters' Lists and Poll Books, 1862-1866].

Vancouver Island (Colony). Sheriff

George Webster Anderson fonds

  • PR-1055
  • Fonds
  • 1860-1866

The fonds consists of correspondence, accounts, receipts, contracts and agreements, pocket notebooks, and notes. Some records relate to the Rail Road House and to activities conducted in partnership with Arthur Churton.

Anderson, George Webster, d. 1899

Vancouver Island cash books

  • GR-3057
  • Series
  • 1859-1866

This series consists of cash books used by the Colony of Vancouver Island treasury from 1859-1866. Cash books list receipts and payments in date order and are used to determine total assets at any given time. transactions are divided into receipts (debits) and payments (credits). Information is entered under the following headings: date of receipt or payment, number of voucher; from who received; name of the person or department making or receiving the payment; description of the receipt item or service; amount received or paid; and the waste book page number.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Treasury

Surveyor General correspondence

  • C/AA/30.71K/1
  • Series
  • 1852-1866

The series is a correspondence record book originally kept by the Surveyor General of the Colony of Vancouver Island, J.D. Pemberton, from 1852 to 1864. The record book was then kept by Acting Surveyor General B.W. Pearse, from 1864 to 1868 both for the Colony of Vancouver Island and the United Colony of

The volume contains copies of correspondence from Hudson's Bay Company House in London to Colonial Surveyor J.D. Pemberton and Governor James Douglas, as well as individual letters from Douglas and other Colonial officials to Pemberton and Pearse bound into the book. There are also lists of reports issued by Pemberton and extracts from minutes of council regarding regulations for the sale of land, letters and papers regarding the Race Rocks lighthouse, and correspondence relating to the Union of the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Vancouver Island proclamations

  • GR-0722
  • Series
  • 1859-1866

This series consists of proclamations collected from various published and unpublished sources issued by the Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island, 1859-1866.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Governor

Hall Jackson Kelley fonds

  • PR-1441
  • Fonds
  • 1854, 1866

The fonds consists of Kelley's correspondence regarding land in Oregon he intended to convey to New York City College.

Kelley, Hall Jackson, 1790-1874

Francis J. Blackwood fonds

  • PR-1199
  • Fonds
  • 1863-1866

The fonds consists of a personal log book relating to Francis Blackwood's service in the Royal Navy.

Blackwood, Francis J.

Louis Des Mariseque fonds

  • PR-0981
  • Fonds
  • 1866

The fonds consists of Louis Des Mariseque's English-Kalispel dictionary compiled between January and February, 1866.

Des Mariseque, Louis

North Pacific Coal Company fonds

  • PR-0345
  • Fonds
  • 1864-1866

The fonds consists of a minute and transfer book of the North Pacific Coal Company.

North Pacific Coal Company

Charge book, census of householders and daily report book

  • GR-0428
  • Series
  • 1862-1866

This series includes records of the Colony of Vancouver Island Police. Volume one is a charge book, 1862-1866; this volume also includes complaints of the Victoria Police Office, July - September 1866, and a census of householders in Victoria by street, 1871. Volume 2 is a daily report book, April 26, 1863-Dec. 23, 1864.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Police and Prisons Dept.

Register of correspondence inward

  • GR-0625
  • Series
  • 1864-1866

This series consists of a register of correspondence inward from the Colonial Secretary, 1864-1866.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Colonial Secretary

Drafts of bills and other material

  • GR-1528
  • Series
  • 1858-1866

This series consists of a variety of records created or used by the colony of Vancouver Island Legislative Assembly from 1858-1866. Records include draft bills, draft ordinances, draft Acts, draft proclamations, committee reports, committee minutes, correspondence, messages from the Speaker of the House to the Governor and addresses to or from the Legislative Assembly.

Committee records include the Committee on Crown Lands with land use statistics on the number of acres sold, pre-empted and reserved (including Indian Reserves) in each land district.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Legislative Assembly

Robert Firth fonds

  • PR-1543
  • Fonds
  • 1865-1866

The fonds consists of Firth's diary.

Firth, Robert

Vancouver Island election records

  • GR-1666
  • Series
  • 1862-1866

This series contains voters' lists for the Colony of Vancouver Island, 1862 and 1866. The series also includes poll books for Saltspring Island and Chemainus District (1863), for Victoria District (1863) and Victoria City (1863-1866). This unit should be used in conjunction with GR-0484 [Voters' lists, 1865-1866] and GR-1714 [Voters' lists and poll books, 1856-1866].

Vancouver Island (Colony). Sheriff

John Brough fonds

  • PR-1133
  • Fonds
  • 1864-1866

The fonds consists of John Brough's transcript of a diary, family letters and local parish census records from Comrie, Scotland.

Brough, John, 1823-1878

William Kernaghan fonds

  • PR-1547
  • Fonds
  • 1865

The fonds consists of Kernaghan's notes and correspondence pertaining to his protest over the Hudson's Bay Company monopoly.

Kernaghan, William

Governor Seymour's correspondence outward

  • GR-1913
  • Series
  • 1864-1865

Drafts of Governor Seymour's despatches to Great Britain, 1864-1865. Lists of missing drafts, 1864 and 1865, compiled by D.C.M. (D.C. Maunsell, Private Secretary) are bound at the front and back of the volume.

British Columbia (Colony). Governor (1864-1869 : Seymour)

Colony of Vancouver Island Supreme Court of Civil Justice bench book

  • GR-2031
  • Series
  • 1863-1865

Series consists of one bench book for Colony of Vancouver Island Supreme Court of Civil Justice chancery cases heard by Chief Justice David Cameron between January 1863 and August 1865.

Vancouver Island. Supreme Court of Civil Justice

Sooke District Mining Board minute book

  • GR-0204
  • Series
  • 1865

The series consists of a minute book for the Sooke district created in 1865 by the Vancouver Island Gold Commissioner.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Gold Commissioner. Mining Board of the Sooke District

Day book of expenditures and correspondence

  • GR-1029
  • Series
  • 1862-1865

This series consists of a day book of expenditures of road and bridge construction, surveys and transport, 1862-1864; goods received from grocers, Hope, B.C., 1865; correspondence and specifications relating to the construction of the Burrard Inlet road, 1864-1865.

British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works

Thomas T. McWatters fonds

  • PR-0585
  • Fonds
  • 1864-1865

The fonds consists of letters from Thomas McWatters to his father and sisters in Ontario.

McWatters, Thomas T.

John B. Wilkinson fonds

  • PR-0029
  • Fonds
  • 1860-1865

The fonds consists of correspondence of Wilkinson with family and friends in Ontario.

Wilkinson, John B.

Henry Maynard Ball fonds

  • PR-1082
  • Fonds
  • 1859-1865

The fonds consists of a personal account book, testimonial letters and a diary.

Ball, Henry Maynard, 1825-1897

Blank school register

  • GR-0468
  • Series
  • 1865

Blank school register for Summary of Attendance and Payments.

British Columbia. Dept. of Education

Drafts of bills and other material

  • GR-1527
  • Series
  • 1860-1865

This series contains drafts of bills, ordinances, and regulations from 1860-1865. The series also includes covering correspondence from the Clerk of the Council to the House of Assembly, 1860-1864.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Legislative Council

Speeches by and addresses to colonial governors

  • GR-1717
  • Series
  • 1860-1865

Opening and closing speeches of Governors Douglas and Kennedy to the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of Vancouver Island, 1860-1864; closing speeches of Governor Seymour to the Legislative Council of British Columbia, 1865. Also addresses from the Legislative Council of British Columbia to Governor Douglas (1864) and Governor Seymour (1865).

British Columbia (Colony). Governor

Register and account book

  • GR-2055
  • Series
  • 1861-1865

Register of Victoria District School, 1861-1865, and school account book, 1862-1864. The Register shows the names and attendance of students at the school. "Accounts" include supply list of food staples, etc., showing prices and customs duties, along with student fee payments. As well, the volume contains addresses and a "Story of Moses" by schoolmaster W. H. Burr. Also included are newspaper cuttings re: the early history of Victoria schools and an annotated list of pupils attending the Victoria District School, ca. 1862. The list was prepared for the Provincial Archivist, John Forsyth, by Edgar Fawcett in April 1922.

Victoria School District

British Columbian fonds

  • PR-1131
  • Fonds
  • 1864-1865

The fonds consists of an advertisement book listing advertisers and fees paid to the British Columbian newspaper.

British Columbian (Newspaper)

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