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This series consists of Colony of British Columbia Department of Lands and Works records, 1858-1863. Records include receipts for payments for lots and some correspondence regarding sales of land in Queensborough, Yale, and Hope.

A.F. Pemberton in account with the Treasury, 1861-1863.

Series contains account records of the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Works Lytton. Account of H.M. Ball with Lands and Works Department, 1862-1863; list of horses purchased for the Lytton district by the government, 1860; list of permanent stores of the Lytton department, 1859-1860.

This series contains an accounts payable ledger from 1863, relating to wages paid and construction costs of the Cariboo road. Includes an alphabetical index.

The fonds consists of accounts, receipts, wage lists, miscellaneous correspondence and invoices.

The fonds consists of Buckley's journal to the Cariboo gold fields in 1862, correspondence, notebook and journal of activities in unnamed port.

This series consists of a record book from Magistrate's court, 15 Dec 1858 - 28 May 1862. "Jail book, Fort Hope District", 1858-1859 (2 p.) at front of volume.

Incoming correspondence from Colonial Secretary, Treasury, and other government departments. For additional correspondence, see Colonial Correspondence, GR-1372 and Department of Mines records listings.

The fonds consists of Sellar's diary. [Available in typescript.]

This series consists of a record of land claims and government reservations, by William George Cox, Esq., Magistrate, Rock Creek, B.C., 1860-1862. Cox was the magistrate and Gold Commissioner for this area at the time. The volume includes descriptions of land claimed by settlers, as well as general government reserves and Indian Reserves. The back of the volume was used as a Sheriff's book for the County of Cariboo, and a police charge book, 1861.

The fonds consists of Hathaway's diary.

Store Book, Boston Bar Waggon (sic) Road, July 1862- November 1862, Rocky Camp (1 vol.). Merchandise accounts and sales register.

The fonds consists of diary and receipts of Richard Henry Alexander.

The fonds consists of receipts, freight lists, financial statements and crew list of the ship Governor Douglas.

The fonds consists of Cowley's diary of his voyage to B.C. in 1862.

Revenue and expenditure, January 1858 - March 1859; account book September 1858 - April 1859; collectorate book, January - December 1860; account book, September 1859 - May 1862.

The fonds consists of an office diary of William Culverwell.

The fonds consists of an office diary and a diary describing passage through Kingston, Ontario via New York and the Isthmus of Panama.

The fonds consists of Sabben's logbook. Profusely illustrated with pencil and watercolour sketches of various Pacific Coast and British harbours, including Victoria harbour and Nanaimo harbour. The view of Victoria harbour includes the Songhees village site.

The fonds consists of a newspaper account of Thomas McMicking's Overlander journey along with his brother Robert.

This series consists of pre-emption records recorded at Lillooet by Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Works, Andrew Charles Elliott.

The fonds consists of journals of service with the Boundary Commission and a map.

This series consists of a minute book of the Council of Vancouver Island from 30 August 1851 to the prorogation of the House of Assembly on the 6 February 1861.

The series also consists of several extracts of council minutes on various topics from 1853 and 1856, and what appears to be 2 drafts - one consisting of Council minutes and the other of an ordinance. The drafts are dated 14 February 1857 and 2 August 1856, respectively, and deal with the granting of money for the use of the Vancouver Island House of Assembly, and for the arrangement of the affairs of the Colonial Church at Victoria. These additional records may be copied in the minute book.

This series contains certificates of title of country lands in B.C. (2 vols.) Volume 1 contains nos. 1-35 (1860-1861). Volume 2 contains nos. 36-39 (1861). The records are counterfoil books containing name of purchaser, acreage and description of lands.

The fonds consists of miscellaneous accounts and returns created at Fort Alexandria between 1831 and 1861.

This volume was created by WG Cox, Police Magistrate and Gold Commissioner of Rock Creek in 1861. The ledger lists all of the furniture, fixtures, supplies and other items located at the Rock Creek government office and their "fate" - possibly where some items were moved to when the office closed around 1863.

This series consists of letters inward to the Surveyor-General regarding the pre-emption claim of John Ducie Cusheon on Saltspring Island.

The fonds consists of correspondence, subscriber list, poem, minutes and membership list of the New Westminster Fire Department.

Index to Acts of the colony of British Columbia, 1859-1861.