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The fonds consists of Melrose's diary relating to work at Craigflower Farm.

The fonds consists of Peers' diary of a trip from Fort Langley to Thomsons River and Peers' appointment to Chief Trader. There is one piece of correspondence (accession 74A-595) from W.W. Miller to H.N. Peers (1857) requesting an account of all public property regarding the Company of Cowlitz Rangers, 1st Regiment W.T. Volunteers.

Draft of Miner's licence form of [Colony of Victoria], with amendments to suit Colony of British Columbia.

List of ditch companies on the Fraser River in 1858 and proposed regulations for granting ditch privileges, 20 July 1858 to 25 October 1858.

The collection consists of six letters by James Douglas to James Yale or Donald Manson, three agreements between the Hudson 's Bay Company and four employees, and a bill of lading for the Hudson's Bay Company ship Cadboro.

This series contains a notebook of tables for the observation and recording of meteorological records, kept by Corporal Alfred R. Howse. It includes a table of corrections to reduce barometric readings to 32 degrees Fahrenheit, a table of factors for computing the dew point, a table of the elastic force of vapour below zero, corrections to barometers for capillary action, etc.

The fonds consists of outward correspondence of James Lowe.

The series consists of copies of correspondence between Queen Victoria and Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton on the naming of British Columbia, 24 June to 26 July 1858. The copy, made in 1971, was a gift of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, on the centenary of the province, 1871-1971.

The fonds consists of receipts, crew lists, and passenger lists of the barque Joven Guipuzcoana.

This series includes miscellaneous land sale vouchers, issued at Victoria, B.C. by Joseph D. Pemberton, Colonial Surveyor. It includes vouchers pursuant to the sale of fur trade lands of the Hudson's Bay Company and vouchers signed by various Vancouver Island treasury clerks.

Volume 1. Receipts and expenditures, April - December 1859. Volume 2. Receipts and payments, September 1899 - September 1904. Volume 3. Record of taxes collected, 1873-1881. Volume 4. Record of road tolls collected, 1876-1884. For related records see GR-0252, volumes 32-36.

This series contains the correspondence inward to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Colonel R.C. Moody. The records consists largely of letters from Governor James Douglas and the Colonial Secretary pertaining to town lots, other lands, trails and roads, and other public works in the vicinity of New Westminster. The series includes letters on the Harrison River road and pack trail.

The fonds consists of Simpson's travel diary.

This series consists of miscellaneous Governor James Douglas correspondence regarding the selection of site for capital and claim of land near Fort Hope, 1859.

This series contains a sale book of rural lands entitled: October 5th, 1859, Records of lands sold to Sgt. Wm. McColl and Sgt. Major George Cann of the Royal Engineers and a Capt. MacLean, Charles Good and Governor James Douglas (Manson Island lands).

This series consist of voters lists and poll books for the Vancouver Island House of Assembly elections, 1860-1866. Includes electoral districts of Nanaimo (1865), Esquimalt (1865), Victoria District and Victoria Town (1865, 1866) and Sooke (1866).

The fonds consists of correspondence and accounts of the Swan River District.

The fonds consists of the diary of Richard Charles Mayne.

The fonds consists of letter, newspaper clippings, maps (some annotated) and watercolours of Sir Francis Leopold M'Clintock.

The fonds consists of Heaton's diary regarding activities in the Sheriff's Office.

This series consists of one financial waste book volume used by the Colony of Vancouver Island treasury from 1859-1860. Waste books are rough account book in which transactions are recorded as they occur. Waste book entries are often transferred to day books prior to summary in journals and ledgers. These transactions are entered chronologically by date and are arranged under various accounts. Information may be entered under the following headings: date, related journal page, head or service or a description of the transaction, amount and total.

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.

Cause book, Oct 1858 - Oct 1861. 1 vol. with plaintiff index.