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Magistrate's record book

  • GR-0592
  • Series
  • 1858-1862

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.

British Columbia. Provincial Court (Fort Hope)

List of ditch companies on the Fraser River

  • GR-1770
  • Series
  • 1858

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

British Columbia (Colony). Lands and Works Dept.

Indexes to suits and writs

  • GR-2543
  • Series
  • 1858-1919

Suit papers index, 1858-1893; writs index, 1907-1919. (6 vol.)

British Columbia. Supreme Court

Lytton Government Agency account books

  • GR-3049
  • Series
  • 1858-1900

This series consists of various financial records created by the Lytton Government Agent and related government employees from 1858-1900. The records include account books, cash books, records of licences, lists of lots, receipts, a list of prisoners and charge book for the Lytton gaol, road tolls collected at Lytton, a store ledger, waste books and collectorate books. Collectorate books record the collection of various fees by the government agent. Such as trade licences, liquor licences, marriage licences, pre-emption records, water records, mining records, fines, deposits and rent. There are also handwritten notes and invoices created by the Government Agent for the Hope-Yale-Lytton District.

British Columbia. Government Agent (Lytton)

Yale Government Agent records

  • GR-0252
  • Series
  • 1858-1914

The series consists of records created by the Government Agent in Yale between 1858 and 1914. The records include correspondence inward and outward; records of placer and mineral claims, water records, land records and financial records.

The series includes one file transferred from container 913433-0222 that relates to the Ashton v. Agassiz case. This correspondence can be found in the letterbook in GR-1780.

British Columbia. Government Agent (Yale)

Draft Miner's licence form

  • GR-1104
  • Series
  • 1858

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

British Columbia (Colony). Governor (1858-1864 : Douglas)

Lands records

  • GR-0767
  • Series
  • 1858-1863

This series consists of land records from the Colony of British Columbia Lands and Works Department, 1858-1863. Most records are related to the sale of town lots at Langley, 1858-1859, and New Westminster, 1860-1862, including records of exchanges of lots at Langley for lots at New Westminster. The series also include various other land records related to New Westminster, Douglas, Hope, Yale, Lytton and Lillooet, including pre-emptions, lot registers, accounts for sales of town and suburban lots, and lists of deeds issued.

British Columbia (Colony). Lands and Works Dept.

Provincial Police correspondence and accounts

  • GR-0092
  • Series
  • 1858-1868, 1898-[ca. 1933]

The series consists of records created by the British Columbia Provincial Police Force between 1858 and ca. 1933.
The records include correspondence and other material regarding financial matters such as budgets, estimates, vouchers issued, revenue returns, bills, statements and receipts. The records also include correspondence and lists regarding stores, uniforms, equipment and supplies; vehicle reports and some colonial era records relating to Victoria and Vancouver Island police, prison, fire department and prisons.

British Columbia. Provincial Police Force

Customs Dept. letter book

  • GR-1733
  • Series
  • 1858-1876

The series consists of a letter book created by the Collector of Customs in the Vancouver Island Customs Dept. between 1858 and 1871 and the Canada Customs Department between 1871 and 1876. It contains copies of correspondence outward from the Customs Houses in Victoria and New Westminster. There is an index to the volume.
The Collector of Customs was based as follows:
A.C. Anderson, Victoria, July 1858 - April 1859
W. Hamley, Victoria, April 1859 - June 1859
W. Hamley, Queensborough, New Westminster, June 1859 - December 1868
W. Hamley, Victoria, January 1869 - June 1876

Vancouver Island (Colony). Customs Dept.

Records of the Commissariat Department

  • GR-4146
  • Series
  • 1858-1864

This series consists of financial records and correspondence created by the commissariat department of the Royal Engineers Columbia Detachment from 1858-1864. This department was the responsible for the supply of food and equipment. The records relate to the establishment of the Columbia detachment, the projects they completed in the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, and the auction of assets when the detachment was disbanded.

The financial records document monies received and spent by the civil and military Commissariat department. Expenses include supplies, salaries, the use of office space, the hiring of survey parties, etc. Correspondence relates to survey parties, survey field notes, construction work, supply management, including food and construction supplies and other expenses.

Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers

Proclamations

  • GR-0549
  • Series
  • 1858-1918

Proclamations and related records from the colony and province of British Columbia, 1858-1918.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Provincial Secretary

Account books

  • GR-0823
  • Series
  • 1858-1873

This series consists of three volumes of record books from the Colony of Vancouver Island Police and Prisons Department, and later and Colony of British Columbia Police, 1858-1873. Records include an account book, 1858-1863 (contains also some fire department accounts); requisition book, 1859-1861; record of constable's clothing and advance warrants, police and gaol, 1866-1873.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Police and Prisons Dept.

Judge's inscribed copy of Herbert Broom and Leonard Shelford, The Practice of the County Court

  • GR-1891
  • Series
  • 1858-1863

Judge's inscribed copy of Herbert Broom and Leonard Shelford, The Practice of the County Court (London, England, 1858). The volume contains inscriptions in the handwriting of P.J. O'Reilly and W.G. Cox, as well as artwork by Cox. The inscriptions say: "Government of British Columbia Magistrate at Fort Hope" and "Government of British Columbia, Cariboo East, 1863". The volume is bound with an animal skin spine.

British Columbia. County Court (Cariboo)

Water Rights records

  • GR-1017
  • Series
  • 1858-1974

Registers of water record and water licence grants and applications; index of water reserves, 1908-1929; list of localities operating hydro-electric plants, 1918; alphabetical index of creek surveys, 1910-1911, measuring stream flows.

British Columbia. Water Rights Branch

Charge books

  • GR-0848
  • Series
  • 1858-1860, 1862-1871

This series consist of Vancouver Island Police and Prisons Department charge books. Volumes also contain magistrate's sentence and gaoler's reports. Volumes 6 and 7 are indexes.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Police and Prisons Dept.

Fort Hope County Court plaint and procedure book

  • GR-0574
  • Series
  • 1858-1880

One record book from the Fort Hope County Court. The book has been used for several purposes over the years. It includes the following information: plaint and procedure book, 1858-1859; 1867-1880; jail book, 1860-1861; and cause book for 2 bankruptcy cases at Yale, 1869.

British Columbia. County Court (Fort Hope)

Yale and Lytton government agency records

  • GR-0256
  • Series
  • 1858-1889

The series consists of records created by the Government Agents at Yale and Lytton between 1858 and 1889. It includes correspondence inward and outward; mining, court and water records, and accounts.

British Columbia. Government Agent (Yale)

Treasury ledgers

  • GR-3055
  • Series
  • 1858-1868

This series consists of ledger books likely created by the colony of BC Treasury from 1858-1868. Ledger books are financial records in which each transaction is entered under a particular account or subject as a debit or a credit. The information may have been copied from a related daybook or journal before being sorted and copied into the ledger. Accounts can include anything that is a source of government income or expenditure, such as: salaries, rent, licences, postage, lighthouses, military, mining fees, roads, etc. Account names may be indexed.

Information may be entered under the following headings: date, related journal page, description of the transaction, and the amount. Debit transactions are recorded on the left side of a folio and credits on the right side.

British Columbia (Colony). Treasury Dept.

Indexes to letters received

  • GR-0981
  • Series
  • 1858-1864

This series consists of two volumes of indexes recording correspondence inward to the Colony of British Columbia Department of Lands and Works. The indexes were used to track the receipt of incoming correspondence and reports.

Volume 1 is titled "Index to letters received" and covers the years 1858 to 1864. The index is arranged by the sender, then chronologically. This includes sections for miscellaneous correspondence and reports and correspondence from Boards of Survey, Courts of Enquiry, the Governor, the Attorney-General, the Assistant Commissioners of Lands and Works, Gold Commissioners, and to letters from the Royal Engineers or Military. Some sections are missing: Military (p. 26-33), Captain J.M. Grant R.E. (p. 37-44), Captain R.M. Parsons (p. 45-50), Boards of Survey (p. 51-52), and Courts of Enquiry (p. 52-54).

Volume 2 indexes letters received by the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and covers 1858-1863. Items in this volume are also arranged by sender, then chronologically. However they only include sections for: the Governor; Captain Gosset of the Royal Engineers; Treasurer; Chartres Brew, Acting Treasurer; and HPP Crease, Attorney General. Most of the entries in volume 2 duplicate the contents of volume 1. Thus, this partial volume may have been used as a reference copy.

British Columbia (Colony). Lands and Works Dept.

Notebook of meteorological records kept by Corporal Alfred R. Howse

  • GR-1168
  • Series
  • 1858

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.

Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers

Land sale vouchers

  • GR-1170
  • Series
  • 1858-1859

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.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Hope Gold Commissioner's account books

  • GR-3051
  • Series
  • 1858-1862

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

British Columbia. Gold Commissioner (Hope)

Provincial Police personnel records

  • GR-0091
  • Series
  • 1858-1863; 1894-1950

The series consists of Provincial Police Force personnel records created between 1858 and 1950, mostly from after 1900. The records include applications, correspondence regarding applications, oath books, pay lists and other salary records, staff registers, nominal rolls and personnel cards. Some records may relate to staffing provincial gaols and game wardens.

British Columbia. Provincial Police Force

Lytton court documents

  • GR-2414
  • Series
  • 1858-1887, 1920

The series consists of records relating to the Supreme and County Courts of Lytton, as well as some records relating to the local government commissioner. The records date from approximately 1858 to 1887, with a single note from 1920 indicating that one record was used as an exhibit in a court case. Records in this series may have been initially found at the County Court offices in Lytton, although their provenance is unclear and the records relate to all levels of court matters. The series consists of correspondence, summonses, financial documents, case records, search warrants, affidavits, bail bonds, writs, oaths for coroner’s inquests, and depositions of witnesses. The series includes letters written by, and about, Mr. Peter O’Reilly, as well as a telegraph sent by Joseph Trutch. Correspondence covers a wide variety of topics, including settler-First Nations relations, local crime, the appointment of special constables, and the issuance of trading licenses. The records are fairly geographically limited in scope, and center on Lytton and Spence’s Bridge.

The records were found in the Provincial Museum storage in the 1980s, and were originally part of accessions G80-076, which includes land records relating to the Yale area, and G86-081, which includes Supreme and County court records relating to Richfield, Vancouver, and Victoria. However, the records were removed from this accession in 2004 and at that time, archivists classified the records as their own series. It was also possibly at this time that the records were arranged into folders based on the year of creation. All 1858 records have been grouped together, all 1860 records together etc, despite the fact that the records in the folders appear to have little relation to each other. Although every effort has been made to provide descriptive and accurate file titles, due to the disparate nature of the records, researchers are strongly encouraged to examine the files themselves.

British Columbia. County Court (Lytton)

Drafts of proclamations, ordinances, acts, bills

  • GR-0673
  • Series
  • 1858-1910

This series consists of drafts of proclamations, ordinances, acts, and bills, 1858-1910. Records created before 1871 were created by the Attorney-General of the Colony of British Columbia, and possibly by the Attorney-General for the Colony of Vancouver Island. Records created after 1871 were created by the Department of the Attorney-General for the Province in British Columbia.

British Columbia. Dept. of the Attorney-General

Miscellaneous colonial treasury financial records

  • GR-4169
  • Series
  • 1858-1868

This series consists of 42 volumes of financial records and one file of correspondence likely created by the colony of BC Treasury from 1858-1872. The majority of records are waste books, journals, ledgers and cash books. However they may not be labelled clearly as such. Other types of records include day books, blotters, bill books, toll books, debenture registers, notebooks, payment slips, revenue books and other account books. The titles of each volume in the file list are transcribed directly from the cover of the volume. Title information in [square brackets] is estimated or inferred by the archivist. The records document the financial transactions and balances of the colonial government in all aspects of its operations and functions.

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. The accounts may be the type of expense, or the name of the office in which the transaction relates to. Information may be entered under the following headings: date, related journal page, amount and total. Only some books include a description of individual services or items of a transaction.

Journals are a type of financial record used in double entry book keeping to separate transactions into debits or credits. They are an intermediary record used to reorganize the chronological entries in rough day books or waste books into specific accounts, before they are ultimately copied into a ledger book. Information may be entered under the following headings: amount, associated ledger folio number, associated waste book page, date, a description of the transaction, and if the transaction was a debit or credit. The end of each year includes a sheet summarizing the balances for various accounts.

Ledger books are financial records in which each transaction is entered under a particular account or subject as a debit or a credit. The information may have been copied from a related daybook or journal before being sorted and copied into the ledger. Accounts can include anything that is a source of government income or expenditure. Account names may be indexed. Information may be entered under the following headings: date, related journal page, description of the transaction, and the amount. Debit transactions are recorded on the left side of a folio and credits on the right side.

Cash books list receipts and payments in date order and are used to determine total assets at any given time. Information may be entered under the following headings: date of receipt or payment, number of voucher; name of the person or department making or receiving the payment; reason for payment or receipt; amount received or paid; the heading under which the entry was recorded in the related waste book; and the waste book page number. Cash books may be referred to as collectorate books or records of receipts and payments.

British Columbia (Colony). Treasury Dept.

Correspondence and receipts

  • GR-0852
  • Series
  • 1858-1863

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.

British Columbia (Colony). Lands and Works Dept.

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

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