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This series consists of the records of the Commission on Legislation and Revising the Law Dealing With the Licencing of Commercial Vehicles, 1960. Records include proceedings including inter alia transcript of exhibits.

This series consists of records of the Public Utilities Commission, 1972. Records include proceedings at hearings pursuant to the Public Utilities Act in the matter of the application of British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, Centennial Natural Gas Pipeline, Georgia Gulf Transmission, Malaspina Gas Pipeline, for the construction and operation of a pipeline or system to serve Powell River and Vancouver Island with natural gas.

This series consists of the records of the Royal Commission on Mental Hygiene, 1925-128. The records include correspondence, material gathered in the research process, reports to the commission, clippings, and reports of the commission. The series is divided into the following subseries:

A. Commission Correspondence
B. Minutes Of Commission Meetings:
C. Special Subject Files And Working Papers
D. Reports
E. Miscellany: Articles, Published Reports, Etc.

This series consists of the records of the Commission on Coal, 1921. The records include transcripts of proceedings of hearings, exhibits, Mining engineer, R.G.E. Leckie's report and accountant P.A. Foster's report. Also included is the commissioner's report in which he recommended that the short ton be used in government compilations and all sales, dealers be licensed and required to submit monthly returns, that coal stocks be accumulated during summer months, grading standards be adopted, combines be dissolved, and an effort be made to reduce freight rates on both land and water.

The series consists of the records of the Commission on the Overseas Vote in Connection With the British Columbia Prohibition Act, 1917. Commission records include transcripts of proceedings for the eleven days of hearings in London during June and July 1917.

This series consists of the records of the Milk Inquiry Commission, 1928. Commission records consist of the original signed report which contains recommendations regarding the production and marketing of milk and milk products, as well as recommended changes in legislation regulating the marketing of milk and milk products.

This series consists of the records of the Commission Regarding Campaign Funds, 1927. Commission records consist of correspondence, proceedings, exhibits and the report in which the commissioners stated that they found no evidence to support the charges.

This series consists of the records of the Commission on Allegations of Frank Carlow, 1927. Unit consists of correspondence, transcripts of proceedings, exhibits, and report in which the commissioner stated that no evidence had been presented to support the allegations made by Carlow.

This series consists of records of the Commission on the Allegations of John A. Gauthier, 1923-1927. Unit consists of correspondence, transcripts of the proceedings, exhibits, interim and final reports.

This series consists of records of the Royal Commission regarding Saanich Secession, 1928-1929. Records of the commission include transcripts of proceedings of hearings, exhibits and the report.

This series consists of files kept by R. Ross Napier in his capacity as Supervisor of Assessors and Government Agencies, including agency folders with inspections and reports on personnel. In the addition, the series contains files on special projects: Merville fire relief, Lang Bay, Britannia Beach flood relief, investigations of Liquor Board, and refugees of the 1923 Yokohama earthquake. The series also includes a body of files created in 1909 by the Grading Commissioners appointed pursuant to the Civil Service Act to adjust salary levels and classification of servants.

This series consists of the records of the Royal Commission of Inquiry, Health and Environmental Protection, Uranium Mining, 1978-1980. Records include exhibits, correspondence, questionnaires and miscellaneous research materials relating to the subject matter of the inquiry.

This series consists of the records of the Royal Commission of Inquiry Into Allegations Against John L. Barge, 1929. Commission records consist of Provincial Secretary's correspondence file, including Letter Patent appointing the commissioner, commissioner's original signed report, vouchers, etc.; Attorney General's correspondence file P114-1; transcript of evidence presented at proceedings; and Clerk's copy of the commissioner's report.

This series consists of the records of the Commission on the Kelowna Police, 1929. Commission records consist of Letters Patent appointing the commissioner, transcripts of proceedings, exhibits, documents filed but not marked as exhibits, one Canadian Bar Review journal, and the report.

This series consists of records of the Royal Commission Investigating the Fruit Industry (and interrelated conditions) of the Districts Territorially Known as the Okanagan, Kootenay, and Kettle River of the Province of British Columbia, 1929-1930. Commission records consist of correspondence and the report.

This series consists of the records of the Commission on Mount Douglas Park, 1930-1931. Unit consists of Letters Patent appointing the commissioner, correspondence, exhibits, notes, photographs, submissions and the report.

This series consists of records of the Royal Commission on Chiropractic and Drugless Healing, 1931-1932. Commission records consist of Letters Patent appointing the commissioner, correspondence, transcripts of proceedings and a copy of the final report.

This series consists of the records of the Royal Commission regarding the Home of the Friendless, 1937. Records include the Commissioner's original annotated report.

This series consists of records of the Commission on the Beban Mine Disaster,1937. Commission records consist of transcripts of hearings and report.

This series consists of the original report of the Royal Commission regarding Projectionists and Kinematographs, 1927.

This series consists of records of the Commission on Police Administration of the Corporation of the City of New Westminster, 1942. Unit consists of correspondence, transcript of proceedings, exhibits and report.

This series consists of records of the Commission on Welfare Institutions and Nursing Homes, 1939. Records include correspondence regarding the commission, transcripts of proceedings and evidence regarding a particular institution in Vancouver, and the Commissioner's report.

The series consists of the records of the Commission on the Labour Dispute at Burns and Company Limited,1937 under Judge J. Charles McIntosh, which investigated the labour dispute between Burns & Company of Vancouver and its employees. The records consist of correspondence and vouchers, transcripts of the proceedings, submissions, affidavits of discharged employees, exhibits and the final report.

This series consists of records of the Natural Products Marketing Act Commission, 1941-1943. This unit consists of commission correspondence, vouchers, copy of the letters patent appointing the commissioner, transcripts of proceedings, index of exhibits, exhibits and original signed report in which he recommended sweeping changes in the organization and operation of the Provincial Marketing Board and the B.C. Coast Vegetable Marketing Board.

This series consists of the records of the Inquiry Into the Administration of Mount View High School, 1943-1944.

This Inquiry was established by OIC1096 8 July 1943; John Owen Wilson was appointed as sole Commissioner to inquire into the administration of Mount View High School (Saanich), particularly the methods of discipline and alleged excessive corporal punishment. The collection contains correspondence, administrative records, proceedings, exhibits and the inquiry report.

The Inquiry into the Administration of Mount View High School was established under Section 5 of the Public Inquiries Act by Order in Council 1096, dated 8 July 1943 with John Owen Wilson appointed as sole Commissioner. The Commissioner was to inquire into the administration of Mount View High School, Saanich, and in particular into the methods of discipline and alleged excessive corporal punishment administered by the Principal or by any other teacher. The Report of the Inquiry was submitted on 4 September 1943 and tabled with the Legislature on 3 February 1944.

This series consists of records of the Royal Commission on Death Benefit Societies, 1944-1947. Unit consists of Provincial Secretary files 145-13 which contain correspondence, vouchers, and copy of Letters Patent; transcripts of evidence presented at the proceedings; exhibits; and information files on each society. Also included is the Commissioner's report in which he recommended that these societies should operate under regulations which should correct irregularities and that the penalty for contravention be cancellation of the society's charter.

The series consists of the following sub-series:

A. Correspondence and Proceedings
B. Exhibits and Society Information Files
C. Reports
D. Miscellany

The series consists of records related to the Commission of Inquiry into Educational Finance, 1944-1946. Records include Provincial Secretary file 145-20 (1944-1946) which contains correspondence, vouchers and copy of the order in council appointing Maxwell A. Cameron as the commissioner; 75 briefs (1945) presented to the commission; the commissioner's signed report (1945) and a copy of the published report (1945).

The series consists of records of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into Health and Accident Insurance Associations Operating in the Province of British Columbia, 1944-1947. The records consist of the Provincial Secretary file 145-19 which contains correspondence, vouchers, copy of Letters Patent appointing the Commissioner; transcripts of evidence presented at the proceedings; and briefs and exhibits. Also included is the report in which the Commissioner recommended that the societies should be compelled to become licensed under the Insurance Act because they operate for the sole purpose of insuring members and carrying on an insurance business.

The series is arranged into the following sub-series:
A. Correspondence
B. Proceedings
C. Briefs, Exhibits (for list of exhibits see file 2, box 1)
D. Commission Reports

This series consists of records of the Commission of Inquiry into the Chiropody Act, 1945-1949. Records include Provincial Secretary file 145-21 which contains correspondence, vouchers and a copy of the letters patent appointing Andrew Miller Harper as the commissioner (1945-1949); commission correspondence (1945-1947); proceedings (1945); exhibits (1945); and exhibit index (1945). Also includes the commissioner's published report (1946).

This series consists of the records of the Commission on Provincial-Municipal Relations, 1946-1947. Commission records include Provincial Secretary file 145-23 which contains correspondence, vouchers and a copy of the Letters Patent appointing the commissioner; commission correspondence; transcripts of evidence presented; briefs; submissions; subject files; questionnaires on municipal finances and services; and the report. Proceedings were held in Victoria, Vancouver, New Westminster, Nanaimo, Prince Rupert, Prince George, Nelson, Trail, Kamloops and Kelowna.