This series consists of correspondence files numbered from 1 to 5616988 (with many gaps in the numbering), located in boxes 1 to 394 and on reels B14594 to B14677 as well as applications for patents, located in boxes 395 to 402 and on reel B14678. Oversize material from files 1-3313011 (boxes 1-33) was microfilmed separately and is found on reels B14680 to B14682. Finding aids for the collection are located in boxes 403 to 406 (reel B14679) with copies in the Reference Room.
Files 1 to 104 are concerned mainly with the administration of Dominion lands and contain information on such subjects as Dominion land regulations, water rights, timber berths, grazing leases, the treatment of homesteaders on military service, etc. File 59, volumes 4 to 6, is of particular interest in that it contains Homestead Inspector's reports for New Westminster and Kamloops districts, to which photographs often are attached. Files 107 to 5560376 consist largely of applications for homestead entry. Files 1158768 to 5560376 (boxes 317 to 394, B14668 to B14677) cover land in the Peace River Block. File 5616988 (box 394) contains receipts for files transferred from the federal to the provincial government between 1932 and 1949. Note that in the Department of the Interior filing system, a "volume" is the equivalent of a "part". For example, volume 2 of file 4 means part 2 of file 4.