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This series consists of land registers for various areas on Vancouver Island and some Gulf Islands. Records cover the following Land Districts: Bright, Cedar, Cranberry, Mountain, Nanoose, Nanaimo, Wellington, Comox, Douglas, Clayoquat, Nootka, Oyster and Chemainus. Records cover the following Islands: Valdes Island, Thetis Island, Kuper [Penelakut] Island, Mayne Island, Prevost Island and Gabriola Island. Earliest entries began in 1855 and all volumes were superseded by 1942 (i.e. no further entries were made after 1942).

The registers list the land in numerical order, usually by Range and Section, but occasionally by lot. There can be up to three methods of land description within one Land District. Information may include the name of purchaser, dates and number of certificate issued (including Crown Grants), dates and amounts of payments, and reference numbers to correspondence files and field books. The volume contains an index to districts by page number, and an alphabetical index to grantees.

Series consists of four case files from the Nanaimo Supreme Court relating to Brother Twelve (aka Edward Arthur Wilson and Amiel de Valdez). Two are criminal case files involving theft of funds which, amongst other documents, include transcripts of preliminary hearings before the Police Magistrate. Two are civil suits: one brought against Wilson by Alfred Barley (one of his employees) and the other by Mary Connolly (a benefactor to the Aquarian Foundation).