The file contains suburban land sale receipts from various registers, for lots sold at Langley and New Westminster, 1860 to 1866. The records include the name of the purchaser, the date and the amount paid. In most cases, only the counterfoil remains. There are also a few miscellaneous cancelled timber licences and a mining licence at the end of the file.
The item is a volume containing lists of country lands for which applications for surveys were received. There is an index at the front of the volume showing the page numbers where information about the following districts were recorded: Yale, Lytton, New Westminster, Lillooet and Osoyoos. Recorded in each section is the application no., name of applicant, date of application, no. of acres, date of survey, by whom surveyed, locality and description of claim and remarks. The last page also lists seven applications for and issue of crown grants.
The item is a volume used to record sales of suburban lands in the New Westminster district. The entries list block, lot, name of purchaser, amounts and dates of payment, land title notes and remarks.
The item is a record book noting receipts and payments into Treasury for land sales in the New Westminster district. It is arranged by date and lists the name of the payee, a description of the land, and amount paid.
The item is a volume containing a registry of land claimed under the Pre-emption Act. There are entries made between 1860 and 1865 which list the date, name of claimant and the situation of the land claimed in the lower mainland, mostly around New Westminster.
File consists of one diary of Archibald McKinlay, the first of two. The diary spans November 3, 1876 to February 9, 1877 and documents McKinlay's travels to reserves as reserve commissioner and includes copies of correspondence, basic census information for Indigenous communities, and translations of Indigenous languages.