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[Members of first Legislature after the union of the two colonies, in front of Birdcages, Victoria]

[Members of first Legislature after the union of the two colonies, in front of Birdcages, Victoria]

From l. to r., on porch: W.A. Franklin, house messenger; Henry Holbrook; W.O. Hamley; E.G. Alston; P.J. Hankin; M.T.W. Drake; J.M. Trutch (sitting on porch at top of steps); T.L. Wood; H.M. Ball; E. Dewdney; A.T. Bushby; Charles Good (clerk)
From l. to r., in foreground: Amor de Cosmos; H.P.P. Crease; D.B. King (seated on steps, with dog); T.B. Humphreys; John Robson [from list and key in HP folder]

Chinese josh [joss] house

Chinese josh [joss] house

The item is a black and white cabinet card (with edges trimmed) showing a Chinese temple or Chinese community Tachiu event which may have been hosted by the Hongnen Chee Kung Tong (CKT). It may have been taken in Victoria. On the back of the card is the studio inscription of Mrs. R. Maynard's photographic studio with the address given as the corner of Douglas and Johnson Streets in Victoria. It is presumed to have been taken between 1872 and 1892 as that is when Maynard's studio was located at Douglas and Johnson Streets.

Land office blotter

Land office blotter

The item is a volume titled land office blotter. Blotters were used to record detailed trading activity. Only one page has been used. The page describes two financial transactions with the Hudson's Bay Company.

The first transaction relates to 200 pound sterling received from James Cooper, Master of the Hudson's Bay Company ship Columbia, as a deposit on a land purchase in September 1849.

The next relates to the trade of 535 blankets on the 6th of May, 1850. The blankets were paid to several Indigenous groups "for purchase of their lands as per details in Register of Land Purchases", also known as the Douglas Treaties. The names, transcribed directly from the blotter, are: Tee-chamitsa, Kosampsom, Swenghung, Chilcowitch, Whyomilth, Checonein, Kakyaakan, Chewhaytsun, and Soak.

This record was likely created by James Douglas, as it appears to be written in his handwriting [see Wilson Duff, "The Fort Victoria Treaties", BC Studies No. 3 (Fall 1969): 8].

[Ainslie Helmcken -- City of Victoria archivist -- reel 3/part 3]

News item. In a four-part interview, archivist Ainslie Helmcken reviews events at Victoria City Hall in the 19th century. In part 3, Mr. Helmcken explains how the first councils were organized as the new city hall was being completed in the latter part of the 1880's.

[Heritage buildings ; Lai at Immigration Building]

Television stock shots. The reel begins with brief sequences on the Sooke Region Museum and on Helmcken House. The balance of the reel (shot 06-Dec-1977) deals with the old Immigration Building at the corner of Dallas Road and Ontario Street in Victoria's James Bay neighbourhood. The building is in the process of being demolished. In the years 1908-1923, it was used as a detention centre for processing and confining Chinese immigrants. Dr. David Lai tours the building, talks about Chinese immigration and the head tax, and transcribes some of the old Chinese writing from the walls of the cells, which comprise messages and poems written by the immigrants confined there.

[Ainslie Helmcken -- City of Victoria archivist -- reel 4/part 4]

News item. In a four-part interview, archivist Ainslie Helmcken reviews events at Victoria City Hall in the 19th century. In part 4, Mr. Helmcken talks about the construction of the City Hall's final addition, and the clock tower. The clock was made by a Mr. Redfern, a local jeweller (and mayor at the time), who completed it in 1891 at a cost of $5,000. Following this discussion are some close-up shots of the clock's movement.

[Ainslie Helmcken -- City of Victoria archivist -- reel 2/part 2]

News item. In a four-part interview, archivist Ainslie Helmcken reviews events at Victoria City Hall in the 19th century. In part 2, Mr. Helmcken describes how the sherrif was instructed to seize all assets of Victoria City Council for non-payment of a $700 legal bill.

[Ainslie Helmcken -- City of Victoria archivist -- reel 1/part 1]

News item. In a four-part interview, archivist Ainslie Helmcken reviews events at Victoria City Hall in the 19th century. In part 1, Mr. Helmcken describes the incorporation of the City of Victoria (1862) and the establishment of the first city council.

[Helmcken on archives]

News item. Victoria's city archivist, Ainslie Helmcken, talks about improvements to the city archives. These include: (1) access to much more material; (2) a larger storage area; (3) encouragement for more public input; and (4) access to additional education grants. Helmcken states that the city archives "can become, to a degree, an educational institute." He is shown at work, perusing old ledger books, charts and photographs.

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