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Register of members.

Subscription book for organ and notes for sermons.

Unused way bill.

Ship's clearance paper issued to the ship William Lewis by the Harbourmaster, Port of Victoria, 1865.

Ship's clearance certificate issued to brig Kate Foster by U.S. Consul clearing vessel for Valparaiso, 2 March 1858.

Ship's bill of lading issued to Evans Bros. and Company by Merchant's Line for the bark W.A. Banks, San Francisco-Victoria, 1866.

Letter of appreciation to crew of ship Treholgan.

The file consists of two certificates issued to William John Savary. The first is a Justices license to surveyors to share in contracts etc., for work or materials issued to Savory at Swansthorpe, Norfolk, 1882 and the second is a beneficiary certificate, Ancient Order of United Workmen, Sullivan Lodge, No. 6, Victoria, issued to Savory in 1895.

"Stories of, or relating in some way to the early days of Cominco": This is an account of some aspects of the author's career in mining and metallurgy.

Received from Aural History, PABC, 1975.

The file contains three letters and three photographs relating to Ben Morley. There are carbon copies of two letters written by Ben Morley in 1967; one to the Editor of the Vancouver Sun and one to Dr. Gordon Shrum of the BC Hydro and Power Authority. Both letters concern the restoration of the S.S. Minto. There is also a reply from Hugh Keenleyside, Chair of BC Hydro. The three photographs include a copy print of Captain McLennan, a copy print of a 1928 photograph showing Captain W. Kirby's farewell party to the S.S. Slocan and a photograph from 1919, mounted on cardboard, showing the first year commercial class at the Nelson High School.

Invoice, dated 1 January 1859 for an account with Lane Brooker, British Consul.

The file contains Principal Patience Sweetnam's Owen Bay Elementary School annual report to the Dept. of Education in 1938. The file also contains correspondence from 1973 concerning the provenance of the report.

The file contains photocopies of two letters written by William Ferriman Salsbury, a railroad official, to his wife "my dear child" describing his trip from Montreal to Vancouver aboard the first transcontinental passenger train.

Copy of letter, 1882, from Chief Superintendent, Intercolonial Railway re BLE; history of the BLE in B.C.; brief description of CPR 50th anniversary celebration in Port Moody, 1936, submitted to BLE Journal.

Presented by the Social Science Research Centre, University of Victoria, by Mrs. M. Edwards, 1975.

Guest book.

Presented by Alexandra Club, Victoria, 1934.

Register, containing only two entries; contains many printed advertisements.

"Beautiful British Columbia's birthplace": a history of James Bay community.

Presented by Mrs. L. Iverson, Historical Committee, James Bay New Horizons, 1975.

Notebooks of unidentified real estate agent covering sales in Salmon Bay City (near Seattle), ca. 1902-1906, and sales of lots in Port Moody, 1912-1919. Names of purchasers and dates of various payments are shown.

Certificate of honorary auditors and list of subscribers, Nov. 12, 1914.

Notes on Kamloops in 1884-1886, apparently extracted from a journal or newspaper by an unidentified author.

Samples of letterheads of business firms in Nelson. Collected by Mrs. Reginald H. Dill, Nelson.

Share certificates of a number of mining companies which operated in the Kootenay district.

Presented by the Rossland Museum Association.

Acts of the Apostles 18.9 - 26.6, translated into Tsimshian. "C.S. Knott, Fort Simpson, March 7, 1879" written inside front cover.

The file contains letters kept by Ernest Bolton Hermon, surveyor including one from R.E. Gosnell, Vancouver, dated Aug. 5, 1925, describing his introduction to Vancouver life on his arrival in 1888 and some of the early surveyors in the province (ca. 1888-1898). Covering letter from Hermon to A.S. Musgrave, 1934.

The file consists of postcards addressed to Elsie Jones at Coombs, Lytton, and Little Qualicum from friends in Victoria and Kamloops.

Tickets admitting Stephenson to the Provincial Gaol to witness the executions of Mewa Singh, January 11, 1915, Mario Montanari, January 15. 1915 and Ragmal, February 13, 1915.

"Canadian Medical Association, B.C. Division, Social Assistance Medical Service, statement of accounts as at 31st March, 1959". Prepared by Buttar and Chiene, chartered accountants, July 1959.

Presented by Legislative Library, Victoria 1976.

Daybook of unidentified blacksmith at Quesnel, 1871-1882; papers relating to E.T. Dodge, including power of attorney, 1867 and a number of promissory notes; papers re post office at Hanceville, 1902-1904; cartoon of a politician courting Chinese and Indian voters.

The file contains essays and other material created by C. F. Morison. It includes "Reminiscences of British Columbia from 1862 by a pioneer of the North West Coast," written by Charles Morison in 1920; "A brief narrative history of early British Columbia, 1862-1876", which includes revisions by his son, J.W. Morison, 1966; letter to the Reverend A.C. Pound, 1926, re history of Hazelton; pioneer form, C.F. Morison, ca. 1920s.

The file contains miscellaneous material related to Dr. John Ash including a certificate of death of Dr. John Ash and correspondence between Mrs. Teece and institutions in England regarding the career of Dr. Ash. The material was accumulated in preparation of Dictionary of Canadian Biography article.