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Governmental investigations--British Columbia
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Inquiry into scaling at Shoal Island log sort as requested by The Honourable T.M. Waterland, Minister of Forests on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor-in-Council

The consists of a photocopy of a report to the Hon. T. M. Waterland, Minister of Forests, from Donald T. Grant, R.P.F., Regional Manager, Vancouver Forest District, regarding charges by forest companies of inaccuracies in log scaling at the Shoal Island Dry Land Sort facility, near Crofton. The report contains a chronological history of the inquiry, a full discussion of the conflict, supporting statistician reports, final submissions, and conclusions and recommendations.

Parties involved included Dougan Logging; G.W. Cox and Sons Logging; John Reid and Associates; Kyoquot Logging; Traer and Mahood Contractors; White and Davidson Logging.

British Columbia. Ministry of Forests (1976-1986)

Royal Commission on Health and Accident Insurance Associations Operating in British Columbia (1944)

  • GR-0917
  • Series
  • 1944-1947

The series consists of records of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into Health and Accident Insurance Associations Operating in the Province of British Columbia, 1944-1947. The records consist of the Provincial Secretary file 145-19 which contains correspondence, vouchers, copy of Letters Patent appointing the Commissioner; transcripts of evidence presented at the proceedings; and briefs and exhibits. Also included is the report in which the Commissioner recommended that the societies should be compelled to become licensed under the Insurance Act because they operate for the sole purpose of insuring members and carrying on an insurance business.

The series is arranged into the following sub-series:
A. Correspondence
B. Proceedings
C. Briefs, Exhibits (for list of exhibits see file 2, box 1)
D. Commission Reports

British Columbia. Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into Health and Accident Insurance Associations Operating in the Province of British Columbia

Commission on Vocational, Technical, and Trades Training in British Columbia records

  • GR-0671
  • Series
  • 1976-1977

The series consists of records of the Commission on Vocational, Technical and Trades Training in British Columbia, created between 1976 and 1977. It includes exhibits, briefs and minutes of meetings. It also includes 49 audio tapes of proceedings at public hearings.

British Columbia. Commission on Vocational, Technical and Trades Training in British Columbia [1976]

Commission on Forest Resources, 1943-1945

  • GR-0520
  • Series
  • 1944-1946

This series consists of records of the Commission on Forest Resources (1943-1945). Records consist of transcripts of proceedings of public meetings of the commission, exhibits received, correspondence, arguments, secretary's record book of sittings and subject index to proceedings. A subject index to proceedings was created by the commission and is located in boxes 1 and 2. The finding aid gives a list of exhibits and file list of other records. Immediately following the inquiry, many of the exhibits were transferred to the Forest Service Library and are therefore missing (see box 9, file 1).

British Columbia. Royal Commission on Forest Resources (1943-45)

Commission on claims arising out of riots on Vancouver Island

  • GR-0518
  • Series
  • 1913-1916

The series consists of records of the 1916 British Columbia Commission to Inquire into the Vancouver Island Riots. Records include an alphabetical index to the claims and a numerical list of claimants (1916); the claims submitted to the commission arranged in numerical order (1916); additional documents and Commissioner Gregory's notes relating to specific claims (1916); transcripts of the commission hearings (1916); reports, statements and translations relating to the claims for damage to Chinese property (1913-1916); documents and proceedings relating to court cases that took place prior to the commission (1913-1916); correspondence (1913-1916); commissioner's report (1916).

British Columbia. Commission to Inquire into the Vancouver Island Riots, 1913-1914 [1916]

Commission on Family and Children's Law, 1973

  • GR-0487
  • Series
  • 1973-1975

This series consists of the records of the Commission on Family and Children's Law, 1973. Records include minutes of meetings, resumes of public hearings, briefs, reports, working papers and correspondence. The records are organized into the following subseries:
I Minutes of meetings
II Public hearing files
III Unified Family Court
IV General Office Commission Files & General Office Commission Files
V Artificial Insemination Files
VI Adoption Working Group
VII Matrimonial Property
VIII Juvenile Justice
IX Maintenance Working Group
X Children's Working Group
XI Protection
XII Preparation for marriage
XIII Legitimacy
XIV Custody
XV Special Needs Of Special Children

British Columbia. Royal Commission on Family and Children's Law

Commission on the Provincial Gaol at New Westminster (1901)

  • GR-0728
  • Series
  • 1901

This series consists of the records of the Commission on the Provincial Gaol at New Westminster, 1901. Records include transcripts of evidence, notes of testimony, report and exhibits.

British Columbia. Commission on the Provincial Gaol at New Westminster (1901)

Commission on Land Registration (1912)

  • GR-0792
  • Series
  • 1912

This series consists of original typewritten transcripts of the proceedings of the Commission on Land Registration, 1912.

British Columbia. Commission on Land Registration (1912)

Royal Commission Into All Matters Pertaining to the Doukhobor Sect in British Columbia (1912)

  • GR-0793
  • Series
  • 1912

This series consists of the records of the Royal Commission on Matters Relating to the Sect of Doukhobors in the Province of British Columbia, 1912. Commissioner William Blakemore was appointed in August 1912 to enquire into the organization, habits, customs and practices of the Doukhobor communities in British Columbia.

The records include Letters Patent appointing the commissioner (GR-0793.1, File 1, Reel B17011), three volumes of transcripts of evidence presented at proceedings (GR-0793.2, File 2, Reel B06072), the commissioner's report (GR-0793.2b, File 2b, Reel B17011), exhibits (GR-0793.3, File 3, Reel B17011) and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings (GR-0793.4, File 4, Reel B17011). The series also includes a photograph album entitled Doukhobor Commission photographs : Photographic views to illustrate the report of the Doukhobour [sic] Commissioner (see GR-0793.5). The album is frequently referred to throughout the report.

Royal Commission on Matters Relating to the Sect of Doukhobors in the Province of British Columbia (1912)

Minutes of decision of Joint Indian Reserve Commission

  • GR-2982
  • Series
  • 1876-1949; predominant 1876-1907

The series consists of minutes of decision of the Joint Indian Reserve Commission (1876-1878) of governments of Canada and British Columbia and of the Indian Reserve Commission (1878-1907) of the government of Canada regarding allotment of Indian reserves in British Columbia.

Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports and coloured maps of the reserve allotments. Although these records are called Joint Reserve Commission records, they probably form part of the British Columbia Department of Lands and Works fonds. Most of the records are stamped with the Lands and Works Dept. stamp and also have Lands and Works file numbers assigned to each, after they were received from the Commission. Some files then had additional related records added to by Department staff, as reserves were surveyed or related issues came up. Additional records were added to several files by Department of Lands staff up to 1949.

In addition, the series includes an item level precis of each document, created by the Dept. of Lands in 1980. The precis are filed in the first file of each box.

British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works

Joint Indian Reserve Commission : journal of proceedings : vol. I

This series consists of Volume I of the Journal of Proceedings of the Joint Indian Reserve Commission (JIRC) and documents the daily work of the three commissioners (Alexander Caulfield Anderson, Archibald McKinlay, and Gilbert Malcom Sproat) from November 1876 to June 1877 on the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island. In addition to the text of the journal, there are also several ink and colour drawings of reserves.

Within the journal are several loose correspondence and drafts of documents, many of which are addressed to A.C. Anderson. These loose documents have been retained within the pages of the volume.

The JIRC was formed in 1876 to settle disputes between the federal and provincial governments regarding allotment of reserves in British Columbia. The JIRC operated until 1878, when it was replaced by the Indian Reserve Commission, for which Sproat remained the commissioner.

An attached document (see the finding aid note section of this description) provides a paginated listing of locations visited by the commissioners.

Joint Reserve Commission

Records of Joint Reserve Commission

This series consists of the records of the Indian Reserve Commission (Joint Reserve Commission) relating to the allotment and establishment of Indian Reserves in British Columbia. Includes journal of proceedings (1877) and letterbook copies of correspondence outward (1876-1910).

Joint Reserve Commission

Joint Reserve Commission correspondence

This series consists of Joint Indian Reserve Commission records, 1877-1878. Records include correspondence inward and outward and memoranda between Commissioners G.M. Sproat, A. McKinlay and A.C. Anderson and the Provincial Secretary and Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.

Joint Reserve Commission

Joint Reserve Commission records received by the Provincial Secretary

The records in this series consist of correspondence and reports inward to the Provincial Secretary from the Joint Indian Reserve Commission (Alexander Caulfield Anderson, Dominion Commissioner, Archibald McKinlay, Provincial Commissioner, and Gilbert Malcolm Sproat, Joint Commissioner). The records include reports; summaries of work; minutes of decision; census of Indian population, livestock and acreage of reserves; and two memoranda dated 1869 by J.W. Trutch regarding disputes about Indian lands in Cowichan district.

Copies of correspondence inward to the Lieutenant Governor from the Commissioners and certain correspondence with Dominion Officials is also included in the record. The records are as originally filed. In most cases, the original Provincial Secretary's file number may be seen on the first document in a file, eg., for file 3 the number is 664/76, representing the 664 document received in the year 1876.

Joint Reserve Commission

Joint Reserve Commission collection

  • Collection
  • 1869, 1876-1910; predominant 1876-1878

The collection consists of records generated by the Joint Reserve Commission, predominantly from 1876-1878. The
collection includes correspondence inward and outward, memoranda, and reports. Many of the records were sent from Commissioners to representatives of the Canadian and British Columbia governments, such as the Provincial Secretary and the Department of Indian Affairs.

Joint Reserve Commission

Commission Into All Matters Affecting the Value of Lands of the Former Songhees Reserve Apportioned to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway (1914)

  • GR-0803
  • Series
  • 1914

This series consists of the original signed report of the Commission Into All Matters Affecting the Values of Lands Forming Part of the Former Songhees Reserve and Apportioned to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway, 1914, and correspondence regarding Howay's account for services.

British Columbia. Commission Into All Matters Affecting the Values of Lands Forming Part of the Former Songhees Reserve and Apportioned to the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway and the Canadian Northern Railway [1914]

Commission on Workmen's Compensation (1949-1952)

  • GR-0384
  • Series
  • 1949-1952

This series consists of records of the Commission of Inquiry relating to the Workmen's Compensation Act and Board, including, transcripts of proceedings, exhibits, list of exhibits, index of witnesses, correspondence, cash book, summary of recommendations in the Sloan Report and a draft report.

British Columbia. Commission of Inquiry relating to the Workmen's Compensation Act and Board [1949]

Royal Commission on Indian Affairs in British Columbia (1913-1916) transcripts

Transcripts of evidence taken at hearings of the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs in British Columbia, 1913-1916. See GR-1995.

Transcripts 1914-1915 35 cm

Transcripts of evidence taken at hearings of the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs in British Columbia, 1913-1916 (GR-1995, Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia (1913-1916).

NOTE TO RESEARCHERS: The transcripts in this unit were done by a Youth Employment Programme project in 1978 for the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs. The Provincial Archives does not guarantee the accuracy of the transcripts. For further details, please read H.R. Ralston's account in box 1, file 1.

Source: MS Finding Aids

Presented by Keith Ralston, Supervisor of transcription project, 1979.

Finding aid: file list.

Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

Royal Commission on Indian Affairs in British Columbia (1913-1916) : transcripts of evidence

The records include transcripts of evidence taken at hearings (1913-1916) and copies of minutes of decision for Cowichan, New Westminster, Okanagan, Kamloops and Lytton agencies taken by the Indian Reserve Commission (1876-1880).

See MS-1056 for typed transcripts.

Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia (1913-1916)

Royal Commission on Indian Affairs photograph albums

  • GR-3477
  • Series
  • 1913-1916

The series consists of three photograph albums created by the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs between 1913 and 1916. The albums may have been created as display or presentation albums for specific commissioners. Many of the photographs in the albums duplicate each other and were also used in the published report of the commission.

Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia (1913-1916)

Commission on Pesticides and Herbicides records

  • GR-0383
  • Series
  • 1973-1975

This series consists of transcripts of evidence, exhibits and correspondence from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the use of Pesticides and Herbicides.

British Columbia. Royal Commission of Inquiry into the use of Pesticides and Herbicides

Commission on the Incarceration of Female Offenders records

  • GR-0381
  • Series
  • 1977-1978

This series consists of Exhibits, transcripts of evidence, synopsis of evidence, subject files, correspondence and indexes from the Royal Commission on the Incarceration of Female Offenders, 1977.

Boxes 880340-2216 to 880340-2218 (1 to 3) are Exhibits. Boxes 880340-221 to 880340-2222 (4-7) are Synopsis of Evidence and Transcripts of Evidence. Boxes 880340-2223 to 880340-2229 (8 to 14) are Subject Files. Box 880340-2230 (15) contains Indexes and Box 880340-2231 (16) contains Confidential exhibits.

British Columbia. Royal Commission on the Incarceration of Female Offenders (1977)

Parliament Buildings Commission report and commission of Commissioner

  • GR-0375
  • Series
  • 1898

Report and commission of the “Royal Commission of Inquiry appointed under the "Public Inquiries Act," September 15th, 1898” by commissioner Angus John McColl. Also known as the "Commission on Contracts With Frederick Adams and Richard Drake for Work on the Parliament Buildings, 1898". Includes transcripts of evidence and exhibits.

British Columbia. Commission on Contracts With Frederick Adams and Richard Drake for Work on the Parliament Buildings, 1898

Commission on Property Assessment and Taxation records

  • GR-0362
  • Series
  • 1975-1976

This series consists of the records of the commission of Inquiry on Property Assessment, 1975-1976, including: exhibits, transcripts of evidence, minutes of meetings, correspondence, reports, memoranda, working papers and statistics. Contains photocopies of files on assessment and taxation created by the Select Standing Committee on Municipal Affairs and Housing of the British Columbia Legislature.

British Columbia. Commission of Inquiry on Property Assessment and Taxation

Health and Welfare Accounting Division correspondence

  • GR-0341
  • Series
  • 1945-1969

The series consists of correspondence pertaining to reciprocal agreements with other provinces respecting tuberculosis patients; statements of policy and procedure respecting various health facilities; correspondence and memos regarding accounts for various public inquiries.

British Columbia. Dept. of Health and Welfare. Accounting Division

Commission on Agriculture records

  • GR-0324
  • Series
  • 1912-1914

This series consists of records of the Commission on Agriculture from 1912-1914, including, proceedings, record books, transcripts of evidence, tabulated evidence, statistical data, and returns by the assessors of the Province, showing persons assessed as owners of real property amounting to 5,000 acres or more.

British Columbia. Commission on Agriculture

Commission on Redefinition of Electoral Districts, 1965-1966

  • GR-0295
  • Series
  • 1965-1966

The series consists of records created by the Commission of Inquiry into Redefinition of Electoral Districts (1965), between 1965 and 1966. The records include transcripts of proceedings, exhibits, correspondence, general files and a report. The series also includes a map of the Peace River Reservoir showing the water level at 2200 ft.

British Columbia. Commission of Inquiry into Redefinition of Electoral Districts (1965)

Commission on Redefinition of Electoral Districts (1975) records

  • GR-0290
  • Series
  • 1975

The series consists of records created by the Commission of Inquiry into Redefinition of Electoral Districts in 1975.
Records include transcripts of proceedings, exhibits, correspondence and the final report.

The series also includes recorded hearings of the Commission held in Vernon, Kelowna, Revelstoke, Merritt, Cranbrook, Rossland, and Nelson in 1975.

Correspondence and exhibits were filed in no apparent order. Some pieces of correspondence and/or exhibits were numbered, but the numbers had no meaning for filing purposes. Neither an index nor a list of exhibits has been found.

British Columbia. Commission of Inquiry into Redefinition of Electoral Districts (July 21-Nov. 7, 1975)

Provincial Secretary executive records

  • GR-0285
  • Series
  • 1949-1975

The series consists of correspondence from various members of the Royal family expressing gratitude for arrangements made for them during visits to B.C. (1959 to 1971), certificates, reports of various royal commissions and commissions of inquiry, and minutes of various committees and commissioners on which Mr. Wallace served in his capacity as Deputy Provincial Secretary.

The series also includes a photograph album of the opening of the Hope-Princeton Highway in 1949 and other photographs.

British Columbia. Office of the Deputy Provincial Secretary

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