Account book containing entries about loans, insurance, exchanges of gold dust and "gold eggs". The keeper of the accounts was acting as an agent and banker for Chinese who wished to send remittances back to China.
The item is a letter from Caspar Phair, Sheriff of Lillooet, to Mr. Justice Harrison regarding the sitting of County Court and the gold discoveries made by Chinese miners at Cayoosh Creek, 1886.
The item is a 1946 letter from Sam L. Bedson to military engineer John Mackenzie about efforts by Vancouver Chinese merchants to export goods to China, and offering comments about strikes and rumors of strikes in Vancouver area.
Series consists of two items. One is a 1911 letter from Dr. Sun Yat-sen to Victoria businessman Li Bang Lim, regarding fund-raising for Nationalist China. The letter is written in Chinese. The second is a medal presented to Li Bang Lim by Hon. Li Hong Chong on the occasion of his visit to Victoria.
87 pre-printed tickets in English and Chinese, with name of passengers, age, occupation and native place filled out in English. The tickets also have the name of the passenger written in Chinese. Some of the ticket holders were children. Folder 1 also contains undated hand-written notes which describe the conditions on the voyage re food and space allotted, and state that they were in contravention of the Chinese Passengers Act of 1855. Two Chinese names are listed on the note: A. Quang and Quang Ling.
