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The series consists of copies of correspondence, chiefly from Alexander Begg (b.1825) [British Columbia Emigration Commissioner] to the Marquis of Lothian [Secretary of State for Scotland], concerning proposed Crofter settlement on Vancouver Island. There is additional correspondence from J.H. Turner [B.C. Minister of Finance] to Chancellor of the Exchequer, along with appeals from Highland crofters interested in the settlement. The series also includes documents from the government of British Columbia and the United Kingdom re financing the settlement, British Columbia government emigration pamphlets, and tracts from the British Columbia Development Company and the Vancouver Island Development Syndicate.

There are also documents and provincial government bills dealing with the establishment of deep sea fisheries, plus newspaper clippings, parliamentary reports, and Pacific Coast Steamship Company brochures.

Report entitled "Cattle Ranching in British Columbia, 1958-1959", by B.K. Acton and E.D. Woodward, a preliminary report prepared for the Economics Division of the Canadian Department of Agriculture.

Report entitled "Farming in the Rocky Mountain Trench of British Columbia in 1955" by D.C. Crossfield, a report for the Economics Division of the Canadian Department of Agriculture, January 1962.