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Address by Governor James Douglas of the Colony of British Columbia to the inhabitants of Yale. Includes original text and typescript copy. Marked as file number N21.

The item is an appointment of Col. Richard Clement Moody as member of Council of the colony of British Columbia. The appointment is signed by James Douglas and dated 1 March 1859.

The file consists of four original appointments issued in London between 1858 and 1861. The records are signed by Queen Victoria and appoint individuals to specific positions within the structure of the colonial government in British Columbia. The appointments include those of Wymond Thomas Ogilvy Hamley to the post of Collector of Customs of British Columbia (1858), William Driscoll Gosset to the post of Treasurer of British Columbia (1858), George Hunter Cary to the post of Attorney General (1859) and Henry Pering Pellew Crease to the post of Attorney General (1861).

The appointments were addressed and sent to James Douglas in his position as governor and commander in chief of the colony of British Columbia.

This document, known as the Douglas Commission, appointed James Douglas as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the newly created Colony of British Columbia. Issued in September 1858, the document consists of three large parchment pages attached to the Great Seal of Queen Victoria.

Draft of Miner's licence form of [Colony of Victoria], with amendments to suit Colony of British Columbia.

This series consists of miscellaneous Governor James Douglas correspondence regarding the selection of site for capital and claim of land near Fort Hope, 1859.

This series contains a schedule of despatches from Secretary of State for the Colonies to Governor Douglas, 1858-1864.