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Accounting bill book

The item consists of a bill book from the Land Office in Victoria. It includes debits and credits from November 20, 1858 to February 19, 1859.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Accounting cash books

The series consists of cash books from the Lands and Works Dept. The series includes records regarding department expenses, land sales, the lighthouse department, and the building of a hospital in Esquimalt.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Accounting day books

The series consists of accounting day books recording the sale of country lands in Victoria District. Series includes names, receipt numbers, amount paid, and amount owing.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Accounting ledgers

The series consists of ledgers from the Works Dept. in Victoria. The series includes records regarding works and buildings; roads, streets and bridges; prisons and police; harbour improvements; lighthouses; explorations and surveys; education; and salaries.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Correspondence

  • GR-1169
  • Series
  • 1860-1865

This series contains letters inward and outward of J.D. Pemberton and B.W. Pearse, Colonial Surveyors. It also includes copies of correspondence with Edward Stamp and Gilbert Malcolm Sproat pertaining to purchases of lands and various agreements on lands at Alberni and Barclay Sound in regard to the establishment and operation of a sawmill and a copper mining company. Includes a map of company land holdings in the Alberni valley.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Correspondence inward from Superintendent of Roads

The series consists of correspondence inward from John T. Pidwell, Superintendent of Roads, relating to government house and roads in Goldstream and Maple Bay. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Crown grants register

The item consists of a register of crown land grants for the Colony of Vancouver Island. A Crown grant is the legal instrument by which ownership of Crown (public) land is transferred to private ownership. The grants in this register are numbered 502-568.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Epitome of land sales

The series consists of books containing land sales records for Victoria, Esquimalt, Metchosin and Sooke districts. The series may include but is not limited to, land sales registers, land sales records, lists of sections and lots, sums deposited for lands and town lots, and land sales account ledgers. The names of purchases, district, section, payment in sterling and payment dates may be recorded.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

General correspondence

The series consists of correspondence and miscellaneous documents relating to land sales on Vancouver Island. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Index to instructions book

The item consists of an index to volume 1 of instructions regarding surveying from James Douglas, Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island, to the Lands and Works Dept. The book of instructions referred to has not been found.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

John Ducie Cusheon pre-emption correspondence

  • GR-0987
  • Series
  • 1861

This series consists of letters inward to the Surveyor-General regarding the pre-emption claim of John Ducie Cusheon on Saltspring Island.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Land recorders' reports

The series consists of reports of land recorders from the branch offices in Cowichan and Nanaimo District. The series includes reports, correspondence, sketches and maps. It also includes agricultural statistics, occupation records, and registration fees for Nanaimo District. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Land sale vouchers

  • GR-1170
  • Series
  • 1858-1859

This series includes miscellaneous land sale vouchers, issued at Victoria, B.C. by Joseph D. Pemberton, Colonial Surveyor. It includes vouchers pursuant to the sale of fur trade lands of the Hudson's Bay Company and vouchers signed by various Vancouver Island treasury clerks.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Land sales receipt books

The series consists of books of receipts for sales and sub-sales of land on Vancouver Island. The series includes receipts for land purchased in Victoria, Esquimalt, Metchosin, Lake, Highland, South and North Saanich, and other districts on north Vancouver Island and sub-sale receipts for south Vancouver Island.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Land sales registers

The series consists of registers of land sales in Victoria (1854-1858), North and South Saanich (1860), and other Vancouver Island districts (1860-1865). The series includes records of lands sold or auctioned. The lot and section number, name of grantee, number of acres, payee, and dates of payment are recorded.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Land sales reports

The series consists of annual reports of land sales and pre-emption claims on Vancouver Island. Also includes land sale receipts 42-244 (part of I.170).

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Lands and Works Department letter book

  • C/AA/30.7J/4
  • Series
  • 1864-1866

The series is an indexed letter book kept by the Lands and Works Department from 1864 to 1868. The first part of the book is an alphabetical index which lists the correspondence by subject or name and the page number for that particular letter. From pages 25 to 588, there are letter book copies of correspondence outward from Acting Surveyor General B.W. Pearse to various colonial officials, along with follow up notes and memos and copies of some correspondence inward. The correspondence covers all matters to do with lands and public works.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Leech Ditch documents

  • GR-4264
  • Series
  • 1866

This series consists of records related to the construction and maintenance of the Leech River ditch, flume and dam, also known as the Leach ditch from 1866-1867. The majority of the records are correspondence to and from BW Pearse, Acting Surveyor General for the Colony of Vancouver Island. Other records include contracts, reports, and financial records.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Mineral lease applications

The series consists of applications for mineral leases and a register of applications for mineral leases. The series includes correspondence and a register recording name, date, range and section, district, and mineral sought.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Miscellaneous correspondence

The series consists of correspondence and miscellaneous documents regarding all aspects of Colony of Vancouver Island and the Hudson's Bay Company. The series includes correspondence, documents, and accounting records from the office of the Surveyor General including the departments of lands and works.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Pre-emption registers

The series consists of registers of pre-emption claims to land on Vancouver Island and adjacent islands.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Road specifications

The series consists draft specifications for roads, streets, and bridges in Victoria District. The series includes instructions to the road inspector in the Works Dept.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Shawnigan Land District lot register

  • GR-0894
  • Series
  • no date

This series consists of a lot register for the Shawnigan land district. Includes list of lots giving pre-emption or crown grant numbers, purchasers' names, etc.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Surveying Department labour book

The series consists of a ledger of payments to individuals in account with the Surveying Dept. Arranged chronologically.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Surveying Department old labour journal

The file consists of records of employees of the Surveying Dept. including date hired, name, length of employment and salary, employee's debit and credit account. Arranged by employee name.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Surveyor General correspondence

  • C/AA/30.71K/1
  • Series
  • 1852-1866

The series is a correspondence record book originally kept by the Surveyor General of the Colony of Vancouver Island, J.D. Pemberton, from 1852 to 1864. The record book was then kept by Acting Surveyor General B.W. Pearse, from 1864 to 1868 both for the Colony of Vancouver Island and the United Colony of

The volume contains copies of correspondence from Hudson's Bay Company House in London to Colonial Surveyor J.D. Pemberton and Governor James Douglas, as well as individual letters from Douglas and other Colonial officials to Pemberton and Pearse bound into the book. There are also lists of reports issued by Pemberton and extracts from minutes of council regarding regulations for the sale of land, letters and papers regarding the Race Rocks lighthouse, and correspondence relating to the Union of the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General

Suspense account book

The item consists of a suspense account book for the laying out of town of Esquimalt. The series includes records regarding the Puget Sound Agricultural Company, a subsidiary of the Hudson's Bay Company.

Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General