Public Works contracts, plans, and correspondence
The series consists of records created by the Dept. of Lands and Works between 1862 and 1909. The records include contracts, specifications, plans, correspondence, returns of work performed, reports and accounting material pertaining to the cons...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Letters inward to John Clapperton, Government Agent, Nicola
Letter inward to John Clapperton, Government Agent, Nicola, from William Smithe, Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, 15 September 1885, concerning a water dispute between Messrs. Palmer and Scott.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Register of land pre-emptions and other material
This series consists of one volume entitled "Mr. Morley's Old Book Land Records - List of Squatters on Railway Lands p. 51". The volume is a register of land pre-emptions, certificates of improvement, purchases and transfers, 1867-1...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
This series consists of letterpress copies of "official" correspondence outward from the Assistant to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, Jan. 17, 1901 to May 26, 1903. The volumes contain nominal indexes of correspondents.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
This series consists of receipt books and miscellaneous land sale records. Records consist largely of receipts for the sale of town lots, suburban and country lands, and unsurveyed rural lands, issued by Assistant Commissioners of Lands and Works ...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
This series consists of a letterbook from the Department of Lands and Works. The book includes copies of letters signed by the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and the Surveyor General, January 5 - August 1, 1872.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
This series consists of certificates of improvement nos. 1-276, Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. Missing certificates are listed.Certificates from before 1868 are created by the Colony of Vancouver Island Department of Lands and Works.Certi...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
This series consists of pre-emption records for west coast land relating largely to Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. The records consist of pre-emption registrations, certificates of pre-emption, pre-emption sketches, certificates that certa...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Records of the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Works, Cariboo District
This series consists of 11 volumes of records of the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Works, Cariboo District, 1863-1893. Records include certificates of pre-emption, certificates of improvement, lot register of Group 1, Cariboo District, sale ...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Records of the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Works, Yale District
This series consists of the records of the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Works, Yale District, 1859-1886. Records include five volumes of pre-emption records. Volume 1, nos. 1-392 (1859-1872); Volume 2, nos. 275-312 and 1-24 (1870-1871); Vo...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Records of the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Works, Lillooet District
This series consists of records of the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Works, Lillooet District. Records include four volumes of pre-emption records. Volume 1, Records of Pre-empted Lands in the Lillooet District, nos. 1-330 (1860-1869); incl...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
This series consists of three volumes of miscellaneous land account books. Volume 1, Land Revenue, receipts paid into the Treasury, 26 December 1864 to 30 December 1865. Volume 2, Cash Book, receipts and payments, 8 January 1866 to 2 July 1868. ...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Correspondence and other material
This series consists of correspondence and other records from the Department of Lands and Works, and its successor, the Department of Public Works. Records include correspondence inward and tenders for Victoria Court House, 1900-1904, Government H...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Lands and Works records regarding Cariboo District roads
This series consists of three volumes of records relating to road construction and repairs in Cariboo district. Volume 1, road expenditures, 1899 created by the Department of Lands and Works. Volume 2, road appropriations and expenditures, 1912-19...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
List of public works and the names of those submitting tenders, including accounts bids, 1888-1898. Includes file number references.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
This series consists of a ledger containing copies of ferry contracts, Fraser and Thompson rivers, 1859-1868; mining licences, liquor licences, trading licences, garden plots and ground rentals, Lytton area (Fraser Canyon to Kamloops), 1859-1864.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Water Clauses Consolidation Act
This series consists of the Water Clauses Consolidation Act, 1897, including an index at the front.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Yale District water rights records
This series consists of three volumes of records of the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Works, Yale District, relating to water rights. Volume 1 contains Irrigation Water Records for Yale and Ashcroft Water Districts, 1873-1885, Book No. 4. Vo...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
This series consists of a record of land claims and government reservations, by William George Cox, Esq., Magistrate, Rock Creek, B.C., 1860-1862; and one page of a Sheriff's book, Lytton, 1897.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works correspondence inward
This series consists of letters inward to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, 1871-1883. Letters are arranged by file number. These letters were selected for transfer to the archives in 1937 and therefore do not appear on the microfilms of ...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Miscellaneous papers referring to pre-emptions on Vancouver Island
This series consist of miscellaneous papers referring to pre-emptions on Vancouver Island (mainly letters inward), 1861-1873.
Vancouver Island. Dept. of Lands and Works
Department of Lands correspondence inward
This series consists of Semi-official correspondence inward received by the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works (1901-1908) and the Chief Commissioner of Lands (1908-1910). Arranged alphabetically.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works correspondence outward
This series consists of semi-official correspondence outward of the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, 1903-1904 (vol. 1) and 1906-1907 (vol. 4). Each volume has a nominal index.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
This series consists of a letterbook containing press copies and some typed carbon copies of correspondence and accounts of the Supervisor of Scalers concerning timber scaling.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
This series consists of indexes to letters received. Arranged chronologically and includes index to miscellaneous correspondence and reports; index to correspondence from the Governor, the Attorney-General, the Assistant Commissioners of Lands and...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Financial returns and accounts
This series consists of Department of Lands financial returns and accounts. Includes financial register of land transactions and land fees, values of property registered and office and miscellaneous expenditures.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Lands correspondence and reports
This series consists of Department of Lands and Works correspondence and reports regarding roads, trails and other diverse topics. Includes correspondence regarding the resignation of Benjamin W. Pearse and the appointment of Edgar Dewdney as Sur...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Indenture for irrigation right-of-way, McDame Creek
This series consists of an indenture for irrigation right-of-way, McDame Creek, Cassiar district.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Letter of tender from John R. Gilmer re painting contract
This series consists of a letter of tender from John R. Gilmer regarding a painting contract, 1893.
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works
Day book of expenditures and correspondence
This series consists of a day book of expenditures of road and bridge construction, surveys and transport, 1862-1864; goods received from grocers, Hope, B.C., 1865; correspondence and specifications relating to the construction of the Burrard Inle...
British Columbia. Dept. of Lands and Works