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This series consists of correspondence, a draft of the British Pacific Railway Act, minutes, notes on proceedings and reports of the Legislative Committee on Private Members' Bills.

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.

The records in this unit consist primarily of correspondence, memoranda and indexes created and accumulated during the administrations of Premiers Smithe, Turner, Semlin, Martin, Dunsmuir, Prior, McBride, Bowser, Brewster, Oliver, MacLean and Tolmie (1893-1933). They also include a series of diaries of Premier Oliver, 1917-1927, scrapbooks, 1905-1941, and official addresses, programs and special items, 1951-1971.

Note that the records are not complete. There are, most notably, no records for A.E.B Davie, Theodore Davie or John Robson (1887-1895), but there are also records lacking for other administrations.

The records are broken down into fifteen series on the basis of the type and/or filing system of the documents. A change in government did not always result in a break in a series of records, with the result that several series span more than one administration.

The fifteen series are listed below. See each series description for more information about content.
SERIES I: Indexes and registers to correspondence inward 1895-1933
SERIES II: Official correspondence 1883-1915
SERIES III: Semi-official correspondence, 1907-1910
SERIES IV: Private correspondence, 1903-1915
SERIES V: Subject files, 1902-1915
SERIES VI: Correspondence 1915-1929
SERIES VII: Official correspondence, 1930-1933
SERIES VIII: Memoranda, 1917-1925
SERIES IX: Letterbooks (official), 1883-1916
SERIES X: Letterbooks (semi-official), 1907-1911
SERIES XI: Letterbooks (private), 1885-1904
SERIES XII: Letterbooks (personal), 1903
SERIES XIII: Diaries, 1917 - 1927
SERIES XIV: Clippings books, 1905-1941
SERIES XV: Official addresses, programs and special items

The fonds consists of the correspondence of William Smithe.