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1861-1873 (Creation)
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- British Columbia (Colony). Post Office Dept.
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Originals, 12 cm, microfilm, 1865-1867 (volume 3) [B07893(4)]
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The Post Office Dept. of the Colony of British Columbia was established in 1864 by the Postal Service Ordinance (27 Vict., No. 14). The main post office was established at New Westminster. The department was administered by a postmaster general who appointed Postmasters. The postal service legislation was revised in 1867 for the united colony of British Columbia by an ordinance to assimilate the law regulating the postal service (30 Vict., No. 25).
After confederation in 1871, responsibility for the postal service transferred to the Canadian government.
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Letterbooks and letterpress copy book of Post Master (Henry Wootton), Victoria and Post Master (Arthur Bushby), New Westminster, 1864-1873 [3 vols.]; also cash book from New Westminster General Post Office, 1861-1868. Letterpress copybook from Victoria General Post Office (1865-1867) available on microfilm B07893(4).
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Received from the National Postal Museum, Ottawa, 1989.
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Accession number(s): G89-312
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- Bushby, Arthur Thomas, 1835-1875 (Subject)
- Wootton, Henry, 1826-1875 (Subject)