File contains: Writ of Summons; Appearance. The Defendant is indebted to the Plaintiffs fur 73 pounds, one shilling one pence for money owed on an overdue promissory note.

File consists of three documents: Consent to Discontinue; Notice of Discontinuance; Affidavit of Lowenburg. Action has been discontinued, each party to pay their own costs

File consists of two documents: Summons; Confession of Judgment. The Defendant is indebted to the Plaintiff in the sum of 290 pounds, 4 shillings for money due from the Defendant to the Plaintiff for goods sold and delivered and for money due from the Defendant to the Plaintiff on an account stated between them

File consists of 1 document: Affidavit of M. Phillips. In regards to unstated debts between the parties and the sale of a lot on Pandora Street in Victoria.

File consists of 3 documents: Summary Suit-Writ of Summons; Statement of F. Volkman; Correspondence between Cox and Colquan. Plaintiff is suing for the balance due in respect of wages on the "Pemberton Wagon Road", approximately $101.00.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. [Royal coat of arms A] PROCLAMATION. NO.5, A.D. 1861. BY HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES DOUGLAS, COMPANION OF THE MOST HONORABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME, &C., &C. ... {L.S.} ISSUED UNDER THE PUBLIC SEAL OF THE SAID COLONY AT VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND, THIS TENTH DAY OF MAY, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE, AND IN THE TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR OF HER MAJESTY’S REIGN, BY ME, JAMES DOUGLAS. BY HIS EXCELLENCY’S COMMAND, WILLIAM A.G. YOUNG, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Roman Catholic Land Act.

(Small coat of arms] AN ACT TO ENABLE ALIENS TO HOLD AND TRANSMIT REAL ESTATE. ... RECEIVED MY ASSENT THE 28TH DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D. 1861. JAMES DOUGLAS.

[Small coat of arms] AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN STREETS IN VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND. ... RECEIVED MY ASSENT THE 20m DAY OF OCTOBER, A.D. JAMES DOUGLAS.

Supplementary Street Act 1861.

[Coat of arms A] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NATURALIZATION OF ALIENS. ... RECEIVED MY ASSENT THIS 14TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A.D. 1861. JAMES DOUGLAS.

V. (larger than above] [Coat of arms A] R. AN ACT TO FACILITATE THE REMEDIES ON BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES BY THE PREVENTION OF FRIVOLOUS OR FICTITIOUS DEFENCES TO ACTIONS THEREON RECEIVED MY ASSENT THIS 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A.D. 1861. JAMES DOUGLAS.

Summary Procedure on Bills of Exchange Act 1861.

V. [large] [Coat of arms A] R. AN ACT FOR PREVENTING FRAUDS UPON CREDITORS BY SECRET BILLS OF SALE OF PERSONAL CHATTELS. ... RECEIVED MY ASSENT THIS 28TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A.D. 1861. JAMES DOUGLAS.

Bills of Sale Act, 1861.

V. [Coat of arms Al R. AN ACT TO AMEND THE TRADES LICENCES ACT, 1860. ... RECEIVED MY ASSENT THIS 24TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.D. 1861. JAMES DOUGLAS.

Trades Licences Amendment Act, 1861.

No. of Pliant – 637

Summons; (2) Invoice

• Little is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £8.4. The amount is due for various goods and services sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 701

Summons; Invoice for £2.4.9; Judgment Confessed

• Stokes is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £2.8.9. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 710

Summons; Invoice for £15.7; Judgment Confessed

• Clark is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £17.17.10. The amount is due on an unpaid promissory note plus interest on that note.

No. of Plaint – 715

Summons; Invoice for £5.8.4

• Chambers is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £5.16.4. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No of Plaint – 758

Summons; Invoice for £15.12.6; Judgment Confessed

• Richards is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £16.14. The amount is due on an unpaid promissory note between the Defendant and the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 764

Summons; Invoice for £2.10.6

• Lockman is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £2.14.6. The amount is due on a balance of the Defendan‟ts account with the Plaintiff for bread.

No. of Plaint – 834

Summons; Invoice for £13.18.11; Judgment Confessed

• Golding & Co. are summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiffs for the total amount of £16.6.9. The amount is due on an unpaid promissory note.

No. of Plaint – 845

Summons; Invoice for £2.15.6; Judgment Confessed

• Williams is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £2.19.6. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 853

Summons; Invoice for £41.4.8; Judgment Confessed

• Pidwell is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £42.11.4. The amount is due for a large amount of goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiffs.

No. of Plaint – 733
Summons; Invoice for £12.14.2; Judgment Confessed

• Marchand is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of
  £13.11.8. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 714

Summons; Invoice for £23.6.8; Judgment Confessed

• Chambers is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £24.17.6. The amount is due for an unpaid promissory note between the Defendant and the Plaintiff. It is also due for the purchase price of a farm at Rocky Point as contained in a promissory note drawn between the parties involved.

No. of Plaint – 643

Summons

• Leneveu had previously obtained a judgment against the Defendant for £11.12.8 which remains unsatisfied. The Summons states that if the Defendant does not appear in obedience to this summons, he may be committed to the common gaol.

No. of Plaint – 534

Summons

• Cameron had previously obtained a judgment against the Defendant for £13.13.10 which remains unsatisfied. The Summons states that if the Defendant does not appear in obedience to this summons, he may be committed to the common gaol.

No. of Plaint – 683

Summons; Invoice for £2.10

• Muir is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £2.18.2. The amount is due for value received from the Plaintiff by the Defendant.

No. of Plaint – 684

Summons; Invoice for £33.18.1

• Innis is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £35.4.9. The amount is due for various goods sold to the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

[Coat of arms, small] AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR AND REGULATE THE SALE OF WINES, SPIRITS,
MALT AND OTHER LIQUORS. ... ASSENTED TO THIS 18TH DAY OF JULY, 1861. JAMES DOUGLAS,
GOVERNOR.

Liquor License Act.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Royal coat of arms A] R. PROCLAMATION. NO.13, A.D. 1861. BY HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES DOUGLAS, COMPANION OF THE MOST HONORABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME, &C., &C. ... {L.S.} ISSUED UNDER THE PUBLIC SEAL OF THE SAID COLONY, AT VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND, THIS FOURTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, AND IN THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF HER MAJESTY’S REIGN, BY ME, JAMES DOUGLAS. BY HIS EXCELLENCY’S COMMAND, WILLIAM A.G. YOUNG. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

British Columbia Road Loans Act. 1861.

V. [Coat of arms A] R. AN ACT TO ENLARGE THE TIME LIMITED BY THE VICTORIA GAS COMPANY’S ACT, 1860, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GAS WORKS AND BUILDINGS BY THE VICTORIA GAS COMPANY. ... RECEIVED MY ASSENT THIS 9TH DAY OF DECEMBER, A.D. 1861. JAMES DOUGLAS.

Victoria Gas Company’s Extension Act, 1861.

File contains: Plea. The Defendant Jones appears and takes defense to the action of Goodman and Goodman and says that he never was indebted in the manner and form as alleged in the said Declaration.

File contains: Affidavit of G. Balls. Regarding the road from Esquimalt to Victoria, erected by the government for use by the public. The stoppage of the road by obstructing the bridge with a bar across the same thereby impending the traffic along the bridge has caused much injury to the property holders on Wharf Street.

File contains: Affidavit of E. Dupuis. Captain Staples and others, owners of the steamship Pacific, are justly and truly indebted to the Plaintiff for 53 pounds, 8 shillings, for the value of certain articles delivered to the Defendants as common carriers to be delivered to him in Victoria. They have not been delivered and the Plaintiff believes that the Defendants are about to leave for San Francisco and he asks that they be apprehended.

File contains: Notice of Motion; (2) Draft: of Order; Receipt for Papers Out of Court; Notice of Filing Answer; Appearance for H. Kraft; Judges Minutes; Statement of Facts; Affidavit of Defendant Kraft; and Bill of Complaint. The Defendants leased the Colonial Hotel in Victoria from the Plaintiffs for one year. Disagreements arose between the parties and the Plaintiff asks that Kraft stops any further construction or renovation on the Hotel while the case between them is resolved with the Defendants paying the Plaintiff for damages suffered.

File consists of two documents: Summons; Consent to Money Being Paid Out. Plaintiffs attorney to attend in Chambers to show cause why the Plaintiff should not find security for the Defendant's costs in this action.

File consists of four document: (2) Costs; Affidavit of J. Wilcox; Order. Plaintiff had erected and maintained a Hotel on Wharf Street in Victoria which did quite well, being in a location beside the harbour and near the bridge. However, the Defendants then constructed a bar across the bridge which "entirely intercepts and obstructs the transit and traffic of vehicle," they no longer travel in front of the Plaintiffs hotel and his business as Innkeeper has thereby been greatly injured as a result.

File consists of eight documents: Affidavit of P. Grelley; Order; Order to Amend Bill; Notice of Motion; Summons; Affidavit of Service of Summons; Order; Affidavit of H.P. Crease. Plaintiff claims $730 owed to him by the Defendant for the use and occupation of the Colonial Hotel. Court Order states that the Receiver be at liberty to wind up the business of the Colonial Hotel and to bring on and pay the accounts of the said receivership.

File consists of one document: Affidavit of J. Hahn. The Defendant is indebted to the Plaintiff for $423.75 for goods sold and delivered on the stated account between them

File consists of three documents: Affidavit of J. Dickson; Affidavit of W. Culverwell; Order for Capria. Defendant is indebted to the Plaintiff for 34 pounds, 2 shillings and 1 pence for work and labour done and goods sold and delivered. The Plaintiff is concerned that the Defendant is about to quit the colony unless he is apprehended.

File consists of 3 documents: Record; List of Names; Plaintiff's Bill of Costs. Pryce is suing the Defendant for 107 pounds, 12 shillings, and 6 pence for work done by the Plaintiff for the Defendant at his request and for money founds to be due from the Defendant to the Plaintiff on accounts stated between them.

No. of Plaint – 688

Judgment Confessed

• Golding confesses that he owes the Plaintiff £6.5.

No. of Plaint – 692

Summons; Warrant

• Gambitz had obtained a judgment against the Plaintiff for £2.17 for debt and £4.16 for costs, and the judgment remains unsatisfied. As outlined in the Warrant, the Defendant had still not satisfied the judgment, the Defendant is to be committed for six days to the common gaol.

No. of Plaint – 707

• Miller is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £1.7.10. The amount is due for 5 loads of hay sold and hauled for the Defendant by the Plaintiff.

No. of Plaint – 711

Summons; Invoice for £26

• Lewis is summoned to appear in court to answer the Plaintiff for the total amount of £28.15.10. The amount is due for reversing a judgment for the Defendant in Sacramento County, California. It appears that the Plaintiff provided the Defendant with legal services for the said judgment.

[Royal coat of arms, small] AN ACT TO AUTHORISE THE GOVERNOR OF VANCOUVER ISLAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, TO GRANT CERTAIN PRIVILEGES TO THE BUILDER OR BUILDERS OF A POWDER MAGAZINE. ... RECEIVED MY ASSENT, THE 6TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, A.D. 1861. JAMES DOUGLAS, GOVERNOR.

Powder Magazine Act.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. [Royal coat of arms A] PROCLAMATION. NO.6, A.D. 1861. BY HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES DOUGLAS, COMPANION OF THE MOST HONORABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME, &C., &C. ... {L.S.} ISSUED UNDER THE PUBLIC SEAL OF THE SAID COLONY AT YALE, THIS 28TH DAY OF MAY, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE, AND IN THE TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR OF HER MAJESTY’S REIGN, BY ME, JAMES DOUGLAS. BY HIS EXCELLENCY’S COMMAND, WILLIAM A.G. YOUNG. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Pre-emption Purchase Act.

[Royal coat of arms, small] AN ACT TO AUTHORISE THE RAISING OF A LOAN OF TEN THOUSAND POUNDS UPON THE SECURITY OF THE DUES AND MONIES LEVIED BY VIRTUE OF THE “VICTORIA AND ESQUIMALT HARBOUR DUES ACT 1860.” ... ASSENTED TO THIS 16TH DAY OF JULY, 1861. JAMES DOUGLAS, GOVERNOR. SCHEDULE A. ...

Victoria Harbor Act.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Royal coat of arms A] R. PROCLAMATION. NO.9, A.D., 1861. BY HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES DOUGLAS, COMPANION OF THE MOST HONORABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME, &C., &C. ... {L.S.} ISSUED UNDER THE PUBLIC SEAL OF THE SAID COLONY, AT VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND, THIS 27T~~ DAY OF AUGUST, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE, AND IN THE TWENTY FIFTH YEAR OF HER MAJESTY’S REIGN, BY ME, JAMES DOUGLAS. BY HIS EXCELLENCY’S COMMAND, WILLIAM A.G. YOUNG. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Pre-emption Consolidation Act.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Royal coat of arms A] R. PROCLAMATION. NO.9, A.D. 1861. BY HIS EXCELLENCY, JAMES DOUGLAS, COMPANION OF THE MOST HONORABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME, &C., &C. ... {L.S.} ISSUED UNDER THE PUBLIC SEAL OF THE SAID COLONY, AT VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND, THIS 27TH DAY OF AUGUST, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE, AND IN THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF HER MAJESTY’S REIGN, BY ME, JAMES DOUGLAS. BY HIS EXCELLENCY’S COMMAND, WILLIAM A.G. YOUNG. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Pre-emption Consolidation Act. Different setting from 13-058.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Royal coat of arms A] R. PROCLAMATION. NO.10, A.D., 1861. BY HIS EXCELLENCY JAMES DOUGLAS, COMPANION OF THE MOST HONORABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE SAME, &C., &C. ... {L.S.} ISSUED UNDER THE PUBLIC SEAL OF THE SAID COLONY, AT VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND, THIS 10TF~ DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE, AND IN THE TWENTY FIFTH YEAR OF HER MAJESTY’S REIGN, BY ME, JAMES DOUGLAS. BY HIS EXCELLENCY’S COMMAND, WILLIAM A.G. YOUNG. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Distiller’s Excise Act, 1861.