Petition; Affidavit; Notice.

-Regarding Crown Lot 16, Group One, New Westminster and the proper ownership of the property. Judge declines to effect registration of the property in the name of H.G. Roderick due to the non-production of the title deeds.

Pamphlet contains an extract taken from Sessional Papers, 36 Victoria, 13th Parliament, relating to the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

From Friday July 18, 1873. Includes a lengthy letter from "Geo. W. McMullen" about the 'Pacific Scandal' concerning loans and the negotiations about the railway. Believed to be from "Building the CPR: Jackdaw No. C4" by Doug Stuebing, published in 1968, which is a compilation of reproduced material, among other things.

Indictment for assault; assault on Loo How; verdict guilty; sentence $125; 1873/01/01

Portrait.

Some notes about testing the digestive powers of the plants with regards to mucin, globulin, chlorophyll, hemoglobin, chrondrin, gelatine.

Sanderson is to test proprionic, butyric, valeric acids for artificial digestion to see if one of those is present in Drosera.

Sanderson is conducting some experiments with globulin and haemoglobin for Darwin as well as those with the acids.

Florence Nightingale, 35 South Street Park Lane, London W. to Julius Mohl. Informs him that she will have messenger meet Mme. Mohl at train station. Comments that nurses on their way to Dublin, Edinburgh regularly visit her house. Apologizes for not offering to "put up" Miss Eleanor during her visit.

J.A. Froude to Florence Nightingale accepting an article for "Fraser's Magaine".

W. Clark, Engineer to the Justices of the Peace, to the Chairman and Justices, concerning the revision of laws regarding sewer drainage of private houses.

This group of about 40 letters, a part of the Sinclair Collection, consists of correspondence between Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) and John Scott Burdon Sanderson (1828-1905) during the years from 1873-1881.
The letters deal with the research Darwin and Burdon Sanderson did on the digestive powers and leaf movements of insect-eating plants, notably Drosera and Dionaea. Darwin published the results of this research as part of his <em>Insectivorous Plants</em> (1875).
There is also correspondence about Burdon Sanderson's (and to a lesser extent, Darwin’s) attempts to ensure that the antivivisectionists should not secure the passage of a bill through Parliament that should hinder scientific research. Sanderson's efforts influenced the events that led to the appointment of a Royal Commission in 1875 to study the use of animals in scientific research in Britain.

Railway Government Publication item 54.

A law which incorporates the Victoria and Esquimalt Railway Company. Signed by Joseph Trutch, and a clerk believed to be J. Roland Hett

Petition.

-Dunsmuir, Diggle and farquar are the proprietors of the Wellington Coal Mine, Departure Bay, Nanaimo, and are desirous of acquiring a portion of certain lands near Departure Bay from W.J. Hughes for the purpose of communication with the sea shore. the two parties are having difficulty agreeing on a price for the property.

File consists of one document: affidavit of W. Drake. Case regards a statement that as to the whereabouts of the Defendants, none of them are residing within the jursidiction of the Court.

Anstruther carried out business as merchant and agent in a copartnership
with W. Burnett Mactavish under the firm name of Anstruther & Company in Calcutta. Anstruther found himself facing insolvency due to his indebtedness and petitioned the court in Calcutta for relief.

Chipp was adjudicated as a bankrupt with the extent and meaning of the laws of the Bankruptcy Act of 1862. Includes adjudication.

Suggests that Sanderson test to see if there is any electrical change in the leaves of Dionaea when they are excited and offers to provide the plants.

He is sending the plants and suggests any results obtained would be worth publishing by Sanderson; describes the nature of the leaf contractions and the effect of hydrochloric acid on the digestive powers of Drosera.

He asks for help in obtaining pure animal substances – fibrin, albumin, mucin and others for further tests of the digestive powers of the plants.

Hopes that his observation about the movement of the motor influence from excited glands in Drosera leaves will help Sanderson.

FIle consists of a single a letter from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to Fanny Cornforth, one of his models and companions. According to notes from Nudelman, the term "Poor old Elephant," as he addresses Cornforth in this letter, and "Old Rhinoceros" (as he sometimes signed letters, though not this one) were pet names the pair had for each other as they gained weight. The letter discusses financial transactions and Rossetti's intention to send her some paintings.

Man with back to camera standing on pier.

Pamphlet by Charles Horetzky giving an account of his expedition with Sandford Fleming through northern Alberta and British Columbia, exploring a possible route for the Canadian Pacific Railway

File consists of two documents: summons; appearance.

File consists of three documents: affidavit of William Stewart; order; notice of time and place of hearing petition. Case regards in the matter of the Trustee Act 1850, Mineral Ordinance Amendment Act 1873, and of the petition of R. Dunsmuir, N. Diggle, and A. Farquar.

Asks Sanderson to read the results of his experiments on Drosera and to make any suggestions; explains the object of his research on these plants.

Sanderson is to come to Down and see the research; discusses the different substances that cause movement in the leaves of Drosera.

Florence Nightingale, 35 South Street, Park Lane, London W. to Mary Mohl (nee Clarke). Expresses her condolences upon hearing from Lady Augusta about M. Mohl's bad knee. Discusses the printed correspondence of Miss Williams Wynn and her belief in the immortality of animals.

View of a house with a couple and two children on the porch.

Group of sailors and medical staff (?) posed in front of hospital building.

File consists of one document: amended bill of complaint. Case regards the said E. Cridge, acting as Minister of the Church of Christ with no authority or license authorizing him to officiate and perform the offices of clergyman. Defendant refusing the acknowledge ecclesiastical law and failing to conform to the discipline and government of the Church.

File consists of 31 documents: (4) Affidavit of Keffee; Bill of Costs, (2) Answer to Interrogatories; (3) Writ of Summons; (3) Order to Hold to Bail; (2) Joint Affidavit of Hart and Bradley; Affidavit of Earle; Bail Piece; Affidavit of Marvin; Summons; Notice to Produce; Bail Bond; Summons, Order; Plaintiff costs on Dismissal of Summons; Record; Judgment; Record (Summons, Jury List, Particulars of Set Off). Case arising out of money payable by the Defendant to the Plaintiff for goods sold and delivered, goods bargained and sold and for money received by the Defendant for the use of the Plaintiff and for money due to the Plaintiff on accounts between them and the Plaintiff claims $800.

File consists of two documents: (2) Affidavit to Hold to Bail. Plaintiff claims that the Defendant is truly indebted to him in the sum of $339.17 for payment on unpaid promissory notes. Keffee is master of the Schooner "Rose" and the case has something to do with this.

File consists of 9 documents: Order for Leave to Appear; (2) Writ of Summons; Affidavit of J.M. Roger; Affidavit of W. Hoffman; Affidavit of A. Hoffman; Affidavit of W.M. Drake: Writ of Summons; Affidavit of Service. The Plaintiff claims $1,156.24 principal interest due to him as payee on a promissory note. The Defendants are of the firm Cohen and Hoffman, Traders. Defendants Hoffman and Hoffman claim that the said Bill was not given in respect of any business or other transaction of the firm and therefore defend that they are not indebted to the Plaintiff for the said amount.

Affidavit of F.J. Barnard in support of Caprias; Praecipe for Writ of Attachment.

-Plaintiff claims that the Defendant is justly and truly indebted to him for $3,972.11, that being the amount certified due to him by the Registrar of the Supreme Court as the amount owed on unpaid accounts. The Defendant has not paid the Plaintiff the amount certified to be due and he has since left the province.

Writ of Summons; Affidavit of Service; Judgment by Default; Affidavit of W. Drake; Plaintiff's Costs.

-The Plaintiff claims $830.76 for debt and $12.50 for costs for an amount of rent due in respect of Saanich Hall farm as well as interest on arrears of rent.

Bond; (2) Writ of Summons; Correspondence on case; Affidavit of T. Davie; Affidavit of T.G. Murphy; Affidavit of Katz; Defendant's Costs of Suit; Issue; Judges order

The Plaintiff claims $250 for debt and $15 for costs for services performed by him as an Attorney at Law and Solicitor on behalf of the Defendant at Washington territory in the United States and for work done for the Defendant at his request.