[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO ET VICESIMO NONO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. XI. AN ACT TO IMPOSE LANDING PERMIT DUES ON THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN STOCK AND CARCASSES. [16TH JUNE, 1865. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1865.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO ET VICESIMO NONO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. XII. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT PASSED IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, ENTITLED “AN ACT TO REPEAL AND AMEND THE LAWS AFFECTING TRADE LICENCES.” [16TH JUNE, 1865. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1865.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO ET VICESIMO NONO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. XIV. AN ACT TO APPLY THE SUM OF FOURTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS OUT OF THE GENERAL REVENUE OF THE COLONY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE. [21ST JUNE, 1865. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1865.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO ET VICESIMO NONO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. XV. AN ACT TO IMPOSE A TAX OF ONE HALF OF ONE PER CENTUM UPON ALL REAL ESTATE WITHIN THE CITY OF VICTORIA, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES RELATING THERETO. [24TH JUNE, 1865. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1865.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO ET VICESIMO NONO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. XVII. AN ACT TO EXPLAIN “THE CHIEF JUSTICE’S SALARY ACT, 1864.” [4TH JULY, 1865. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1865.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO NONO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. I. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ELECTION OF A MAYOR AND COUNCILLORS FOR THE CITY OF VICTORIA ON THE 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, A.D., 1864. [5TH NOVEMBER, 1864. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1864.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO NONO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. II. AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWELVE HUNDRED POUNDS STERLING PER ANNUM FROM THE GENERAL REVENUE OF THE COLONY FOR THE SALARY OF A CHIEF JUSTICE. [5TH DECEMBER, 1864. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1864.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. IX. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED “AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE WOODEN BRIDGES IN VANCOUVER ISLAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.” [7TH JULY, 1864. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1864.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. VIII. AN ACT TO ENABLE THE GOVERNOR TO PAY OUT OF THE GENERAL REVENUE SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR CIVIC PURPOSES. [8TH JUNE, 1864. ... RECEIVED MY ASSENT THIS 8TH DAY OF JUNE, 1864. A.E. KENNEDY, GOVERNOR. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1864.

City Aid Act.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. X. AN ACT TO REPEAL THE “VANCOUVER ISLAND STAMP ACT, 1862.” [7TH JULY, 1864. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1864.

Rare Harries imprint.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. XI. AN ACT TO PREVENT THE UNAUTHORIZED ISSUE OF BANK NOTES AND PAPER CURRENCY. [7TH JULY, 1864. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1864.

Rare Harries imprint.

[coat of arms] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ . NO. XIX. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE ISRAELITE CONGREGATION NAMED “THE EMANUEL OF VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND.” WHEREAS, A CONGREGATION OF ISRAELITES OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA BEING DESIROUS OF FULFILLING THE ORDINANCES OF THEIR RELIGION, HAVE FORMED THEMSELVES INTO A CONGREGATION UNDER THE STYLE OF “THE EMANUEL OF VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND,” AND HAVE ESTABLISHED CERTAIN RULES AND ARTICLES EMBODIED IN ARTICLES OF CONSTITUTION FOR THEIR GOVERNMENT. BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED ... [there follows X numbered paragraphs] ... PASSED THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2D JUNE, 1864. ... PASSED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 16TH JUNE, 1864. ... RECEIVED MY ASSENT THIS 7TH DAY OF JULY, 1864. A.E. KENNEDY, GOVERNOR. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company, 1864.Original folio printings, never bound, of the draft and final act legally establishing the first Jewish Congregation in western Canada, the oldest surviving synagogue in Canada, housed in what is now the oldest surviving synagogue building on the West Coast of North America. The synagogue was founded in 1859 and the present synagogue building was built in 1863. Unrecorded original printed acts, the Harries imprint very rare indeed.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. XV. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CLOSING OF WELLS UPON UNENCLOSED LANDS IN VANCOUVER ISLAND AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. [7TH JULY, 1864. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1864.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. XVI. AN ACT FOR THE REGULATION OF ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHS WITHIN THE COLONY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND, AND TO SECURE THE SECRECY AND FIDELITY IN THE TRANSMISSION OF TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES. [7TH JULY, 1864. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1864.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORLÆ REGINÆ. No. XVII. AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND “THE FIREMAN’S PROTECTION ACT, 1861.” [7TH JULY, 1864. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed By Authority Of The Government By Harries And Company. 1864.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. XVIII. AN ACT TO AUTHORISE THE HAREWOOD RAILWAY COMPANY (LIMITED) TO MAKE A RAILWAYSFROM DEPARTURE BAY, NANAIMO DISTRICT, TO THE HAREWOOD COAL FIELDS IN MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, VANCOUVER ISLAND. [7TH JULY, 1864. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1864.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORLÆ REGINÆ. No. XX. AN ACT TO IMPOSE A TAX OF ONE HALF OF ONE PER CENTUM UPON ALL REAL ESTATE WITHIN THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES RELATING THERETO. [7TH JULY, 1864. VICTORIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND: PRINTED BY AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT BY HARRIES AND COMPANY. 1864.

[Coat of arms A] ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO ET VICESIMO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. XXI. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE GOVERNOR TO APPROPRIATE CERTAIN MONEYS FOR THE COMPLETION OF A DREDGING MACHINE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES CONNECTED THEREWITH. [7TH JULY, 1864. Victoria, Vancouver Island: Printed by Authority of the Government by Harries and Company. 1864.

[Coat of arms] B.C. Immigration Board. ASSISTED IMMIGRATION. OFFICE OF IMMIGRATION BOARD, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 12TH AUGUST, 1870. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT A SCHEME OF ASSISTED IMMIGRATION, ON AN EXTENDED SCALE, BEING CONTEMPLATED BY THE GOVERNMENT, APPLICATIONS WILL BE RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD, ... BY ORDER OF THE BOARD, B.W. PEARSE, DEPUTY CHAIRMAN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. THE RIGHT REV. THE BISHOP OF COLUMBIA, CHAIRMAN, [etc.].

Lays out conditions for emigrants who will be required to report himself or herself at some Port of Embarkation in England. Struggling with a depressed economy and in serious debt, and still not part of the Canadian Confederation, BC hoped to encourage massive numbers of English immigrants to swell the ranks of landowners and taxpayers. This was the first such BC Colonial scheme; others followed, none as effective as the Vietnam War. Rare, unrecorded except as a possible 1871 imprint, by Kaye Lamb in 1939 BCHQ.

THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. “THE TAX SALE REPEAL ORDINANCE, 1867.” COLONIAL SECRETARY’S OFFICE, 1ST AUGUST, 1868. Printed every Saturday at the Government Printing Office, Victoria, British Columbia.

Shows amounts repaid or paid to other purchases.

COLONY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. [coat of arms—narrowjAN ACTTO MAKE PROVISION FOR
HE REGISTRATION OF VOTERS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES RELATING THERETO. ... PASSED THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, OCTOBER 7TH 1859. JOSEPH PORTER, CLERK OF THE HOUSE.

COUNCIL CHAMBER, MAY 18TH, 1865. AMENDMENTS TO “A BILL RESPECTING THE MEDICAL BOARD AND PRACTITIONERS IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY.”

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. DITCHES. RULES AND REGULATIONS UNDER “THE GOLD FIELDS’ ACT, 1859.” ... {L.S.} ISSUED UNDER THE PUBLIC SEAL OF THE SAID COLONY, AT LILLOOET, THIS 29TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, AND IN THE TWENTY-SIXTH 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. EXPLANATORY REPORT ON THE ESTIMATES FOR 1871.

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, 27TH JUNE, 1865.} AMENDMENTS TO “A BILL RESPECTING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.”

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MAY 29TH, 1865. AMENDMENTS TO “A BILL TO GRANT JURISDICTION TO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES IN CIVIL CASES.”

{L.S.} [COAT OF ARMS] BRITISH COLUMBIA. ANNO TRICESIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. NO. 13. AN ORDINANCE TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY SIX THOUSAND SIS HUNDRED AND FIFTY EIGHTS DOLLARS AND THRITY CENTS …. [19TH MARCH, 1867]. New Westminster: Printed at the Government Printing Office [1867].

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 11. AN ORDINANCE FOR THE FORMATION AND REGULATION OF MUNICIPALITIES IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. [22ND MARCH, 1865.]

NO. 1. A RETURN SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TRIED IN PUBLIC COURT, VICTORIA, V.I., FOR THE SELLNG OR GIVING SPIRITS, &C., TO INDIANS, THE NUMBER CONVICTED ... A.F. PEMBERTON, STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE. ... PHILIP HANKIN, SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 1. AN ORDINANCE TO EXTEND THE TERM OF THE STEAM TRACTION ENGINE ORDINANCE, 1864. [7TH FEBRUARY, 1865.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 1. AN ORDINANCE TO PROMOTE THE DRAINAGE OF MINES. [1ST FEBRUARY, 1864.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 10. AN ORDINANCE TO FACILITATE THE FORMATION OF MINING JOINT STOCK COMPANIES. [4TH MAY, 1864.] ... ASSENTED TO, IN HER MAJESTY’S NAME, THIS FOURTH DAY OF MAY, 1864. FREDERICK SEYMOUR, GOVERNOR.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 11. AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE THE LAWFUL RATE OF INTEREST IN THE COLONY. [4TH MAY, 1864.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 12. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE EXCISE LAWS. [22ND FEBRUARY, 1865.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 12. AN ORDINANCE TO INCREASE THE FACILITIES FOR REGISTERING DOCUMENTS RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY. [4TH MAY, 1864.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 15. AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF THE HARBORS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. [29TH MARCH, 1865.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 19. AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT THE VIOLATION OF INDIAN GRAVES. [3RD APRIL, 1865.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 2. AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING CERTAIN PROCLAMATIONS. [2ND FEBRUARY, 1864.]

The Confirmatory Ordinance.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 20. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING TO BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. [10TH APRIL, 1865.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [coat of arms] R. NO. 22. AN ORDINANCE FOR REGULATING THE AMOUNT AND APPLICATION OF THE FEES TO BE TAKEN IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CIVIL JUSTICE FROM SUITORS THEREIN. [11th APRIL, 1865.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [coat of arms] R. NO. 26. AN ORDINANCE TO DECLARE THE LIMITATION OF FOREIGN SUITS AND ACTIONS. [11TH APRIL, 1865.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 3. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE DUTIES OF CUSTOMS. [15TH FEBRUARY, 1865.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 3. AN ORDINANCE TO APPLY THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND, SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE POUNDS, SIXTEEN SHILLINGS AND SEVEN PENCE, STERLING, OUT OF THE GENERAL REVENUE OF THE COLONY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, TO THE SERVICE OF THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR. [18TH FEB., 1863 [SIC]]... RECEIVED MY ASSENT THIS EIGHTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, A.D. 1864, JAMES DOUGLAS, GOVERNOR.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 4. AN ORDINANCE IN AID OF THE TRUSTEES’ RELIEF ACT. [18TH FEBRUARY, 1865.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 4. AN ORDINANCE TO EXTEND AND IMPROVE THE LAWS RELATING TO GOLD MINING. 26TH FEBRUARY, 1864.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 5. AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TOLL BRIDGE ACROSS THOMPSON RIVER. [26TH FEBRUARY, 1864].

Thompson Bridge Toll Act.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 5. AN ORDINANCE TO ENCOURAGE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LINE OF TELEGRAPH, CONNECTING TELEGRAPHS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA WITH THE TELEGRAPH LINES OF RUSSIA, THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. [21ST FEBRUARY, 1865.]

International Telegraph Ordinance.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] NO.6. AN ORDINANCE FOR THE AMENDMENT OF THE “LICENCES ACT, 1859.” [10TH MARCH, 1864.]

Trades Licences Amendment Act.

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 6. AN ORDINANCE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TOLL BRIDGE ACROSS THOMPSON RIVER, AT LYTTON. [22ND FEBRUARY, 1865.]

BRITISH COLUMBIA. V. [Coat of arms A] R. NO. 8. AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHORIZE THE INTRODUCTION OF STEAM TRACTION ENGINES INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA. [10TH MARCH, 1864.]