This series contains records related to the Fire Insurance Commission of 1910. The commissioners, R.S. Lennie of Nelson, Day Hort MacDowell of Victoria and A.B. Erskine of Vancouver, were appointed to inquire generally into the business of fire insurance as carried on in the province of British Columbia. The records consist of typescript volumes of evidence taken at the Vancouver sittings (March 1910), Victoria sittings (March 1910), Nelson sittings (April 1910) and the evidence and argument at the final sittings at Victoria (June 1910). Also included is the report of the commissioners in which they stress the need for the provincial government to create an insurance department and to issue proper regulations.

Public affairs. Jack Webster's popular weekday morning talk show. Guests and topics for this episode are: Note: Last half hour not recorded. Jack looks at the recent spate of arson-related fires in Vancouver, and interviews insurance adjuster W. Blair Gillies. In a pre-recorded segment Webster interviews Shelagh Day, a government equal opportunity officer. Shelagh's job was abolished and she feels she was the victim of a wrongful dismissal.

Public affairs. On his popular weekday morning talk show, Jack Webster continues the discussion about the recent spate of arsons in Vancouver. He interviews Ron Kassell and Brent Atkinson, the president and vice-president of the Insurance Agents Association of B.C.