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Minutes of meetings of heads of departments with the Governor of Vancouver Island
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1861-1864 [Photocopied 1977] (Creation)
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- Vancouver Island (Colony). Governor (1851-1864 : Douglas)
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1 cm of textual records (14 pages)
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The first governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island, Richard Blanshard, was appointed in 1849 by royal commission (21 July 1849, Queen Victoria). Prior to that, the affairs of the colony were also the affairs of the Hudson’s Bay Company and were administered by the chief factor (James Douglas) and employees of the company.
In 1849, Vancouver Island was granted to the company as a colony. Blanshard arrived in Victoria in March 1850 to take up the position of Governor. The instructions issued to him included the authority to issue writs of summons and writs of elections, administer oaths, grant or withhold assent to bills, appoint and suspend public officials as instructed by the Crown, grant pardon or clemency to persons convicted in colonial courts, issue marriage licenses, and ensure that proper records were kept of all matters within the jurisdiction of the colony.
Blanshard resigned in 1851 and James Douglas was appointed as Governor of the colony. The Hudson’s Bay Company grant expired in 1859 and Britain assumed responsibility for the Colony of Vancouver Island. Douglas continued as Governor until 1863 when he retired and Arthur Edward Kennedy was appointed. Kennedy remained in that position until 1866 when the colony was united with the Colony of British Columbia.
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This series consists of 14 pages of photocopied minutes of meetings of heads of departments with the Governor of Vancouver Island, including the Attorney General, Colonial Secretary and Surveyor General. The records are dated between 12 August 1861 and 14 March 1864 and were photocopied around 1977.
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Copied from originals in Victoria City Archives. Transferred from the Ministry of the Attorney General, 1977.
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Originals located at the City of Victoria Archives.
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Accession number(s): GR-0303
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- Vancouver Island (Colony). Attorney General (Subject)
- Vancouver Island (Colony). Colonial Secretary (Subject)
- Vancouver Island (Colony). Treasury (Subject)
- Vancouver Island (Colony). Legislative Assembly (Subject)
- Vancouver Island (Colony). Office of the Surveyor General (Subject)
- Vancouver Island (Colony). Governor (1851-1864 : Douglas) (Subject)