Colonial Office: Vancouver Island Original Correspondence

Description and record details

Reference	CO 305
Title	Colonial Office: Vancouver Island Original Correspondence
Date	1846-1867
Description	This series contains original correspondence relating to Vancouver Island.
Arrangement	Bound volumes arranged chronologically within the following subject headings: Despatches (letters of the governors), Offices (letters of government departments and other organisations) and Individuals (arranged alphabetically). Each volume with a contents list, or précis of each letter giving name of correspondent, date of letter and subject matter.
Related material	For correspondence after 1871 see CO 42 For correspondence from 1867 to 1871 see CO 60
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Physical description	30 volume(s)
Unpublished finding aids	For registers to correspondence before 1853 see CO 328, after 1853 see CO 373. For indexed précis of correspondence see CO 714.
Administrative/ biographical background	Vancouver Island became a colony in 1849. In 1866 the colonies of Vancouver Island and British Columbia united under the name of the latter. In 1871 British Columbia became a province of the Dominion of Canada.

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