Home BC IndexRETURN OF LANDS SOLD IN VANCOUVER'S ISLANDextracted by Hugh Armstrong
RETURN to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons, dated 24 June 1858; - for, RETURN of LANDS in Vancouver's Island, sold to any Individual or Company, with the Names of the Persons or Company to whom such Lands have been Sold, and the Localities in which they are situated, made up from the Reports of Mr. J.D. Pemberton, Colonial Surveyor. Colonial Office, 30 July 1858. CARNARVON
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| James Douglas |
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0 | Victoria |
| Robert J. Staines |
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Victoria |
| John Tod |
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Victoria |
| Roderick Finlayson |
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Victoria |
| Charles Dodd |
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Esquimalt |
| William F. Tolmie |
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Victoria |
| Robert Clouston |
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Victoria |
| James Douglas |
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Victoria |
| John S. Helmcken |
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Esquimalt |
| James Sangster |
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Esquimalt |
| John Gregg |
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Esquimalt |
| Henry N. Peers |
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Esquimalt |
| George McKenzie |
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Victoria |
| John F. Kennedy |
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Victoria |
| William H. Gliddon |
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Victoria |
| James Yates |
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Victoria |
| Ditto |
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Victoria |
| James Tod |
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Victoria |
| Robert J. Staines |
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Victoria |
| George F. Hawkins |
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Victoria |
| James Cooper 64 |
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Esquimalt |
| Hudson's Bay Company 1,212 0 0 |
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Victoria |
| John Work 708 1 0 |
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Victoria |
| Isabella Ross 146 0 0 |
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Victoria |
| Puget Sound Agricultural Company |
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Esquimalt |
| Ditto |
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Esquimalt |
| Ditto |
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Esquimalt |
| Ditto |
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Esquimalt |
| Ditto |
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Victoria |
| Hudson's Bay Company |
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Victoria |
| Ditto |
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Victoria |
| Governor's Public Reserve |
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Victoria |
| Clergy Reserve |
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Victoria |
| William H. McNeill |
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Victoria |
| George Blenkinsopp |
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Victoria |
| John F. Kennedy |
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Victoria |
| Hudson's Bay Company |
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Victoria |
| Modeste De Mers |
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Victoria |
| Comelius |
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Victoria |
| Hudson's Bay Company |
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Victoria |
| Ditto |
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Victoria |
| John Lemon |
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Victoria |
| Baptiste Botineau |
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Victoria |
| Leon Morell |
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Victoria |
| William F. Tolmie |
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Victoria |
| William R. Parsons |
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Esquimalt |
| Charles Dodd |
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Esquimalt |
| George Mackenzie |
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Victoria |
| Paul Fraser |
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Metchosin |
| George F. Hawkins |
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Esquimalt |
| James Cooper |
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Esquimalt |
| James Stockand |
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Victoria |
| Archibald Muir |
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Sooke |
| William Bamfield |
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Sooke |
| Thomas Skinner |
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Esquimalt |
| Michael Muir |
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Sooke |
| Andrew Muir |
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Sooke |
| John Muir |
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Sooke |
| William J. McDonald |
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Esquimalt |
| William McNeill |
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Victoria |
| Arthur W. Owen |
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Esquimalt |
| Robert Weir |
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Metchosin |
| Gideon G. Halcrow |
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Esquimalt |
| John McGregor |
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Sooke |
| Walter C. Grant |
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Sooke |
| William J. McDonald |
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Esquimalt |
| W.J. Huggîns |
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Metchosin |
| Hudson's Bay Company |
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Esquimalt |
| Isabella Ross |
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Victoria |
| Roderick Finlayson |
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Victoria |
| Hudson's Bay Company |
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Esquimalt |
| Ditto |
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Nanaimo |
| John McDougal |
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Victoria |
| William Foote |
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Victoria |
| James Douglas |
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Victoria |
| John Frederick Kennedy |
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Victoria |
| John S. Helmcken |
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Esquimalt |
| Puget Sound Agricultural Company |
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Victoria |
| Joseph D. Pemberton |
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Victoria |
| James Douglas |
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Esquimalt |
| William Hillier |
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Lake District |
| William Pike |
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Lake District |
| Robert Porter |
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Lake District |
| James and Robert Fish |
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Lake District |
| Caleb Pike |
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Esquimalt |
| Ditto |
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Lake District |
| Charles Dodd |
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Lake District |
| Peter Merriman |
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Victoria |
| James Tod |
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Victoria |
| Robert Scott |
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Victoria |
| John Irving |
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Victoria |
| Charles Gallion |
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Victoria |
| George Blenkinsop |
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Victoria |
| John Caspar Von Allmen |
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Victoria |
| John Tod |
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Victoria |
| George Blenkinsop |
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Lake District |
| Henry Von Allmen |
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Victoria |
| George Greenwood |
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Victoria |
| William M'Donald |
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Victoria |
| Benjamin W. Pearse |
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Victoria |
| Jmph D. Pemberton |
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Victoria |
| William F. Tolmie |
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Victoria |
| Kenneth McKenzie |
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Victoria |
| George Deans |
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Victoria |
| James Yates |
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Esquimalt |
| Hudson's Bay Company |
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Esquimalt |
| Hugh McKay |
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Sooke |
| Roderick Finlayson |
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Metchosin |
| Richard Smith |
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Lake District |
| John Caspar Von Allmen |
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Lake District |
| John Williams, sen. |
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Lake District |
| John Williams, jun. |
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Lake District |
| Edmund Williams |
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Lake District |
| William Williams |
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Lake District |
| Richard Caselton |
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Lake District |
| John Work |
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Victoria |
| Alexander Grant Dallas |
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Lake District |
| Edwin Kitson |
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Metchosin |
| John McGregor |
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Metchosin |
| George McKenzie |
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Lake District |
Note: There is no information obtainable as to the extent of lands brought under cultivation.