Section D: Governors' and Commissioners' Records Finding Aid

Accountant's Office Records:
D.27 (Fur Trade Papers and Accounts) to
D. 43 (Saleshop Balance Sheets and Trading Accounts)

Fur Trade Papers and Accounts
Fonds Number: D.27 Shelf space occupied: 6.0 cm Years covered by records: 1874–1891
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.27/1	Commissioner's Office Statements of Fur Tariffs, Valuations and Prices	1874–1898	3M235
D.27/2	Statements of Furs purchased at Edmonton, Prince Albert, Mingan, Rat Portage, and Winnipeg Saleshop	1886–1891	3M235
D.27/3	Memoranda and Reports Concerning the Fur Trade	1888–1891	3M235
D.27/4	Allocation of Furs with Prices Realized	1888	3M235

Accounts with the Dominion Government
Fonds Number: D.28 Shelf space occupied: 12.5 cm Years covered by records: 1870–1898
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.28/1 D.28/1	Accounts with the Canadian Government	1870–1879 1870–1879	3M235 3M236
D.28/2	Accounts with the North West Mounted Police	1875–1889	3M236
D.28/3	Accounts with the Indian Department	1880–1889	3M236
D.28/4	Accounts with the Department of Militia and Defence (Yukon Field Force)	1898	3M236

Accounts from the Headquarters of the Northern, Southern, Montreal and Western Departments
Fonds Number: D.29 Shelf space occupied: 46.0 cm Years covered by records: 1871–1900
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.29/1	Northern Dept. Accounts: Statements of Trade and Other Papers	1873–1892	3M236
D.29/2 D.27/2	Northern Dept. Indents and Requisitions	1875–1891 1875–1891	3M236 3M237
D.29/3	Northern Dept. Depot: Statements of Supplies and Goods Purchased	1885–1891	3M237
D.29/4	Winnipeg Depot: Statements of Supplies	1893–1898	3M237
D.29/5–12	Montreal Dept. Accounts	1872–1891	3M237
D.29/13 D.29/13	Southern Dept. Accounts	1871–1900 1871–1900	3M237 3M238
D.29/14–15	Western Dept. Accounts	1871–1892	3M238
D.29/16 D.29/16	Western Dept. Depot: Statements of Supplies and Goods Purchased	1886–1891 1886–1891	3M238 3M239

Accounts Received from District Headquarters
Fonds Number: D.30 Shelf space occupied: 103.0 cm Years covered by records: 1872–1909
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.30/1–3 D.30/3–12 D.30/12–15 D.30/15–17 D.30/17	Northern Dept. District Accounts	1873–1890 1872–1891 1872–1890 1872–1894 1872–1894	3M239 3M240 3M241 3M242 3M243
D.30/18–25	Northern Dept. District Statements of Supplies Given to Sick and Destitute Indians	1887–1890	3M243
D.30/26–29 D.30/29–35	Montreal Dept. District Accounts	1875–1909 1879–1900	3M243 3M244
D.30/36–37 D.30/37–40	Southern Dept. District Accounts	1874–1900 1873–1899	3M244 3M245
D.30/41–47	Western Dept. Departmental and District Accounts	1886–1893	3M245

District and Post Balance Sheets and Trading Accounts Current
Fonds Number: D.31 Shelf space occupied: 54.0 cm Years covered by records: 1885–1915
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.31/1	Northern and Southern Depts. (Balance Sheets), Montreal Dept. (Accounts Current)	1885–1886	3M245
D.31/2 D.31/2	Northern, Western, and Southern Depts. (Balance Sheets), Montreal Dept. (Accounts Current)	1886–1887 1886–1887	3M245 3M246
D.31/3–5	All Departments	1887–1890	3M246
D.31/6 D.31/6–11 D.31/11–15	Fur Trade Districts (Balance Sheets)	1892–1893 1892–1903 1902–1915	3M246 3M247 3M248

Account Abstracts, Results of Trade, and Comparative Statements of Fur Trade Districts and Saleshops
Fonds Number: D.32 Shelf space occupied: 33.0 cm Years covered by records: 1853–1907
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.32/1	Departmental Comparative Statements and Results of Trade	1882–1887	3M248
D.32/2 D.32/2–3	Districts and Posts: Descriptions and Abstracts of Balance Sheets	1885–1892 1885–1892	3M248 3M249
D.32/4	Fur Trade Districts and Saleshops Abstracts of Results of Trade	1853–1907	3M249
D.32/5–6 D.32/6–9	Saleshops: Monthly Statements	1890–1896 1893–1901	3M249 3M250
D.32/10	Red River Saleshops: Weekly and Monthly Statements of Cash and Credit Sales	1881–1891	3M250

Abstracts of Servants' Accounts
Fonds Number: D.33 Shelf space occupied: 35.0 cm Years covered by records: 1892–1923
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.33/1–4 D.33/4–22 D.33/22	Abstracts of Servants' Accounts	1892–1900 1898–1923 1922–1923	3M250 3M251 3M252

District Statements
Fonds Number: D.34 Shelf space occupied: 10.5 cm Years covered by records: 1892–1900
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.34/1–8	District Statements	1892–1900	3M252

Main Cash Books
Fonds Number: D.35 Shelf space occupied: 182.0 cm Years covered by records: 1895–1925
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.35/1 D.35/2–5 D.35/5–7 D.35/7–10 D.35/10–12 D.35/12–14 D.35/15–17 D.35/17–19 D.35/19–22 D.35/22–24 D.35/24–27 D.35/27–28 D.35/28–30 D.35/30	Main Cash Books	1895–1896 1896–1900 1899–1902 1901–1905 1904–1907 1906–1909 1909–1912 1911–1914 1913–1917 1916–1919 1918–1922 1921–1923 1922–1925 1924–1925	3M252 3M253 3M254 3M255 3M256 3M257 3M258 3M259 3M260 3M261 3M262 3M263 3M264 3M265

Ledgers
Fonds Number: D.36 Shelf space occupied: 56.0 cm Years covered by records: 1898–1924
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.36/1–2 D.36/2–4	General Ledgers	1898–1912 1904–1924	3M266 3M267
D.36/5	Temporary Ledger	1904–1906	3M269
D.36/6–7	Transfer Ledgers	1901–1906	3M269
D.36/8	Fur Trade Dept. Ledger	1919–1922	3M269

Statements of Ways and Means and Fur Trade Running Accounts
Fonds Number: D.37 Shelf space occupied: 12.0 cm Years covered by records: 1895–1903
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.37/1	Statements of Ways and Means	1895–1903	3M269
D.37/2 D.37/2	Fur Trade Running Accounts	1895–1903 1895–1903	3M269 3M270

Staff Records
Fonds Number: D.38 Shelf space occupied: 141.5 cm Years covered by records: 1871–1926
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.38/1–5	Lists of Commissioned Offices, Clerks and Postmasters	1872–1920	3M270
D.38/6–7	Clerks and Postmasters: Confidential Reports	1873–1894	3M270
D.38/8–10 D.38/10–36 D.38/36–44	Departmental and District Staff Records	1871–1907 1871–1909 1872–1915	3M270 3M271 3M272
D.38/45 D.38/45–46 D.38/46–48 D.38/48	Saleshops: Staff Records of Service for Retired Personnel	1891–1923 1891–1926 1883–1926 1885–1926	3M272 3M273 3M274 3M275
D.38/49–50	Lists of Pensioners	1894–1924	3M275
D.38/51–52	Registers of Applicants for Situations with the HBC	1884–1909	3M275
D.38/53 D.38/53	Records of Service for Officers, Clerks and Postmasters NOTE: For a continuation of this volume, see RG3.	1856–1901 1856–1901	3M275 3M276
D.38/54	Saleshop Engagement Register	1893–1903	3M276
D.38/55	Fur Trade Character Reports for Clerks and Postmasters NOTE: For a continuation of this volume, see RG3/11a.	1897–1910	3M276
D.38/56	Fur Trade Engagement Register for Servants and Clerks NOTE: For previous registers, see B.239/u.	1887–1906	3M277
D.38/57	Fur Trade and Saleshop Engagement Register NOTE: For a continuation of this register, see RG3/40A/1,2.	1898–1912	3M277

Cash Advances to Officers and Servants
Fonds Number: D.39 Shelf space occupied: 6.5 cm Years covered by records: 1892–1894
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.39/1–2	Cash Advances to Officers and Servants	1892–1894	3M279

Saleshop Balance Sheets and Trading Accounts
Fonds Number: D.40 Shelf space occupied: 20.5 cm Years covered by records: 1892–1925
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.40/1–19 D.40/19–45	Saleshop Balance Sheets and Trading Accounts	1892–1911 1910–1925	3M279 3M280

Saleshop Reports
Fonds Number: D.41 Shelf space occupied: 20.0 cm Years covered by records: 1882–1924
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.41/1–4 D.41/4–15	Saleshop Reports	1901–1906 1906–1921	3M280 3M281
D.41/16	Saleshop Reports on Stores in British Columbia Zone	1924	3M281
D.41/17	Report on Trade for the Retail Branch of the Vancouver Saleshop	1910–1911	3M281
D.41/18	Weekly Cash and Credit Sales Reports for Winnipeg Saleshop	1882–1891	3M281

Saleshops Cash Payments and Cash Receipts
Fonds Number: D.42 Shelf space occupied: 4.5 cm Years covered by records: 1916–1923
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.42/1 D.42/1	Saleshops Cash Payments and Cash Receipts	1916–1923 1916–1923	3M281 3M282

Saleshop Department: Accounts Current
Fonds Number: D.43 Shelf space occupied: 13.0 cm Years covered by records: 1915–1924
Document Reference No.	Document Type	Years	Reel No.
D.43/1–10	Saleshop Dept.: Accounts Current	1915–1924	3M282

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