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GR-0665
BRITISH COLUMBIA.  MOTOR VEHICLE BRANCH.
Originals, 1904-1948, 4.5 m (98 volumes)

Registers of motor vehicle licences, 1900-1920; registers of
motorcycle, chauffeurs' and dealers' licences, various dates
between 1911 and 1929.  Financial records 1924-1936.  Records re
convictions under M.V. Act. 1913-1916, 1932-1938 and 1949.
Correspondence, 1912-1918, 1923-1931.

Note:  For additional motor vehicle and motorcycle licences from
1919-1922 see accession 91-2485.  This accession also includes a
chauffeur's registration log from 1920.

Finding aid: volume list.

Subject Headings
Automobile drivers' licenses - British Columbia
Motor vehicles
Motorcycles

Detailed Finding Aid

GR-0665
British Columbia
Motor Vehicle Branch records
Originals    1904-1948    4.5 m    98 volumes


Volume     Contents                                     Dates
                                                        
           A.  Registers of Motor vehicle permits and   
           licenses
1          Register numbers 1-1397                      1904 - Feb
                                                        1911
1A/1 and 2 Photocopy of volume 1                        
2          Register numbers 1031-1296 (make of vehicle  1910
           noted)
3          Register numbers 1296-1794 (includes         1911
           chauffeurs and traders licenses)
4          Register 1-1726 (make of vehicle noted)      to Dec
                                                        1912
                                                        expiry
                                                        date
5          Index numbers 1- ca. 2985                    
6          Index numbers 1 - ca. number 2739            
7          Index                                        1919
8          Register numbers 1-2434                      1914-1919
9          Index to volume 8                            
10         Register numbers 2435-2987 (make of vehicle  1913-1919
           noted)
11         Index to volume 10                           
12         Register, numbers 2988-5436 (make of         1916-1919
           vehicle noted)
13         Index to volume 12                           
14         Register numbers 2988-5436, continued (make  1912-1916
           of vehicle noted)
15         Index to volume 14                           
16         Register, numbers 5437-7891 (make of         1913-1917
           vehicle noted)
17         Index to volume 16                           
18         Register, numbers 5437-7891 (make of         1917-1919
           vehicle noted)
19         Index to volume 18                           
20         Register, numbers 7892-10347                 1914-1920
21         Index to volume 20                           
22         Register, numbers 10348-12794 (make of       1917-1920
           vehicle noted)
23         Index to volume 22                           
24         Register, numbers 12794-15243 (make of       1917-1920
           vehicle noted)
25         Index to volume 24                           
26         Register, numbers 15244-17700 (make of       1918-1920
           vehicle noted)
27         Index to volume 26                           
28         Register, Vancouver Police district,         1912
           numbers 1-1425
29         Register, Vancouver Police district,         1912
           numbers 1426-2775
30         Register, Vancouver Police district,         
           numbers 2776-5115
31         Register, Vancouver Police district,         1913
           numbers 1-3624 (make of vehicle noted)
32         Register, Vancouver Police district,         1914
           numbers 1-4454 (make of vehicle noted)
33         Register, Vancouver Police district,         
           numbers 4454-8000 (make of vehicle noted)
34         Register, Vancouver Police district,         1915
           numbers 1-2976 (make of vehicle noted)
35         Register, Vancouver Police district,         1916
           numbers 1-3024 (make of vehicle noted)
36         Register, Vancouver Police district,         1916
           numbers 3025-6048 (make of vehicle noted)
37         Register, Vancouver-New West. district,      1917
           numbers 1-3618 (make of vehicle noted)
38         Register, Vancouver-New West. district,      1917
           numbers 7218-10817 (make of vehicle noted)
39         Register, Vancouver- New West. district,     1917
           numbers 10818-13005 (make of vehicle noted)
40         Register, Vancouver Police district,         1918
           numbers 1-4338 (make of vehicle noted)
41         Register, Vancouver Police district,         1919-1920
           numbers 4339-8819 (make of vehicle noted)
42         Register, Vancouver Police district,         1919-1920
           numbers 8820-11658 (make of vehicle noted)
43         Motor License Receipts, Transfers, etc.      1913-1919
           filed in License Number order, 8416-8787
           (make of vehicle noted)
44         Motor License Receipts, Transfers, etc.      1919-1923
           filed in License Number order, 8784-20230
           (make of vehicle noted)
45         Register, Vancouver Police District,         1922
           numbers 1-10320 (make of vehicle noted)
46         Record of plates issued daily for sale and   
           of those returned to stock room
47         1.  List of licenses issued, Vancouver       1911
           Police district
47         2.  Automobile counts, giving number and     1922
           make of automobiles by post office
                                                        
           B.  Motor Cycle licenses                     
48         Register, numbers 1-1024 (make of vehicle    1913-1914
           noted)
49         Index to volume 48                           
50         Register, numbers 1-2485 [1500] (make of     1914-1919
           vehicle noted)
51         Index to numbers 1-2458                      to ca.
                                                        1914
52         Register, Vancouver Police District,         1910
           numbers 1-887 (make of vehicle noted)        [1909]
52         Register of chauffeurs licenses, Vancouver   1913
           district
53         Index, Vancouver Police district             post ca.
                                                        1914
                                                        
           C.  Chauffeurs licenses                      
54         Register, numbers 1-554                      1911-1913
54         Motor markers forwarded to the headquarters  1918-1922
           of the various police districts
54         Chauffeurs' badges forwarded                 1920-1922.
55         Register, numbers 1-2530                     1913-1915
56         Index to volume 55                           
57         Index to licenses 1-3000                     1915-1916
58         Register, numbers 1-2862                     1915-1917
59         Index to volume 58                           
60         Register, numbers 1-3000                     1917-1919
61         Index                                        [post
                                                        1919]
62         Applications received by mail                1927
                                                        
           D.  Dealers licenses                         
63         Index of dealers having demonstration        1919-1922
           plates
64         Register of dealers having demonstration     1927-1929
           plates
                                                        
           E.  Combined registers                       
65         Chauffeurs, motor cycle and traders          1915
           licenses, Vancouver Police district:
66         Register of chauffeurs and traders           1911-1912
           licenses, Vancouver Police district
                                                        
           F.  Distribution of plates and badges.       
67         Numbers of plates and badges allotted to     1923
           issuing offices
68         Numbers of plates and badges allotted to     1924-1925
           issuing offices
69         Numbers of plates and badges allotted to     1926
           issuing offices
70         Numbers of plates and badges allotted to     1928
           issuing offices (also some correspondence)
                                                        
           G.  Expenses, etc. motor vehicle             
           administration
71         Expenditures                                 1924-1930
71         Register of daily provincial police reports  1921
           received
72         Record of remittances received by mail       1928-1933
72         Sun License Books Received                   1913
73         Expenditures                                 1930-1934
74         Expenses                                     1930-1936
75         Bills of Sale and Conditional Sales Act      1932-1935
76         Motor Vehicles Act, Search Fees              1932-1935
77         Counterfoil book, chauffeurs and motor       1913
           cycle licenses
                                                        
           H.  Suspensions and Convictions.             
78         Convictions in Vancouver Police Court for    1913-1916
           violation of the Motor Vehicles Act
79         Suspension of licenses under section 80,     1932-1938
           Motor Vehicles Act.
80         Suspension under financial responsibility    1933-1938
81         Suspension and cancellations                 rev. 8 Apr
                                                        1949
82         Suspension and cancellations (A-M)           no dates
                                                        
           I.  Unidentified Indexes                     
83         Index                                        1922
84         Index                                        1921
                                                        
           J.  Correspondence                           
85         Letter-press book, Superintendent of         5 Jul 1912
           British Columbia Provincial Police,          - 31 Jul
           regarding motor vehicle matters              1914
86         Letter-press book, Superintendent of         2 Aug 1914
           British Columbia Provincial Police,          - 19 Dec
           regarding motor vehicle matters              1916
87         Letter-press book, Superintendent of         19 Dec
           British Columbia Provincial Police,          1916 - 30
           regarding motor vehicle matters              Sep 1918
88         Motor Vehicles Act:  lists of owners,        1911
           permits, etc., correspondence
89         Correspondence, box 1                        1923
90         Correspondence, box 2                        1923
91         Correspondence, box 3                        1923
92         Correspondence                               1924
93         Correspondence                               1927
94         Correspondence                               1928
95         Correspondence (files 58-015 - 69-986)       1927-1931
96         Correspondence                               1929-1930
                                                        
           K.  Motor Vehicles Circulars                 
97         Numbers 1 - 450                              1926-1950
98         Numbers 451 - 550                            1950-1954

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