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Collector of Colonial Duties
Series · 1833-1869
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of records of excise duties and revenue collected by the Collector of Excise within communities across Nova Scotia. Accounts Current for the Collector of Excise document account balances and the amount of excise duties secured by the Collector or his officers.

Quarterly Returns of Articles Imported Within The District record imported goods that were subject to provincial duties, as reported to the Collector of Impost and Excise. These returns record the names of ships entering the ports, their cargo and its importer, master and place of origin. Also included are a Customs Ledger (1867-1869), Trade Returns for Nova Scotia: Exports and Imports (1858-1859) and records of returns of light duties collected at ports around the province. Series offers a study of trade and shipping, and in changes in government taxation practices

General Accounts
Series · 1758-1964
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of early general account information for the province of Nova Scotia in the form of account, receipt and letter books, daily memoranda books, statements of expenditures for public services and for municipalities, and multiple forms of ledgers. Ledgers include those for outstanding accounts, government employee's salaries, road service costs, court costs and legal fees for County and Supreme Courts, and the interest paid on old and new funded debt. Documents on government assistance to farms, copies of the General Appropriations Act (1830), accounts of monies received from incorporated companies and telephone companies and a blank Tobacco Manufacturers Stock Book are also included, as is a letter book of Receiver-General James McNab (1855-1867).

Records in this series are primarily created by the Provincial Treasurer, Financial Secretary and the Receiver-General of Nova Scotia.

Consular Fees
Series · 1851-1852
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of Return(s) of Certificates for Payment of Fees made by Nova Scotia Vessels to British Consuls in the United States, which list the names of vessels, their tonnage and master, and the port where payment was made. These Returns were recorded at Customs Houses around the province by the Controller or other officials. Also included are Certificates of Vessels, signed by the Consul, which prove compliance with port regulations and the payment of fees. Series demonstrates the way shipping industries were regulated and taxed by the provincial government, and lingering relationships with the British Crown.

Impost and Excise
Series · 1758-1871
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of records relating to the payment and collection of taxes and duties on goods imported into Nova Scotia. Duties were collected by Collectors of Impost and Excise from offices around the province. Records include Duty Returns for Fort Lawrence (1848), Statements of Imports into Nova Scotia (1852), General Statement of Imports (1851), lists of goods supplied to government troops and regiments, permits granted by Collectors of Impost and Excise for spiritous liquors subject to duty, Custom Permits, Quarterly Returns of Imported Goods, Accounts Current, Accounts of Drawback and Loans from the Provincial Treasury, Excise Duties Levied, records of stock on hand, and lists of bonds and obligations to the province. These detail the types of goods imported, where the goods came from and how much tax was paid.

Some correspondence regarding duties and treasury matters are also included.

Light Duties
Series · 1778-1867
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of records documenting taxes and duties collected to support Nova Scotia light houses. Duties were collected and reported on quarterly by Collectors of Excise, officers of the Provincial Treasury. Series includes Light Duties account books for 1860 and 1861, and records from the Light House Fund at the Treasury which refer to cash paid, returns of monies received for support of light houses, warrants for repairs and supplies, and the balance of accounts.

Light House Accounts for the Quarter list ships' names with their master, tonnage, place of origin, intended destination and amount of duties paid. These accounts were submitted from various ports around the province. Lists of vessels which had paid the Light House Tax record similar information.

Also included are some correspondence between the Provincial Treasurer, Customs House, Excise Office officials and the Collectors of Excise regarding duties, discrepancies in reports and other matters having to do with the funding and management of light houses.

Light House Papers
Series · 1744-1878
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of records documenting expenditures and revenues generated in the upkeep and maintenance of the province's light houses, including including the costs for light house buildings and provisions for their keepers. Records take the form of receipts, warrants, bills submitted to the Commissioners for the Affairs of Light Houses and the Provincial Treasurer, contracts and accounts, correspondence on the subject of light houses, accounts of Light Duties and other taxes, and salary records. Series contains certificates signed by the Lieutenant Governor, the Lieutenant General and other officials directing the Provincial Treasurer to pay out funds for the upkeep of the light houses.

Records span Nova Scotia's light houses, including those at Annapolis, Arichat, Barrington, Brier Island, Canso, Cranberry Island, Cross Island, Devil's Island, Digby, Halifax, Horton Bluff, Liverpool, Louisburg, Low Point, Maugher's Beach, McNutt's Island, Pictou, Sambro, Seal Island, Scattarie, Shelburne, Saint Paul's Island, Wedge Island and others.

Sundry Accounts
Series · 1755-1909
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of miscellaneous accounts of the provincial government, concerning a variety of subjects. Series contains information on accounts with, or regarding, the following: the Queen's Printer, government salaries, Crown and Territorial revenues, House of Assembly furnishings, ferries, poor asylums, breakwaters, post offices, St. Peter's Canal in Cape Breton, lunatic Asylums, penitentiaries, the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Digby Wharf, Port George breakwater in Annapolis County, Shubenacadie Canal, Cole Harbour dyke, the Bolsor Brook wharf in King's County, Commissioners of the Poor, Health Officers, Coroners (including some inquest information), Overseers of the Poor, Sheriffs, the Civil Engineer, Protonotaries, the Post Master General, the Board of Health (vaccinations), Board of Works, Board of Statistics, the Militia, the Arms Fund, rations for the troops, the seal fishery in Nova Scotia, agriculture, brewers and manufacturers, mining and minerals, gold fields, coal cargoes, oat mills and other mills, the Halifax Savings Bank, Union Bank of Halifax, Bank of British North America, the Bank of Nova Scotia, education, quarantines, shipwrecks, the Avon Bridge Lottery, Crown Lands, criminal prosecutions, relief funds, immigration and emigration, legislative expenses, transient paupers, customs, Indians, stock certificates, the Passenger Act, Sable Island, wolf bounties, Brown fund, distressed seamen, Hares lot, various government steamboats, copyright, tobacco, signal stations, and the Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph Company.

Warrants
Series · 1768-1868
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of accounts of payment from the Treasury for expenses and for goods and services obtained by the government, including government employee salaries, repairs to government-owned property, shipping, military, roads and other infrastructure, and the procurement of supplies.

Bounties
Series · 1787-1861
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of records regarding bounties on accommodation for travelers (particularly settlers, explorers and emigrants), rewards for apprehending military deserters, cattle breeding, chocolate manufacturing, cleared land, communications (particularly regarding settlement and support of emigrants, as well as packet boats used for trade and mail delivery), fish and fishing, grains, iron works, leaf tobacco manufacture, mills, pot ash, salt, whales, seal fishing, seamen (particularly those who volunteered for His Majesty's ship Halifax), shipbuilding and sugar refining.

Series · 1832-1867
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of primarily of correspondence, with some minutes, reports on distilleries and Board of Revenue Minute Books as well. Correspondence covers a variety of subjects, including monies received from customs and excise, accounts of bonds and of duties paid, quarterly returns, the shipping trade, petitions and complaints, and employment within the excise office and other government positions.

Series · 1842-1867
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Financial Secretary regarding a variety of subjects, including bonds for services and duties performed, excise accounts, light duty accounts, and returns on goods imported and exported.

In 1849 the positions of Financial Secretary and Receiver General were created to replace the Office of the Treasurer as superintendent of the Province's public finances. These offices were abolished in 1867 when the Office of the Treasurer was reestablished.

Public Works and Services
Series · 1766-1930
Part of Treasury Papers

Series forms part of Treasury Papers and consists of records outlining the interests and responsibilities of the Public Works and Services Board of the Provincial Government. It has been further broken up into several subject categories, as follows:
• Public Buildings principally concerns Province House, House of Assembly and Government House, but also Market House, Parsonage House, the Governor’s farm and the Lord Bishop’s Estate. Records regard repairs to the buildings, lists of supplies, rents and assorted bills. These records also include accounts and lists regarding carpenters, masons and other labourers, as well as suppliers from the community.
• Records regarding Education primarily consist of Provincial government warrants for services, such as teaching, repairs, and supplies, as well as records of funds for the establishment of public schools and various educational institutions across the province. Institutions documented include, but are not limited to, the Academy at Windsor, Grammar School in Halifax, College at Windsor, Kings College, Acadian School, Dalhousie College, Academy at Pictou, School for Orphans and Poor Children, National School, Halifax Catholic School and Horton Academy.
• The Provincial Government, through the Board of Works and The Commissioners for the Settling of Isle Sable, took great interest in Sable Island and in safeguarding its potential trade and investment. These records include accounts of voyages to and from the Island, shipwrecks on its shore, the lighthouses, settlement and settlers, and descriptions of the Island and its ecology. Records demonstrate several ways the Government generated revenue from the Island, including the salvage of shipwrecks (appeals from shipwrecked crews are also included), and the sale of such products as oil, skins, cranberries and horses. Records include accounts of settlers and officials on Sable Island (Edward and William Hodgson), agreements between the Commissioners and ships’ captains or Masters (Joseph Darby, William Cook), receipts and lists of supplies and services, wages for labourers, and funds set aside for the support of the settlement.
• The expenses of the Halifax Poor House and Poor Relief in general fell under the banner of Public Works for a period between the 1760s and 1860s. These records focus on government expenditures in support on the Poor House in Halifax, but also contain some records (mostly warrants) for the support of the transient poor and the Orphan House. Communications from the Master of the Poor House at Halifax (John Woodin) and the accounts of the Overseers of the Poor for things such as burials, coffins, and clothing are also included. Many of these records include lists of residents maintained and supported in the Poor House, often mentioning any ailments and other details. The Master and Keeper of the Poor House (Jeremiah Marshman) provided monthly memorials and accounts, which are included, as well as his financial transactions with the Treasury and the Overseers of the Poor.
• Workhouse and Jail records mostly regard construction and repairs to the buildings, as well as payments to the Sheriff and to the Keeper of the Workhouse and the Halifax Bridewell.
• Board of Works general expenditures and accounts include receipts from the Receiver-General and Quarterly Accounts Current.
• Records of Revenue Boats mostly consist of expenses for supplies and maintenance, principally of the schooner ‘Hunter’ (Charles L. Leonard, Commander), which was ‘employed to prevent illicit trade in the Bay of Fundy and elsewhere.’ These revenue boats were used in the service of the Superintendent of Trade and Fisheries (George Leonard) for the prevention of smuggling, though occasionally these ships were sent on missions to supply the Navy. Records also regard the payment of employees, the suitability, qualities and maintenance of the ‘Hunter’, the schooners ‘Union’ and ‘Vaughn,’ embargos and trade with the United States, and the Halifax Steam Boat Company.
• Electric Telegraph Company records detail posts and lines, with tenders and applications for their supply. Also included are some communications between the Commissioners of the Nova Scotia Electric Telegraph and the Associated Press.

Also included with the Public Works records are accounts for the Hospital for the Insane, including lists of patients being maintained by the Province and as accounts of supplies and services provided, as well as information on labourers employed in the construction of New Market House and accounts and receipts of the Commissioners of Public Markets

Treasury Papers
Fonds · 1758-1964

Fonds consists of records reflecting the early financial history of Nova Scotia, offering an excellent example of early government transactions and activities in the province. These records reflect important investment and development decisions made by the provincial government, demonstrating those areas that were deemed most in need of public funds or those that brought in the most revenue, including shipping and lighthouses, emigration and immigration, the importation of goods, manufacturing, taxation and public works.

This fonds is an excellent tool for exploring the establishment of government presence in Nova Scotia, how government functioned, and the relationships the provincial government had with communities, businesses and manufacturers, the federal government and with Imperial powers.

Records primarily take the form of correspondence, receipts, log books, warrants, certificates and other documents of official expenditures and revenue. Fonds consists of 20 series:
• General Accounts
• Collector of Colonial Duties
• Consular Fees
• Impost and Excise
• Light Duties
• Light House Papers
• Provincial Debt and Currency
• Roads and Bridges
• Sundry Accounts
• Warrants
• Bounties
• Provincial Cashier
• Miscellaneous
• Board of Revenue: Correspondence and Minutes
• Financial Secretary correspondence
• Provincial Secretary correspondence
• Provincial Treasurer
• Receiver-General correspondence
• Miscellaneous Correspondence
• Public Works and Services

Nova Scotia. Provincial Treasurer.