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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.

Series forms part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Halifax County fonds and consists of a register that provides warrants of attorney for Supreme and County Courts. Register also provides case title, writ number, amount, date filed, and judgment date. Register includes an alphabetical index by plaintiff. Series is arranged chronologically.

Series forms part of Office of Economic Development fonds and consists of copies of Waterfront Development Corporation (WDC) board documents, project proposals, and other materials sent to the minister. Series also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, and other materials added by the minister's office. Series is arranged chronologically. The WDC was formed in 1976 as part of a subsidiary agreement arranged by the Nova Scotia Department of Regional Economic Expansion between the federal and provincial governments. The WDC succeeded an earlier Intergovernmental Waterfront Committee and was a provincial crown corporation with the objective of redeveloping and revitalizing the Halifax, N.S. and Dartmouth, N.S. waterfronts. Although not a board member, the minister appears to have played an active role in its proceedings.

Series forms part of Department of Public Works and Mines fonds and consists of plans and profiles of water and sewer systems for some towns in Nova Scotia and for the Mount Hope Lunatic Asylum (now the Nova Scotia Hospital). Series also includes plans of towns and property where waterworks were being installed. Some plans have notes and correspondence attached. Series arranged alphabetically by county and town.

Series forms part of the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women fonds and contains records of Women Unlimited, a program to promote the full participation of women in trades and technology. The program works with industry, governments, educational institutions and communities to address systemic barriers that limit the participation of diverse women in these fields. NSACSW formed part of the initial working committee to establish the program, along with Women's Economic Equality (WEE) Society, the Hypatia Association, Service Canada, Nova Scotia Community Colleges, Department of Education, Department of Community Services and the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Board.

Series includes correspondence, minutes, discussion papers, reports, and outreach material documenting the Advisory Council’s participation in the initial working committee and pilot project, and in the continuing Women Unlimited Program.

Forms part of Department of Housing and Municipal Affairs and consists of correspondence, reports (including the Brittain Report), and financial statements relating to the events and debate surrounding the amalgamation of the Woodside-Imperoyal area.

Series forms part of Nova Scotia Task Force on AIDS fonds and consists of minutes, memoranda, and correspondence of the Task Force Advisory Committee. Series also includes press releases, correspondence and minutes of the task force, notes and drafts for the final report, registers from public hearings, a video that accompanied the final report, script and drafts for the video, a video copy of a slide presentation made at the public hearings, a photograph of members of the task force, and dubs of news reports about the task force.

Series forms part of Nova Scotia Royal Commission on Health Care fonds and consists of correspondence, agendas, and administrative arrangements (catering, room reservation expenses, etc.) necessary for the presentation of workshops.

Series forms part of Nova Scotia Royal Commission on Health Care fonds and consists of information accumulated for seminars covering three broad areas of health care in three modules, each module focussing on specific subjects in which health policy experts were invited to participate.

Series forms part of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia in Halifax County fonds and consists of writs of mesne process books that provide writs issued subsequent to the first or original writ, prior to the writs of execution. Books provide date of issue, names of parties, amount, writ number, court, attorney, date and nature of return, and fees. Series is arranged chronologically.

Forms part of Nova Scotia House of Assembly and consists of written questions submitted to members of the Executive Council. Written questions differ from House orders in that the government is not obliged to respond. Not all years are extant. Records for 1922, 1927-1930, 1933-1946, 1949, 1961, and 1968 consist only of entry books listing the questions. Written questions again became part of the official House record in 1976, since when the clerk has maintained a register of written questions and answers, House orders and resolutions.

Series forms part of Nova Scotia Working Committee on the Constitution fonds and consists of written submissions to the committee from individuals and organizations in the province. Series includes correspondence between the committee and the presenters, as well as the data analysis forms used in the indexing and tabulation of opinion. Series is arranged chronologically by date and then by place of hearing.

Series forms part of the Nova Scotia Registry of Deeds fonds and consists of 153 land transaction registers, 1774-1949, recording the sale or transfer of land between grantor (seller) and grantee (buyer), mortgage assignments and releases, (including Canadian Farm Loan Board mortgages, 1937-1949 and Supplementary Agreements, 1966), quit claim deeds, and numerous other types of documents relating to land transactions. The documents recorded in the land transaction registers are transcriptions (the Registry's copy) of the original documents held by grantor and grantee.

Series also includes four Books of Indexes, 1834-1859, which provide the registration date and time, the book and page reference to the land transactions register, and the names of the parties. These index books were replaced by a newer index system. Series also includes Crown Land Grant books 1 and 2, 1854-1969, which provided a local copy of land grants also recorded at the Crown Lands Office.

Series consists of transcripts of selected court proceedings retained by the Court Administration office in Yarmouth. Originally the files were probably created to manage the transcription process and often reflect situations were appeals were considered or proceedings adjourned. The files reflect a diversity of cases, mostly criminal, from various levels of courts for cases heard at Bridgewater, Liverpool and Yarmouth. They do not reflect every case heard in these courts.