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Series forms part of the Commissioner of Public Records collection collection and consists of records relating to the Church of England (Anglican) in Nova Scotia, the Church of Scotland, school lands and glebes and the University of King's College. Includes register of lieutenant governor's inductions of Church of England clergy into parishes in Nova Scotia, 1852-1873 and contemporaneous copies of government correspondence and other printed and manuscript documents relating to the Church of England in the colonies, 1855-1865.

Consists of three court proceedings books (1835-1837; 1847-1856; 1861-1864) in which the clerk of the peace recorded the actions of the court at Arichat, Richmond County, Nova Scotia; one file of assessment rolls for property taxes levied on residents of the townships of Arichat, Port Hawksbury, Lennox and Maitland (1843, 1862-1863); two files of outgoing correspondence of the justices to the provincial secretary at Halifax as well as certificates of their appointment, oaths of office, lists of justices, some sheriff appointment bonds, and witness statements and a petition in French from residents of L’Ardoise concerning justices of the peace conduct (1840-1879); one file of sheriff appointment bonds of surety along with a list of sheriffs (1837-1865); two files of lists (called returns) of all the criminal and civil cases heard each year, including minutes of the investigation prompted by the L’Ardoise petition (1835-1853); two books of revenues and expenses of the court kept by the Treasurer of the Grand Jury that includes messages to the Court justices, amounts of taxes collected and paid out to officials, and names of court officers, sheriffs, clerks, workmen and jury members (1831-1879); and one book of floor plans and expenses to build a new courthouse in Arichat (1851-1858).

Proceedings books include lists of members for the Grand and Petit Juries, dates of court hearings, names of plaintiff and defendant, the decision and any actions by the court, names of justices of the peace presiding, and taxes levied and paid out to officials. The earliest book, covering 1835 to 1837, also includes a list of supplies purchased for court operations in 1843.

Assessment rolls provide male names as “head of families” and amount of taxes owed organized by geographic district within the county.

The returns or lists of civil cases heard contain names of plaintiffs and defendants, their place of residence, court orders (called writs) issued, amounts of debt and fees owed. Criminal case lists include date of hearing, names of parties, offence charged, final judgment and punishment, and if carried out.

Series forms part of Nova Scotia County Courts fonds and consists of a warrant book for civil actions heard in Shelburne, N.S. Book provides amount of damages awarded, individual's name, and the date of the warrant.

Series forms part of the Commissioner of Public Records collection collection and consists of records relating to the University of King's College, especially its establishment, incorporation and proposed union with Dalhousie University in 1823-1824 and 1829-1836.

Series forms part of the Commissioner of Public Records collection collection and consists of lists, indexes and registers of documents, most of which are elsewhere in RG 1. Includes five catalogues prepared for office use: volumes 466 (1807), 466½; (ca. 1820-1834), 467 (1835), 467½; (1828) and 467¾; (1864); and two prepared by the Commissioner of Public Records: volumes 470-471. Volume 470 consists of calendars of thirty-eight volumes of public records: 334-338, 342, 344, 346-350, 354-355, 359, 361, 379, 385, 388, 409, 411-413, 419-422, 424, 426, 430-431, 433-434, 439-441 and 458-459. Volume 471 is a calendar of transcripts of documents (1654-1711) relating to the Acadians and received by the government of New Brunswick from the Ministry of Marine in Paris; translated into English and transcribed under the direction of James Hannay of Saint John.

Is a volume of extracts from a document among the Dorchester (British Headquarters) papers, formerly in the Royal Institution of Great Britain. Includes the nominal roll of Black refugees registered and certified after having been inspected by the commissioners appointed by General Sir Guy Carleton (commander-in-chief of the British Army in America) on board the vessels in which they were embarked, previous to their sailing from New York for Nova Scotia between 23 April and 30 November 1783.