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1749-1867 (Creation)
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2 meters of textual records (39 volumes)
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Forms part of Commissioner of Public Records collection and consists of minutes of the Governor and Council meeting in their executive capacity. Includes minutes relating to the granting of land, May 1761-September 1763; minutes of the council of war, July-August 1762 (Volume 188A); Orders in Council relating to petitions for the granting of land, December 1846-January 1848; and minutes, orders and proceedings relative to the sale of intestate estates, 1761-1781 and 1826-1842.
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Volumes 209-214½ are handwritten transcripts of volumes 186-193. Volumes 214½ (incomplete)- 214½ H are typewritten transcripts of Volumes 193-202.
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Executive Council books, 1870-1914, were added to RG 1 (Volumes 203a-203v), microfilmed as part of it, then afterwards removed from the Commissioner of Public Records collection and added to the Executive Council fonds (RG 3, vols. 227-249).
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Available on microfilm reels 15287-15318.
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Most volumes include indexes.
A separate, contemporaneous index exists for 1749-1815 (unnumbered volume).
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Executive Council books (mainly Order in Council registers), 1867-1952, are in the Executive Council records.