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Title

North-West Mounted Police land warrants [textual record (some microform)]. 

Arrangement structure

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Sub-series part of

Dominion Lands Branch [textual record, cartographic material] (R190-35-0-E)

Bilingual equivalent

Mandats de terre de la Gendarmerie royale du Nord-Ouest [document textuel (quelques microformes)]

Date(s)

1872-1900, microfilmed [ca. 1948-1970]

Place of creation

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent

? aperture cards The aperture cards in this sub-series are stored on trays in RSD and are known as aperture card book numbers 50-52.
0.15 m of textual records

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Sub-series consists of Land Warrants issued by Department of Secretary of State to constables and sub-constables for service in the NWMP Force, authorizing a grant of land of 160 acres (Vol. 1647). Warrants attached to a file are now interfiled between file number 7517 and 105995. Receipts for NWMP Warrants numbers 1 to 426, 702, 798 and 800 dating from 1877 to 1884 are found in volume 1648. Aperture Card Books, Numbers 50-52, also a part of this sub-series, contains a register of warrants 1-540 and alphabetical indexes of members of the North-West Mounted Police who received them between 1877 and 1900. Aperture cards book number 50 includes a reference to the receipt number.

Conditions of access

Textual records
90: Open
Volume
from 1647 to 1648
90: Open
Textual records: microform
Restrictions not set
Aperture card
from 50 to 52
Restrictions not set
Archival reference no.
R190-66-0-E
Former archival reference no.
RG15-D-II-10

Terms of use

Copyright belongs to the Crown.

Finding aid

Finding aid 15-35 is a typed file list referring to Vol. 1647. 15-35 (Paper)

Finding aid 15-36 is a typed file list referring to Warrants 1-540 (Aperture Card Books, Numbers 50-52). 15-36 (Paper)

Additional information

Source of title
Title is based on the contents of the sub-series.

Accruals
No further accruals are expected.

Dates of creation note
The registers and indexes in this sub-series were filmed by a successor to the Department of the Interior before being transferred to the National Archives in the early 1970's. The originals were then destroyed.

Source

Government

MIKAN no.

156388