Registers of Letters Patent and Supplementary Letters Patent Issued ©
Introduction
Letters Patent, Supplementary Letters Patent, and various supporting
documents have been transferred to the Provincial Archives from Corporate
Services, Department of Justice. One series of registers transferred comprises
26 volumes of Registers of Letters Patent and Supplementary Letters Patent
Issued, 1885-1976. These volumes were used by Corporate Affairs to give a
synopsis of information concerning companies registered.
When all information was provided, each page of each register shows Name
of Company being issued the letters patent, Head Office, Capital Stock,
Date of Issue, Original Incorporators, etc., and information about supplementary
letters patent, where applicable. Registrations are also annotated to show
cancellation, forfeiture, surrender, change of name, continued out,
amalgamation, bankruptcy, or winding up, and date of such activity. It should be
noted that in the back of book A1 there is a list of the dates of issuance of
letters patent to Agricultural Society Districts #1 - #197 (1888-1924).
Using the Index:
The Index provided here is to these 28 volumes of registration. The index
provides the following information:
B: Book
This is the reference to a register (lettered A to Z).
Page
Page number within the register.
S:
Sequence Shows the order of events in cases where an amendment has resulted in
the change of name, amalgamation, etc. For example, in Book A, page 139, the
original company went through various changes where: 1) White, Colwell Company
Limited was first registered in 1894 but changed its name in 1896 to 2) White
Candy Company Limited, and again changed its name in 1913 to 3) Corona Company
Limited which surrendered its charter in 1941. This sequence is numbered
"1)", "2)", "3)".
Name
This is the corporate name. Reasonable effort was made to accurately transcribe
names as found in the registers. Note that in cases such as JOHN SMITH LTD. or
C. JONES COMPANY, names were indexed as SMITH, JOHN, LTD. and JONES, C., COMPANY
for ease of access because researchers usually remember the surname associated
with a company. To index an entity under the given name or initial might be to
lose it among the over 18,000 entries in the index.
Registered
The year of initial registration.
Amendment
Relates to type of amendment affecting the registered entity; such as
forfeiture, change of name, cancellation, surrender, winding up, revival,
amalgamation, etc. Following the "Sequence", as described above, helps
interpret the amendments.
Date of Amendment
The date (year-month-day) of amendment of the letters patent by supplementary
letters patent.
Film#
The number of the roll of film containing the register.
Researchers should note that this is a cumulative index to the registration
volumes and not a comprehensive index to the Letters Patent themselves.
Letters Patent are filed by year and each year has its own index: those
interested in using these records must attend the Provincial Archives at 23
Dineen Drive on the campus of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton.
They are not on microfilm.
Viewing the Complete Record:
The registers are available only on microfilm. The microfilm number is included
in the index, along with the reference codes. The films can be viewed at the
Provincial Archives in Fredericton, or at a library participating in the
inter-library or inter-archives microfilm loan program.
List of Registers on Microfilm:
Book Date of Registrations Microfilm
A1 |
1885, November to 1903, October
|
F18801 |
A2
|
1903, November to 1911, August |
F18802 |
A3 |
1911, August to 1919, June |
F18803 |
B |
1919, June to 1924, January |
F18804 |
C |
1924, January to 1930, December |
F18805 |
D |
1931, January to 1937, September |
F18806 |
E |
1937, September to 1946, July
|
F18807 |
F
|
1946, July to 1949, July
|
F18808 |
G
|
1949, July to 1953, January
|
F18809 |
H |
1953, February to 1955, November |
F18810 |
I |
1955, November to 1958, April
|
F18811 |
J |
1958, April to 1960, July |
F18812 |
K
|
1960, July to 1962, March |
F18813 |
L |
1962, March to 1963, November |
F18814 |
M |
1963, November to 1965, April |
F18815 |
N |
1965, April to 1966, November |
F18816 |
O
|
1966, November to 1968, April |
F18817 |
P |
1968, April to 1969, May
|
F18818 |
Q
|
1969, May to 1970, November |
F18819 |
R
|
1970, November to 1971, December |
F18820 |
S
|
1971, December to 1972, September |
F18821 |
T |
1972, October to 1973, August |
F18822 |
U |
1973, August to 1974, March |
F18823 |
V
|
1974, March to 1974, November |
F18824 |
W
|
1974, November to 1975, June |
F18825 |
X
|
1975, June to 1975, December |
F18826 |
Y
|
1976, January to 1976, June |
F18827 |
Z
|
unused |
|