"Inventory of Goods on hand, property of Ah Choo, at Hope BC 9th Jany
[January] 1885"; items in brackets have been added for clarification at
their first appearance only. Courtesy Chris Hanna and Sharon Keen; from
British Columbia Supreme Court (Victoria), Probate/estate files,
1859-1941, GR1304, File 803, Reel B-08885. Transcribed by Nina
Blumenfeld and checked by Priscilla Wegars.
Quantity |
Description |
Total Price |
43 |
Men's Hats |
57.00 |
23 |
Jumpers [pullover sweaters?] |
23.00 |
25 |
Overalls |
25.00 |
4 |
do [ditto] drab |
4.00 |
14 |
Cant: [Cantonese?] Fl. [?] No. 1 Under Shirts |
17.50 |
16 |
" [ditto] " " Drawers [underpants] |
20.00 |
18 |
" " com: [common?] do |
16.50 |
27 |
" " " Under Shirts |
24.75 |
9 |
lbs: [pounds] Yarn |
6.75 |
8 |
Prs. [pairs] cott: [cotton] Pants |
8.00 |
14 |
Com: " Shirts |
14.00 |
1 |
Cardigan Jacket |
2.25 |
6 |
Ladie's [sic] Clouds [light, loose-knitted woolen scarves] |
7.00 |
6 |
Prs grey flan: [flannel] Drawers |
12.00 |
8 |
" " Under Shirts |
16.00 |
6 |
Prs cotton Drawers |
6.00 |
1 |
Under Shirt |
1.25 |
5 |
Assd: [assorted] Shawls |
20.50 |
2 |
Blue Overalls |
1.95 |
23 |
Prs cotton Socks |
5.25 |
20 |
" wool do |
7.00 |
12 |
" do |
3.00 |
13 |
" women's do |
6.00 |
2 |
Wool Mitts |
.75 |
4 |
Prs Pants |
7.00 |
3 |
" do |
3.75 |
7 |
" Moccasins |
7.00 |
9 |
" Gloves |
12.37½ |
China Stationery |
3.00 |
|
Opium Lamp |
1.00 |
|
10 |
Silk Hdkfs: [handkerchiefs] 8 Red & 2 White |
10.00 |
Carried forwd [forward] |
$349.37½ |
|
[Page 2] Brought forwd: |
$349.37½ |
|
2 |
Boxes 105 lbs Candy |
21.00 |
17 |
Opium Pipes [pipe bowls?] |
1.70 |
180 |
lbs: Bacon |
36.00 |
14 |
Opium Boxes [cans?] |
2.80 |
Fixings for Opium Stems |
2.00 |
|
6 |
Cood: [?] Pipes |
2.25 |
23 |
Wood do |
5.75 |
9 |
China Combs |
.75 |
3 |
Boxes Dominoes |
2.25 |
Chinese Medicines |
5.00 |
|
3¼ |
doz: [dozen] Playing Cards |
10.00 |
1 1/6 |
" Towels |
3.25 |
5 |
Pkgs: [packages] Chinese Tobacco |
1.50 |
6 |
doz: Machine Thread |
4.50 |
7 |
Curry Powder |
1.50 |
7 |
Boxes Cigars |
12.25 |
10 |
Botts: [bottles] Ext: [extract] Lemon |
2.00 |
46 |
Col'd: [colored] cotton Hdkf's |
7.62½ |
66 |
White " do |
6.60 |
4¾ |
doz: Spool Thread |
3.00 |
6 |
Papers Tacks |
.50 |
18 |
" Hungarian Nails |
4.00 |
2 8/12 |
doz: Old Judge Tobacco |
6.40 |
11/12 |
" Hair Oil |
2.20 |
1½ |
" Purses |
4.50 |
31 |
Papers Needles |
3.00 |
41 |
Cans Powder |
8.20 |
35 |
Pkgs: Cigarettes |
3.50 |
17 |
Cedar Pencils |
1.50 |
3 10/12 |
doz. Toilet Soap |
3.00 |
21 |
Thimbles |
1.50 |
5 10/12 |
doz: Stove Polish |
6.50 |
1 |
" Tea Spoons |
.75 |
10 |
Lead Pencils |
.75 |
Chinese Ink |
.25 |
|
|
Carried forwd |
$527.35 |
[Page 3] Brought frwrd |
$527.35 |
|
1 |
doz: flat Files |
3.50 |
1 10/12 |
" whip saw do |
6.60 |
1/3 |
" hand " do |
1.00 |
7 |
Comforters |
7.00 |
3 |
Prs plain Blankets 3 pts [parts?] |
15.00 |
40 |
Yds: [yards] white Cotton |
5.20 |
59 |
" Sheeting |
26.50 |
4 |
Pkgs: Knitting Needles |
1.50 |
27 |
" Face Powder |
1.50 |
1½ |
Box Cigarette Paper |
4.50 |
1¾ |
" Raisins |
7.87½ |
20½ |
lbs: T. & B. Tobacco |
12.30 |
8 |
" Chewing do |
7.20 |
3 |
Boxes Price's Candles |
18.00 |
4 |
lbs: wax do |
1.20 |
8 |
" common do |
1.60 |
25 |
" Ball [candles?] |
2.00 |
16 |
" Short [candles?] |
1.28 |
1 |
Bottle Vinegar |
1.50 |
40 |
lbs: Walnuts |
3.20 |
4 |
Shoe Brushes |
1.75 |
9 |
Tooth do &c [et cetera] |
1.80 |
1½ |
Tins Matches |
3.00 |
Paper Bags |
1.00 |
|
1 |
doz: Pepper |
2.40 |
20 |
Botts. Pickles |
4.50 |
9 |
Plates |
1.35 |
8 |
Fancy Basins |
3.50 |
Cups & Saucers |
1.00 |
|
6 |
Prs Chinese Slippers |
8.00 |
10 |
lbs: " Cabbage |
1.00 |
Alum |
.50 |
|
1 |
Bracket Lamp |
2.00 |
1 |
doz: Axe Handles |
4.50 |
1 10/12 |
" Buckets |
8.25 |
Carried forw'd |
$700.35½ |
|
[Page 4] Brought forw'd |
$700.35½ |
|
50 |
lbs: dried Apples |
6.25 |
6½ |
" Rope |
1.30 |
25 |
" Tea |
8.75 |
4 |
Coffee Pots |
3.00 |
3 |
Dippers & 5 Tin Cups |
1.00 |
32 |
lbs: Coffee |
6.40 |
16 |
Brooms |
7.00 |
7 |
Bbls: [barrels] Flour |
45.50 |
150 |
lbs: fine Salt |
4.50 |
35 |
" Sago [starch] |
2.80 |
5½ |
doz: can Salmon |
12.37½ |
Chinese fire Sticks [matches?] |
1.00 |
|
21 |
Cans Peaches |
9.45 |
27 |
" Cond: [condensed] Milk |
9.00 |
4 |
" Syrup |
5.00 |
46 |
" Lobsters |
9.20 |
21 |
" Sardines |
4.20 |
1 |
doz: Saleratus [baking soda] |
2.40 |
1 |
Box: Chinese Medicine |
1.50 |
48 |
lbs: ground Coffee |
19.20 |
16 |
" Chinese Vermicelli [pasta, noodles] |
1.60 |
Chinese sugar dried Apples |
4.00 |
|
9 |
Sacks Oatmeal |
4.50 |
2 11/12 |
doz: Gt: [giant?] Powders [explosives?] |
7.25 |
6 |
Wash Tubs |
5.00 |
2½ |
Boxes Pilot Bread [hardtack] |
9.50 |
90 |
lbs: Indian Soap |
7.20 |
33 |
Papers Tea |
6.60 |
Carried forw'd |
$905.83 |
|
Inventory Continued |
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[Page 5] Brought forw'd |
$905.83 |
|
43 |
lbs: Lard |
8.60 |
10 |
Jars Currant Jelly |
2.50 |
19 |
Cans Chinese Cucumbers |
5.70 |
13 |
" Blue Point Oysters |
3.90 |
110 |
lbs: Y. S. Tea |
49.50 |
3 |
Boxes Fire Crackers |
3.00 |
28 |
lbs: Bean Sticks [noodles] |
5.60 |
20 |
" Rock Fish |
5.60 |
8 |
" Shrimps |
2.80 |
5 |
" Chinese Nuts |
1.50 |
10 |
" " Flowers |
3.00 |
60 |
" Beans |
3.00 |
50 |
" Salt Fish |
5.00 |
125 |
" Nails |
8.75 |
34 |
" Butter |
12.90 |
5 |
Gold Pans |
5.00 |
18 |
lbs: washing Starch |
3.60 |
15 |
" Corn Starch |
3.00 |
11 |
Wash Boards |
4.95 |
30 |
lbs: dried Fish |
13.50 |
10 |
" Chinese Prunes |
2.50 |
416 |
" Sugar |
37.44 |
4 |
Shovels |
5.00 |
150 |
lbs: Sal: [saleratus] Soda [sodium carbonate cleanser] |
3.75 |
6 |
Sacks 600 lbs Oats |
12.00 |
4 |
" 440 " Wheat |
11.00 |
100 |
lbs: Onions |
3.00 |
15 |
" Chinese Garlic |
3.75 |
2 |
Cans coal Oil |
9.00 |
1 |
Case 290 lbs Bacon |
58.00 |
Carried forwd |
$1202.67 |
|
[Page 6] Brought forwd |
$1202.67 |
|
300 |
lbs: Apples |
9.00 |
100 |
Sacks Potatoes |
100.00 |
12 |
Bales 2000 lbs Hay |
18.00 |
2 |
Cows |
40.00 |
2 |
Calves |
20.00 |
1 |
Horse (very poor) |
10.00 |
4 |
Pigs |
40.00 |
2 |
Stoves (old) |
5.00 |
7 |
Chickens |
3.00 |
$1447.67 |
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Inventory of Goods Ah Choo |
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$1447.67/100 |
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Jany 9th 1885 |