Series consists of central registry files of the Yukon Territorial government containing correspondence, reports and memoranda created by federal officials charged with the responsibility of administering the Yukon Territory. The records include original incoming correspondence and copies of outgoing information prepared by the offices of the Commissioner, Gold Commissioner, Comptroller, Registrar and the other agents and officials who managed the affairs of the Territory. These files provide a rich source of information on such subjects as doctor's fees, taxes, homestead land, local elections, roads, the fire department, surveys, schools, mining claims and methods, Indian reserves, postal service, dance halls, gambling, churches, missions, telephones, wireless, courts, permits, ordinances, licenses, hospitals, timber lots, the cost of living, steamships, sewer systems, northern defence, scientific expeditions, customs, aviation, floods, individual companies, diseases, sports, tourism, water diversion, the White Pass and Yukon Railway, cemeteries, the North West Mounted Police, saw mills, and farming, among others.
The central registry system consists of a series of sequentially numbered files. There appears to have been two registry series although a gradual changeover from the main series to the second series occurred under the administration of the Department of Mines and Resources. An overlap of dates indicates this transition period. It was often difficult to determine to which series a particular file belonged. For example, file 466 on the Alaska Highway, which is in the main series, may properly belong in the second series. Conversely, file 20 on Waterfront Leases in Dawson, which may belong in the main series was placed in the second series. (RG91, reels M-2826 to M-2874)
