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Title Emigration. Australia, 1840. Volume 2. May to December. Commissioners Elliot, Torrens and Villiers
Date 7 May - 11 May 1841
Document Type Correspondence; Manuscript
Reference CO 384/59
Library / Archive The National Archives
Collection Name War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence
Description Correspondence regarding land revenue in Australia, division of territory in Port Phillip, salaries for emigration agents, emigrant numbers and emigrant ships.
Series Description This series contains correspondence relating to British settlement in North America and Australasia, and to Indian indentured labour in the West Indies. Until 1857 it consists of domestic letters alone. The series then ceases and is not resumed until 1872.
Biographical Note / History A Colonial Land and Emigration Commission was created in 1840 to undertake the duties of two earlier and overlapping authorities under the supervision of the secretary of state: the Colonisation Commissioners for South Australia and the Agent General for Emigration. In 1855 it became the Emigration Commission. The commission's powers were gradually given up to the larger colonies as they obtained self-government, and after 1873 it was responsible only for controlling the importation of Indian labour into sugar-producing colonies. It was abolished in 1878 and an Emigration Department was then set up in the Colonial Office. This department was merged with the General Department in 1894, and abolished altogether in 1896.
Theme(s) Politics, Legislation and Governance
Country (from) Great Britain
Country (to) Australia
Places New South Wales, Port Essington, Port Phillip, Van Diemen's Land, Australia
Ships Florist; Bussorah Merchant; David Clarke; China
People Earl Russell (Russell, Lord John); Vernon- Smith, Lord Robert; Stephen, Sir James
Keywords settlement, land, finance, labour, employment, ships, passengers, surgeon
Additional Information This volume includes searchable printed documents.
Language English
Document(s) linked to Emigration. Australia, 1840. Volume 1. January to April. Commissioners Elliot, Torrens and Villiers
Emigration. Australia, 1840. Volume 3. Miscellaneous. Public Offices and A to Z
Printed Documents in this Volume Land and Emigration Board. Western Australia
New South Wales. Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons Dated 22 July 1840. A Copy of a Despatch Addressed to the Governor of New South Wales, Bearing Date the 31st Day of May 1840, Enclosing an Additional Instruction, Under the Royal Sign Manual, Respecting the Alienation and Settlement of the Waste Lands of the Crown in That Colony
Regulations for Free Passages Granted in this County to Persons Named by Purchase of Land at Sydney or Port Phillip
New South Wales (Emigration). Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, Dated 20 April 1841. Copy of a Despatch From the Governor of New South Wales, Transmitting the Report of a Committee of the Legislative Council of That Colony on the Subject of Emigration
New South Wales (Emigration). Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons, Dated 10 May 1841. Copy of a Despatch From the Governor of New South Wales to the Secretary of State For the Colonies, Containing Resolutions of the Legislative Council of That Colony on the Subject of Emigration
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