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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration. Colonial Department, Circulars [Part 2] |
| Date | 20 Jan 1831 - Feb 1849 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/87 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence |
| Description | Colonial Office reports and correspondence regarding emigration to British possessions in North America, Australia and New Zealand, Documents regarding the emigration of both unmarried young women seeking work and military officers. |
| 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; New Zealand; Canada |
| Places | New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, Australia; Quebec, Toronto, New Brunswick, Canada |
| People | Robinson, The Honourable Frederick John; MacDonald, John; Barrow, Sir John; Hay, R.W., Torrens, Sir Henry |
| Keywords | unmarried, poverty, employment, women, emigration, passage, land board, labour, wages, crown lands, finance, settlement, military |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
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