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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Entry-Books of Correspondence: Letters to the Colonial Office. Australia, 1841-1842 |
| Author | Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick; Villiers, Sir Edward |
| Date | 19 Aug 1841 - 20 May 1842 |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Reference | CO 386/59 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | Colonial Office: Land and Emigration Commission, etc. |
| Description | Copies of out-letters, the vast majority to Sir James Stephen, some for the attention of Lord Stanley, Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The correspondence largely relates to the sale of land and development of towns in Australia, surveying of land, the sale of land and settlement of individual land claims, the bounty system, encouraging migration, the reform of both migration regulations and the Western Australia and New Zealand companies, and the sale of land to ex-soldiers. An index is included at the end of the volume. |
| Series Description | This series contains original correspondence, entry books and registers of the Agent General for Emigration, the South Australian Commissioners and the Land and Emigration Commission. Amongst the miscellaneous contents are registers of births and deaths of emigrants at sea 1854-1869, lists of ships chartered 1847-1875, registers of surgeons appointed 1854-1894, and volumes of The Colonial Gazette 1838-1842. |
| Biographical Note / History | A Colonial Land and Emigration Commission was created in 1840 to undertake the duties of two earlier and overlapping authorities which were both under the supervision of the Secretary of State. These were the Colonisation Commissioners for South Australia, established under an Act of 1834, and the Agent General for Emigration, appointed in 1837. The new commission dealt with grants of land, the outward movement of settlers, the administration of the Passengers' Acts of 1855 and 1863 and, from 1846 to 1859, the scrutiny of colonial legislation. In 1855 it became the Emigration Commission. In 1873 the administration of the Passengers' Acts was transferred to the Board of Trade. The commission's powers were gradually given up to the larger colonies as they obtained self-government, and after 1873 its only duties were the control of the importation of Indian indentured labour into sugar-producing colonies and it was abolished in 1878. |
| Theme(s) | Politics, Legislation and Governance; Motives for Emigration; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences; Colonisation Companies and Emigration Societies; Departures: Port Conditions and Organisation |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | Australia; New Zealand |
| Places | New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, Australia; New Zealand; Canada; London, England |
| Ports | Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia; Plymouth, England |
| Nationality | English; European |
| Ships | Mangles |
| People | Earl of Derby (Smith-Stanley, Sir Edward); Walcott, Stephen; Gipps, George; Franklin, Sir John; Earl of Aberdeen (Hamilton-Gordon, George); Earl Russell (Russell, Lord John); Hutt, Governor William |
| Keywords | emigration, assisted emigration, agriculture, labour, labourer, land sale, land price, tax, expenses, agent, female emigration, tax, administration, money, finance, surveying, surgeon, bounty emigration, shipping, child migration, trade, town planning, poverty, expenses, indigenous people, Bank of England, New Zealand Company, eligibility, claims, land grant |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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