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Title | External Affairs. High Commissioner's Office, London. Series I. Department of Agriculture, July 1886-Dec 1887 |
Author | Lowe, John |
Date | July 1886 - Dec 1887 |
Document Type | Correspondence; Map; Pamphlet |
Reference | R219-1-4-E Volume 14 |
Library / Archive | Library and Archives Canada |
Collection Name | Canada House Correspondence |
Description | Letters relating to the absence of vaccination in passengers arriving at Grosse Île quarantine station, credit provided to agents, the promotion of Icelandic immigration, the lack of arrangements for Italian and Spanish migration to Canada, errors in pamphlets for emigrants, veterinary inspections for livestock and the movement and quarantine of cattle, lectures on Canada and pauper immigration. Includes pamphlet 'Skandinaverna i Manitoba ocr Nord Westra Canada'. |
Series Description | Canadian High Commission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. |
Biographical Note / History | The Canadian High Commission to Britain was established on 10 June 1880. (Statutes of Canada, 43 Victoria., C11, 1880) When Sir Alexander Galt assumed the position of High Commissioner in 1880, his role was quasi-diplomatic. His responsibility was to conduct the business of the Canadian government in Great Britain. This meant all manner of government activity which would concern Canada, including defence arrangements, trade, finance, immigration, justice, shipping, etc. He was assisted in this work by representatives of various Canadian Government departments. But from the very beginning the High Commissioner began to act in a generally representative capacity and to perform tasks which were comparable to a diplomatic officer. The powers of the High Commissioner grew and by the early years of the twentieth century Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner from 1896-1914,had assumed responsibility for the overwhelming majority of the powers and responsibilities of the Canadian government in Great Britain.(Canada, House of Commons Debates, 5 December 1912). |
Theme(s) | Motives for Emigration; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
Country (from) | Great Britain; Iceland; Spain; Italy; Germany |
Country (to) | Canada |
Places | Grosse Île, Quebec, British Columbia, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Ports | Liverpool, England; Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Belfast, Ireland |
Nationality | English; Icelandic; Italian; Spanish; German; European |
Ships | SS Kehrwieder |
People | Montizambert, Frederick; Murphy, W G; McDonald, Sir John A; Tupper, Sir Charles |
Keywords | health and sickness, quarantine, vaccination, agent, farming, livestock, assisted emigration, agriculture, labourer, domestic service, female emigration, White Cross Line, shipping, pauper, poverty |
Language | English; French; Swedish |
Document(s) linked to |
External Affairs. High Commissioner's Office, London. Series I. Department of Agriculture, Jan-June 1886 |
Copyright | Library and Archives Canada |