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Title Immigration Agents Reports, 1889 [Folder 2]
Author Gardner, Samuel; Acton, Robert; Montizambert, Frederick; Harding, W S
Date Dec 1889
Document Type Report; Correspondence
Reference R194-64-6-E, Volume 2395, Folder 3
Library / Archive Library and Archives Canada
Collection Name Department of Agriculture: Immigration
Description Reports discussing the activities of immigration agents during the year. Includes statements of cattle, sheep and pigs in quarantine, demand for types of labourers, number of children received and immigration figures. Also includes reports on the state of settlements, the character of immigrants at Castle Garden, the quarantine station at Grosse Île and other new stations in the United States, information on the Women's Protective Immigration Society and statistics on wages and prices of provisions.
Series Description Records created and maintained by the Immigration Branch of the Department of Agriculture. As immigration and colonization became increasingly important to the new Dominion government, the high volume of information flowing into and required from the Minister's office overwhelmed the docket system of record-keeping.
Theme(s) Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences; Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations
Country (from) Great Britain; Ireland; Germany; Norway
Country (to) Canada; United States of America
Places Grosse Île, Quebec, Canada
Ports Montreal, Ontario, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; New York, United States
Nationality English; Irish; German; Norwegian; European
Ships Champion; SS Alberta; SS Parisian; SS Lake Winnipeg; Geographique; Grecian; Assyrian; Siberian; Vancouver; SS Lake Huron; Sardinian; Prussian; Carthaginian; Dominion; Oregon; SS Lake Surperior; Toronto; Canadian; SS Norwegian; Texas; Romulus; Champion; SS Scandinavian; SS Carroll; SS Nova Scotian; SS Halifax
Keywords agent, livestock, quarantine, farming, statistics, female emigration, agriculture, labourer, domestic service, gardening, mechanics, societies, health and sickness, accommodation, children, finance, Castle Garden, hospital, disease, epidemic, cholera, vaccination, birth, death, wages, provisions
Language English
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