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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Regular Packets for Canada and New Brunswick and Extracts from Parliamentary Papers |
| Date | 1842 |
| Document Type | Printed Extract |
| Reference | CO 384/73 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence |
| Description | Advertisement for passage to Canada and New Brunswick from Cork. The line has been established in order to overcome the misery and destitution suffered by many Irish emigrant on their outwards journey. Promises punctuality, to be free of expense at the Emigration depot, lodgings whilst waiting for the ship, and plentiful food supplies once on board. Parliamentary papers detail correspondence relative to Emigration to Canada, presented to both Houses of Parliament in 1841. |
| 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) | Canada; Australia |
| Ports | Cork, Ireland |
| People | Besnard, John; Lord Sydenham (Poulett Thomson, Charles); Earl Russell (Russell, Lord John) |
| Keywords | land, emigration, colony, settlement, finance, military, land grants, journey conditions, accommodation, children, family, commodities, food, shipping, port |
| Additional Information | This document is part of CO 384/73 from The National Archives, UK. |
| Language | English |
| Original Volume |
Emigration. General Miscellaneous, 1842. Commissioners, Public Offcies and A to Z |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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