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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | United Service Royal Emigration Company |
| Date | n.d. |
| Document Type | Printed Extract |
| Reference | CO 384/76 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence |
| Description | Prospectus for the United Service Royal Emigration Company for establishing military, commercial and agricultural colonies in the British Provinces of North America, Port Natal, Australia, New Zealand, Shores of the Pacific and Oregon Territory. Includes details of its patrons, capital, grants as well as plans for the survey and division of land. |
| 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 |
| Places | Australia; New Zealand; South Africa |
| Keywords | emigration, government, finance, land, colony, wealth, business |
| Additional Information | This document is part of CO 384/76 from The National Archives, UK. |
| Language | English |
| Original Volume |
Emigration. General Miscellaneous, 1843 and 1844. Commissioners, Public Offices and A to Z |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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