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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The National Importance of Emigration. Considered in a Letter Addressed to the Right Honourable Lord Lyttelton, President of "The National Colonial Emigration Society" |
| Author | Bagot, C H |
| Date | 1863 |
| Document Type | Printed Book |
| Publisher Information | W. S. Johnson & Co. |
| Reference | 8276.cc.6 |
| Library / Archive | British Library |
| Collection Name | General Reference Collection |
| Description | Letter from C.H. Bagot (Australian pastoralist) to Lord Lyttelton (president of 'The National Colonial Emigration Society') responding to Lyttelton's claims that England is not overpopulated with a claim that it very much is, and that Englishmen should emigrate not to America, but to "England's own territories in the East." Bagot includes a facts and figures throughout to support his point, including two statistical tables at the end of economic statistics for the colonies and emigration statistics from Britain. |
| Theme(s) | Motives for Emigration; Politics, Legislation and Governance |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | Australia |
| Places | London, England |
| Nationality | English; Australian |
| People | Lyttelton, Lord George William |
| Keywords | population, overcrowding, push factors, emigration scheme, poverty, crime, legislation, statistics, economics, politics, The National Colonial Emigration Society |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | British Library |
