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Field name | Value |
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Title | Colonization Circular. Issued by Her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners |
Author | Walcott, Stephen |
Date | 31 Jul 1849 |
Document Type | Printed Extract |
Reference | CO 384/88 |
Library / Archive | The National Archives |
Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence. |
Description | Includes the names and duties of the emigration officers in the United Kingdom and in the colonies, details of disposal of crown lands and hints to emigrants to the North American colonies. |
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; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
Country (from) | Great Britain |
Country (to) | Canada; Australia; New Zealand |
Places | West Indies; Falkland Islands; Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; Natal; Sri Lanka; Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Mauritius; Sydney, New South Wales, Port Phillip, Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, Australia |
Ports | Hong Kong, China |
Keywords | emigration, agent, land grant, finance, jouney conditions, accommodation, customs, employment, statistics |
Additional Information | This document is part of CO 384/88 from The National Archives, UK. |
Language | English |
Original Volume |
Emigration. North America, 1850 and 1851 |
Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |