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Title London High Commissioner. Emigration. W. T. R. Preston's Report, 1901-1906 [Folder 2]
Author Preston, W T R; Lord Strathcona (Smith, Donald Alexander); Sheyko, E
Date 1901-1906
Document Type Correspondence; Report
Reference R219-38-5-E Volume 499, Folder 2
Library / Archive Library and Archives Canada
Collection Name High Commission: Emigration
Description W. T. R. Preston's letters on emigration from Europe, including information on visits to European emigration agents. Includes letters on the potential reduction of bonuses payable to agents for continental emigrants, contracts with the North Atlantic Trading Company, missing passports for Russian emigrants, the migration of Russian Jewish refugees and the supply of advice literature in different languages for emigration to Canada.
Series Description Miscellaneous subject files, Canadian High Commission to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Biographical Note / History The Canadian High Commission to Britain was established on 10 June 1880. (Statutes of Canada, 43 Victoria., C11, 1880) When Sir Alexander Galt assumed the position of High Commissioner in 1880, his role was quasi-diplomatic. His responsibility was to conduct the business of the Canadian government in Great Britain. This meant all manner of government activity which would concern Canada, including defence arrangements, trade, finance, immigration, justice, shipping, etc. He was assisted in this work by representatives of various Canadian Government departments. But from the very beginning the High Commissioner began to act in a generally representative capacity and to perform tasks which were comparable to a diplomatic officer. The powers of the High Commissioner grew and by the early years of the twentieth century Lord Strathcona, High Commissioner from 1896-1914,had assumed responsibility for the overwhelming majority of the powers and responsibilities of the Canadian government in Great Britain.(Canada, House of Commons Debates, 5 December 1912).
Theme(s) Motives for Emigration; Departures: Port Conditions and Organisation
Country (from) Great Britain; Germany; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Russia
Country (to) Canada
Places Sofia, Bulgaria
Ports Hamburg, Germany; Liverpool, England
Nationality English; Russian; European
Ships SS Armenian
Keywords agent, passport, Jewish, legislation, fare, finance
Language English
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