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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons |
| Date | 17 Jul 1844 |
| Document Type | Printed Extract |
| Reference | CO 384/75 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence |
| Description | Return of all the ships, with their names and tonnage, that have been employed in carrying emigrants from the United Kingdom since the passing of the last Colonial Passengers Act, as far as the same can be made up: together with the number of such ships of which the emigration commissioners have had information of or noticed. Copy of all the correspondence which has taken place between the public boards and public officers in the year 1843, respecting the emigrant ships "Catherine" and "John and Robert" conveying Emigrants to Cape Breton and Canada. Return of the number of emigrants, distinguishing Men, Women and Children, shipped on board the Ship "Catherine" and a similar return of emigrants transhipped on board the ship "John and Robert". |
| 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 |
| Ports | London, Liverpool England; Cork, Belfast Ireland; |
| Ships | Catherine; John and Robert |
| Keywords | emigration, government, colony, ships, passengers, Passengers' Act, ports, |
| Additional Information | This document is part of CO 384/75 from The National Archives, UK. |
| Language | English |
| Original Volume |
Emigration. North America, 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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