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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | The First Seven General Reports of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners |
| Date | 1840-1869 |
| Document Type | Report; Printed Book |
| Publisher Information | HMSO |
| Reference | B.S.7e/3 |
| Library / Archive | British Library |
| Collection Name | General Reference Collection |
| Description | These reports look at the progress of the colonies in the year with notes on Land Revenue, Emigration, livestock, ships despatched by the Commissioners, children of former emigrants sent out, emigration of single women and of Irish orphans, immigrants from Singapore, trade and manufacturing, sale of Crown lands, colonial emigrant acts, immigration to the West Indies from India and China and legislation regulating emigration and immigration. Includes an extremely useful index at the end of the document. |
| Theme(s) | Politics, Legislation and Governance; Motives for Emigration; Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations; Journey Conditions; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences; Departures: Port Conditions and Organisation |
| Country (from) | Great Britain; India; China; United States of America; St Helena; Brazil; Ireland |
| Country (to) | Australia; Canada; British Guiana; Bahamas; Trinidad; Jamaica; New Zealand; South Africa; The Falklands; Sierra Leone; Tobago; Honduras; Mauritius; Sri Lanka; Brazil; Madeira; Cuba; United States of America |
| Places | London, England; New South Wales, Western Australia, Tasmania, Australia; New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Canada; Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; Heligoland, Germany; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Havana, Cuba; Texas, United States |
| Ports | Port Phillip, Port Essington, Australia; Hong Kong, China; Calcutta, Madras, India; London, Bristol, Liverpool, Hull, Newcastle, Plymouth, Sunderland, Yarmouth, England; Cardiff, Newport, Wales; Aberdeen, Glasgow, Greenock, Scotland; Belfast, Cork, Dunlin, Limerick, Londonderry, Sligo, Waterford, Ireland |
| Nationality | English; Irish; Scottish; Chinese; Indian |
| Ships | Burhanpooter |
| People | Elliot, Sir Thomas Frederick; Villiers, Sir Edward; Earl Russell; Fitzroy, Major General Lord |
| Keywords | legislation, emigration, passage, costs, advice, death, sickness and health, emigration scheme, assisted passage, free passage, labour, settlement, building, danger, land, land grant, gold, gold rush, gold fields, timber, trade, Colonial tax, wages, prices, population, emigration returns, trade, skilled migration, rations, provisions, Poor Law, agriculture, crime, imports, exports, bounty, indenture, fisheries, expenses, Passengers' Act, shipping, climate, mining, miners, female emigration, livestock, parliamentary papers |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Colonization Circular. Issued by her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners. no. 1, 4-22. 1843-1863 |
| Copyright | British Library |
