Entry-Books of Correspondence: Letters from the Emigration Commission, 1846 : Correspondence; Financial Papers.

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Description: Copies of out-letters, mostly manuscript, written by Stephen Walcott, Secretary to the South Australian Commissioners. The correspondence largely relates to the eligibility of individuals wishing to migrate, the payment of fees (mainly for bedding), the appointment of surgeon superinten...

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Main Author: Walcott, Stephen (Author)
Corporate Author: Adam Matthew Digital (Firm) (digitiser.)
Language:English
Published: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
Subjects:
Politics, Legislation and Governance
Ships and Shipping Lines
Departures: Port Conditions and Organisation
Journey Conditions
South Australia, Australia
London, Cornwall, England
Dublin, Ireland
China
Lord Howick (Grey, Henry)
emigration, administration, politics, land price, money, accounts, finance, shipping, settlement, money, expenses, expenditure, passage money, journey conditions, surgeon, victualling, assisted emigration, baggage, medical examination, medical staff, agent, miners, labourer, agent, claims, land grant
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Description: Copies of out-letters, mostly manuscript, written by Stephen Walcott, Secretary to the South Australian Commissioners. The correspondence largely relates to the eligibility of individuals wishing to migrate, the payment of fees (mainly for bedding), the appointment of surgeon superintendents, agents and land agents, victualling, and the tendering of shipping. An index of is provided at the end of the volume.
Note:A Colonial Land and Emigration Commission was created in 1840 to undertake the duties of two earlier and overlapping authorities which were both under the supervision of the Secretary of State. These were the Colonisation Commissioners for South Australia, established under an Act of 1834, and the Agent General for Emigration, appointed in 1837. The new commission dealt with grants of land, the outward movement of settlers, the administration of the Passengers' Acts of 1855 and 1863 and, from 1846 to 1859, the scrutiny of colonial legislation. In 1855 it became the Emigration Commission. In 1873 the administration of the Passengers' Acts was transferred to the Board of Trade. The commission's powers were gradually given up to the larger colonies as they obtained self-government, and after 1873 its only duties were the control of the importation of Indian indentured labour into sugar-producing colonies and it was abolished in 1878.
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