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External Affairs. High Commissioner's Office, London. Series I. Department of Agriculture, Jun-Jul 1880 : Correspondence

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Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
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Description: Letters requesting supplies of emigration pamphlets, setting out terms of payment for settlers, discussing delegate visits to Canada, the requirements for labourers and financial interests.
Note:
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).
AMDigital Reference: R219-1-4-E Volume 1.
Original Version:
Reproduction of: External Affairs. High Commissioner's Office, London. Series I. Department of Agriculture, Jun-Jul 1880 Jun-Jul 1880.
Location of Originals:
Libraries and Archives Canada
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Libraries and Archives Canada
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