Actions for External Affairs. High Commissioner's Office, London. Series I. Department of Agriculture, July-Dec 1884 : Correspondence; Report

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External Affairs. High Commissioner's Office, London. Series I. Department of Agriculture, July-Dec 1884 : Correspondence; Report

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Lowe, John
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Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
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Smith, Goldwin, 1823-1910 and Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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Description: Letters relating to the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, appointment of staff, the release of SS Oxenholme from quarantine, the unsuitability of Lady Hobart's emigrants for agricultural labour, results of cattle inspections and shipping of livestock, continental immigrants, including the loss of immigrants from Antwerp to Manitoba who did not arrive, the emigration of unsuitable persons, money for children brought over by the Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee, reports of tenant farmers, emigration during the winter months and rates of assisted passage.
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 10.
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Reproduction of: External Affairs. High Commissioner's Office, London. Series I. Department of Agriculture, July-Dec 1884 Jul-Dec 1884.
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Libraries and Archives Canada
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