London High Commissioner. Emigration. W. T. R. Preston's Report, 1901-1906 [Folder 2] : Correspondence; Report
- Author:
- Preston, W T R
- Published:
- Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Additional Creators:
- Sheyko, E, Lord Strathcona, Smith, Donald Alexander, and Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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- Summary:
- Description: W. T. R. Preston's letters on emigration from Europe, including information on visits to European emigration agents. Includes letters on the potential reduction of bonuses payable to agents for continental emigrants, contracts with the North Atlantic Trading Company, missing passports for Russian emigrants, the migration of Russian Jewish refugees and the supply of advice literature in different languages for emigration to Canada.
- 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: R219-38-5-E Volume 499, Folder 2. - Original Version:
- Reproduction of: London High Commissioner. Emigration. W. T. R. Preston's Report, 1901-1906 [Folder 2] 1901-1906.
- Location of Originals:
- Libraries and Archives Canada
- Copyright Note:
- Libraries and Archives Canada
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