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Entry-Books of Correspondence: Letters to the Colonial Office. Australia, 1847-1848 : Correspondence

Author
Wood, C Alexander
Published
Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.
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Rogers, Frederic, Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton, and Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)
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Summary
Description: Copies of out-letters, mostly addressed to Herman Merivale, some for the attention of Lord Grey, the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The correspondence largely relates to Lord Grey's desire for a 'considerable' migration to Australia in 1848, free passage, the funding of assisted migration, the sale and requisition of land, the planning of new settlements, squatting, the selection of suitable migrants, and the construction of a railway in New South Wales. An index is included 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.
AMDigital Reference: CO 386/65.
Original Version
Reproduction of: Entry-Books of Correspondence: Letters to the Colonial Office. Australia, 1847-1848 1 Dec 1847 - 19 Aug 1848.
Location of Originals
The National Archives
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Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK
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