London High Commissioner. Emigration. W. T. R. Preston's Reports, 1899-1900 : Correspondence; Report.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Preston, W T R, author.

Russell, Charles, author.

Lord Strathcona, Smith, Donald Alexander, author.

Contributor:

Lord Strathcona, Smith, Donald Alexander, author.

Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.

Series:

Migration to new worlds.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2017.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Description: W. T. R. Preston's letters on emigration from Europe, including information on visits to European emigration agents in Antwerp and Hamburg. Includes lists of Russian families desirous of emigrating to Canada, letters referring to the employment of Finnish labourers, rates of passage, Galician immigration and agreements for various emigration agents.

Notes:

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, et cetera 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 498, Folder 5.

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