Colonization circular / issued by Her Majesty's Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners

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N 325.342 GRE
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London : Charles Knight and Co., 1843- ; (London : Printed by Order of the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners by W. Clowes and Sons)
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THE COLONIZATION CIRCULAR, ISSUED BY HER MAJESTY’S COLONIAL LAND AND EMIGRATION COMMISSIONERS. 1
CONTENTS. 2
LIST OF APPENDICES. 3 , 4
Preliminary Notice. 5
CHAPTER I. EMIGRATION. 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13
EMIGRATION IN 1873. 13 , 14 , 15 , 16
CHAPTER II. 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27
HINTS TO EMIGRANTS GENERALLY. 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34
USUAL MAIN ROUTES FROM QUEBEC. 35 , 36
BONDS FOR IMMIGRANTS LIKELY TO BECOME A PUBLIC CHARGE AFTER LANDING. 37 , 38
EFFECTS OF PASSENGERS DYING ON THE VOYAGE. 39 , 40 , 41
CHAPTER III. BRITISH COLONIES. 42 , 43 , 44 , 45
CHAPTER IV. 46
DOMINION OF CANADA. 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84
CHAPTER V. 85
AUSTRALIA. 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 , 92
NEW SOUTH WALES. 93 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 , 101 , 102 , 103 , 104 , 105 , 106 , 107 , 108 , 109 , 110 , 111 , 112 , 113 , 114 , 115 , 116 , 117 , 118 , 119 , 120
VICTORIA. 121 , 122 , 123 , 124 , 125 , 126 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 131 , 132 , 133 , 134 , 135 , 136 , 137 , 138 , 139 , 140 , 141 , 142 , 143
QUEENSLAND. 144 , 145 , 146 , 147 , 148 , 149 , 150 , 151 , 152 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 156 , 157
SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 158 , 159 , 160 , 161 , 162 , 163 , 164
TASMANIA. 165 , 166 , 167 , 168 , 169 , 170 , 171 , 172 , 173 , 174
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 175 , 176 , 177 , 178 , 179 , 180
NEW ZEALAND. 181 , 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 , 186 , 187 , 188 , 189 , 190 , 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 , 196 , 197 , 198 , 199 , 200 , 201 , 202 , 203 , 204 , 205
CHAPTER VI. SOUTH AFRICAN COLONIES: CAPE OF GOOD HOPE NATAL, AND GRIQUALAND. Also WEST AFRICAN SETTLEMENTS. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. 206 , 207 , 208 , 209 , 210 , 211 , 212 , 213 , 214
GRIQUA LAND WEST. 214 , 215 , 216
NATAL. 217 , 218 , 219 , 220 , 221 , 222 , 223 , 224 , 225 , 226 , 227 , 228
COOLIE IMMIGRATION. 228 , 229
WEST AFRICAN SETTLEMENTS. 230 , 231 , 232
CHAPTER VII. COLOURED IMMIGRATION AND MISCELLANEOUS COLONIES. 233 , 234 , 235 , 236 , 237 , 238
GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF THE IMMIGRATION LAWS OF THE COOLIE IMPORTING COLONIES. 238 , 239 , 240
BRITISH GUIANA. 241 , 242 , 243 , 244 , 245 , 246 , 247 , 248 , 249 , 250 , 251 , 252 , 253 , 254 , 255 , 256 , 257 , 258 , 259 , 260 , 261 , 262 , 263 , 264 , 265
TRINIDAD. 266 , 267 , 268 , 269 , 270 , 271 , 272 , 273 , 274 , 275 , 276 , 277 , 278 , 279
JAMAICA. 280 , 281 , 282 , 283 , 284 , 285 , 286 , 287 , 288 , 289 , 290 , 291
LIBERATED AFRICANS. 291
ST. LUCIA. 292 , 293 , 294 , 295
GRENADA. 295 , 296 , 297 , 298
ST. VINCENT. 298 , 299 , 300 , 301 , 302 , 303
ST. CHRISTOPHER’S. 303 , 304
NEVIS. 304 , 305
MAURITIUS. 305 , 306 , 307 , 308
CEYLON. 309 , 310
EMIGRATION FROM INDIA TO FOREIGN COLONIES. 311 , 312
CHAPTER VIII. ANTIGUA. 313
BARBADOES. 313 , 314 , 315
DOMINICA. 316 , 317 , 318
TOBAGO. 318 , 319
VIRGIN ISLANDS. 319
BAHAMAS. 319 , 320 , 321
HONDURAS. 322 , 323 , 324
BERMUDA. 324 , 325 , 326
STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 327 , 328 , 329
HONG KONG. 330 , 331 , 332
FALKLAND ISLANDS. 333 , 334 , 335
LABUAN. 336 , 337 , 338
CHAPTER IX. 339 , 340 , 341 , 342 , 343 , 344 , 345 , 346 , 347 , 348 , 349 , 350 , 351 , 352 , 353 , 354 , 355 , 356 , 357 , 358
UNITED STATES. 358 , 359
APPENDIX No. 1. COST OF PASSAGES. 360 , 361 , 362 , 363
APPENDIX No. 2. EMIGRATION COMMISSION. 364
GOVERNMENT IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION AGENTS IN THE COLONIES. DOMINION OF CANADA. 364 , 365 , 366 , 367
APPENDIX No. 3. NUMBER of SHIPS despatched by the Emigration Commissioners from 1840 to 1873 inclusive. 368
APPENDIX No. 4. EMIGRATION from the UNITED KINGDOM for each of the Fifty-nine Years from 1815 to 1873 inclusive. 369
No title 370
APPENDIX No. 5. EMIGRATION to the several AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, from 1838* to 1873. 371
APPENDIX No 6. EMIGRATION to BRITISH NORTH AMERICA, from 1842 to 1873. 372
APPENDIX No. 7. TABLE showing as far as can be ascertained the Nationalities of the EMIGRANTS from the United Kingdom between 1842 and 1873 inclusive. 373 , 374
Appendix No. 8. Table showing the Occupations, Sex, and general Destination of the Emigrants in 1873, so far as can be ascertained from the Passenger Lists furnished by the Custom House Authorities. 375 , 376
APPENDIX No. 9. SUMMARY of “PASSENGER SHIPS” wrecked, and of Lives lost in them, from 1847 to 1872 inclusive. 377
APPENDIX No. 10. SUMS remitted by Settlers in North America to their FRIENDS in the UNITED KINGDOM from 1848 (the first Year in which the Returns were made) to 1873. 378
APPENDIX No. 11. APPROXIMATE NUMBER of IMMIGRANTS from places out of Europe landed at the Chief Ports of Arrival in the United Kingdom, in the 20 years between 1854 and 1873. 379
APPENDIX No. 12. ABSTRACT OF THE PASSENGERS’ ACTS, 1855, 1863, and 1870,18 &19 Vict. c. 119, 26 & 27 Viet. c. 51, and 33 & 34 Viet. e. 380 , 381 , 382 , 383 , 384 , 385 , 386 , 387 , 388
APPENDIX No. 13 389
APPENDIX No. 14. 390 , 391 , 392
APPENDIX No. 15. CANADIAN IMMIGRATION ACTS. 393 , 394 , 395
APPENDIX No. 16. THE INDIAN EMIGRANTION ACT. 396 , 397 , 398 , 399 , 400 , 401
APPENDIX No. 17. CHINESE PASSENGERS ACT AND HONG KONG EMIGRATION ORDINANCES. 402 , 403
CHINESE EMIGRATION ORDINANCES. 403 , 404 , 405
HONG KONG ORDINANCES. 405 , 406 , 407
PRCOLAMATIOS 407
APPENDIX No. 18. POLYNESIAN KIDNAPPING ACT. 408
APPENDIX No. 19. ABSTRACT OF THE UNITED STATES PASSENGER ACT OF 1855. 409 , 410
APPENDIX No. 20. OFFENCES AT SEA PUNISHABLE IN THE COLONIES. 411
APPENDIX No. 21. DOMINION OF CANADA. 412 , 413 , 414 , 415 , 416 , 417 , 418 , 419 , 420
NEW BRUNSWICK 420 , 421
BKITISH COLUMBIA. 421 , 422 , 423 , 424 , 425
MANITOBA AND NORTH-WEST TERRITORY. 425 , 426
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 426 , 427
APPENDIX No. 22. NEWFOUNDLAND. 428 , 429
APPENDIX No. 23. NEW SOUTH WALES.. 430 , 431 , 432 , 433 , 434
APPENDIX No. 24. VICTORIA. 435 , 436 , 437 , 438 , 439 , 440 , 441
APPENDIX No. 25. QUEENSLAND. 442 , 443 , 444 , 445 , 446 , 447 , 448
APPENDIX No. 26. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 449 , 450 , 451
NORTHERN TERRITORY. 451 , 452 , 453 , 454 , 455 , 456 , 457
GOLD MNING LAWS. 457 , 458 , 459 , 460 , 461
APPENDIX No. 27. TASMANIA. 462 , 463 , 464
APPENDIX No. 28. WESTERN AUSTRALIA 465 , 466 , 467 , 468 , 469
APPENDIX No. 29. NEW ZEALAND. 470 , 471 , 472 , 473
PROVICE OF AUCKLAND. 473 , 474 , 475 , 476 , 477 , 478
PROVINCE OF TARANAKI (FORMERLY NEW PLYMOUTH). 478 , 479
PROVINCE OF WELLINGTON. 479 , 480
SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS. 480
SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS,—DEFERRED PAYMENTS. 480 , 481 , 482
PROVINCE OF NELSON. 482 , 483 , 484 , 485
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY. 485 , 486 , 487
PROVINCE OF WESTLAND. 487 , 488 , 489 , 490 , 491 , 492 , 493 , 494 , 495 , 496 , 497 , 498 , 499
GOLD FIELDS. 499 , 500 , 501
APPENDIX No. 30. NOTICE ON COLONIAL LAND PRIVILEGES TO NAVAL AND MILITARY OFFICERS. 502 , 503 , 504
APPENDIX No. 31. LAND TABLES. 505
APPENDIX No. 31. LAND TABLES. 506 , 507 , 508 , 509
APPENDIX No. 32. STATUTES OF LIMITATION AFFECTING LANDS IN ENGLAND AND THE COLONIES. 510 , 511 , 512 , 513 , 514 , 515 , 516
APPENDIX No. 33. COLONIES, GOVERNORS, &c. 517 , 518 , 519 , 520 , 521
APPENDIX No. 34. POPULATION, REVENUE, AND EXPENDITURE. 522 , 523 , 524 , 525 , 526
APPENDIX No. 35. STATISTICS. 527
APPENDIX No. 35. 528 , 529
APPENDIX No. 36. COLONIAL BANKS. 530 , 531 , 532 , 533 , 534 , 535 , 536 , 537 , 538 , 539 , 540 , 541
APPENDIX No. 37. 542 , 543 , 544 , 545 , 546 , 547 , 548 , 549 , 550 , 551
APPENDIX No. 38. 552 , 553 , 554 , 555
APPENDIX No. 39. 556 , 557 , 558 , 559 , 560 , 561 , 562 , 563 , 564 , 565 , 566 , 567
APPENDIX No. 40. 568 , 569 , 570 , 571 , 572 , 573
APPENDIX No. 41. 574 , 575 , 576 , 577
APPENDIX No. 42. 578 , 579 , 580 , 581 , 582 , 583 , 584 , 585
APPENDIX No. 43. 586
APPENDIX No. 44. STATISTICAL TABLES, NOS. 1 TO 5, RELATIVE TO THE CLIMATE OF THE CANADIAN DOMINION. 587 , 588 , 589 , 590 , 591
APPENDIX No. 45. 592
APPENDIX No. 46. 593
APPENDIX No. 47. 594 , 595
APPENDIX No. 48. 596
APPENDIX No. 49. IMMIGRATION.—WEST INDIES. 597
APPENDIX No. 49. IMMIGRATION—WEST INDIES. 598 , 599 , 600
APPENDIX No. 50. 601 , 602
APPENDIX No. 51. 603
APPENDIX No. 52. 604

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