Great Britain, Colonial Office
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Great Britain, Colonial Office
Name
Great Britain
Subordinate unit
Colonial Office
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Incoming Resources
- Indian Department (Canada), return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 28 April 1856, for " copies or extracts of recent correspondence respecting alterations in the organization of the Indian Department in Canada"
- Montreal seminary, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 30 June, 1830, for, copy of the address to His Majesty from the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, on the subject of certain lands held or claimed by the Catholic seminary at Montreal, in Lower Canada
- Papers relative to the affairs of British Columbia
- Question of federation of the British provinces in America
- Correspondence relative to a meeting at Quebec of delegates appointed to discuss the proposed union of the British North American provinces, presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 7th February 1865
- Papers relating to the Red River Settlement, viz. return to an address from the Honourable House of Commons to His Royal Highness The Prince Regent, dated 24th June, 1819 .
- Information for the use of military and naval officers proposing to settle in the British colonies, [Colonial Office]
- Correspondence with the government of Canada in connection with the appointment of the joint commission and the Treaty of Washington, presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, April, 1872
- Further papers relative to the affairs of British Columbia, Part III. : copies of despatches from the governor of British Columbia to the secretary of state for the colonies and from the secretary of state to the governor, relative to the government of the colony : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 1860
- Papers relative to the settling of the Maroons in His Majesty's province of Nova Scotia
- Instructions under the direction of the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, communicated to Lieut. Col. Cockburn by the Rt. Honble R.W. Horton in a letter dated 26th January 1827, with a letter and appendix addressed to the Rt. Honble R.W. Horton by Lieut. Col. Cockburn, detailing the execution of these instructions
- Papers relative to the Hudson's Bay Company's charter and licence of trade
- Canada railway loan, return to an order of honourable the House of Commons, dated 26 March 1867, for copy of recent correspondence between the Colonial Office and the Treasury respecting the proposed guarantee of the Intercolonial Railway Loan, British North America
- Correspondence respecting the non-admission of fish and fish oils, the produce of British Columbia, into the United States free of duty under the Treaty of Washington, May 8, 1871
- Correspondence relating to reciprocity negotiations between the United States and Canada and Newfoundland
- Orders in council and returns respecting the sale of lands in Upper Canada
- Lord Glenelg's despatches to Sir F.B. Head, Bart., during his administration of the government of Upper Canada : abstracted from the papers laid before Parliament
- North American fisheries, memorandum respecting instructions to naval officers
- Correspondence relative to a meeting at Quebec of delegates appointed to discuss the proposed union of the British North American provinces, presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 7th February 1865
- Further correspondence with the government of Canada in connection with the Treaty of Washington
- Canada Company, copy of the minutes of the intended arrangements between Earl Bathurst, His Majesty's secretary of state, and the proposed Canada Company
- Correspondence between the Colonial Office and the governors of Canada, relative to the seigniorial and feudal tenure, laid before the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly pursuant to special addresses to that effect
- Upper Canada, copies or extracts of letters from Lord Howick to Mr. W. L. Mackenzie, dated respectively the 23d June, the 29th June, and the 8th of September 1832
- Canada, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 18 July 1864, for "copy of all correspondence which has taken place between the imperial and Canadian governments respecting the north-western boundary of Canada, and of any memorials forwarded to the Colonial Office from the inhabitants of the Red River Settlement"
- Correspondence with the government of Canada in connection with the appointment of the joint commission and the Treaty of Washington
- Colonial bills, North America, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 27 May 1864, for "the titles and dates of bills passed by the legislatures of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward's Island since the year 1836, which have been reserved by the governors of those colonies respestively for reference to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, and of the titles and dates of bills so referred to which the Royal Assent was ultimately refused; and copy or extracts of the terms in which such refusal was conveyed"
- Emigration, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 4th March 1828, for copy of the report laid before the Colonial Department by Lieut. Colonel Cockburn, on the subject of emigration, together with the instructions received from that department on 26 January, 1827
- Emigration report of Commissioners, return to an address to His Majesty, dated 11 August 1832, for copies of any reports from the Commissioners for Emigration to the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, since the last session of Parliament
- British Columbia, returns of all appointments, civil, military and ecclesiastical, made or authorized by the home government to the colony of British Columbia; stating the names of persons appointed, the dates of their appointments, and the salaries in each case; and, of any other charges connected with the colony authorised by the home government
- A Despatch from the Right Honorable Lord Glenelg, His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, to His Excellency Sir Francis Bond Head, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, containing His Majesty's answer to the separate addresses and representations which proceeded from the Legislative Council and House of Assembly during the first session of the present Parliament, and his instructions to the Lieutenant Governor : communicated to the House of Assembly by message on the 30th January, 1836
- Canada, correspondence respecting the establishment of steam communication between Prince Edward Island and the mainland of Canada
- British Columbia, &c., return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 1 June 1869 for, papers on the union of British Columbia with the Dominion of Canada
- Further correspondence respecting the Newfoundland fisheries (in continuation of [C. 6365] May 1891 and [C. 6703] June 1892)
- Message, Elgin and Kincardine : the governor general transmits, for the information of the Legislative Assembly, copies of a despatch and enclosures from Her Majesty's secretary of state for the colonies, relative to the projected railroad between Halifax and Quebec or Montreal
- Return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 9 March 1843, for copy of any report or reports made since the last presented to this House by the emigration agents of Canada, New Brunswick, and New South Wales to the governors and councils of those colonies
- Disputed territory, despatch from Lord Sydenham to Lord John Russell, respecting the provisional occupation of the disputed territory, and the consequent correspondence thereon
- Canada, copy of an explanatory memorandum addressed by Sir Francis Head to Lord Glenelg, dated the 21st of May last
- Message from His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of 30th January, 1836, transmitting a despatch from His Majesty's government
- Regulations or laws now in force in the undermentioned colonies, with reference to the fisheries, and especially in connexion with the convention with the United States of 20th Oct., 1818, and the statute 59 George III Cap. 38, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Canada
- Further correspondence respecting the Newfoundland fisheries
- Further correspondence respecting the termination of the fishery articles of the Treaty of Washington, (in continuation of North American No. 188)
- Emigration, North America and Australia, copies or extracts of the correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department and the governors or lieutenant-governors of the British Colonies in North America and Australia, since the last returns, in as far as relates to the question of emigration
- Further correspondence respecting the North American fisheries, (in continuation of previous papers, printed confidentially, November, 1871) : (from November, 1871 to April 17, 1872)
- The War Office to Lieutenant-General the Honourable James Lindsay, 24 March, 1870
- Papers relative to the affairs of British Columbia, Part II. : copies of despatches from the governor of British Columbia to the secretary of state for the colonies and from the secretary of state to the governor, relative to the government of the colony : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 12th August 1859
- Correspondence on the subject of an Imperial Commission to enquire into the financial condition and resources of the colony, etc
- Correspondence relative to the recent disturbances in the Red River Settlement, presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, August, 1870
- Correspondence respecting the recent Fenian aggression upon Canada
- Customs duties, (Canada and the West Indies), return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 30 May 1856, for copies or extracts of any correspondence which has taken place between the Colonial Office and the governors of the our North American and West Indian colonies, on the subject of a proposal for the mutual abolition of customs duties upon the productions of Canada and the West Indies
- Copy of a despatch from the Earl Granville, K.G., to Governor-General the Right Hon. Sir John Young, Bart., K.C.B., respecting the recent Fenian raid intoCanada
- Canada, papers relating to the removal of the seat of government, and to the annexation movement, presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty, 15th April,1850
- Taxes and imposts (colonies), further return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 13 May 1870 for "Return of the rates of all taxes and imposts from which the revenues of the several colonies of the British Empire were raised, together with the gross amount yielded by each tax or impost, showing the total gross revenue of each colony in the year 1868, or the last financial year for which the same can be obtained, with the cost or charge of collecting the same under each head, these respective charges being deducted, and leaving the nett amount of revenue (in the same form as the Parliamentary return relating to the United Kingdom, no. 427, of session 1869)" : (so far as relates to the Dominion of Canada)
- Return to an address of the House of Lords, dated 15th March 1853, for, copies or extracts of all correspondence on the subject of clergy reserves (in continuation of papers presented February 1852); also, returns for every year since 1840 of the amount of the Clergy Reserves Fund, Canada, formed under Act 3 & 4 Vict. c. 78, s. 3; also, return of the extent of the clergy reserves in Canada, the number of acres unsold, and their probable value; and also, copies of letter from the Lord Bishop of Quebec to the Duke of Newcastle on the subject of clergy reserves in Canada, and a draft despatch from Sir John Pakington to the Earl of Elgin, in reply to His Lordship's despatch forwarding an address to the Queen on the subject of the clergy reserves
- Emigration, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 9 July 1839, for, copies of any general report, since the last laid before this House, from the agent general for emigration; of any report from the agent for emigration in Canada; copies or extracts of any correspondence between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and the governors of the Australian colonies, respecting emigration, since the papers presented to the House on the 14th day of May 1838, nos. 388 & 389
- Emigration (North America colonies), return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 25 August 1860, for, "Copies or extracts of despatches relative to emigration to the North America[n] coloniesn [sic] (in continuation of Parliamentary paper no. 218 of session 2, 1859)"
- Upper Canada, return to several addresses to His Majesty, dated 31 July 1832 for, 1. Copy of an address to His Majesty, from the House of Assembly of Upper Canada, on the administration of justice ... 2. Copy of the address to His Majesty, concerning an established church ... 3. Copy of the resolutions agreed to in the tenth provincial parliament of said province ... 4. Copy of the address to His Majesty, from the present House of Assembly of Upper Canada, agreed to in their last session, 1831-2, praying that the clergy reserves may be applied ..
- Vancouver Island, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 13th July, 1863, for Copies or extracts of any correspondence between Mr. Langford and the Colonial Department, relative to alleged abuses in the government of Vancouver's Island ..
- Emigration (Canada), return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 1 June 1847 for, "Returns of the assessed value of those townships in the Newcastle district in western Canada which were settled by pauper emigrants from Ireland, between the years 1825 and 1828, at the public expense", "of the number of the various emigration societies formed in Canada in 1840, by Canadian proprietors desirous of settling emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland upon their estates"
- Canada, clergy reserves, return to an address of the House of Lords of the 15th February 1853, for, the Government Gazette of Canada of 8th May 1849, or any other document in the Colonial Office containing copy of an address to the Governor-General of British North America from the Romish prelates and clergy of Quebec in the year 1849, and of the answer of His Excellency to that address; also, return stating whether the two Canada Acts 12 Vict. Cap. 136, and Cap. 143, or either, and which of them, were disallowed by Her Majesty, and also, copy of any official letter from the Lord Bishop of Quebec to His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, one of Her Majesty's principal secretaries of state, on the matter of clergy reserves in Canada
- Canada, further copies or extracts of correspondence relative to the affairs of Lower Canada and Upper Canada (in continuation of papers presented to Parliament on the 23d December 1837, no. 72 and 16th January 1838, no. 80)
- Emigration (Canada), return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 14 February 1837 for, copy of the annual report from the agent for emigration in Canada, for 1836
- Prince Edward Island, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 5 July 1842 : copies of the petition and memorial of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Her Majesty's Island of Prince Edward, in February 1842, to Her Majesty, praying for the admission of corn and other produce of that colony into Great Britain free ..
- Colonial Office correspondence, 1898 and 1899
- Copy of the militia general order touching the court of inquiry held upon Colonel Prince
- Emigration, papers relative to emigration to the British provinces in North America ; in continuation of the papers presented February, June, and December 1847, and April and June 1848
- Canada, copy of an act to repeal so much of the act of the Parliament of Great Britain, passed in the 31st year of the reign of King George 3, c. 31, as relates to rectories and the presentation of incumbents to the same, together with the resolutions of the Council and Assembly relative thereto
- Usury laws (Canada), copy of all correspondence between Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the colonies respecting the effect of the usury laws in Canada, on the industrial and commercial interests of that province, and of all correspondence with the Governor General of Canada on that subject
- Lord Gosford, an account of the expenditure of the office and establishment of Lord Gosford, as Governor General and Commissioner in Canada, for one year
- Newfoundland and Labrador, return to an address of the Honourable House of Commons, dated 6 June 1828, for, a return of the number of civil actions, and of criminal informations or prosecutions, tried in the Supreme Central Court of Newfoundland, and in the circuit courts of that island, and in the Labrador Court ... distinguishing the number of trials in each court in every year, the number of appeals, the places where such sittings were held, and the number of days occupied by each court in such judicial proceedings every year
- Lower Canada, copy of a despatch from Lord Aylmer to the secretary of state for the colonies, in reply to Mr. Secretary Rice's despatch of 27 September 1834
- Queen Charlotte's Island :, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 16 June 1853 : for "Copies or extracts of correspondence relative to the discovery of gold at Queen Charlotte's Island" : Colonial Office, Downing Street, 8 August 1853, Frederick Peel
- [Circular], the following extracts of a circular despatch, from the Secretary of State for the colonies, is published for the information of military settlers ..
- Canada crown revenues, copies of all communications which have passed relative to the appropriation of the crown revenues, and other financial arrangements relative thereto, between the governors of Upper or of Lower Canada, and the legislatures of the two provinces
- Canada Company, return to an address to His Majesty, dated 23d December 1830, for No. 1, An account of all monies paid and payable by the Canada Company under the existing contracts for the sale to them of part of the Crown reserves, and other lands in Upper Canada ..., No. 5, An account of all grants of land to trustees or other officers appointed by charter for the maintenance and establishment of any college or seminary for education in Upper Canada, with any valuation or estimate that may have been made of the same
- Canada, copy of a despatch from the Right Honourable Thomas Spring Rice to Lord Aylmer, respecting pay of the officers of the civil government of Canada
- Colonial copyright, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 12 April, 1872, for "Copies or extracts of correspondence between the Colonial Office, the Board of Trade, and the Government of Canada, which preceded the passing of the Act 10 and 11 Vict. c. 95:"; "and, of any recent correspondence on the subject of that act and of proposals for amending or extending the same, including the letter of the 27th day of July, 1869, no. 687-69"
- Mails (Canada and United States), copies of correspondence, since 1st June 1859, between the Secretary of State for the Colonies and John Rose, Esq. member of the Canadian government, respecting the conveyance of mails between Canada and the United Kingdom, and the contract for the conveyance of mails from the United Kingdom to the United States
- Canadian Post Office, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 3 August 1846, for "copies of reports of any commission appointed by the Governor-General of Canada, since the union of the two provinces, to inquire into the state of the Canadian post office"
- Clergy reserves (Canada), account of payments made out of the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom to the Church of England, and to the Church of Scotland, in Upper Canada; and payments out of the revenue of the United Kingdom to religious sects in Canada, since 1840, (in continuation of papers presented 29 February 1853)
- Nova Scotia, copies of the addresses of the House of Assembly in Nova Scotia, to His Majesty, on the foreign trade of that colony, &c
- North America, emigration, return to an address to His Majesty, dated 1 August 1832, for, copy of any acts passed by the colonies in British North America, and which have received His Majesty's sanction, by which a tax is to be levied on emigrants arriving from the United Kingdom : also, copy of circular from the Colonial Office recommending the same
- Conveyance of mails (North America), return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 7 July 1859, for, Copies of all correspondence between Her Majesty's government and the provincial government of Canada, in reference to the conveyance of mails between this country and British North America ; of an address to Her Majesty ; ... and of all correspondence between Her Majesty's government and the British and North American Royal Mail Steam Packet Company or Sir Samuel Cunard, Baronet, on the subject of the prolongation or renewal of the contract made with that company for the conveyance of the mails to and from North America
- Lower Canada, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 20 February 1839, for, copy of the report of the commissioners appointed in Lower Canada, under an ordinance of 1 Vict. c. 7, to inquire into the losses sustained during the late rebellion : also of the names of persons who claimed compensation before the said commissioners, and the amount of their claims
- Orange Lodges (Upper Canada), copies of orders sent out to the Canadas respecting Orange lodges there, the date of the despatch and the arrival there, and the answers received, &c
- Queen Charlotte's Island, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 16 June 1853 : for "Copies or extracts of correspondence relative to the discovery of gold at Queen Charlotte's Island" : Colonial Office, Downing street, July 1853, Frederick Peel
- Customs duties (Canada), return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 5 May 1864, for, "A copy of any correspondence between the Colonial Office and the authorities in Canada, on the subject of the removal or reduction of the duties charged on British goods entering Canada"
- Church affairs (Canada and Victoria), copies of extracts of recent correspondence on colonial church affairs, in the dioceses of the colonies of Canada and Victoria
- Postal subsidies, &c. (Canada &c.), copies of the Address from both branches of the Legislature of Canada to Her Majesty, relative to postal subsidies and the Intercolonial Railway, and of the correspondence between the delegates from Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, and Her Majesty's government, relative to the Intercolonial Railway from Halifax to Quebec
- Timber duties, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 31 May 1842, for, copies or extracts of communications received by Her Majesty's government from the Governor-General of the North American colonies and the lieutenant-governors of either of those colonies, relating to an alteration of the timber duties ; also, copies of any memorials or representations received by Her Majesty's government, from any individuals or bodies of persons in the colonies, on the same subject
- Further correspondence respecting the award of the Halifax Fisheries Commission
- Colonial Office correspondence, 1898 and 1899
- Passengers regulation, return to an address of the Honourable House of Commons, dated 7th March, 1828, for, copies of despatches received at the Colonial Department from the governors of the British colonies in North America, respecting the necessity of imposing regulations for the conveyance of passengers to North America
- Canada, (clergy reserves), return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 29 July 1839, for, 1. Copies or extracts of despatches from the Secretary of State for the colonies and Sir George Arthur, relative to the clergy reserves in Upper Canada; 2. Account of the clergy reserves sold in Upper and Lower Canada from the year 1827, and the application thereof; 3. Account of the total amount of the proceeds of the clergy reserves sold in Upper and Lower Canada, and at present invested in the three per cent consolidated annuities
- Lower Canada, return to an address from the Honourable House of Commons, dated 16 March 1837, for, copy of a report of a Select Committee of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, respecting Mr. Chisholme, Clerk of the Peace for Three Rivers ... on the subject of the charges preferred against Mr. Chisholme ... Judge Fletcher ... on the subject of the charges preferred against that judge
- Colonial bills, North America, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 27 May 1864, for " the titles and dates of bills passed by the legislatures of Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward's Island since the year 1836, which have been reserved by the governors of those colonies respectively for reference to Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, and of the titles and dates of bills so referred to which the Royal Assent was ultimately refused; and copy or extracts of the terms in which such refusal was conveyed"
- Newfoundland, correspondence relative to a contract for the sale of the government railway, and for other purposes
- Information for emigrants to the British colonies
- Canada, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 27 February 1839, for, A return of the names of persons imprisoned in Lower Canada, charged with treason ... since the 1st day of November 1837 ..
- Hudson's Bay Company, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 26 May 1842, for, copy of the existing charter or grant by the Crown to the Hudson's Bay Company, together with copies or extracts of the correspondence which took place at the last renewal of the charter between the government and the Company, or of individuals on behalf of the Company, also, the dates of all former charters or grants to that Company
- Newfoundland, return to an address of the Honourable the House of Commons, dated 26 March 1855, for, "copies or extracts of correspondence between the Secretary of State and the Governor of Newfoundland, on the recent changes in the constitution of that colony"
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