Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Canadian Gold Fields

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Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Canadian Gold Fields

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    • Select Committee on the Canadian Gold Fields

    Other form(s) of name

    • Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Canadian Gold Fields, and the best means of their Development

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    Dates of existence

    1865

    History

    Select committees are ad-hoc committees of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada with terms of reference to investigate and report on a specific issue. This committee was appointed January 26, 1865, and issued its report on March 16, 1865. The Committee Chairman was Robert Bell.

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    The Select Committee on the Canadian Gold Fields reviewed the "Act respecting Gold Mines" for amendments designed to increase the revenue received by the province of Canada under the Act, and to encourage the development of mining. The committee also sought to obtain information about Canadian gold fields in general, and the Chaudière Gold Mining Division in particular.

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    Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly (1841-1867)

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    AA12

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    hierarchical

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    Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly controls Canada (Province). Legislature. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on the Canadian Gold Fields

    Dates of relationship

    1865

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    CA1025

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    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

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    Approved

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    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        Sage, Richard; Weir, Aileen. Select Committees of the Assemblies of the Provinces of Upper Canada, Canada and Ontario, 1792 to 1991: A Checklist of Reports. Toronto: Ontario Legislative Library, 1992.

        Bishop, Olga B. Publications of the Government of the Province of Canada, 1841-1867. Ottawa, 1963.

        Maintenance notes

        Not found in Canadiana Name Authorities, 1996-12-24.

        Archivist(s):
        Tom Belton, Bob Krawczyk