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THE EMIGRATION GAZETTE AND COLONIAL SETTLERS' UNIVERSAL GUIDE: No.4 - November 13, 1841 to No.62 - December 24, 1842.

Printed and published (every Saturday) by William Tyler, Bolt Court, Fleet Street.

50 issues, of the 62 published, uncut folio (463x210mm), each edition with One Penny newspaper tax stamp on title page. [Lacks editions 1,2,3,5,6,8,10,11,12,35,39 & 45.] Note change of title at No.28 (April 30, 1842) to Emigration Gazette and Colonial Advocate.

The first half of the nineteenth century saw an explosion in the number of European emigrants to North America, Australia and New Zealand, many of them from Britain. The Emigration Gazette, published in the belief that "emigration is as necessary in the economy of a state, as in that of an ant-hill or a bee-hive," provided advice and information for anyone considering such a move, with advertisements, notices, letters and articles on all aspects of emigration.

Particularly interesting in the issues collected here is the emergence of New Zealand as a destination for English emigrants, prompted by the formation in 1839 of the New Zealand Company, with its power to buy, settle and cultivate land. Equally interesting are the solicitations for settlers from the Independent Republic of Texas, with promises of cheap land that were no doubt followed by an invitation to take up arms to defend it. There are also references and recommendations for several African colonies, Panama and the Falkland Islands.