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Abbreviations used in the text

AEG Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft ALU Agricultural Labourers’ Union ASE Amalgamated Society of Engineers BNZ Bank of New Zealand BWEA British Women’s Emigration Association CCCE Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire CPR Canadian Pacific Railway EIO Emigrants’ Information Office FMCES Female Middle Class Emigration Society IMM Investor’s Monthly Manual LJSB London Joint Stock Bank OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development P&O Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company

Abbreviations used in the footnotes

AHR American Historical Review EcHR Economic History Review HJ Historical Journal HMSO Her Majesty’s Stationery Office HWJ History Workshop Journal JBH Journal of British History JBS Journal of British Studies JICH Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History JSAS Journal of South African Studies OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development SAHJ South Africa Historical Journal TRHS Transactions of the Royal Historical Society

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