The subjects inquired into by Canadian federal royal commissions have ranged over such a wide field that the reports and special studies prepared by the 400 commissions since Confederation have become an essential part of any research in Canadian studies. In many cases the special studies which are always prepared by the best experts available stand as the most important works ever to appear on a given subject. For example, the studies used by the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations (1937-1940) are still used as required reading in both graduate and undergraduate university courses almost thirty years later. In the author's work as Government Documents Librarian, he witnesses the daily use of royal commission material. The importance attached to royal commission documents and the considerable difficulty in locating many of the earlier reports let Henderson to undertake the compilation of this checklist four years ago.

Excerpt from The Royal Commission in Re the Alleged Employment of Aliens by the Pe re Marquette Railway Company of Canada: Report of Commissioner Extract from a Report of the Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council, approved by the Governor General on April 11, 1905. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from The Royal Commission in Re the Alleged Employment of Aliens by the Pere Marquette Railway Company of Canada: Report of Commissioner Extract from a Report of the Committee of the Honourable the Privy Council, approved by the Governor General on April 11, 1905. On a report, dated April 5, 1905, from the Minister of Labour, representing that complaint has been made to the effect that aliens, not being bona fide residents of Canada, have been and are being employed by the Pere Marquette Railway Company upon that portion of the company's lines operating in Canada, to the exclusion of Canadian citizens and British subjects, and that for some time past the said company has been pursuing a policy of discharging Canadians and filling their positions by aliens imported to Canada in violation of the provisions of the Alien Labour Law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.