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Bible Encyclopedias
Agent-General
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or The term given to a representative in England of one of the self-governing British colonies. Agentsgeneral may be said to hold a position mid-way between agents of provinces and ambassadors of foreign countries. They are appointed, and their expenses and salaries provided, by the governments of the colonies they represent, viz. Cape of Good Hope, Natal, the Transvaal, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, New Zealand and Canada (whose representatives are termed high commissioners). Their duties are to look after the political and economic interests of their colonies in London, to assist in all financial and commercial matters in which their colonies may be concerned, such as shipping arrangements and rates of freight, cable communications and rates, tenders for public works, &c., and to make known the products of their colonies. Those colonies which are not under responsible government are represented in London by crown agents.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Agent-General'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/agent-general.html. 1910.
