Sir, by this day's post I have transmitted to ... certain papers containing a variety of enquiries into the state of education ...
Contributors: Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792-1840
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1838
Place of publication: Québec
Language: eng
Subjects: Seigniorial tenure; Seigneuries
Notes: Form letter. At head: Education Commission, Union Buildings, Quebec, September 13th, 1838. Signed in end: Arthur Buller, chief commissioner.

Sir Arthur William Buller, member of the Special Council and of the Executive Council of Lower Canada, was appointed head of a commission of inquiry into the state of education in Canada by Lord Durham, forming part of Durham's commission on the affairs of British North America. Buller began his enquiries in July 1838 and presented his report to the British parliament in June 1839. Cf. DCB IX 100-101.

Reference: Goulson, C.F. A source book of royal commissions and other major governmental inquiries in Canadian education, 1787-1978, p. 89.