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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1879. Volume 4. Offices (except Agents) and Companies |
| Date | 3 Jan 1879 - 3 Jan 1880 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/125 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence. |
| Description | Correspondence between various government offices and companies regarding immigration and emigration. The material covers subjects such as free and assisted passage from the United Kingdom to the Colonies, the cost and general administration of emigration, and nefarious emigration schemes. Much of the material also deals with the treatment of indentured workers, their movements around the Colonies, and aspects of their lives such as wages, punishments, and savings. |
| Series Description | This series contains correspondence relating to British settlement in North America and Australasia, and to Indian indentured labour in the West Indies. Until 1857 it consists of domestic letters alone. The series then ceases and is not resumed until 1872. |
| Biographical Note / History | A Colonial Land and Emigration Commission was created in 1840 to undertake the duties of two earlier and overlapping authorities under the supervision of the secretary of state: the Colonisation Commissioners for South Australia and the Agent General for Emigration. In 1855 it became the Emigration Commission. The commission's powers were gradually given up to the larger colonies as they obtained self-government, and after 1873 it was responsible only for controlling the importation of Indian labour into sugar-producing colonies. It was abolished in 1878 and an Emigration Department was then set up in the Colonial Office. This department was merged with the General Department in 1894, and abolished altogether in 1896. |
| Theme(s) | Politics, Legislation and Governance; Religion, Ethnic Identity and Community Relations |
| Country (from) | United Kingdom; Australia; New Zealand; Cuba; British Guiana; Brazil; Fiji; Canada; United States of America; Mauritius; Martinique; Canary Islands; Venezuela; Jamaica; Bahamas; Réunion; Barbados; Antigua; New Guinea; Peru; Argentina; St Vincent; Trinidad; Nevis; India; China; South Africa; Grenada; St Lucia; Malaysia; Indonesia |
| Country (to) | New Zealand; Cuba; British Guiana; Brazil; Fiji; Canada; United States of America; Mauritius; Martinique; Canary Islands; Venezuela; Jamaica; Bahamas; Réunion; Barbados; Antigua; New Guinea; Peru; Argentina; St Vincent; Trinidad; Nevis; India; China; South Africa; Grenada; St Lucia; Malaysia; Indonesia; Australia |
| Places | Havana, Cuba; Demerara, British Guiana; Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis, Brazil; Lisbon, Portugal; Washington, San Francisco, Portland, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States; Caracas, Venezuela; Canton, Macao, Hong Kong, China; London, United Kingdom; Durban, Transvaal, South Africa; Simla, Darjeeling, Bengal, India; New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, Australia; Kingston, Jamaica; Manila, Philippines; Bangkok, Thailand; Vancouver Island, Canada; Acheen, Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Ports | Madras, Calcutta, India; Hong Kong, China; Natal, South Africa; Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana |
| Nationality | English; Indian; Chinese; Polynesian; German |
| Ships | Piako; Cook Doon; Jungen; Jacobine; Jumna; Cheetah; Lightning; Silhet; Enmore; Jessie Moir; Golden Empire; Umvoti; HMS Tourmaline; Dartmouth; Dupleix; Neptune; Godavery; Idem; Danube; Eucharis & Paul; Ilissus; Terragone; Mozambique; Angelina; Agricola; Earl of Southesk; Janna Caeli; Rob. Vassenger; Narwhol; Mainame; Pronce; Rosina; Bayonnaisse; Ermine; Jolem; Salarzie; Mascate; Endoscie; Adolephine; Lady Harriet; Punjab; Hyderee; Caprice; St Louis; Hissus; Furness Abbey; Lalea Rook; Phocien; Mashesh; Sidonie; Madeline; Burnham; Burdigala; Madura; Eleanore; St Augustine; Brane; Hambourg; Dominickduli; Admiral Protet; Alfred the Great; Reparateur; Confiance; Marthe; Tamatove; Mata Bela; Labordonais; Auguste & Gaston; Louis & Amelia; Plassy; Lassa; North; Ellora; Newcastle; Howrah; Malabar; Poonah |
| People | Lord Cadogan (Cadogan, George Henry); Earl St Aldwyn (Hicks Beach, Sir Michael); Marquis of Salisbury (Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert); Baron Pauncefote (Pauncefote, Sir Julian); Earl Russell (Russell, Lord John); Stanhope, Edward; Viscount Cranbrook (Gawthorne-Hardy, Gawthorne); Duke of Argyll (Campbell, George); Walcott, Stephen |
| Keywords | shipwreck, planters, emigration scheme, accounts, expenses, plantation, slave, slavery, destitution, distress, railway, free passage, assisted passage, wages, savings, female emigration, Anti-Slavery Society |
| Language | English; Spanish; French |
| Document(s) linked to |
Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1879. Volume 1. Eastern, Australian and Miscellaneous Despatches Emigration (including Coolie Immigration), 1879. Volume 2. British Guiana and Jamaica Despatches Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1879. Volume 3. Despatches: Trinidad, Windward and Leeward Islands Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1879. Volume 5. Agents, Individuals and Surgeons |
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