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Title Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1882. Volume 1. Eastern and Australian Despatches
Date 1 Feb 1882 - 28 Feb 1883; 1884
Document Type Correspondence; Manuscript
Reference CO 384/138
Library / Archive The National Archives
Collection Name War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence.
Description Correspondence from the governors of Mauritius, Hong Kong and Australia to the Secretary of State for the Colonies. The material includes details regarding the movement of labourers around the Colonies, reports on voyages from Protectors of Immigration, and the landing of labourers from the "Francis". Also included are several drafts and suggestions for amendments for bills regulating migration.
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) Departures: Port Conditions and Organisation; Politics, Legislation and Governance; Remigration
Country (from) United Kingdom; China; Philippines; India; South Africa; Malaysia; Singapore; Antigua; Mauritius; Brazil; Fiji; Réunion; Peru
Country (to) Thailand; Australia; New Zealand; Philippines; United States of America; India; South Africa; Malaysia; Singapore; Antigua; Mauritius; China; Seychelles; Brazil; Fiji; Réunion; Peru
Places Brisbane, Cooktown, Cleveland Bay, Keppel Bay, Rockhampton, Bowen, Townsville, Queensland, Sydney, Newcastle, New South Wales, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; London, England; Pondicherry, Bengal, Simla, India; Dunedin, New Zealand; Bangkok, Thailand; Manila, Philippines; Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States; Moka, Flacq, Pamplemousses, Mauritius
Ports Calcutta, Madras, India; Port Louis, Mauritius; Port Darwin, Australia; Callao, Peru; Hong Kong, China; Natal, South Africa
Nationality English; Irish; Chinese; Indian; Polynesian
Ships Francis; Copenhagen; Berar; Poonah; Isabelle; Sophia Joachim; Shah Jehan; Fleetwood; Maurice Réunion; Canada; Eugenie; Fathe Salam; Adria; Mikado; Aetoea; Day Light; Merchantman; Marana; Arundel; Sultana; Godavery; Malacca; Ophir; Snede & Norvege; Dupleix; Hermon; Glen Caladh; Argo; Nyverheid; Florence; Mistie; Harmonia; Glenesk; Royal Irish; Arago; Glenroy
People Lord Kimberley (Wodehouse, John); Broome, Sir Frederick Napier; Des Voeux, Sir George William; Kennedy, Sir Arthur; Robinson, Sir William; Weld, Sir Frederick Aloysius; Marsh, Sir William Henry; Courtney, Leonard; Ashley, Evelyn; Wingfield, Edward
Keywords legislation, health, female labour, labourer, journey conditions, Indian Immigration Bill, assisted free vagrancy, crime, plantation, sugar
Language English
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Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1882. Volume 5. Agents, Individuals and Surgeons [Part 1]
Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1882. Volume 5. Agents, Individuals and Surgeons [Part 2]
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