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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1883. Volume 1. Eastern and Australian Despatches |
| Date | 17 Jan 1883 - 20 Oct 1884 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/143 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence. |
| Description | Correspondence from British Government officials and Colonial Office employees regarding emigration and immigration to and from Hong Kong, Mauritius, Australia and Fiji. The letters cover subjects such as violations of labour laws and legislation regulating Indian and Chinese emigration, the shortage of indentured labour, the conditions of immigrant workers in colonial plantations and reports from surgeons regarding voyages of labourer ships. This file also contains letters regarding general administration, accounts and staffing. |
| 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; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences; Politics, Legislation and Governance |
| Country (from) | Ireland; United Kingdom; Japan; Mauritius; China; Democratic Republic of Congo; Fiji; Jamaica; Réunion; India; British Guiana; Malaysia; Indonesia; Sri Lanka; Seychelles; South Africa; Thailand |
| Country (to) | United States of America; Australia; Canada; New Zealand; Mauritius; China; Democratic Republic of Congo; Fiji; Jamaica; Réunion; India; British Guiana; Malaysia; Indonesia; Sri Lanka; Seychelles; South Africa; Thailand |
| Places | Cooktown, Rockhampton, Townsville, Queensland, Sydney, New South Wales, Brisbane, Victoria, Tasmania, Adelaide, South Australia, Perth, West Australia, Australia; Pamplemousses, Flacq, Flat Island, Mauritius; Perak, Malaysia; San Francisco, Portland, Maine, Oregon, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States; Bangkok, Thailand; Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; Wellington, New Zealand; London, England; Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Ports | Calcutta, Madras, India; Port Louis, Mauritius; Port Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia; Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Hong Kong, China |
| Nationality | Indian; Chinese; Irish; Sinhalese; English; American; Polynesian; Fijian |
| Ships | Shah Jehan; Chetah; Poonah; Bayard; Livingstone; Oceanic; Madras; Coptic; City of Tokio; Triumph; Glenelg; Coldstream; Merchantman; White Adder; Berar; Clyde; Miranda; Glen Callah; Barso; S. Sherbone; Fathe Salam; Dupleix; Plainmiller; Country of Berwick; Godavery; Adria; Barraconta; Clan Cameron; Columbus; Govino; Marguerite; St. Leon; Sophia Joakim; Rothesay; Talisman; Choice; Salazie; May Queen; Ganges; Hindostan; Maurice et Réunion; Lioness; Castleton; Sultany; John Davie; Eugenie; Clan Ranald; Lord McDuff |
| People | Earl of Derby (Smith-Stanley, Sir Edward); Marsh, Sir William Henry; Wingfield, Edward; Ashley, Evelyn; Herbert, Sir Robert George Wyndham; Bowen, Sir George Ferguson; Broome, Sir Frederick Napier; Hennessy, Sir John Pope; Lord Kimberley (Wodehouse, John); Des Voeux, Sir George William |
| Keywords | tax, labour, labour law, murder, quarantine, hospital, health, sickness, plantation, Irish Land Act, assisted passage, emigration scheme, marriage, divorce, lunatic, sugar, small pox, cholera, measles |
| Language | English; French |
| Document(s) linked to |
Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1883. Volume 2. British Guiana and Trinidad Despatches Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1883. Volume 3. Jamaica, Windward and Leeward Islands and Miscellaneous Despatches Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1883. Volume 4. Offices, Companies and Agents (Except Crown Agents) [Part 1] Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1883. Volume 4. Offices, Companies and Agents (Except Crown Agents) [Part 2] Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1883. Volume 4. Offices, Companies and Agents (Except Crown Agents) [Part 3] Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1883. Volume 4. Offices, Companies and Agents (Except Crown Agents) [Part 4] Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1883. Volume 5. Crown Agents, Individuals and Surgeons |
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