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Title Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1877. Volume 4. Offices and Individuals
Date 2 Jan 1877 - 31 Jan 1878
Document Type Correspondence; Manuscript
Reference CO 384/116
Library / Archive The National Archives
Collection Name War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence.
Description Correspondence received by various government offices, mostly the India Office, Emigration Commissioners and the Foreign Office, pertaining to matters regarding the general administration of the Colonies. Key topics include the movement of Indian and Chinese workers around the West Indies and Americas, including information about securing labourers and legislation regarding labourers' rights. Other topics include the conditions of British Colonies, general administration (finance, staffing, pensions), and labourers' right to return passage.
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; Remigration
Country (from) Australia; New Zealand; Germany; South Africa; India; Brazil; Peru; Poland; United States of America; Canada; Cuba; Argentina; China; Switzerland; British Guiana; Trinidad; Surinam; The Netherlands; Mauritius; Réunion; Cayenne; Guadalupe; Martinique; Jamaica; St Vincent; French Guiana; Dutch Guiana; Nevis; Nepal; New Caledonia; St Lucia; Peru; Canary Islands; Guano Islands; Tobago
Country (to) Australia; New Zealand; South Africa; India; Brazil; Peru; United States of America; Canada; Cuba; Argentina; China; Switzerland; British Guiana; Trinidad; Surinam; Mauritius; Réunion; Cayenne; Guadalupe; Martinique; Jamaica; St Vincent; French Guiana; Dutch Guiana; Nevis; New Caledonia; St Lucia; Peru; Canary Islands; Guano Islands; Tobago
Places Brisbane, Townsville, Queensland, Sydney, New South Wales, Victoria, Australia; London, England; Danzig, Berlin, Bremen, Germany; Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; Whanganui, New Zealand; Chennai, Madras, Bombay, Pondicherry, Karikal, Behar, Oudh, Darjeeling, Bengal, Punjab, Orissa, Simla, Allahabad, India; Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Kittoland, Assunguy, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Lima, Peru; Szczecin, Poland; New York, Philadelphia; Baltimore, New Orleans, San Francisco, Washington, Charleston, United States; Havana, Cuba; La Plata, Buenos Aires, Chupat, Patagonia, Argentina; Canton, China; Demerara, British Guiana; Bern, Zurich, Switzerland;
Ports Falmouth, Plymouth, England; Calcutta, India; Callao, Peru; Hong Kong, China; Natal, South Africa; Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana
Nationality English; Welsh; Irish; German; Dutch; Swiss; Indian; Chinese; Creole
Ships Florence; Rockhampton; Pandora; Vigilant; Euphrates; Jean Pierre; Jumna; Glenroy; Umvoti; Winchester; Sussex; Allumghier; Lady Melville; Linguist; Foyle; Artist; Botanist; Jorwar; Ailsa; Syria; Ganges; King Arthur; Cheetah; Wineford; Essex; Surrey; Rohilla; Brechin Castle; Atalanta; Merchantman; Latona
People Herbert, Sir Robert George Wyndham G W; Lord Carnarvon (Herbert, Henry Howard Molyneux); Marquis of Salisbury (Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert); Walcott, Stephen; Earl of Derby (Stanley, Sir Edward Henry); Hamilton, Lord George; Baron Pauncefote (Pauncefote, Sir Julian); Murdoch, Thomas William Clinton; Earl Russell (Russell, Lord John); Ommanney, Sir Montagu Frederick
Keywords German journey conditions, pensions, land grant, military, assisted passage, free passage, Colonial Bank, caste, religion, return passage, commutation, murder, emigration scheme, colony conditions, labour, labourers, farming, poverty, Chinese Passengers' Act, kidnap, cholera, mortality rate, famine, wages, rations, pregnancy
Additional Information The following foliated pages were not captured as they were blank: folio 345 / 554 / 777 / 868 / 942 / 1034.
Language English; French
Document(s) linked to Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1877. Volume 1. Eastern, Australian and Miscellaneous Colonies
Emigration (and Coolie Immigration) 1877. Volume 2. Despatches: West Indies
Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1877. Volume 3. Despatches: West Indies
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