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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1883. Volume 5. Crown Agents, Individuals and Surgeons |
| Date | 3 Jan 1883 - 4 Feb 1885 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/147 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence. |
| Description | Correspondence from agents and individuals the British Government concerning immigration and emigration. This material relates for the most part to the movement of labour around the West Indies, including the difficulty in recruiting Indian labourers and the conditions on the ships sent to convey them. These letters also contain details about staff appointments across the Colonies, and emigration schemes for women, the Irish and Germans. |
| 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) | Motives for Emigration; Departures: Port Conditions and Organisation; Remigration |
| Country (from) | United Kingdom; Ireland; Germany; Trinidad; British Guiana; Fiji; St Vincent; St Helena; St Lucia; Jamaica; India; China; Sri Lanka |
| Country (to) | Australia; United States of America; Canada; South Africa; Gambia; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Mexico; Brazil; Trinidad; British Guiana; Fiji; St Vincent; St Helena; St Lucia; Jamaica; India; China; Sri Lanka |
| Places | Perth, West Australia, Australia; Cape Town, South Africa; Fulham, London, England; Demerara, British Guiana; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Ports | Madras, Calcutta, India; Hong Kong, China; Natal, South Africa; Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana |
| Nationality | Indian; Chinese; English; Irish; German |
| Ships | Hesperides; Syria; North; Southesk; Bayard; Howrah; Boyne; Brenda; Lightning; Newcastle; Poonah; Jumna; Rohilla; Ellora; Bann; Neva; Ganges |
| People | Wingfield, Edward; Earl of Derby (Smith-Stanley, Sir Edward); Herbert, Sir Robert George Wyndham; Ashley, Evelyn; Lord Kimberley (Wodehouse, John); Young, William A G; Freeling, Lieutenant Governor Sandford |
| Keywords | expenses, water supply, journey conditions, Tyser & Co., labour, labourer, coal, death, health, sickness, emigration scheme, female emigration, Irish emigration, German emigration, land grant, assisted diet |
| Additional Information | The following foliated pages were not captured as they were blank: Folio 494. |
| Language | English; Tamil |
| Document(s) linked to |
Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1883. Volume 1. Eastern and Australian Despatches 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] |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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