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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1893. Volume 2. Correspondence – Secretary of State. Despatches: West Indies and Miscellaneous Offices and Companies |
| Date | 9 Jan 1893 - 23 Jul 1894 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/187 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Description | Despatches and draft responses mostly from Trinidad and the Foreign Office, with some from Hong Kong, Australia and South Africa. Key material includes correspondence on immigration administration (returns, reports, costs and conditions for indentured labourers in the plantations (wages, rations, health)), details and reports on crimes committed within the indentured labourer population and the punishments and reports of passenger health on indentured labourer ships. |
| Theme(s) | Politics, Legislation and Governance; Arrivals: Ports and Early Experiences |
| Country (from) | India; Great Britain; China; Germany; Australia |
| Country (to) | New Guinea; Trinidad; India; Fiji; British Guiana; St Lucia; Grenada; St Vincent; Brazil; St Helena; Canada; The United States of America; South Africa; Paraguay; Réunion; Mauritius; Singapore; Malaysia |
| Places | Darjeeling, Bengal, Simla, India; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Princes Town, Trinidad; Adelaide, South Australia, West Australia, Australia; San Fernando, California, Chicago, Illinois, United States; Manitoba, Canada; Durban, Pietermaritzburg, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa; Peking, Canton, China; London, England |
| Ports | Port of Spain; Trinidad; Hong Kong, China; Natal, South Africa; Calcutta, India |
| Nationality | British; Chinese; German; Indian; Australian |
| Ships | Moy; Rhine; Rhone; Volga; Hereford; Grecian; The Bruce; Ganges; Allanshaw; British Peer; Main; Avoea; Danube; Erne |
| People | Walpole, Horace; Mitchell, Charles; Broome, Sir Frederick Napier; Viscount Goderich (Robinson, Frederick John); Wingfield, Edward; Blake, Henry A; Lord Kimberley (Wodehouse, John) |
| Keywords | indentured labour, wages, plantation, murder, punishment, disease, clothing, loan, wreck, law, general report, welfare, interpretation, strike, expenses, leprosy, illness, health |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1893. Volume 1. Eastern, Australian and British Guiana Despatches Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1893. Volume 3. Agents, Individuals and Surgeons |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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