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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1875. Volume 2. Despatches: British Guiana |
| Date | 5 Jan 1875 - 22 Apr 1876 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/106 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence |
| Description | Despatches from British Guiana regarding the arrival of, shipping and the condition of immigrants mainly from India and St Lucia. |
| 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 |
| Country (from) | St. Lucia |
| Country (to) | British Guiana |
| Places | Demerara, British Guiana; Barbados |
| Ports | Calcutta, Bombay, India; Georgetown, British Guiana |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ships | Syria; Ailsa; Dacca; Rohilla; Linguist; Artist; Forfarshire; Atlanta |
| People | Baron Pauncefote (Pauncefote, Sir Julian); Earl Carnarvon (Herbert, Henry Howard Molyneux); Herbert, Sir Robert G W |
| Keywords | emigration, government, finance, assisted migration, supplies, ships, employment, agent, women, labour, crime |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1875. Volume 1. Despatches: Windward Islands, Leeward Islands, Trinidad, Jamaica and Miscellaneous Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1875. Volume 3. Offices and Individuals |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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