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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1884. Volume 6. Agents (Except Crown Agents), Individuals and Surgeons |
| Date | 4 Jan 1884 - 14 Feb 1885 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/153 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence |
| Description | Despatches from the Colonial offices of Hong Kong, Mauritius, Fiji, Straits Settlements, Jamaica, British Guiana, India and Natal. Documents cover female domestic service, state aided emigration, the scarcity of women migrants, invalid and insane indentured labourers, the need for further recruitment of indentured labourers, expenditure of agencies, the erection of depots and individual correspondence regarding colonial migration. |
| 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) | India; China; Ireland; Great Britain |
| Country (to) | Fiji; St Lucia; South Africa; British Guiana; Mauritius; Jamaica; Mauritius; Mexico; Canada |
| Ports | Calcutta, India; Natal, South Africa; Hong Kong, China |
| Nationality | Irish; Indian; Chinese |
| Ships | Duke of Argyll; Syria; Bruce; Poonah; Foyle; Sheila |
| People | Bramston, Sir John; Meade, Sir Robert Henry; Herbert, Sir Robert G W; Earl of Derby (Stanley, Sir Edward Henry); Wingfield, Edward |
| Keywords | emigration, government, finance, assisted migration, supplies, ships, employment, agent, women, labour, port, employment, living conditions, education, death, domestic service |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1884. Volume 1. Eastern and Australian Despatches Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1884. Volume 2. British Guiana and Trinidad Despatches Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1884. Volume 3. Jamaica and Windward Islands Despatches Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1884. Volume 4. Correspondence, Original, Secretary of State. Despatches: Leeward Islands and Miscellaneous. Foreign Office Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1884. Volume 5. Offices, Companies and Crown Agents |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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