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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1895 and January to March 1896. Volume 3. Agents, Individuals and Surgeons |
| Date | 4 Jan 1895 - 9 Mar 1896 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/193 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence |
| Description | Despatches and Surgeon Superintendent reports on the transportation of Indian indentured labourers to and from the West Indies. Includes details on the conditions Indian labourers experienced, provisions and the management of large numbers of passengers. Also includes details about fraudulent emigration schemes to Canada and the US. |
| 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; Journey Conditions; Ships and Shipping Lines |
| Country (from) | India; Trinidad |
| Country (to) | St Lucia; Jamaica; Fiji; British Guiana; India; Burma; Mauritius |
| Places | Montreal, Quebec, Canada; |
| Ports | Demerara, British Guiana; Calcutta, India; Natal, South Africa |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ships | Volga; Elbe; Grecian; Hereford; Bann; Mersey; Jumna; Forth; Erme; SS Virawa; Vancouver; Luna; Brenda; Jura; Rhine; Sheila; Ava; Ganges; Avoca; Ems; Rhone; Vadala; SS Pongola; Lena |
| People | Israil, Mohammed; Meade, Sir Robert; Rendall, Dr Percy S; Stewart, A C; Kenny, Dr William; Oliver, Dr Stuart; Ireland, Dr J S A |
| Keywords | government, legislation, Coolie, birth, vaccination, shipping, shipwreck, journey conditions, health and sickness, medical staff, surgeon, death, leprosy, lunacy, children, exploitation, fraud, crime, provisions, food, agent, labourer, disease, Union Steam Ship Company |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1895 and January to March 1896. Volume 1 Emigration (and Coolie Immigration) 1895 and January to March 1896. Volume 2. Correspondence – Secretary of State. Despatches: Trinidad. Offices and Companies |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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