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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1879. Volume 5. Agents, Individuals and Surgeons |
| Date | 1879 Jan-24 Jan 1880 |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Manuscript |
| Reference | CO 384/126 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | War and Colonial Department and Colonial Office: Emigration Original Correspondence. |
| Description | Correspondence between the British Government and emigration and immigration agents in the Colonies, as well as surgeons on board ships and individuals. Much of the material consists of reports, returns and requests for free or assisted passage, and general administration such as staff appointments, funding and legislation, and there is also material regarding the health and welfare of indentured workers travelling between the Colonies. |
| 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) | Departures: Port Conditions and Organisation; Politics, Legislation and Governance; Journey Conditions; Remigration |
| Country (from) | Great Britain; Fiji; British Guiana; India; Trinidad; St Helena; Jamaica; St Vincent; Australia; New Zealand; Ireland; South Africa; Guadalupe; Surinam; Brazil; Argentina; Grenada; Malaysia; Singapore; United States of America |
| Country (to) | Fiji; British Guiana; India; Trinidad; St Helena; Jamaica; St Vincent; Australia; New Zealand; Ireland; South Africa; Guadalupe; Surinam; Brazil; Argentina; Grenada; Malaysia; Singapore; United States of America |
| Places | Demerara; British Guiana; Cape of Good Hope, Durban, South Africa; Pernambuco, Bahia, Brazil; Wellington, New Zealand; Bengal, Darjeeling, India; Kittoland, Argentina; Yanuca Lailai, Fiji; |
| Ports | Calcutta, Madras, India; Southampton, London, Liverpool, England; Natal, South Africa; Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana |
| Nationality | English; Irish; Welsh; Indian; Scottish; Polynesian; Chinese; Dutch; African; German; Argentinian |
| Ships | Leonidas; Lightning; Sheila; Silhet; Artist; Jura; Brenda; Ailsa; Plassy; Chalgrove; Paiko; Nubian; Dublin Castle; Lapland; Asiatic; Durban; African; Conway Castle; Nyanza; Anglian; Balmoral Castle; German; Goa; Neva; Aratoon Apcar; Hastings; Lenobua; Bann; Newcastle; Poonah; Malabar; Cheetah; Orient; Pandora; Lassa; Ellora; North; Suffolk; Blue Jacket; Hamilla Mitchell; White Eagle; Queen of the East; Gipsy Bride; Gitana; Ganges; Clarence; Wellesley; Enmore; Rohilla; St Kilda; Aldergrove; Fyzabad; Cawnpore; Buxar; Benares; Banda; Dinapore; Allahabad; Ghazeepore; Arrah; Monghyr; Bankipore; Azimgurh; Goruckpore; Mirzapore; Eliza Stewart; Eliza; Clarendon; Bucephalus; Shand; Scindian; Arabia; Eveline; Morayshire; Brechin Castle; British Trident; Arima; Atalanta; Harkaway; Royal Mail Steamer; Jumna; Howrah |
| People | Lord Cadogan (Cadogan, George Henry); Earl St Aldwyn (Hicks Beach, Sir Michael); Marquis of Salisbury (Gascoyne-Cecil, Robert); Crosby, James |
| Keywords | surgeon, Coolie, health, illness, hospital, journey conditions, rations, compounders, nominated system, provisions, sugar, labour, labourers, free passage, assisted passage, cholera, wages, female Thiers' Automatic Ventilator, cotton, Lascar |
| Language | English |
| Document(s) linked to |
Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1879. Volume 1. Eastern, Australian and Miscellaneous Despatches Emigration (including Coolie Immigration), 1879. Volume 2. British Guiana and Jamaica Despatches Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1879. Volume 3. Despatches: Trinidad, Windward and Leeward Islands Emigration (and Coolie Immigration), 1879. Volume 4. Offices (except Agents) and Companies |
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