Author: Stephen Walcott
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Description: Copies of out-letters, mostly sent to the Colonial Office, on the subject of migration to Natal. The correspondence broadly covers land grants and land sale in Natal, religious instruction, education, the hire of migrant ships, and assorted financial questions. An index of out-letters is provided. Also included are printed regulations, a pamphlet of 'Information for Emigrants', a list of agents, a map of Natal, documents related to individual voyages, and a memorandum of 'Complaints of Emigrants defrauded by Mr Murdoch'.
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Description: Copies of out-letters sent to colonial governments, largely concerning the hire and dispatch of migrant ships, the payment of various sums, remittances, the conduct of ships' officers, the confiscation of food items from migrants at Plymouth, and other financial matters. An index is included at the start of the volume.
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Description: Letters refer specifically to 'coolie' ships and emigrants travelling from Madras to Mauritius and Natal. Surgeon appointed to work on board these ships, general treatment of indentured labourers and the inferior clothing issued to them are also remarked upon. An index is featured at the back, detailing letters sent by colony.
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Description: Letters refer to duties to be carried out by Emigration Agents to ensure to wellbeing of passengers, and the transportation of liberated Africans. Some printed items related to the correspondence are included here, such as copies of instructions given to government Emigration Agents for Sierra Leone and other foreign colonies, and Certificates of Naval Officers. An index is included at the end of the volume.
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Description: Letters refer to the chartering of various emigrant vessels, mostly to Australian and Canadian provinces, 'coolie' ships and the payment of bounty for single, female emigrants.
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Description: Letters refer to emigration and the transport of goods to the West Indies, British Guiana and other colonies. The appointments, approval and employment of surgeons on board emigrant ships are also topics of discussion, along with the transport of liberated Africans from the West Indies, often to Jamaica. Many letters include enclosures such as victualling lists and scales for African ships.
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Description: Letters refer to 'coolie' emigration and the charter parties scheduled to transport Indian emigrants to the provinces of British Guiana and Trinidad, the costs involved in such schemes, and surgeons appointed on board. An index is included at the end of the volume.
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Description: Copies of out-letters sent to colonial governments on the subject of indentured labour, largely concerning the hire and dispatch of migrant ships, the appointment of officers, journey conditions, and the payment of various sums, including wages and bounties. An index is included at the end of the volume.
Author: Great Britain. Public Record Office
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Pages : 392
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Author: Stephen Walcott
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Description: Copies of out-letters sent to the governments of Britain's Antipodean colonies, largely concerning the dispatch of migrant ships sent out from Britain, the appointment of officers, conditions on board migrant ships, compliance with regulations, the lack of female migrants, the payment of various sums, remittances, questions relating to individual passengers, eligibility to migrate, and migrants' journeys to their ports of departure. An index is included at the start of the volume.
