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Emigrant Ships To The West Indies in The 1850s From British Parliamentary Papers, 1856 XXIV [2089],393
Return of Ships and Emigrants despatched from Calcutta to the West Indies
during the Seasons 1854-55 and 1855-56.
British Guiana
|
Ship
|
Sailing Date |
Date of Arr. |
Days |
Numbers Embarked
|
Births |
Deaths |
No.
Landed
|
|
Adults
|
Child
under 14
|
Inf. |
Total |
|
M
|
F
|
M
|
F
|
| Henry Moore |
27 Sept 1854 |
30 Dec 1854 |
94
|
289
|
52
|
15
|
4
|
11
|
371
|
2
|
9
|
364
|
| Southampton |
3 Nov " |
29 Jan 1855 |
86
|
289
|
54
|
8
|
6
|
5
|
362
|
2
|
4
|
361
|
| Bellairs |
18 Nov " |
18 Feb " |
92
|
207
|
36
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
263
|
-
|
3
|
260
|
| Assaye |
22 Dec " |
20 Mar " |
88
|
301
|
38
|
8
|
5
|
11
|
363
|
-
|
19
|
344
|
| Devonshire |
10 Jan 1855 |
13 Apr " |
93
|
254
|
55
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
327
|
-
|
9
|
318
|
| Royal George |
31 Jan " |
9 May " |
98
|
210
|
35
|
14
|
1
|
11
|
271
|
-
|
9
|
262
|
| Thetis |
10 Feb " |
19 May " |
98
|
176
|
54
|
10
|
3
|
10
|
253
|
-
|
9
|
241
|
| Apolline |
27 Feb " |
14 June " |
107
|
144
|
25
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
173
|
1
|
1
|
173
|
|
Total
|
1,870
|
349
|
69
|
33
|
61
|
2,383
|
6
|
63
|
2,326
|
| *Canning |
18 Oct 1855 |
- |
- |
212
|
76
|
15
|
9
|
8
|
320
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
| *Empress Eugenie |
3 Dec " |
- |
- |
214
|
80
|
8
|
4
|
9
|
315
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
| *Thomas Hamlin |
16 Feb 1856 |
- |
- |
211
|
88
|
25
|
7
|
10
|
341
|
.
|
.
|
.
|
| * Taken up by Mr Caird in India |
|
| Emigration Commission
8, Park Street, Westminster, 7th April 1855.
|
S. Walcott, Secretary.
|
Appendix No. 22
Return of Ships and Emigrants despatched from Calcutta to the West Indies
during the Season 1855-56.
Trinidad
| Ship |
Date of Sailing |
Date of Arrival |
No of Days on
the Voyage |
Numbers embarked |
Births on the
Voyage |
Deaths on the
Voyage |
No. landed |
| Adults |
Children under
10 yrs |
Infants |
Total |
| M |
F |
M |
F |
| |
1855 |
| *Scindian |
16 Dec |
- |
- |
177 |
64 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
267 |
- |
- |
- |
| |
1856 |
| Agincourt |
19 Jan |
- |
- |
261 |
76 |
14 |
13 |
10 |
374 |
- |
- |
- |
| * Taken up by Mr. Caird in India |
. |
| Emigration Commission,
8, Park Street, Westminster, 7th April 1856.
|
S. Walcott, Secretary.
|
Appendix No. 63.
List of the Chinese Labourers imported at the Havana, with the Dates,
Names of Vessels, and Consignees.
| Dates of Arrivals |
Vessels' Names |
Where from |
Consignees |
Ship's Tonnage |
No of Asiatics |
Remarks |
| Spanish |
British |
Portuguese |
American |
| 1847 |
| June 3 |
Oquendo |
Amoy |
Arrietta |
350
|
-
|
-
|
- |
200
|
The Coolies by the "Blenheim" and "Panama" got intermixed
at the Quarantine ground, and could not be separated afterwards; there
were originally on board the two vessels 803, so that 323 died! Of
the "Gertrude's" 452 died! Of the "Medina's" 50 died, 3 of "Inchinnan's,"
56 of the "Sopho's," and 3 to 5 per cent. of the rest by British vessels.
|
| July 20 |
Duke of Argyle |
Do. |
Peñasco |
-
|
629
|
-
|
- |
400
|
| 1853 |
| Mar 10 |
Blenheim |
Do. |
Villoldo & Co |
-
|
808
|
-
|
- |
480
|
| Mar 14 |
Panama |
Do. |
Do. |
-
|
522
|
-
|
- |
| " |
Gertrude |
Do. |
Do. |
-
|
605
|
-
|
- |
198
|
| Mar 30 |
Inchinnan |
Do. |
Do. |
-
|
565
|
-
|
- |
335
|
| Apr 17 |
Sophia |
Macao |
Pereda & Co |
-
|
-
|
240
|
- |
233
|
| Apr 21 |
Lady Amherst |
Amoy |
Villoldo & Co |
-
|
440
|
-
|
- |
225
|
| May 2 |
Viagente |
Macao |
Pereda & Co |
-
|
-
|
376
|
- |
249
|
| May 11 |
Sir Thos. Gresham |
Amoy |
Villoldo & Co |
-
|
594
|
-
|
- |
320
|
| May 22 |
Columbus |
Do. |
Do. |
-
|
408
|
-
|
- |
266
|
| June 27 |
Bella Gallega |
Do. |
Pereda & Co. |
800
|
-
|
-
|
- |
381
|
| Aug 30 |
Sappho |
Do. |
Villoldo & Co |
-
|
446
|
-
|
- |
194
|
| Sept 1 |
Medina |
Do. |
Do. |
-
|
960
|
-
|
- |
380
|
| 1854 |
| May 18 |
Menzies |
Sivatao |
Pereda & Co |
-
|
448
|
-
|
- |
299
|
| May 23 |
Emigrante |
Macao |
Do. |
-
|
-
|
630
|
- |
539
|
|
| 1855 |
. |
. |
. |
.
|
.
|
.
|
. |
.
|
|
| Apr 8 |
Bella Gallega |
Sivatao |
Do. |
433
|
-
|
-
|
- |
396
|
|
| Apr 23 |
Roxburgh Castle |
Amoy |
Do. |
-
|
1,121
|
-
|
- |
575
|
|
| May 30 |
Carpentaria |
Sivatao |
Do. |
-
|
1,460
|
-
|
- |
704
|
|
| June 30 |
Martin Luther |
Do. |
Do. |
-
|
1,241
|
-
|
- |
577
|
|
| July 22 |
Hound |
Macao |
Do. |
-
|
-
|
-
|
713
|
228
|
|
| July 24 |
Sky Lark |
Sivatao |
Do. |
-
|
-
|
-
|
1,200
|
532
|
|
|
Total
|
7,711
|
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New York Times, June 6, 1853 submitted by Harry Dodsworth
On the 22nd inst. [May], the British ship
Columbus, [captain] HOLTON, arrived at this port [Havana], 135 days from
Amoa and St. Helena, with 266 Asiatic colonists on board - 36 deceased
on the voyage. By the previous vessel, which arrived on the 10th inst.,
but
one died, and two jumped overboard and were lost. The whole number of
coolies shipped for account of VILOLDO, WARDROF & Co., 2,315; died on the voyage,
233; and received at Havana, 1,982 - the greatest mortality having been
on board of the ship Gertrude, Capt. Campbell, - 146 deaths out of 299 -
arrived the 14th of February last.
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