From the British Parliamentary Papers of 1839 II - Respecting Emigration to the Colonies

Fourth Enclosure in No. 1

Return of Ships and Passengers despatched for New South Wales by Government in the Year 1838

No.	Name of Ship	Place of Departure	Date of Sailing	Destination	Tonnage	No. of Adult Passengers	No. of Children between 14 and 7 Years	No. of Children under 7 Years	Total Number of Passengers
1	Duncan	Greenock	11 Jan	Sydney	542	123	62	75	260
2	Magistrate	Cork	8 Mar	"	518	183	31	58	272
3	Westminster	Gravesend	25 Mar	"	513	141	29	80	250
4	Lady Kennaway	Leith	18 Apr	"	583	146	45	92	283
5	Woodbridge	Gravesend	25 Apr	"	516	147	45	75	267
6	Palmyra	Gravesend	13 May	"	602	153	54	84	291
7	William Roger	Greenock	13 May	"	497	136	68	92	296
8	Parland	Londonderry	26 May	"	483	151	52	86	289
9	Mandarin	Belfast	10 June	"	424	145	36	97	278
10	Maitland	Gravesend	24 June	"	648	169	72	74	315
11	Calcutta	Cork	29 June	"	706	205	48	57	310
12	St. George	Oban	4 July	"	593	205	51	70	326
13	Lady Nugent	Gravesend	23 July	"	535	134	47	57	238
14	Boyne	Cromarty	31 Aug	"	619	158	60	67	285
15	Charles Kerr	Limerick	15 Sept	"	463	124	50	52	226
16	Asia	Cromarty	18 Sept	"	536	151	53	66	270
17	Lady M'Naghten	Cromarty	26 Sept	"	558	145	30	30	205
18	Susan	Londonderry	13 Oct	"	514	147	75	39	261
19	James Moran	Loch Broom	13 Oct	"	538	136	34	40	210
20	Juliana	Gravesend	20 Oct	"	549	142	48	53	243
21	British King	Tobermory	Oct	"	630	205	54	67	326
22	Prince Regent	Gravesend	2 Nov	"	527	129	57	48	234
23	Garrow	Belfast	9 Nov	"	475	151	52	29	232
24	Alquis	Cork	7 Dec	"	671	197	53	46	296

No. 12

Return of Twenty-four Ships (exclusive of the "John Barry"), being all, since the beginning of 1837, of which the particulars on arrival in the colony are yet reported; distinguishing those which have been filled by their own Surgeons Superintendent from those which have been filled by Selecting Officers at Home, and showing the Numbers embarked, and the Mortality in both classes.

Ships for which Selections were made by their own Surgeons Superintendent.

	Name of Ships	Embarked	Deaths
Year 1837	Adam Lodge	405	26
	Augusta Jessie	226	8
	Bussorah Merchant	293	58
	Layton	300	72
	Strathfieldsaye	295	35
	Orontes	220	13
Year 1838	Duncan	260	23
	Magistrate	272	11
	Westminster	250	10
	Parland	289	3
	Mandarin	278	11
	Calcutta	310	8
	Totals	3,398	278

Average number of Deaths per cent. 8.2

Average number of Deaths per cent. 5.9

Total Average of deaths per cent., without distinction of the officers by whom selections were made

In 1837 - 9.3 In 1838 - 5.6

N.B.-In this return the numbers embarked are taken from the official returns by the surgeon superintendent at the time of sailing; the numbers of deaths are taken from the returns made in the colony, by J.D. Pinnock, Esq., the agent for emigrants.

Copy of a Despatch from Governor Sir George Gipps to Lord Glenelg.

Government House, Sydney, 14 March 1839.

My Lord,

I have the honour to enclose herewith, for your Lordship's information, a return of the number of immigrants introduced into this colony on the bounty system during the year 1838, by which your Lordship will perceive that 557 men, 567 women, and 468 children have been introduced for the total sum of 22,071l.

For every 100 adults 41 children only have been introduced; whereas, in ships fitted out by the Government the corresponding number is 101 children for every 100 adults.

I have, &c.

(Signed) Geo. Gipps

A Return of Immigrants who arrived in the Colony of New South Wales on Government Bounty during the year 1838.

Name of Ship	Date of Arrival	Men	Women	Children	Total	Amount of Bounty £ s. d.
Duchess of Kent	5 Jan	1	1	-	2	30 - -
Augusta Jessie	19 Jan	2	2	-	4	60 - -
Minerva	23 Jan	45	42	34	121	1,410 - -
Spartan	31 Jan	7	5	4	16	175 - -
Siam	1 Feb	2	2	3	7	75 - -
Upton Castle	24 Feb	17	19	5	41	550 - -
Duchess of Northumberland	22 Apr	57	62	59	178	2,010 - -
Kinnear	23 Apr	8	8	19	35	357 - -
Amelia Thompson	1 July	55	52	39	146	2,151 - -
Florentia	3 Aug	3	7	1	11	145 - -
William Metcalfe	31 Aug	53	53	59	165	2,273 - -
Coromandel	2 Oct	85	91	89	265	3,683 - -
John M'Lellan	3 Oct	12	14	15	41	536 - -
Fairlie	6 Dec	84	72	15	171	2,913 - -
James Pattison	9 Dec	60	71	59	190	2,748 - -
Porland	22 Dec	75	75	77	227	3,262 - -
Laura	-	-	1	1	2	28 - -
	Total	566	577	479	1,622	22,406 - -

Immigration Office, Sydney, 5 February 1839.

J. Denham Pinnock, Agent for Immigration.

Return of Four last Government Ships which have sailed for New South Wales.

Name of Ship	Adults	Children over Seven	Children under Seven	Total
David Clarke	166	45	18	229
China	188	43	28	259
Florist	148	30	30	208
North Britain	191	54	39	284
Total	693	172	115	980

14 August 1839.

Return to an Address of the Honourable The House of Commons,

dated 9 July 1839;-for

No. 1

Return stating the Name and tonnage, according to the old mode of Admeasurement, of each Ship taken up by the Government, or by any Persons acting under its authority, for the Conveyance of Emigrants from any Port or Ports in the United Kingdom to Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales in the Year 1837; showing the Dates when, and the Port at which, each Vessel was taken up, her Age and Place where Built, where the Emigrants by each Ship were Embarked, the Name of the Owner and of the Broker or Agent making the Contract, and the Rate of Hire, per Old ton, paid in each Case; the Number of individuals embarked in each Ship, specifying how many were Infants under One Year old, how many from One to Seven years old, how many from Seven to Fourteen Years old, and how many of each Sex above that Age, and the Aggregate Number of Deaths, distinguishing Adults from children, which took place on board each Vessel during the Voyage; the Name of the Surgeon Supertendent[sic] of each Vessel, and the Aggregate Amount paid to him for his entire Services, specifying in each Case the particulars constituting such Amount: also, the Aggregate Cost of the Victualling, Equipment, Contingencies, and entire Expenditure as respects each Ship, independent of the Hire or Freight thereof.

No. 1.-Return of Freights, and other Particulars connected with the Hiring of Government Emigrant Ships, 1837, 1838, and 1839.

No. 2

A similar Return, so far as the same can be made out, as respects all the Vessels taken up by Government for the same Service in 1838.

No. 2-Return of the Number of Passengers, and the Mortality, in Government Emigrant Ships, 1837, 1838, and 1839.

No. 3

A similar Return, so Far as the same can be made out, as respects the Ships which have been taken up by Government for the same Service during the present Year.

No. 3.-Return of the Expenses of Government Emigrant Ships, 1837 and 1838.

(No. 4 is an account of the money paid to the Selecting Officers for their expenses and is not included.)

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