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Description: Letters concerning the administration of migration to Australia and New Zealand, including the regulation of the bounty scheme, which helped those with certain required skills move to Australia.
Description: Includes several letters sent regarding conditions of ships and surgeons appointed to work on board emigration and convict ships. Most letters relate to the medical service and condition of the convict ship, 'Asia'. There are letters discussing wages earnt by surgeons, accommodation on board ship for passengers, as well as those appointed to select emigrants from British towns. There is also a letter relaying claims of women whose trunks had been lost on board the 'Lady McNaughton' emigrant ship. Other letters discuss sales of Crown lands in both Australia and New Zealand to compensate for the expense of sending emigrants to both. An index is included at the end of the volume.
Description: Letters mainly sent and received by the Australian Secretary of State, many of which refer to European applications to emigrate to the Australian colonies. There are many letters referring to particular ships, detailing their journey, the duration of the voyage and general conditions on board. Enquiries into free and assisted passage for labourers, teachers and family members of convicts transported to the Australian colonies feature frequently. Infringements of the Passengers' Act are also noted, as are returns of crown lands and deeds of land grants. References to the population of the gold field settlements of Australia are also made in several letters, with the wages earnt by emigrant workers listed, along with remarks upon samples sent to be exhibited at the Paris Exhibition.
Description: Letters mainly sent and received by the Australian Secretary of State, many of which refer to European applications to emigrate to the Australian colonies. Returns of land sales, deeds to allotments and purchase of crown lands are regularly discussed, as are enquiries into free and assisted passage. Other letters refer specifically to legislation passed to regulate and restrict immigration of Chinese labourers into Australia, particularly in New South Wales. Applications are also made by families of convicts already transported to Australia and there are several letters transmitting data on the population, employment, religious beliefs and other statistics from the Australian colonies.
Description: Letters concerning the administration of migration to Australia, with a particular focus on people leaving the highlands and islands of Scotland.