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26 EMIGRANT-SHIP MATRONS.
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This Is Not To Be A Paper On Emigration....
Destination . 1858 . Women . New SouthWales . 3519
Victoria . . . . . . . . . . . 8 , , 716 SouthAustralia . . , . . 1965
. . , Western Australia . . . . . 180 Tasmania . . . . . . 207
New Zealand ... ... 2 , 495 Total . . 48 , 939
On the 1 st January , 1858 , the Emigration Commissioners report South £ 33 , 700 . Wales as being the * in amount their hands at their and disposal applicable for to emi emi gration gration to to New Vic-;
toria at the same date being £ 53 , 000 ; the balance in hand for that emigration the to South gran Australi ts themselves a also paid amounted £ 5580 to , and £ 5 , the 800 colonies . During
reyear , mitted the following suins for emigration purposes . New South Wales „ £ 91013
. . , Victoria . . . . 79 , 449 Soutli Australia . . . 51 , 826
The Cape . . . . 19 , 441 Natal . . . . 1 , 690
salaries Beside of s all Emi this gration , the Commissioners home government and voted their permanent £ 6 , 820 , " for estab the - t
lishment , the contingent expenses of their office , including the siofficers also pends vo of ted and the during their emigrant the establishments s same ' chap year lains for a and t the the contingent depots salaries . " of £ expenses 3 the , 518 emi more gration at w the as
oat-posts concerned , viz . London , Liverpool , Plymouth , and Southampton . funds at the
We make no comments , the liberal nature of the t o th posa e l at ience the of commissioners our readers , we will proceed be seen to at state a g , lance that . taking Trusting six
consecut p ive ships we have the voyages performed to the three undermentioned ports in the following number of days .
"Victoria . South _Australia ., _JSTeiv Soitt 7 i TVaZes . 92 100 . 118
77 102 108 120 73 91 9 7 74 105
108 103 113 86 123 97
government We are happy emigrant to bear shi testimony which may to in the a great general measure health be iness attri of
buted to the Passenger Act ps , , passed in 1855 , by which ample space ventilation
Dr is afforded . Normand for y's all distilling , and provision _apioaratus made has for also light been and introduced , and .
26 Emigrant-Ship Matrons.
26 EMIGRANT-SHIP MATRONS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1860, page 26, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031860/page/26/
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