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32 EMIGRANT-SHIP MATRONS.
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This Is Not To Be A Paper On Emigration....
putation it would involve an outlay of between three and four hundred Seventeen pounds . matrons were ted on the recommendation of this accep
society during" the first year of its operations , and an earnest hope expressed from the and Jirst that that the the services should of be reall undertaken y respectable simp persons lwith
mi a view ght be of secured acting ? as matron , without voyage the intention of remaining y in the colony . A modest desire certainly , when we consider the amount of
salary offered . government Up to November emigrants , 1852 had , fift been y-two visited thousand at various three p hundred orts ; book and s and one
work women g , iven throug , and h the hosp agency ital bags and at supp the dem lied sole and for expense the use of that thi of s m society arried and .
the The outlay incurred necessary in to behalf meet of thi private s emigrants during , quite exhausted year , the expenses fundsandafter an ineffectual appeal to the public for support ,
an app l lication of , materials , was made for to loym Her ent Majesty and ' for s Commissioner the hospital s bags , for . the A
tender suppy being offered by the emp commissioners , , it was gratefully accepted by the committeewho entered into a contract for six months to
, important supply the an requsite item the amount government of materi work als ultimatel at a specified y proved sum . may How be
amount gathered of from £ 2006 the 9 fact s . The that nature in 1855 and , contents bags were of supp these lied bag to s the ( so
called by courtesy , , for in reality they are stout deal boxes ) will be seen by the accompanying list .
BRITISH LADIES' FEMALE EMIGRANT SOCIETY .
the Box emi of grants Materials , per , the placed ship in charge , for of the matron , from , Mrs . . , for the use 185 of
ibalf Bag Bag A . , ( half Hosp the ital . quantity ) Each . whole Two cotton Bag containing shifts . Two the short following night articles gowns _. ; 3 iwideTwo nightTwo
gowns white One colored . skirts flannel Three . -wrapp . One ditto ing dozen caps gown . diapers , Two If yards . ditto Three long blankets , infants . ' . Two shirts ditto , Two rollers caps ditto . . bed One
square print five Ba Bag g , lbs . half B Five . white the ( Work lbs quantity knitting . . ) patchwork Each . cotton Sixty whole . - Two five ( _Nos Bag yards yards containing 18 and calico canvas 12 . . the ) , Ei for Two folio ghty samp - lbs wing -nine . lers fleecy artiples yards . Twenty knitting cotton ; half
papers white wool . . and . One Half lb . crochet lb worsted . best cotton black . One . sewing Two lb . white . lbs cotton . assorted darning . Three best cotjxm lbs sewing , . , India assorted cotton middling black , in i , . grey
sewing knitting Half , lb needles . whit ins ( e . Nos and Two . 15 bl hundred and ack 17 thread . ) assorted Thirty . One _crochet darning thousand needles needles assorted , . loop Two ing best . gross Half London best lb .
mixed pins p , short whites . Half _gross assorted hooks and eyes . Twelve
32 Emigrant-Ship Matrons.
32 EMIGRANT-SHIP MATRONS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1860, page 32, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031860/page/32/
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