1. IOR/L/PJ/3/1096 No.75
- Reference (shelfmark):
- IOR/L/PJ/3/1096 No.75
- Title:
- 2128: Report by the President of the Sanitary Commission for Bengal on the subject of the great mortality which occurred on board certain ships conveying emigrants from Calcutta to British Guiana and Trinidad in 1864-1865, together with a copy of the connected correspondence
- Scope & Content:
- The collection includes a copy of the Public letter received from India, No.20 of 1866, dated 27 Mar 1866. The ships concerned were Athletœ, Clarence, Earl Russell, Golden South, Ganges, Fusilier, and Newcastle. The report concluded that the mortality was largely due to a fatal and infectiou...
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- May 1865-Mar 1866
- Extent:
- 1 file