Register, List of Applications for Immigrant Servants

Object detail

Brief Description
Undated book listing applications made to the Immigration Office at Napier for servants arriving on a variety of ships. Categories to be filled include: the first name and surname of the applicant; the address of the applicant; rate of wages; name of person engaged; number in barrack master's register; and remarks. Among the ships referred to in the book are: British King; Ionic; Westland; Rangitikei; Adamant; City of Auckland; Renfrewshire; and Fernglen. While the book is undated, these ships arrived in Hawke's Bay primarily in the 1870s and 1880s.

Also in the book is a loose sheet entitled: et Ionic, possible dated 1883. It includes a list of women's names, with their age and remarks.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Card cover with cloth binding on the spine. Blue paper pages with black and red ink printing and mostly blue ink handwriting, though there is some black ink and pencil.
Measurements
Length x Width: 335 x 215mm
Other number(s)
65441

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