Barracks Master's Book
Maker
Napier Immigration Office
Production date
Jan 1873-Dec 1883
Object detail
Brief Description
Book, The Barracks Master's Book, Napier Barracks, 1873.
When immigration passengers arrived at Napier they stayed at the Immigration Barracks which were originally the Military Barracks on Napier Hill. The barracks were located across the road from the Botanical Gardens.
The Barrack's Masters' Book names the immigrants, their ages, defines each as either an adult or child, country they had set sail from, occupation, name of employer in Hawke's Bay, residence in Hawke's Bay, rate of wages, date of arrival to the barracks, date of leaving the barracks and any remarks.
The following vessels along with the passengers are found in the book:
Chile, January 1873
Jesse Redman, January 1873
Douglas, October 1873
E P Bororenie, October 1873
Hovding, December 1873
Queen of the North, February 1874
Inverene, March 1874
Shiehallien, May 1874
Halcione, July 1874
Winchester, July 1874
Helen Denny, October 1874
Bebington, November 1874
Clarence, January 1875
Defiance, January 1875
Hudson, February 1875
Fritz Reuter, March 1875
Countess of Kintore, June 1875
Friedeburg, August 1875
Helen Denny, September 1875
Inverness, November 1875
Hudson, February 1876
Bebington, August 1876
Inverness, October 1876
Waitara, December 1876
Fernglen, March 1877
Columbus, August 1877
Mataura, November 1877
Renfrewshire, January 1878
Gainsborough, March 1878
City of Auckland, October 1878
Adamant, January 1879
Hudson to Wellington, March 1879
Stad Haarlem, April 1879
Orari, August 1879
Rakaia, September 1879
May Queen, November 1879
Earle Granville, March 1880
Geraldine Paget, June 1880
Hermione (no date)
ex Rangitikei, May 1883
ex Westmouth, November 1883
ex Ionic, November 1883
British King, December 1883
When immigration passengers arrived at Napier they stayed at the Immigration Barracks which were originally the Military Barracks on Napier Hill. The barracks were located across the road from the Botanical Gardens.
The Barrack's Masters' Book names the immigrants, their ages, defines each as either an adult or child, country they had set sail from, occupation, name of employer in Hawke's Bay, residence in Hawke's Bay, rate of wages, date of arrival to the barracks, date of leaving the barracks and any remarks.
The following vessels along with the passengers are found in the book:
Chile, January 1873
Jesse Redman, January 1873
Douglas, October 1873
E P Bororenie, October 1873
Hovding, December 1873
Queen of the North, February 1874
Inverene, March 1874
Shiehallien, May 1874
Halcione, July 1874
Winchester, July 1874
Helen Denny, October 1874
Bebington, November 1874
Clarence, January 1875
Defiance, January 1875
Hudson, February 1875
Fritz Reuter, March 1875
Countess of Kintore, June 1875
Friedeburg, August 1875
Helen Denny, September 1875
Inverness, November 1875
Hudson, February 1876
Bebington, August 1876
Inverness, October 1876
Waitara, December 1876
Fernglen, March 1877
Columbus, August 1877
Mataura, November 1877
Renfrewshire, January 1878
Gainsborough, March 1878
City of Auckland, October 1878
Adamant, January 1879
Hudson to Wellington, March 1879
Stad Haarlem, April 1879
Orari, August 1879
Rakaia, September 1879
May Queen, November 1879
Earle Granville, March 1880
Geraldine Paget, June 1880
Hermione (no date)
ex Rangitikei, May 1883
ex Westmouth, November 1883
ex Ionic, November 1883
British King, December 1883
Production date
Jan 1873-Dec 1883
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Leather corners and spine; linen cover; handwritten in ink on paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 390 x 270mm
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject period
Subject date
Jan 1873-Dec 1883
Other number(s)
69012
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