Between 1879 and 1916, a total of 42 ships made 87 voyages, carrying Indian indentured labourers to Fiji. Initially the ships brought labourers from Calcutta, but from 1903 all ships except two also brought labourers from Madras and Mumbai. A total of 60,965 passengers left India but only 60,553 (including births at sea) arrived in Fiji. A total of 45,439 boarded ships in Calcutta and 15,114 in Madras. Sailing ships took, on average, seventy-three days for the trip while steamers took 30 days. The shipping companies associated with the labour trade were Nourse Line and British-India Steam Navigation Company.
The most important man on these ships was the Surgeon-Superintendent, who supervised the medical care, ventilation, clothing, cleanliness and exercise of the passengers and his authority extended over the Captain. He inspected the stores before departure and reported on any defects during the trip. The Surgeon-Superintendent also intervened to prevent passengers from being mistreated by the crew. He was paid a bonus for each labourer landed alive.
List of shipsEdit
The table below provides details of the 87 voyages made by the 40 ships that brought Indian Indentured Labourers to Fiji. Of these ships, 27 were sailing ships and 13 were steam ships.
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This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources List of Indian indenture ships to Fiji news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Between 1879 and 1916 a total of 42 ships made 87 voyages carrying Indian indentured labourers to Fiji Initially the ships brought labourers from Calcutta but from 1903 all ships except two also brought labourers from Madras and Mumbai A total of 60 965 passengers left India but only 60 553 including births at sea arrived in Fiji A total of 45 439 boarded ships in Calcutta and 15 114 in Madras Sailing ships took on average seventy three days for the trip while steamers took 30 days The shipping companies associated with the labour trade were Nourse Line and British India Steam Navigation Company The most important man on these ships was the Surgeon Superintendent who supervised the medical care ventilation clothing cleanliness and exercise of the passengers and his authority extended over the Captain He inspected the stores before departure and reported on any defects during the trip The Surgeon Superintendent also intervened to prevent passengers from being mistreated by the crew He was paid a bonus for each labourer landed alive List of ships EditThe table below provides details of the 87 voyages made by the 40 ships that brought Indian Indentured Labourers to Fiji Of these ships 27 were sailing ships and 13 were steam ships Name of Ship Date of Arrival Registered Numbers Number of ArrivalsLeonidas Leonidas 14 May 1879 00001 1 463 463Berar Berar 29 June 1882 00464 464 887 424Poonah Poonah 17 September 1882 00888 888 1364 477Poonah Poonah 19 June 1883 01365 1365 1860 496Bayard Bayard 20 August 1883 01861 1861 2354 494Syria Syria 14 May 1884 02355 2355 2792 438Howrah Howrah 26 June 1884 02793 2793 3287 495Pericles Pericles 3 July 1884 03288 3288 3748 461Newnham SS Newnham 23 July 1884 03749 3749 4323 575Main Main 30 April 1885 04324 4324 5048 725Ganges II Ganges 27 June 1885 05049 5049 5571 523Boyne Boyne 26 April 1886 05572 5572 6108 537Bruce Bruce 21 May 1886 06109 6109 6566 458Hereford Hereford 24 April 1888 06567 6567 7105 539Moy Moy 3 May 1889 07106 7106 7782 677Rhone Rhone 15 May 1890 07783 7783 8367 585Allan Shaw Allan Shaw 17 June 1890 08368 8368 8940 573Danube Danube 15 June 1891 08941 8941 9531 591Jumna Jumna 27 June 1891 09532 9532 9978 447British Peer British Peer 23 April 1892 09979 9979 10505 527Avon Avon 5 May 1892 10506 10506 11025 520Hereford Hereford 15 June 1892 11026 11026 11504 479Moy Moy 14 April 1893 11505 11505 11971 467Jumna Jumna 23 May 1893 11972 11972 12281 310Ems Ems 20 April 1894 12282 12282 12851 570Hereford Hereford 28 June 1894 12852 12852 13362 511Vadala SS Vadala 26 March 1895 13363 13363 14109 747Virawa SS Virawa 26 April 1895 14110 14110 14786 677Erne Erne 24 April 1896 14787 14787 15343 557Elbe Elbe 13 June 1896 15344 15344 15958 615Rhone Rhone 11 May 1897 15959 15959 16611 653Clyde Clyde 1 June 1897 16612 16612 17281 670Moy Moy 1 June 1898 17282 17282 17849 568Avon Avon 25 July 1899 17850 17850 18316 467Ganges II Ganges 3 September 1899 18317 18317 18780 464Ganges II Ganges 21 June 1900 18781 18781 19334 554Elbe Elbe 26 July 1900 19335 19335 19938 604Arno Arno 23 July 1900 19939 19939 20565 627Rhine Rhine 30 August 1900 20566 20566 21056 491Fazilka SS Fazilka 28 March 1901 21057 21057 21860 804Fultala SS Fultala 12 May 1901 21861 21861 22669 809Fazilka SS Fazilka 18 June 1901 22670 22670 23445 776Virawa SS Virawa 26 April 1902 23446 23446 24163 718Fazilka SS Fazilka 20 June 1902 24164 24164 25003 840Mersey Mersey 13 June 1903 25004 25004 25588 585Elbe Elbe 5 August 1903 25589 25589 26178 590Arno Arno 4 September 1903 26179 26179 26812 634Arno Arno 3 May 1904 26813 26813 27443 631Ems Ems 30 July 1904 27444 27444 27969 526Fultala SS Fultala 10 April 1905 27970 27970 28796 827Virawa SS Virawa 17 July 1905 28797 28797 29411 615Wardha SS Wardha 28 July 1905 29412 29412 30303 892Fultala SS Fultala 17 August 1905 30304 30304 31093 790Fazilka SS Fazilka 17 April 1906 31094 31094 31974 881Fultala SS Fultala 28 April 1906 31975 31975 32775 801Wardha SS Wardha 28 June 1906 32776 32776 33609 834Fazilka SS Fazilka 28 January 1907 33610 33610 34484 875Virawa SS Virawa 23 March 1907 34485 34485 35243 759Fazilka SS Fazilka 25 April 1907 35244 35244 36039 796Sangola SS Sangola 18 March 1908 36040 36040 37171 1132Sangola SS Sangola 6 June 1908 37172 37172 38257 1086Sangola SS Sangola 1 February 1909 38258 38258 39409 1152Sangola SS Sangola 21 April 1909 39410 39410 40076 667Sangola SS Sangola 7 March 1910 40077 40077 41002 926Santhia SS Santhia 22 April 1910 41003 41003 42023 1021Sangola SS Sangola 5 June 1910 42024 42024 42892 869Santhia SS Santhia 8 July 1910 42893 42893 43922 1030Mutlah SS Mutlah 22 May 1911 43923 43923 44756 834Sutlej SS Sutlej 25 June 1911 44757 44757 45606 850Ganges SS Ganges 22 July 1911 45607 45607 46466 860Mutlah SS Mutlah 18 August 1911 46467 46467 47329 863Sutlej SS Sutlej 4 October 1911 47330 47330 48140 811Sutlej SS Sutlej 27 April 1912 48141 48141 48997 857Indus SS Indus 8 June 1912 48998 48998 49801 804Ganges SS Ganges 18 July 1912 49802 49802 50644 843Ganges SS Ganges 8 November 1912 50645 50645 51490 846Ganges SS Ganges 21 February 1913 51491 51491 52261 771Sutlej SS Sutlej 11 April 1913 52262 52262 53069 808Ganges SS Ganges 29 May 1913 53070 53070 53917 848Ganges SS Ganges 9 September 1913 53918 53918 54701 784Chenab SS Chenab 24 March 1914 54702 54702 55556 855Chenab SS Chenab 16 June 1914 55557 55557 56273 717Mutlah SS Mutlah 7 May 1915 56274 56274 57125 852Ganges SS Ganges 21 June 1915 57126 57126 57971 846Mutlah SS Mutlah 1 August 1915 57972 57972 58783 812Chenab SS Chenab 1 September 1916 58784 58784 59665 882Sutlej SS Sutlej 11 November 1916 59666 59666 60553 888Notes Edit The number following the name of the ship denotes the voyage number to Fiji SS in front of the name of the ship denotes that it was a steam ship From 1905 all ships were steam ships See also EditColonial Sugar Refining Company Fiji Fiji sugar industry Indian indenture system Repatriation of indentured Indians from Fiji Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of Indian indenture ships to Fiji amp oldid 1154762624, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
