Guide to the Records of the Aborigines Protection Society (as filmed by the AJCP)
M2426 - M2435
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Created: 2019
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Series MSS Brit Emp. S 18. Committee on Slavery and the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 2 May 1837 - 13 June 1892
Subseries C1-121. Nineteenth Century Correspondence, 1842 - 13 June 1892
T. Phillips, 29 September 1870 - 26 December 1871 (File C38-40)
W. Brooks (Brisbane), 2 October 1871 (Item C38/144)
Pacific labour trade; report of Government Immigration Agent; cases of Jason and Daphne; Polynesian labour favoured by Queensland Government.
J.H. Davies (Samoa) to Secretaries, 8 August 1871 (Item C38/96)
Reply to circular on kidnapping in South Seas.
J. Douglas (Brisbane) to Phillips, 3 September 1871 (Item C39/102)
Arrival in Queensland; Polynesian question.
J. Douglas (Brisbane) to Phillips, 26 December 1871 (Item C39/103)
Case of master of Jason; sends copy of petition to Queen Victoria; creation of territorial democracy.
W.W. Gill (Mangaia) to Secretaries, 12 August 1871 (Item C39/123)
Acknowledges report of Anti-Slavery Conference; Mangaia free of slave trade.
E. Hoole (Wesleyan Missionary Society) to Phillips, 29 September 1870 (Item C40/6)
No information on Pacific kidnapping.
J. Sleigh (Lifu) to Phillips, 18 December 1871 (Item C40/89)
Reply to circular on labour trade in Lifu.
J. Sunderland (Sydney) to Phillips, 29 November 1870 (Item C40/95)
Pacific labour trade; Royal Commission; criticizes statements of Maryborough Sugar Company; overriding desire for cheap labour.
B. Millard, 1842 - 24 February 1875 (File C41-46)
D. Henderson (Melbourne) to Millard, 1842 - 1873 (Item C43/146-50)
Polynesian slave trade; distribution of pamphlet in Victoria; sends correspondence with Governor and Chief Secretary of Victoria on Carl case. (2 letters)
W. Brookes (Brisbane) to J. Cooper, 28 December 1872 (Item C43/151)
Reply to Governor's despatch; no need for coloured labour in Queensland.
Correspondence, 31 July 1872 - 1 October 1873 (File C46)
Filmed selectively.
C. Allen, 27 July 1877 - 13 June 1892 (File C48-71)
Reverend J. Fawcett (Rockhampton) to G. Chalkley, 3 December 1882 (Item C56/144)
Attempts of sugar planters to introduce slavery to Queensland; abuse authority by magistrates at Bundaberg.
P. Nicolson (Bundaberg) to G.H. Wills, 13 June 1892 (Item C64/6)
Good health of Pacific islanders in Queensland compared to slum dwellers in England expense of white labour.
J. Cooper, 1870 - 21 June 1876 (File C92-96)
E. Sturge, 25 July 1870 - 10 May 1873 (File C97-101)
F. Chesson to Sturge, 25 July 1870 (Item C97/46)
Deputation to Lord Kimberley on Pacific labour trade, settlement of northern Australia and other matters.
Sir Thomas F. Buxton, junior, 22 August 1873 - 20 May 1885 (File C109)
Subseries C122-67. Aborigines Protection Society, 2 May 1837 - 1888
T. Hodgkin, 2 May 1837 - 2 March 1861 (File C122)
N. Embling (Melbourne) to Hodgkin, 4 January 1859 (Item 36)
Proposed settlement in north-west Australia; suggestion that settlers be given free grants; Indigenous Australians.
J.B. Hack (Adelaide) to Hodgkin, 26 June 1840 (Item 39)
Wreck of Maria at Encounter Bay; survivors murdered by Indigenous Australians; defends action of Governor G. Gawler in issuing commission for summary trial of murderer [text illegible]
J.B. Hack to Hodgkin, [1839]-06-15 (Item 40)
Arrival of cousin J. Godle difficulty of educating Indigenous Australian children in South Australia; damage to stock caused by Indigenous Australians' dogs; encounters with Indigenous Australians visit of J. Backhouse and G. Walker to Australia.
F.W. Chesson, 1861 - 1888 (File C123-49)
Bishop C. Abraham (Lichfield) to Chesson, 10 August 1877 (Item 22)
Medical help for Fijian natives; New Zealand experience suggests European medical system too drastic for Polynesians.
Bishop C. Abraham to Chesson, 4 November 1880 (Item 25)
Belief in Home Rule in colonies; mismanagement of Maoris by Crown; advantages of Maori representation in New Zealand Parliament.
Bishop C. Abraham to Chesson, [1882]-07-16 (Item 28)
Disasters caused by neglect of natives in 1852 New Zealand Constitution.
Bishop C. Abraham to Chesson, 8 June 1884 (Item 30)
Visit of Bishop O. Hadfield to England; Maori petition.
Bishop C. Abraham to Chesson, 22 July 1884 (Item 32)
Maori petition; Crown should be prevented from making treaty with natives and subsequently handing them over to colonial government.
J.E. Alexander to Chesson, 17 March 1873 (Item 126)
Seeks information on Maoris for book on bush fighting.
J.E. Alexander to [Chesson], 14 November 1875 (Item 128)
Sends cutting on treatment of Maoris at Shortland goldfield.
C. Allan to Chesson, 31 March 1886 (Item 25)
Sends letter from J. Bellows; atrocious acts of black troopers towards fellow Indigenous Australians in Queensland
Anderson, Anderson and Co. to Chesson, 5 August 1882 (Item 72)
Passage of Maori chiefs back to New Zealand.
Anderson, Anderson and Co. to Chesson, May 1884 - August 1884 (Item 76-80)
Visit of Maori King and party to England. (5 letters).
J. Ashbury (Brighton) to Chesson, November 1884 (Item 21-26)
Visit of New Zealand chief to England. (6 letters)
W. Ashby to Chesson, July 1882 - September 1882 (Item 27-30)
Arrangements for return Maori chiefs. (4 letters)
Bishop W.G. Cowie (Auckland) to Chesson, 5 December 1882 (Item 50)
Acknowledges donation for Maori clergy; Chesson's kindness to Maori chiefs in England
Sir Francis Bell to Chesson, 1882 - 1885 (Item 145-56)
Visit of Maori chiefs to England; memorial to Lord Derby; sends letter (in Maori) of Te Wheoro. (10 letters)
J. Bonwick to Chesson, 1870 - 1887 (Item 41-48)
Bonwick's publications; lecture on Tasmanian Indigenous Australians; scheme for new edition of The last of the Tasmanians.(8 letters)
T. Brocklehurst (Leeds) to Chesson, March 1887 - October 1887 (Item 120-26)
Treatment of Christians at Tonga; E. Crosby; J.B. Thurston. (7 letters)
Reverend C. Brooke to Chesson, August 1884 - December 1884 (Item 130-33)
Publication of book on South Sea Islands. (4 letters)
Sir Thomas Buxton to Chesson, [1871]-07-21 (Item 118)
Complaint of Queensland Agent-General about letter from Society to Lord Kimberley allegations of W. Brookes.
Sir Thomas Buxton to Chesson, [1882]-09-16 (Item 171)
Thanks for photograph of Maoris; Bishop of Nelson.
Sir Thomas Buxton to Chesson, [1882]-09-20 (Item 172)
Scheme for purchase of land for Maori settlement.
A. Buzacott to Chesson, 22 November 1875 (Item 239)
Proposal of Sir Arthur Gord[text cut off] to introduce coolies to Fiji.
Sir George Campbell to Chesson, 19 August 1887 (Item 44)
Society should oppose surrender of New Guinea to Queensland.
Sir George Campbell to Chesson, 8 September 1887 (Item 47)
W. McArthur and Australian territorial ambitions.
D. Carly (Perth) to Chesson, 1884 - 1886 (Item 79-93)
Atrocities committed again natives in north-western Australia; kidnapping, rape and murder; trial Sir Frederick Broome; Reverend. J. Gribble; sends cuttings.
C. Carter to Chesson, [1886-10-14] (Item 124)
Seeks publications for collection for library in New Zealand.
Reverend J. Chalmers. Account of murders of Captain Craig and companions on Emily at Joannet Island, n.d. (Item 139)
Reverend J. Chalmers to Chesson, February 1887 - April 1887 (Item 140-45)
Craig case; oppo transfer of New Guinea to Queensland; cost of administering New Guinea Reverend W. Lawes. (4 letters)
E. Champtaloup (Auckland) to Chesson, 5 January 1886 (Item 156)
Seeks financial aid for Maori Press Association.
S. Chant to Chesson, 9 June 1884 (Item 157)
Wishes to meet New Zealand chiefs; service on H.M.S. Calliope in 1846.
J. Chapman to Chesson, 26 December 1887 (Item 158)
Requests article on New Guinea by G.S. Fort for Westminster Review.
C. Collet to Chesson, 1881 - 1887 (Item 8-20)
Allegations of cannibalism in Fiji attacks on Sir Arthur Gordon and native taxation policy; appointment of son as secretary to Western Pacific High Commissioner; colonial defence lecture on New Britain; German colonial policy. (12 letters) (no. 11 incomplete)
J. Cooper to Chesson, 13 January 1870 (Item 41)
Sends letter from R. Short of Brisbane; memorial of Fijians for protectorate.
J. Cooper to Chesson, 3 March 1876 (Item 71)
Relations between Anti-Slavery Society and Aborigines Protection Society; agitation for annexation of New Guinea.
J. Cooper to Chesson, 16 July 1877 (Item 92)
Fijian ordinances; Sir Arthur Gordon and import of compulsory labour.
Agnes Craig (Edinburgh) to Chesson, 23 May 1870 (Item 149)
Sends cuttings on employment of Maoris on public works.
Agnes Craig to Chesson, 12 May 1876 (Item 160)
Report that Queensland colonists distributed poisoned flour among natives.
Agnes Craig to Chesson, 29 August 1878 (Item 165)
Pamphlet on ill-treatment of Queensland Indigenous Australians; Reverend G. Butler.
Agnes Craig to Chesson, 22 October 1879 (Item 168)
Requests pamphlets on Australian Aboriginals for G. Hogg of Leith.
Agnes Craig to Chesson, 22 December 1880 (Item 179)
Requests that Aborigines Friend be sent to W. Terrot of Melbourne.
E. Crosby (Sydney) to Captain Howitt, 19 January 1887 (Item 218)
Tongan affairs J.B. Thurston; Reverend S. Baker.
R. Cust to Chesson, 25 June 1886 (Item 232)
Seeks publications on missions to Aboriginal Australians.
A. Davidson (Brisbane) to Chesson, 1869 - 1879 (Item 85-130)
Pacific labour trade; Daphne trial; 1870 Royal Commission; legislation against kidnapping; procurement of New Guinea natives; annexation of Fiji; trials of trader deaths of Islanders on ships; atrocities committed towards Indigenous Australians; Sir Arthur Kennedy; Chinese immigrants in Queensland; Queensland annexation of Torres Strait Islands; need for legislation concerning Indigenous Australians. (45 letters).
J. Davidson (Brisbane) to Chesson, 1881 - 1882 (Item 132-39)
Illness of father A. Davidson; treatment of Indigenous Australians; Pacific labour trade; death of father; sends cuttings. (5 letters) (no. 132 incomplete).
J. Dawson (Glasgow, Camperdown) to Chesson, 1882 - 1887 (Item 150-56)
Treatment of Indigenous Australians in Queensland; return to Australia; erection of obelisk as memorial to extinct tribes of Camperdown; Reverend J. Gribble; criticisms by E.M. Curr of Dawson's Australian Aborigines. (7 letters).
J. Douglas (Brisbane, London) to Chesson, 1871 - 1884 (Item 15-20)
Pacific labour trade; J. Brookes; article on Australia in Fraser's Magazine; Fijian Government; intercolonial reciprocity question; treatment of Indigenous Australians in Queensland; A. Davidson; allegations of poisoned flour given to Indigenous Australians. (6 letters)
C. Eddy to Chesson, [1870-04] (Item 80-81)
Sends letter from F. Weld on country near Port Grey, Western Australia; imperial relations.
C. Eddy to Chesson, 13 May 1873 (Item 82)
Deputation of Royal Colonial Institute to Lord Kimberley on annexation of Fiji.
G. Estel (Hong Kong) to Chesson, 17 November 1876 (Item 110-14)
Sends cuttings and correspondence with W. O'Hara (Admiralty Islands) and Russian Cons[illegible] on barbarities in South Sea Islands.
Admiral J. Erskine (Stirling) to Chesson, 10 June 1875 (Item 140)
Pacific Islanders Protection Bill.
Admiral J. Erskine to Chesson, 23 October 1876 (Item 144-45)
Letter from Sir James Hope on Pacific kidnapping vessel.
Admiral J. Erskine to Chesson, 24 April 1883 (Item 151)
Relations with Pacific Islanders; powers of Western Pacific High Commissioner.
H. Finlayson to Chesson, 21 May 1883 (Item 245)
Denunciation of Sir Arthur Gordon and Sir John Gorrie by 'Vagabond'.
F. Fisher (Sydney) to Chesson, 18 August 1886 (Item 248)
Petition of [Tauhi?] Potatau of Waikato for local self government.
R.C. Fletcher (Tarleton) to Chesson, 1885 - 1886 (Item 1-4)
Proposal to establish schools in New Zealand to teach handicrafts to Maoris.
T. Forsaith to Chesson, September 1883 - December 1883 (Item 18-20)
Paper by Sir William Fox on New Zealand history; violations of Treaty of Waitangi. (3 letters)
G.S. Fort to Chesson, 12 June 1887 (Item 48)
Application for colonial appointment; report on British New Guinea; imminent return to Australia.
'A friend of A.P.S.' (Sydney) to Chesson, 26 November 1883 (Item 226)
Annexation of New Guinea; Imperial Government should retain sole control.
H.W. Fry (Melbourne) to Chesson, 30 September 1878 (Item 241-42)
Aboriginal mission stations in Victoria; sends annual report of Church of England Mission.
T. Fry to Chesson, 10 December 1884 (Item 255)
Acknowledges translation of letter of New Zealand King.
A.B. Gordon to Chesson, 31 August 1886 (Item 77-78)
Sends cutting on minute of J.B. Thurston on petition of Levuka Chamber of Commerce.
Sir Arthur Gordon (London, Nasova, Wellington, Christchurch, Colombo) to Chesson, 1875 - 1886 (Item 79-114)
Deputation of Society; Pacific labour trade; native taxation; civil war in Fiji; labour question; advanced state of Fijian agriculture; need for industrial schools; A.P. Maudslay; W.F. Parr; High Commission for Western Pacific; petition of people of Rotumah; native trials at New Plymouth; Te Whiti; race relations in Queensland; Baron N. de Miklouho-Maclay; Queensland annexation of New Guinea; J.B. Thurston; Bryce v. Rusden libel case. (35 letters)
Sir John Gorrie (Levuka, Suva) to Chesson, 1876 - 1882 (Item 129-46)
Arrival in Fiji; Sir Arthur Gordon; labour question; Lands Commission; establishment of High Commission for Western Pacific; visit to Samoa; E. Liarde import of Indian coolies in Fiji; murder of missionaries in New Britain; annexation of Rotumah; foreign influences in Samoa; establishment of consular government at Apia; sugar mills in Fiji; W. Des Voeux; atrocities in Solomon Islands; 'Vagabond'; Land Claims Court; transfer of Supreme Court to Suva. (15 letters)
Sir John Gorrie (Antigua) to Chesson, January 1885 - April 1885 (Item 150-52)
Administration of Pacific islands; German claims in Fiji; J.B. Thursto (3 letters)
Agnes Grace to Chesson, 1884 - 1885 (Item 188-97)
Visit of Maoris; Te Wheoro; translation of Maori papers. (10 letters)
T. Grace to Chesson, July 1882 - August 1882 (Item 198-202)
Visit of Maoris; Mrs. Selwyn. (5 letters).
G. Graham to Chesson, 1870 - 1888 (Item 203-17)
Publication of Maori letters; Maori War; Sir George Grey; visit of Maori chiefs to England; violation of Treaty of Waitangi; Te Wheoro; Reverend. S. Marsden. (15 letters)
Reverend J.B. Gribble (Perth) to Chesson, March 1886 - December 1886 (Item 17-22)
Oppression of natives north-western Australia; murders of natives; weakness of ecclesiastical superiors; sends copies of letters to Sir Frederick Broome (3 pages).
W.H. Grove (U.S.P.G.) to Chesson, August 1884 - September 1884 (Item 26-28)
Visit of Maori chiefs; presentation of prayerbooks.
C. Hadfield to Chesson, 1861 - 1879 (Item 93-108)
Suggests pamphlet on New Zealand situation; Maori War; distribution of letters of Reverend O. Hadfield; Duke of Newcastle; pamphlet by Sir William Martin; Manowetu case; withdrawal of British troops from New Zealand; grants of land to Indigenous Australians in South Australia. (16 letters)
R. Haliburton to Chesson, 28 January 1884 (Item 126)
Interest in Fijian and Tongan festivals; proposes to visit Australia and Pacific.
E. Hamilton (Dublin) to Chesson, 2 October 1877 (Item 144)
Sends report of Parliamentary debate on proposal to make land grants to Indigenous Australians in South Australia.
C. Hardy (Auckland) to Chesson, 5 January 1886 (Item 171)
Visit to King Country; difficulty of translating Maori.
C. Hardy to Chesson, 22 May 1886 (Item 172)
Urges Society to uphold Treaty of Waitangi; King Movement and casus belli in 1863. (incomplete)
E. Hawkins to Chesson, [1884]-07-28 (Item 212)
Offer of Duffield in Queensland to write reports for Society on Pacific labour question.
M. Hawtrey to Chesson, 26 March 1861 (Item 215)
Growing support for Maoris; sends letter from Bishop C. Abraham.
Sister Mary Hilda to Chesson, 1882 - 1884 (Item 2-4)
Visit of Maori chiefs to Feltham Convent. (3 letters)
Rosamond Hill to Chesson, 2 April 1875 (Item 6)
Inquiries about Indigenous Australian missions in Australia.
F. Holder (Adelaide) to Chesson, 4 January 1879 (Item 53)
Sends photograph of Port Macleay Aboriginal Mission.
Chesson to Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 12 June 1879 (Item 93)
German treaty with Samoa; danger of alienation of native lands. (draft)
T. Howitt (Reading) to Chesson, February 1887 - July 1887 (Item 108-15)
Treatment of natives at Tonga; J.B. Thurston; Reverend S. Marsden; Sir Charles Mitchell letter from E. Crosby. (8 letters)
F. Hughes to Chesson, 7 July 1880 (Item 132)
Account of treatment of Queensland Indigenous Australians in J. Inglis, Our Australian cousins.
J. Inglis (Kirkcowan) to Chesson, 1883 - 1887 (Item 176-83)
Introduces M. Robertson from New Hebrides; Admiral J. Erskine; Pacific labour trade; book on New Hebrides Mission; Anglo-French agreement on New Hebrides. (8 letters)
W. James to Chesson, May 1887 - July 1887 (Item 45-52)
Tongan affairs; report of Charles Mitchell; Reverend S. Baker; suggests deputation to Sir Henry Holland. (8 letters)
J. Jeffery to Chesson, 31 August 1875 (Item 63)
Sends Queensland newspaper on Polynesian labourers; offers to send further information.
Reverend M. Kapa (Bay of Islands) to Miss C. Weale, 27 December 1882 (Item 137)
Maori visitors to England; character of S. Taiwhanga.
Sir Walter Kennaway to Chesson, [1884] (Item 152-58)
Passage to New Zealand for Te Whereo; supply of Society's publications to New Zealand Parliamentary Library. (6 letters)
H. Kynnersley to Miss C. Weale, July 1882 (Item 278-82)
Visit of Maori chief arrangements for meetings. (5 letters)
J. Macarthur to Chesson, 17 May 1887 (Item 37a.)
Situation in Tonga; need to remove Reverend S. Baker.
W. Macarthur to W. James, 28 February 1887 (Item 92)
Disgraceful proceeding of Reverend S. Baker at Tonga.
J. Macaulay to Chesson, 1883 - 1887 (Item 101-6)
Commission of Inquiry on Polynesian labour trade; transfer of New Guinea to Queensland; suggests appointment of Reverend J. Chalmers as Consul; letter to Sir Henry Holland. (6 letters)
J. McBeth (Wellington, Auckland) to Chesson, 1882 - 1884 (Item 107-18)
West Coast Maori question; arrest of chiefs; opening of King Country; construction of railway through Maori territory; visit of chiefs to England; book by G. Rusden; local self-government for Maoris; Sir Georg Grey (12 letters)
H. Mackay (Exeter) to Chesson, 30 July 1878 (Item 170)
Treatment of Indigenous Australians in Queensland.
H. Mackay (Toowoomba) to Chesson, 7 March 1886 (Item 175)
Emigration to Queensland; treatment of Indigenous Australians; failure of missions.
Helen Mackenzie to Chesson, 28 May 1884 (Item 179)
Suggests meeting with J. Douglas, former Queensland Premier.
Baron N. de Maclay (Sydney) to Chesson, 1883 - 1886 (Item 272-82)
New Guinea protectorate; Reverend. J. Chalmers; Pacific labour trade; return to Europe. (11 letters)
E. March to Chesson, 1878 - 1886 (Item 29-33)
Execution of New Hebrides native on H.M.S. Beagle without trial; atrocities in Pacific; services in Pacific. (5 letters)
G. Marwick (New Zealand Herald) to Chesson, [1884-06] (Item 95)
Interview of Maori chiefs with Lord Derby.
Lady Martin (Lichfield) to Chesson, [1882]-08-10 (Item 106)
Request of Maori chiefs to present gifts to Queen Victoria.
Lieutenant T. Maxwell (Portsmouth) to Chesson, [1883]-05-21 (Item 181)
Queensland annexation of New Guinea; treatment of Indigenous Australians in Queensland.
F. May to Chesson, [1886-02] (Item 182)
Opposition of settlers to miss[text cut off] of Reverend J. Gribble to Western Australian Aborigines.
F. May to Chesson, 29 April 1886 (Item 183)
Treatment of Indigenous Australians in Western Australia.
Reverend J.M. Mitchell (Edinburgh) to Chesson, January 1878 - February 1878 (Item 262-64)
Trial of New Hebrides native on H.M.S. Beagle. (3 letters)
W. Moorsom (Crewe) to Chesson, 18 December 1875 (Item 44)
Sends papers on cruelty suffered by Pacific Islanders in Queensland.
Captain J Moresby to Chesson, [1875]-05-10 (Item 46)
Possible occupation of New Guinea; relations with natives.
W. Morrison (Leeds) to Chesson, 10 March 1882 (Item 83)
Sends letter fr[om?] Sir William Des Voeux in Fiji; native tax.
W. Morrison to Chesson, 28 March 1883 (Item 84)
Acknowledges article on Fiji; Sir William Des Voeux.
Reverend W. Moulton to W. Macarthur, 23 February 1887 (Item 92)
Persecution of natives of Tonga, sends pamphlets.
J. Mullens (London Missionary Society) to Chesson, 187[?]-01-29 (Item 122)
Execution of New Hebrides native.
G. Musgrave to Chesson, 23 June 1881 (Item 149)
Sends letters from Baron N. de Maclay on New Guinea.
W. Nayna (Port Louis) to Chesson, 10 May 1887 (Item 165)
Landing of French marines in New Hebrides; treatment of kanakas in Queensland.
W. Nayna to E. Layard (Noumea), 4 January 1887 (Item 166)
Landing of French marines in New Hebrides.
J. Nettleton (Manchester) to Chesson, 24 November 1880 (Item 172)
Requests papers on Fiji by Reverend L. Fison.
S. Ngatelline to Chesson, [1885] (Item 192)
Proposal for union of Maori chiefs; petition for Maori self-government.
J.K. Nicholls to Chesson, 1884 - 1887 (Item 196-208)
Visit of Maori chiefs; treatment of Maoris; volcanic eruption in New Zealand; Sir Francis Bel Sir George Bowen; publication of articles. (13 letters)
G. Palmer (Reading) to Chesson, 12 December 1883 (Item 112)
Letter from Reverend W.G. Lawes in New Guinea.
E. Parker (Tonga) to W. James, 28 June 1887 (Item 148)
Need to expel Reverend S. Baker from Tonga; J.B. Thurston; need for British protectorate.
W. Te Parore (Kaipara) to [unknown], 10 May 1883 (Item 149)
Return to New Zealand; construction of railway through Maori lands. (copy)
W. Te Parore to [unknown], n.d. (Item 150)
Return to New Zealand; railways; petition to Governor. (copy)
W.F. Parr (Levuka, London) to Chesson, 1879 - 1887 (Item 151-71)
Trial of Hunt; Sir Arthur Gordon; need for inquiry into Fijian 'mountain war'; action of Reverend G. Brown in New Britain; murders of Europeans; attacks by Society on Fijian planters; murders of Indigenous Australians in Queensland; war in Samoa; Pacific labour trade; native taxation; J.B. Thurston; W. MacGregor. (21 letters)
J. Parsons (Auckland) to Birkett, 1885 - 1887 (Item 176-80)
Tongan affairs; career of Reverend S. Baker. (extracts)
J. Patahi (Wanganui) to Miss C. Weale, 17 April 1883 (Item 184)
Meeting of tribes; petition to Governor. (translation)
T. Patara (Auckland) to Chesson, 22 October 1884 (Item 187)
Reply of Lord Derby to petition. (Maori and translation)
Miss Patteson to Chesson, July 1882 - August 1882 (Item 189-91)
Meeting with Maori chiefs. (3 letters)
C. Phillips (London, Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney) to Chesson, 1875 - 1876 (Item 7-11)
Proposed Polynesian trading company; death of Commodore J. Goodenough; paper on Pacific civilization; hopes for annexation of Samoa. (5 letters)
A. de Plevitz (Port Louis, Sydney, Ovalu) to Chesson, 1876 - 1878 (Item 48-53)
Voyage from Mauritius; attempts to establish agricultural company in Fiji; financial matters; Sir Arthur Gordon; appointment as police constable. (6 letters)
H. Reid (Melbourne) to T.B. Potter, 7 August 1883 (Item 61)
Sends pamphlet on customs union for Australia.
H. Pringle to Chesson, 1883 - 1884 (Item 113-15)
Paper on annexation of New Guinea; Pacific labour trade. (3 letters)
A. Rathbone to Chesson, June 1882 - July 1882 (Item 162-64)
Introduces Maori chiefs financial difficulties; sends New Zealand papers. (3 letters)
A. Roche to Chesson, March 1871 - April 1871 (Item 264-66)
Requests paper on Pacific islands for meeting of Royal Colonial Institute; need for tact in dealing with Queenslanders. (3 letters)
H. Rapiha (Napier) to Chesson and C. Weale, 1884 - 1885 (Item 281-84)
Maori petition to Queen Victoria; Te Wheoro; Treaty of Waitangi. (4 letters, in Maori).
W.K. Rose to Chesson, 21 May 1885 (Item 285)
Sends report of Queensland Royal Commission on labour trade.
W.K. Rose (Brisbane) to Chesson, 29 August 1885 (Item 286)
Pacific labour trade; German planters in Samoa; J. Douglas.
G.W. Rusden to Chesson, 1882 - 1887 (Item 10-30)
History of New Zealand; Maori despatch to Lord Kimberley; paper by Sir William Fox; treatment of Indigenous Australians in Queensland; prosecution by J. Bryce; visit of Maori chief introduces Reverend F. Spencer. (21 letters)
B. St. Hilaire (Paris) to Schoelcher, 16 August 1881 (Item 43)
Action taken by Governor of New Caledonia concerning violent acts by French vessel at New Hebrides. (French)
C. Salmon to Chesson, 14 March 1885 (Item 58)
Proposal by W. Westgarth for Crown colony in northern Australia; supports free immigration of coloured labour.
C. Salmon to Chesson, 22 February 1886 (Item 74)
Colony in northern Australia danger of creating 'southern states' with different social organization.
W. Seed (Mauritius, Levuka, Gibraltar) to Chesson, 1876 - 1883 (Item 139-44)
Appointment as Inspector of Police in Fiji; A. de Plevitz; labour question; planters shortage of officials; Sir Arthur Gordon; treatment of labourers on estates; transfer to Gibraltar. (6 letters)
C. Short to Chesson, 18 January 1883 (Item 259)
Report for Australian newspapers on deputation to Lord Derby concerning Pacific.
R. Short (Melbourne) to Chesson, 7 November 1870 (Item 260)
Extensive system of kidnapping in Fiji; quotes from letter of Reverend J.G. Paton; need for intervention by British Government.
R. Short to Chesson, 21 April 1871 (Item 261)
Sends pamphlet on Fiji; increase in slave traffic; acts of retaliation by natives; opposes Australian annexation of Fiji.
J. Sinclair (Auckland) to Chesson, 17 July 1885 (Item 59)
Proposal that sandals be sent to New Zealand for use of Maoris.
Reverend G. Smith (Edinburgh) to Chesson, 1882 - 1883 (Item 121-24)
Free Church deputation to Lord Kimberley and Lord Derby on New Hebrides protectorate and Pacific labour trade. (4 letters)
Reverend F. Spencer to Chesson, July 1884 - December 1884 (Item 213-27)
Meeting with Maori chiefs; ordination; translations; Miss C. Weale; arrangements for functions; Te Wheoro petition. (14 letters)
D. Syme (Melbourne) to Chesson, 17 May 1883 (Item 232)
Sends copies of Age with articles on Queensland labour traffic.
Reverend R. Steele (Sydney) to Chesson, 16 April 1875 (Item 66-67)
Use of French flag in Pacific labour traffic; need for international treaty; Reverend L. Fison; encloses cutting on New Caledonia.
E. Sturge to Chesson, 1867-07-22 [ie.1870] (Item 122)
Interview with Lord Kimberley on Fiji; Queensland import of Pacific labourers.
E. Sturge to Chesson, 15 November 1875 (Item 130)
Danger of occupation of New Guinea proving another stimulus to Pacific labour trade.
Reverend R.W. Thompson (London Missionary Society) to Chesson, 16 March 1886 (Item 16)
Alleged severities inflicted by Diamond on South Sea Islanders.
J.B. Thurston (Suva, London) to Chesson, 1884 - 1887 (Item 27-46)
Relations between Germans and natives in Pacific; Count Bismark and Lord Granvi[illegible]; Fiji Land Claims Commission; visit to England in 1884-1885; affairs of Tonga; Reverend G. Brown; transfer of New Guinea to Queensland; possible French annexation of New Hebrides; native taxation; report of Sir Charles Mitchell on Tonga; Reverend S. Baker; possible transfer of Fiji to Victoria; T.H. Prichard. (20 letters)
W. Torrens to Chesson, 27 March 1871 (Item 49)
Seeks meeting on introduction of Pacific labourers to Queensland.
C. Trotter to Chesson, 1881 - 1883 (Item 78-82)
French annexations of Pacific islands; New Hebrides. (5 letters)
Sir William Des Voeux (St. Johns) to Chesson, June 1886 - November 1886 (Item 122-24)
Impressions of Newfoundland; despatches on smallpox in Fiji; appointment of Sir Robert Hamilton as Governor of Tasmania; harsh treatment of Des Voeux by Colonial Office. (3 letters)
Miss C. Weale to Chesson, 1882 - 1886 (Item 141-55)
Visits of Maori chiefs; arrangements for meetings; Te Wheoro; translations. (15 letters)
W. Westgarth to Chesson, 27 July 1885 (Item 179)
Possible establishment of Crown colony in northern Australia; financial arrangements; opposes exclusion of coloured labour from Queensland.
W. Westgarth to Chesson, 20 October 1884 (Item 180)
South Africa; coloured labour in Queensland; proposed Crown colony in northern Queensland.
C. Wilson to Chesson, 30 January 1882 (Item 242)
Harsh treatment of Maoris by New Zealand Government.
E. Wilson to Chesson, 7 July 1877 (Item 247)
Criticizes notion of parliamentary representation of Indigenous Australians.
Sir Charles Wingfield to Chesson, 23 June 1873 (Item 253)
Parliamentary debate on Fiji; Pacific labour trade.
Sir Charles Wingfield to Chesson, 24 June 1873 (Item 254)
Characters of members of Fijian Government.
Sir Charles Wingfield to Chesson, 28 February 1876 (Item 264)
Appointment of Liardet as Consul at Samoa.
Sir Charles Wingfield to Chesson, [1886]-09-08 (Item 288)
Letter of W.F. Parr to Times; denial by Fijian Government of charges made by Levuka Chamber of Commerce.
E. Wooton to Chesson, 3 March [n.y.] (Item 318)
Reasons for decline of Maori race; seeks financial support for establishment of medical centres.
'A hater of cruelty' to Chesson, 27 May 1879 (Item 337)
Sends cutting [on?] massacre of Indigenous Australians near Cooktown.
Chesson to Sir Henry Holland, 5 September 1887 (Item 350)
Inquiry into flogging of native at Fiji. (draft)
Chesson to W. Macarthur, 18 November 1872 (Item 352)
Need for Society to take action against Polynesian traffic.
Chesson to Reverend B. Millard, 1 February 1872 (Item 354)
Deputation to Lord Kimberley on Polynesian labour trade.
Chesson to Reverend B. Millard, 13 March 1874 (Item 359)
Submission to Admiralty on acts of naval representatives in Pacific.
Chesson to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, 3 April 1879 (Item 384)
Pacific labour trade; call for increased powers for High Commissioner for Western Pacific. (draft)
Chesson to E. Stanhope, 4 February 1887 (Item 387)
Persecution of natives of Tonga; welcomes inquiry by Sir Charles Mitchell. (draft)
Chesson to E. Stanhope, 29 March 1887 (Item 388)
Maori accusations of unfair treatment over lands. (draft)
Chesson to Sir Henry Holland, 13 April 1887 (Item 389)
Treatment of Indigenous Australians in northern Western Australia, especially in pearl fishery (draft)
Chesson to Sir Henry Holland, August 1887 (Item 390)
Urges removal of Reverend S. Baker from Tonga; report of Sir Charles Mitchell. (draft)
H.R. Fox-Bourne, 26 January 1875 - 18 May 1887 (File C150-53)
Miscellaneous Letters, 8 December 1840 - 1888 (File C154-60)
E. Baines (Tunbridge Wells) to Harvey, 23 March 1874 (Item 64)
Forward reply of Lord Normanby to memorial on import of Pacific labourers to Queensland.
J. Baker to [unknown], 5 November 1883 (Item 69)
Atrocious conditions and high mortality at Rottnest Island native prison.
W. Brookes (Brisbane) to [C.H. Allen], 5 November 1880 (Item 206)
Sends material on Queensland Pacific Islanders Bill; believes use of coloured labour in Queensland will be short lived.
Lord Alfred Churchill to Sir James Fergusson, September 1871 (Item 57)
Settlement of northern districts of Australia; need to bring about understanding with natives following Canadian example. (copy)
Edith Cooper to [unknown], 10 May 1877 (Item 118)
Parliamentary motion for amended return of number of Polynesians in Queensland.
T. Cornish (Melbourne) to [unknown], 26 November 1867 (Item 123)
Insurance; home at St. Kilda; Wellesley Quartz Mining Co.; inquiries about English friends; visit of Duke of Edinburgh to Melbourne.
E. Crosby (Tonga) to T. Brocklehust (Leeds), 1887 - 1888 (Item 169-76)
Affairs of Tonga; Tongan Constitution; Reverend S. Baker; persecution of natives; sends copies of letters to Reverend W. Stephenson, R. Leefe, Reverend S. Baker (8 letters).
H. Fisher (Tonga) to [unknown], January 1887 (Item 86-87)
Affairs of Tonga; Reverend. S. Baker; oppression of natives. (2 letters)
C. Reed to A. Macarthur, 7 December 1881 (Item 167)
Sends extract from letter of Reverend W. Gill (Tonga) on threatened annexation of Tonga by France.
J. Gordon (Eromanga) to [B. Millard], 19 March 1871 (Item 174)
Instances of kidnapping in New Hebrides; experiences of natives on vessels and in Queensland.
C. Hope to [unknown], 3 July [n.y.] (Item 44)
Sends article on Fiji; emigration system could be of great advantage to natives of New Hebrides.
T. Laurance (Mortgage and Agency Co. of Australia) to J.B. Thurston, 12 February 1885 (Item 179)
Seeks information on deputation.
Petition of New Hebrides Mission Synod to Parliament, 7 June 1878 (Item 7)
Calling for end of recruitment of Pacific labourers for Queensland and Fiji.
H. MacIver. Memorandum on New Guinea Colonization and Trading Company, (copy), 18 August 1883 (Item 27)
W. Michell to Reverend B. Millard, 22 December 1873 (Item 98-99)
Sends memorandum for Anti Slavery Reporter on deposition by Fijian J. Vida on cruise of Daphne in South Seas.
H. Minchin to [unknown], [1874]-04-04 (Item 105)
Reverend R. Codrington; import of labourers to Queensland.
R. Newland (Encounter Bay, South Australia) to Reverend J. Freeman, 8 December 1840 (Item 141)
Intense prejudice against natives in South Australia; doctrine of kill and exterminate; assistance in farming by Indigenous Australians.
W.F. Parr (Levuka) to Colonial Secretary, 6 September 1877 (Item 182)
Native taxation; shortage of labour on plantations. (copy)
Reverend J.G. Paton (Glasgow) to [unknown], 22 August 1885 (Item 185)
Offers to lend articles on Pacific labour trade to Queensland Commission on New Guinea labour traffic.
Subseries C161-67. Letters from Government Offices, 8 September 1863 - 15 March 1888
Anti-Slavery Society, 8 September 1863 - 18 May 1874 (File C161)
Filmed selectively.
A. Layard (Foreign Office) to L. Chamerouzow, 8 September 1863 (Item 144)
Traffic in natives from Polynesian islands in vessels using Peruvian flag.
Sir Frederic Rogers (Colonial Office) to A. Bennett, 23 March 1868 (Item 169)
Introduction of Pacific natives to Queensland.
Sir Frederic Rogers to L. Chamerouzow, 27 April 1868 (Item 170)
Alleged kidnapping of Pacific natives.
T. Elliot (Colonial Office) to L. Chamerouzow, 27 May 1868 (Item 171)
Import of Pacific labourers to Queensland.
T. Elliot to L. Chamerouzow, 3 June 1868 (Item 172)
Criticisms of Queensland Act to regulate Pacific labour trade.
R. Herbert to [B. Millard], 23 August 1873 (Item 191-92)
Introduction of Polynesian boys to Queensland; despatch from Governor.
Anti-Slavery Society, 29 December 1873 - 18 May 1886 (File C162)
Filmed selectively.
H. Holland to [B. Millard], 29 December 1873 (Item 201)
Alleged leniency to convicted Pacific traders in Australia.
H. Holland to [B. Millard], 8 June 1874 (Item 205-6)
Despatch from Queensland Governor on Jason case.
W. Malcolm to [E. Sturge], 13 November 1875 (Item 207)
Despatch to Lord Carnarvon on New Guinea expedition.
Sir William Cairns (Brisbane) to Lord Carnarvon, 5 May 1876 (Item 208)
Alleged illtreatment of kanaka woman.
Anti-Slavery Society, 13 May 1874 - 13 July 1886 (File C163)
Filmed selectively.
R. Herbert (Colonial Office) to J. Cooper, 13 May 1874 (Item 3)
Alleged outrages against Indigenous Australians by Native Police in Queensland.
R. Herbert to J. Cooper, 9 November 1874 (Item 4)
Outrages against Indigenous Australians in Queensland.
Aborigines Protection Society, 28 January 1871 - 22 July 1879 (File C164A)
Filmed selectively.
T.V. Lister (Foreign Office) to Chesson, 2 September 1875 (Item 3)
Arrest of Captain. Hayes in Landrone Islands.
Sir Julian Pauncefote (Foreign Office) to Chesson, 22 July 1879 (Item 13)
Treaty between Germany and Samoa.
Sir Frederic Rogers (Colonial Office) to Lord Alfred Churchil, 28 January 1871 (Item 35)
Alleged abuses in import of South Sea natives to Queensland.
H. Holland to Chesson, 12 June 1871 (Item 36-37)
Sends despatch from Governor of Queensland on import of South Sea natives.
H. Holland to Chesson, 20 June 1871 (Item 38-40)
Treatment of natives in Queensland; seeks information on missionary Milne.
H. Holland to Chesson, 5 July 1871 (Item 41-48)
Sends despatch and papers on inquiry by Queensland Government into alleged abuses.
J.B. Thurston (Fiji) to [A. Layard], 18 February 1874 (Item 51)
Inquiry into conflict in Fiji. (copy)
R. Meade (Colonial Office) to Chesson, 3 December 1875 (Item 66)
Conviction of Pacific Islanders in Queensland for murder.
Sir William Cairns (Brisbane) to Lord Carnarvon, 187[?]-09-10 (Item 95)
Sends papers on conviction of Pacific Islanders of murder. (copy)
Aborigines Protection Society, 7 March 1883 - 15 March 1888 (File C164B)
Filmed selectively.
F. Murray (Colonial Office) to Chesson, 7 March 1883 (Item 154)
Invites submission for committee inquiring into working of Western Pacific Orders in Council.
J. Bramston to Chesson, 25 March 1884 (Item 166-68)
Sends despatch from J.B. Thurston on Pacific labour trade.
Sir Robert Herbert to Chesson, 7 September 1886 (Item 190-91)
Statements of D. Carly and Reverend J. Gribble on treatment of natives in Western Australia.
F. Fuller to Chesson, 13 December 1886 (Item 202)
Despatch of Sir Frederick Broome on allegations of Reverend J. Gribble.
J. Bramston to Chesson, 28 January 1887 (Item 209)
Alleged ill-treatment of natives in Western Australia.
E. Wingfield to Chesson, 19 February 1887 (Item 212-13.)
Despatch from Sir Frederick Broome on alledged ill-treatment of natives in Western Australia.
J. Bramston to Chesson, 19 May 1887 (Item 224)
Treatment of Aboriginal Australians in Western Australia.
R. Meade (Colonial Office) to Chesson, 4 June 1887 (Item 225)
Possible employment of Reverend J. Chalmers by Government of New Guinea.
H.W. Just (Colonial Office) to Chesson, 12 July 1887 (Item 229)
Possible deportation of Reverend S. Baker from Tonga.
E. Wingfield to Chesson, 26 July 1887 (Item 231)
Charge of Reverend F. Langham against native administration in Fiji.
Sir William Des Voeux (Nasova) to Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, 8 September 1879 (Item 248)
Remarkable experience of group of natives wrecked in Windward Group.
Series MSS. Brit. Emp. S22. Territorial Files (nineteenth century), 1843 - 1895
Australia, 1845 - 1892 (File G97)
The earliest paper deals with the management of convicts in Van Diemen's Land and the proposals of Captain A. Maconochie (October 1845). Most of the other papers are letters relating to the Polynesian labour trade and the import of labourers into Queensland, 1869-1883. Correspondents include R. Short (Brisbane), A. Davidson (Brisbane), J. Kay, H. Holland (Colonial Office), Reverend J. Fawcett (Rockhampton), A. Vogan (Sydney). (1 folder)
New Zealand, 1843 - 1886 (File G98)
The earliest papers comprise letters of H. Ngawariki (Port Nicholson) on the death of his father at Taranaki (1843) and W. Fox (Nelson) on the progress of Nelson, the Maori War and New Zealand finances (1845). The other papers mainly date from 1882-1886 and relate to the visits of the Maori chiefs to England and the use of Maori lands. Correspondents include Te Wheoro, C. Weale, and Bishop C. Abraham. There are also letters from Bishop H. Perry (Perth) and others concerning the charges of Reverend J. Gribble on the treatment of Aboriginal Australians in Western Australia (1886).
New Zealand, 1864 - 1887 (File G99)
The earliest papers are letters of Sir George Grey on the Maori War (1864-1870). Most of the other New Zealand material dates from 1880-1887 and comprises printed items, cuttings, manuscripts and correspondence on New Zealand affairs, the construction of public works on Maori lands, the Taranaki War and Te Whiti, the use of Maori lands, and the visits of the Maori chiefs to England. The correspondents include F. Chesson, Te Wheoro, Na Taiahiao (Waikato) and the Colonial Office officials. There are also letters of J. Gorst on the execution of a native at Tanna and New Zealand affais (1878-1886), a report by A. Taylor on alleged ill-treatment of labourers on Fijian plantations (1877), copies of official papers on alleged outrages committed on Australian Aboriginals by Queensland Native Police (1874), and papers of Reverend J. Gribble on treatment of Australian Aboriginals in Western Australia (1886).
Fiji, 1870 - 1887 (File G100)
Reverend R. Short. The slave trade in the Pacific, further horrible disclosures contained in evidence taken before the Royal Commission in Fiji in 1871 but suppressed, with remarks thereon, 1874. (217pp) (pagination erratic: text continues p.20-22, 33-38)...