Queensland Government [BLACKBIRDING]
Brisbane: Government Printer, 1861-1906.

A substantial collection of Queensland government papers bound together in one volume concerning blackbirding, indentured labour, and migrant Pacific and Asian workers in Queensland. Fifty distinct papers, two present in duplicate, making fifty-two papers in all. Full list of papers: 1. 1861 Asiatic Labor; 2. 1868-9 Polynesian Laborers Act (Petition); 3. 1871 Correspondence Respecting Polynesian Immigration; 4. 1873 Inquiry Into The “Jason” Case (Further Paper and Correspondence Relating to); 5. 1875 Immigration of Chinese and Indian Coolies; 6. 1874 Sugar Manufacture-Claim of John Buhot (Petition); 7. 1874 Coolie Immigration (Petition); 8. 1876 The Case of Mr. Joseph Francis Kelsey. Report from The Select Committee Appointed to Inquire into the Matters in Dispute Between the Public Works Office and Mr. Joseph Francis Kelsey; together with Proceedings of the Committee and Minutes of Evidence; 9. 1876 Polynesian Laborers Bill (Petition from Maryborough); 10. 1876 Alleged Abuses Connected with Polynesian Labor (2 copies); 11. 1876 Polynesian Laborers Not Receiving Their Wages from Mortgagees in Possession; 12. 1876 The Proceedings in the South Seas by W. H. Hayes, a United States Subject (Further Despatch Respecting); 13. 1876 Pacific Islanders’ Protection Act (Despatch Respecting); 14. 1877 Report of Select Committee of 1876 on the Polynesian Labour Question (Despatch); 15. 1877 Mr. Mackay’s Report Upon Sugar Factories, Etc.; 16. 1877 Inquiry into Certain Alleged Illicit Distillation at the Dabilban Distillery, Logan River (Report of Board); 17. 1877 Chinese Immigration; 18. 1877 Resignation by Mr. Sheridan of the Office of Inspector of Polynesians; 19. 1877 Immigration Agent and Polynesian Inspector at Maryborough; 20. 1878 Recruiting Agents and Introduction of Polynesians (2 copies); 21. 1881 Colonial Sugar Refining Company’s Bill. Report from the Select Committee of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company’s Bill; together with the Minutes of Evidence and Appendix; 22. 1882 Coolies from British-India (Correspondence Respecting the Proposed Introduction of); 23. 1882 Proposed Extension of Facilities for Employment of Polynesian Labour (Petition); 24. 1883 Labour Vessel “Heron”; 25. 1883 Labourers from British India (Further Correspondence Respecting the Proposed Introduction of); 26. 1884 The Temporary Closure of the Hospital for Pacific Islanders at Mackay (Correspondence Respecting); 27. 1884 Selection on or Near the Delta of the Burdekin River; 28. 1884 Correspondence Respecting Proposed Introduction of Laborers from British India; 29. 1885 Pacific Islanders Fund (Revenue and Expenditure of the); 30. 1885 Report with Minutes of Evidence taken before The Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Circumstances Under Which Labourers Have Been Introduced into Queensland from New Guinea and Other Islands, etc., together with Proceedings of the Commission, etc.; 31. 1891 Indented Labourers from Germany and Italy (Correspondence Relating to the Emigration of); 32. 1891 Pacific Island Immigration (Annual Report of Department of); 33. 1897 Pacific Island Immigration (Immigration Agent’s Annual Report Upon); 34. 1899 Admission of Japanese into Queensland; 35. 1897 Coloured Population of Queensland; 36. 1899 Departure of Japanese from Queensland. Return Showing the Number of Japanese who have Departed from Queensland Since the Initiation of the Passport System; 37. 1899 Pacific Islanders’ Fund (Report on, for the Year Ended 30th June, 1899); 38. 1901 Death Rate of Polynesians at Fairymead and Bingera Plantations; 39. 1901 Fines Inflicted on Polynesian Islanders in the Cairns District; 40. 1901 Pacific Islands Labourers Bill in the Federal Parliament (Letter, Dated 15th November, 1901, from Premier of Queensland to President and Members of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Australia); 41. 1901 Admission of Japanese into Queensland (Further Correspondence Relating to); 42. 1901 Pacific Island Immigration (Immigration Agent’s Annual Report Upon); 43. 1901 Pacific Islanders’ Fund (Annual Statement of Account); 44. 1903 Pacific Island Immigration (Immigration Agent’s Annual Report Upon); 45. 1904 Pacific Island Immigration (Immigration Agent’s Annual Report Upon); 46. 1905 Pacific Island Immigration (Immigration Agent’s Annual Report Upon); 47. 1905 Bonus for Sugar-cane Cultivated and Harvested by White Labour; 48. 1906 Deportation of Kanakas (Correspondence between the Premier of Queensland and the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth Respecting); 49. 1906 Regulations under “The Pacific Island Labourers Acts, 1880-1892”; 50. 1906 Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into and Report regarding the Number of Pacific Islanders to be Deported from Queensland at the end of the Current Year, the most efficient manner of Repatriating them, with the probable Cost thereof; whether there are in Queensland any Pacific Islanders whose Compulsory Deportation would be inconsistent with humanity or with good faith; and whether Sufficient Labour for carrying on the Queensland Sugar Industry is likely to be available when Pacific Islanders can no longer be lawfully employed, and, if sufficient labour for such purpose is not likely to be locally obtainable, the best means of supplying the deficiency; together with Minutes of Proceedings, Minutes of Evidence taken before the Commission, and Appendices.