Lord Raglan, 06 February 1858-08 June 1858

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File 1. AJCP Reel No: 3181

Content Summary:

Journal written by John Bower Mill, Surgeon Superintendent.

Includes: joining ship at Deptford, ship fitted out for voyage, boarding of convicts from Chatham prison, daily routines on board ship, prisoners stealing provisions, Rev. Fred Lynch with wife and two children join voyage for passage to Western Australia (appointed Religious Instructor for voyage), items stolen by prisoners recovered, sickness of prisoners, prisoners request tea and chocolate rations for breakfast instead of gruel, daily issue of lime juice, convict misdeeds and punishments, riots, prisoners producing a weekly paper 'Life Boat', gruel reinstated after 49 days, deaths recorded, notes re stores used, illnesses, sick list, disembarkation.

Appendices: A list of the Prisoners on whom Corporal Punishment has been inflicted, Ports at which the convicts were embarked, A list of the convicts embarked (including age, where born, schooling), Account of the number of convicts classed according to their ages and abilities to read and write.

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