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    EMIGRANT-SHIP MATRONS i 29

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    This Is Not To Be A Paper On Emigration....

    Allowance to Surgeons for Return Passage . From New South Wales . . . £ 1 , 560

    Do . Victoria . . . . 820 Do . South . Australia . . 1 , 560

    fifty The to number three hundred of single An women efficient in matron government is expected ships varie to attend s from to

    have their her personal food s habits erved , . separatel to live with y , them but in , — quantit if of a y superior and quality class she has niay the in

    same as those under her care—to find them suitable employment , instruction cleaning * , washing and to , need teach le them work , , reading etc ., as well and writing as to give ; in them short reli , t g ious see

    useful that service the members in time the , colony on of board societ , and shi in p instead inducing is spent of * such in their training habits being , them as as will is too for make often domestic them the y

    case , ignorant of household , duties and disinclined for labor , when they We soon have lose ' shown their character in a former and become part of a burden this paper to the the colony average . you

    required before _diiration this ; of we lucrative each now voyage add and , luxurious the the pap rate er of post of remuneration can requisitions be obtained , and to . be the filled services in

    BRITISH LADIES' FEMALE _EMIGRANT SOCIETY . _MATKOJSTS' COMMITTEE .

    each The follo Candida wing head te for and the return Office the of Matron Paper to will the write Secretary an _Jinsiver of the opposite _Matrons to

    Committee . , PLEASE WRITE PLAIN .

    N How ame long , ( been in full there engaged , ) . age , andna in Profession teaching tive place or ? . trade ( former Residence ones , sing presen also ) . t married ( in fall -Have ) . or you

    tificate widow ever " ? ?—— = — If If either any children of the latter state , can names you and produce you ages . your , marriage Are y , cer in

    debt , and to what amount ? , Former loyers * NamesEmployer _^ Full _uiddress . How long there , and

    Emp . date of leaving . lstl . . . . . .

    y . . . 2 3 ndl rdl y . . . ¦ . . . . . ....

    4 thly y . . . . . . . . . Still . . .

    And y all others . . . . . . . . If • » i _. * _. • •• • •

    or in emp needlework loyed in ser nil vce" ) the _above with the , name up s " * * '

    you and have addresses resided of with persons or j _* #

    of those who have kno , wn * * *

    you intimately . . J

    Emigrant-Ship Matrons I 29

    EMIGRANT-SHIP MATRONS i 29

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1860, page 29, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031860/page/29/