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On the Rate of Mortality among Adult Government Emigrants on the Voyage to Australia, during the Years 1847-1861 inclusive, as determined from the Reports of the Emigration Commissioners

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 August 2016

J. J. McLauchlan
J. J. McLauchlan*
Affiliation:
Scottish Equitable Life Assurance Society
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Extract

The object of the following paper is to describe an investigation recently made, to determine, from observed facts, the risk incurred by persons making voyages to the Australian Colonies. This investigation was carried out under the superintendence of Mr. Sprague, at whose suggestion the following account of it was prepared.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Institute of Actuaries , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , January 1875 , pp. 381 - 390
Copyright
Copyright © Institute and Faculty of Actuaries 1875

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References

page 382 note * One ship, in 1853, conveyed emigrants both to Victoria and South Australia.