Emigration Act, 1843, 21 of 1843 (Rep., Act 13 of 1864)

Section I. Whereas it has been represented that the demands of the Island of Mauritius for Agricultural labor w

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I. Whereas it has been represented that the demands of the Island of Mauritius for Agricultural labor will by the end of this year be greatly diminished, and it is desirable that effectual measures should be adopted for providing a larger proportion of Female Emigrants to that Island than has been procured under the present system of Emigration, it is therefore enacted, that form and after the 1[st] day of January next ensuing, Emigration to Mauritius shall only lawfully take place under the provisions of the Act No. 15 of 1842 from the Port of Calcutta.

Source: India Code