Four detained in body floating case Four persons are in police custody following the discovery of a body in a trench at Kildonon

In the Ship Log #248 for SHEILA 1892 the following names were recorded under the letter

A: #55855 AUGNAI 25 Chamar(Lusignan); #55856 AKLU 25 Koiri(Hampton Court);

#55857 AUGNU 20 Chamar(Albion); #55858 Abdul Ghani 19 Churihar(Providence,Berbice);

#55859 AJODHA Kunbi(Marionville);

#55860 AUTU 25 Chamar(Hampton Court);

#55861 AMANAT 19 Musalman(Bath); and

#55862 AHMAD ALI KHAN 18 Pathan(Enmore).

Under the letter R these were the following entries: #56260 Ramkalia 25 Ahir(Providence,Berbice);

#56261 Ramkalia 28 Chamar(Anna Regina); #56262 Ramdai 26 Kahar(Port Mourant);

#56263 Rajkaliya 32 Koiri(NonPareil);

#56264 Rukminia 32 Kurmi(Albion);

#56265 Ramkalia 25 Chamar(Blairmont);

#56266 Rachkalia 25 Chamar(Blairmont);

#56267 Rajni 23Ahir(Hampton Court);

#56268 Rukminia 30 Ahir(Hampton Court);

#56269Rugudi 20 Chamar(Bath);

#56270 Ramkali 19 Chamar(Hampton Court); #56271 Rukma 20 Jat(Lusignan); and

#56272 Rahima 17 Musalman(Providence,Berbice).

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What Does This Mean?- 86 CASUAL 1896

86 CASUAL 1896 simply means registration number 86 in the CASUAL REGISTER for the arrival of emigrants to British Guiana in the year 1896.

A CASUAL was the term applied to any emigrant( from Bharat, Africa, China, Portugal or the West Indies) who was not introduced into British Guiana under indenture. A number of former indentured labourers who were repatriated to Bharat(India) opted to return to British Guiana as paid passengers and were recorded in the CASUAL REGISTER. Persons who were sent from Bharat to work in the Immigration Department of British Guiana were recorded in the CASUAL REGISTER.

Some persons whose indentureship contracts expired in another colony(e.g. Suriname, Trinidad, St.Lucia, Grenada etc.) and who relocated to British Guiana instead of returning to India were recorded in the CASUAL REGISTER. A number of these CASUAL REGISTERS are housed in the General Registry Office in Georgetown.

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