..... What is uncertain was whether he died at sea or in harbour, and what happened to his body. Looking at passenger lists in the newspapers, Mr. Butler, it appears, had travelled alone.
The ship's doctor, the surgeon superintendent, wrote his report November 11th and Mr. Butler is not mentioned - only the death of the other passenger.[/quote]
Hi Ashley
Am assuming that you may have read the "Lady Jocelyn" Surgeon Superindendent's report at PapersPast's online Parliamentary Papers A to J's ??
So if you go back to Parliamentary Papers at the PapersPast site .... type in search bar, the following
> Lady Jocelyn + 1873 (30 results returned).
> scroll down through the first 10 results (about halfway down page) until you reach
D-01d Immigration to New Zealand (Further Memoranda for the Agent General )
1873 NEW ZEALAND -- 1873 Session 1 * Click on this link *> scroll down to page No. 8
> scroll further until you come to
> ENCLOSURE 3 - in No. 12 it's the last item on page 8
> REPORT of Immigration Commissioners on Ship "Lady Jocelyn" arrived 11 November 1872 "In the 3rd paragraph of that report you'll find your answer
... "A saloon passenger died from consumption shortly before arrival, and was buried at sea."(Apologies - couldn't manage to get a direct link to this - without some difficulty - hence the "how to find" instructions. )
~ Lu
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Thank you Lu - that is brillant! I will make the amendment in my documents.
