VPRS 955 Passenger Ship Register Out

This series comprises a record of passenger ship departures from Victorian ports. It appears that the record was maintained for the compilation of passenger departure statistics as derived from the outward passenger lists to overseas and other ports in Australia (VPRS 948) and is effectively the control series.Entries include the following details:- port of departure- date of departure- name of vessel- tonnage- port of destination- numbers of cabin, intermediate and steerage passengers.All of this information has been derived from information provided on the outwards passenger list in VPRS 948. Passenger numbers are derived from the passenger summary which appears on the final page of most lists.At the end of the entries for each month there is a statistical recapitulation.The series is incomplete as there are no volumes extant covering entries for the period January 1879 to August 1883. It is unclear if the series commenced in 1869. For the period November 1855 to December 1859 a similar record exists which combines the information recorded for passenger ship arrivals and departures. It is possibly a previous series - refer to VPRS 22/P Units 12 and 13. There are no similar records extant for the period January 1860 to December 1868.The series ended in 1924 when responsibility for monitoring immigration passed to the Commonwealth.For the same period consult VPRS 954 for a similar record relating to arrivals of passenger ships.