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Packing for Everyone
The Canterbury Association had very firm rules on what storage of belongings was provided for free in the ship’s hold (the place where luggage was ‘held’ for storage). Half a ton (close to 450 kilograms), or 20 cubic feet (0.57 cubic metres of freight) was allowed free of charge for each adult passenger. Anything further would have to be paid for. |
Regulations were outlined by the Canterbury Association in their pamphlet the Canterbury Papers 1850 and in Rates of Passage, Weekly Dietary, Memorandum for Passengers, 28 May 1850. It is more difficult to find evidence on whether people followed these regulations or how strictly they were enforced. |
Two or three packing boxes were recommended. There were also rules about how large a packing box had to be. They were to be no more than 3 feet long (36 inches), 20 inches wide and 18 inches high. A person or family was given two canvas bags for their clothes. Heavy boxes and chests were to be put in the ‘hold’ where people could only access them once in every three or four weeks. If you wanted to use or check some of your belongings on the journey you had to pack your boxes carefully.
Free freight space in ship’s hold per adult was 20 cubic feet (0.57 cubic metres)
Free freight space in ship’s hold per adult was 20 cubic feet (0.57 cubic metres)
If this Victorian highchair’s volume was 5 cubic feet, you could fit 4 of them in 20 cubic feet.
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