APPENDIX. 
461 
STATEMENT of the Number of Officers and Crews of the 
Vessels comprising the Niger Expedition, when they com- 
menced their Ascent of the Niger, August 20th, 1841. 
Albert, 
Wilberforce. 
Soudan. 
Amelia. 
Total. 
Europeans : — 
Officers 
14 
10 
9 
3 
36 
Civilians 
1 
8 
, , 
9 
Engineers . 
3 
8 
2 
. . 
8 
Stokers 
4 
3 
4 
. . 
11 
Remainder of crew 
29 
33 
15 
4 
81 
Coloured : — 
Civilian (West 
Indian) 
1 
1 
Men entered in 
England . 
14 
7 
3 
24 
Men entered in 
Africa 
44 
37 
18 
9 
108 
Total 
109 
102 
51 
16 
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Her Majesty’s Steam- Vessel ^Albert.’ 
List of European Officers and Crew, and of Coloured Men entered 
in England, belonging to Her Majesty’s Steam- Vessel 
^Albert* when she commenced her ascent of the Niger, 
August 20, 184L 
Officers. 
Name. Rank. 
H. D, Trotter . . Captain, 
E. Gr. Fishbourne . . Lieutenant. 
* This mrmber includes the interpreters, but not the men, women 
and children, belonging to the Model Farm, 21 of whom were in the 
^Amelia,’ and 2 in the ‘Wilbexforce.* 
