Correspondence received from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations)...

Correspondence received from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) and individuals on subjects concerning the Leeward Islands. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Offices:

• Admiralty (Antigua: Naval Establishment and the proposed abolition);
• Council Offices (Dominica: estate of the late C Herriart and the petition of Mrs Rose Cosalie Gaspard);
• Board of Trade (Antigua: life saving by C W Scott, re-registration of British vessels under Certificate of Sale);
• Treasury (Montserrat: application of Mrs Hamilton, School Mistress, for leave to discharge her duties by deputy; St Kitts: Sombrero Island and the extension of Mr Evans lease; Montserrat/Nevis: mail services, withdrawal of Spanish pesetas from circulation; Antigua: Bishop of Antigua and the arrangements for Coadjutor, pension case of Mr R P Griffith; Dominica: Import and Export Tax Act 1879);
• Foreign Office (Leewards: detention of Amanda Henley in Venezuela, extradition of Jules Sandou, British pauper children in St Thomas, case of Amanda Henley; Dominica: the case of an Italian swindler Vincenzo Evangelista Pusateri);
• War Office (St Kitts: Militia Amendment Act 1879, use of Old Fort at Palmette Point as burial ground for Wesleyans).

Miscellaneous:

• General Post Office (Leewards: general postal union; Antigua: termination of mail contract with Mr Cassin, mail service, fortnightly mail service);
• Montserrat Company Limited (Montserrat: mail service, water works scheme);
• Sun Fire Office (Montserrat: refusal of Postmaster to grant money orders);
• Free Church of Scotland (Antigua: Scottish Kirk at St John);
• Royal Humane Society (Dominica: case of Charles Wilcox Hodge);
• West India Committee (Leewards: returns of sittings and proceedings of judicial courts);
• Bischoff and Company (St Kitts: lease of Sombrero Island, renewal of the Sombrero Phosphate Company Lease).

Individuals:

• H Berkeley (Antigua: extension of leave, resignation);
• Dr N J Branch (St Kitts: rejection of his claim to preferment, his claim to appointment at Cunningham Hospital);
• J S Churchill (Virgin Islands: appointment as President);
• R P Griffith (Antigua: pension and his service in Mauritius and Seychelles);
• L A E Mackinnon (St Kitts: action against him for libel);
• Dr Gavin Milroy (Dominica: treatment of yaws);
• Dr H R Waldron (St Kitts: appointment as District Medical Officer.

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