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

Correspondence from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) on matters relating to the Leeward Islands. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Offices:

• Admiralty (Antigua: police station at English Harbour);
• Crown Agents (hurricane relief; Dominica: payment to the West Indian Encumbered Estates Court, Savings Bank investments, electric light at Roseau, stamps; Virgin Islands: Virgin Gorda land grant to Leonard Read; Antigua: Central Sugar Factory, Wallings Water Supply, drainage at St John's Hospital, Central Sugar Factory's contract, stamps; St Kitts: hurricane effects on coast line at Dieppe Bay, stamps, engagement of a dowser for Anguilla; Montserrat: stamps);
• Council Office (Reserved Bill entitled The Statute Law Revision Act 1901);
• Foreign Office (turtle fishery and turtle eggs; Antigua: extradition of Charles Roberts; St Kitts: grasshopper pest; Lesser Antilles: turtle fishery in the Caribbean Sea and close time; Dominica: exemption of income tax on Observer at United States Weather Bureau; Danish Antilles: adoption of close season of turtle fishery; St Kitts: distressed British subject Joseph Nathan);
• Law Office (power to grant leave of absence, definition of annual profits or gains in Section 4 of Ordinance 7 of 1899);
• Board of Trade (Dominica: coasting trade and foreign treaty rights; Barbuda: proposed lighthouse on Spanish Point);
• Treasury (Dominica: defence forces; Montserrat: defence forces, expenditure of hurricane relief grant, estimates for the year 1901-2, road repairs, land acquisition for small holders; Antigua: expenditure of hurricane relief grant, estimates for the year 1901-2, wireless telegraphy between St Kitts and Antigua; St Kitts: expenditure of hurricane relief grant, estimates for the year 1901-2, wireless telegraphy between Antigua and St Kitts; Federal: estimates for the year 1901-2; Anguilla: water supply; Barbuda: development);
• War Office (small arms; application of Mr E Bell, Sergeant Major Grays' qualifications for West African Frontier Force, decoration for Colonial Auxiliary Forces; St Kitts: rainfall at Brimstone Hill, inspection of local forces, accommodation of Boer prisoners; Antigua: rainfall at Brimstone Hill, inspection of local forces, accommodation and proposed detention of Boer prisoners; Dominica: Ordnance property, inspection of local forces, accommodation of Boer prisoners).

Miscellaneous Offices:

• Borough of Tunbridge Wells (hurricane relief fund);
• Board of Agriculture (Antigua: Contagious Diseases [Animals] Ordinance);
• St John's City Board (Antigua: death of Her Majesty the Queen);
• Colonial Nursing Association (assistance for training of Miss Rose Mills);
• West India Committee (Antigua: sugar industry, accommodation of Boer prisoners; Nevis: steamer service);
• Dominica Church Council (Antigua Diocesan Synod Incorporation);
• Barbuda Island Company Limited (Antigua: lease enquiries for Barbuda);
• Board of Customs (Weights and Measures Amendment Act);
• Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (proposed coastal service);
• Montserrat Company Limited (Montserrat: forest preservation);
• Lady Mico Charity (Leewards students in Mico College at Kingston, Jamaica);
• Colonial Office (Dominica: proposed detention of Boer prisoners, injury to Mr Clive);
• Lord Mayor of London (Antigua: Queen Victoria Memorial Fund; Montserrat: Queen Victoria Memorial Fund).

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