Letters from various government offices (departments), other organisations and individuals....

Letters from various government offices (departments), other organisations and individuals. Much of the correspondence with government departments deals with matters covered in despatches sent from the governor of the Leeward Islands and referred by the Colonial Office for comment, advice or authorisation. This correspondence is not listed at item level; subjects covered are as follows:

Offices (Government Departments):

• Medical Advisor (E S Marshall, C Harfiley, J Webster);
• House of Lords (road construction);
• Treasury (debt to Imperial government);
• War Office (road construction, staff officer and ADC, road construction, staff officer, guava jelly, gift to flying corps, gift of £2,500)

Miscellaneous Offices:

• Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (Coastal Service);
• Royal Irish Constabulary (Sub Inspector of Police);
• Board of Agriculture (diseases of animals order);
• West India Committee (road scheme);
• Central Bureau for Employment of Women (Dr and Mrs Gabriel);
• British Museum (protection of wild birds);
• Colonial Office (ankylostomiasis, Baynes gadiet, distressed seamen);
• London School of Tropical Medicine (assistance for Dr Norris);
• Lady Mico charity (students at Mico College, Jamaica);
• Supreme Court Pay Office (complaint of R F Richardson);
• Londonderry Coconut & Produce Ltd. (sugar cultivation);
• Montserrat Co. (export duty on cotton, emigration to America)

Individuals:

• Major E F Becker (road programme);
• F A Buckley (application for appointment as engineer);
• C H L Bellot (petition for reinstatement);
• Sir H Bell (Redouda lease, Plymouth improvements, reorganisation of Colonial Secretary's office, extension of leave, mine on Virgin Gorda, coastal service);
• T A V Best (application for appointment as Colonial Secretary in Barbados);
• W B Cunningham (application for transfer, extension of leave, resignation, leave salary, etc);
• Abbott & Lennard Forbes (Redouda Island);
• R Hedley (superintendent of works);
• F G Haddrell (Superintendent Inspector Haddrell, dismissal);
• H M S Harris (education system);
• F G Haddrell (his suspension);
• Rev E Hudson (Pasea Hall Estate);
• J B Jones (application for appointment as road surveyor);
• Mrs A Jardine (assistance for Mrs Harris);
• R H King (application for appointment as engineer);
• E S Marshall (aukylostomiasis, microscopists);
• C M. Martin (his pension);
• A Mahaffy (application for appointment as administrator);
• J R C Miller (assistance for Mrs Freeland);
• R H Nebel (his dismissal);
• Dr H A Nicholls (extension of leave);
• D E Pougnet (passage of nurse, Mauritius Widows & Orphans Pensions Fund);
• N C Ruggles (request for transfer);
• R F R Richardson (claim against French government);
• C R Stretch (superintendent of public works);
• J C Thomas (title to land);
• Helen Todd (remittance from her sister);
• J Williams (repatriation)

Topics

Charities

International

Labour

Army

Trade and commerce

Caribbean

Pay and pensions

Ireland

Children

Construction industries

Debt

Food and drink

Museums and galleries

Navy

Americas

Medicine

Armed Forces (General Administration)

Sex and gender

Africa