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Despatches from Governor Sir Henry Le Geary (20 August to 31 December 1903) as well...
Catalogue reference: CO 37/240
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This record is about the Despatches from Governor Sir Henry Le Geary (20 August to 31 December 1903) as well... dating from 1903 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- CO 37/240
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1903
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Description (What the record is about)
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Despatches from Governor Sir Henry Le Geary (20 August to 31 December 1903) as well as letters from various offices (government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters related to Bermuda sent during the year. Despatches are described at item level; correspondence from officers and individuals is not. Correspondents and subjects for offices and individuals are as follows:
Offices:
- Admiralty (direct mail service, Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, wireless telegraphy, tax on condemned food sold by auction);
- Crown Agents (St George's Harbour improvement, supply of seeds for public garden);
- Foreign Office (ex-prisoners of war);
- Board of Trade (casualty report for SS Madiana, wreck inquiries);
- Treasury (military contribution);
- War Office (wireless telegraphy, draft acquisition of Land Bill, irreconcilable prisoners of war, Bill of War Department Lands Act, purchase of land by A A W Otto, transport, defence contribution, extension of Sir H Geary's term as Governor);
- Chamber of Shipping (improvement of St Georges Harbour);
- Lloyds (condemnation of vessels, wreck of SS Madiana, amendment of Official Surveyors Act);
- General Post Office (mail from New York, money order convention with the US);
- General Shipowners' Society (St Georges Harbour improvement);
- Royal Society (Biological Station);
Individuals:
- Boosey & Co (pirated music);
- Reverend A Goldring, Rector of Paget and Warwick (constitution, administration of justice)
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2750079/
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CO 37
Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence
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