Offices and Individuals. Letters from various 'offices' (government departments and...

Offices and Individuals. Letters from various 'offices' (government departments and other organisations) and individuals most of which relate to the despatches sent from the governor in CO 321/251, CO 321/252, CO 321/253, and CO 321/254. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows:

Offices:

• Crown Agents (commission on sale of debenture, St Vincent; steward of colony and yaws hospital, Grenada; clothing for E W Begrie, Grenada; arrowroot advertisement tax, St Vincent; Union Islands, St Vincent; lighthouse for sale, St Lucia; passage of Major Capell from Mombasa, Grenada);
• Privy Council Office (rules of Admiralty Court, St Lucia);
• Foreign Office (complaint of W G Quinlan, St Lucia);
• Home Office (explosives and petroleum ordinance, St Vincent);
• India Office (land tenure in the Punjab, Grenada; arrowroot industry, St Vincent);
• Medical Adviser (P A Ongley, Grenada);
• Board of Trade (light on Cape Moul-à-Chique, St Lucia; fees for registry of ships, Grenada, St Lucia);
• Treasury (St Vincent: purchase of Union Islands; roads and land settlement fund; Carib settlement);
• War Office (rank of Lt L J H Leland, Windward Islands; course in armoury, Windward Islands);
• Local Government Board (medical examination of persons employed in bakeries, Windward Islands; health conditions, Grenada; public health ordinance, St Vincent);
• Times Book Club (claim against Dr Hughes, Grenada);
• Post Office (reduction of postage on newspapers, etc, Grenada; telephone ordinance, St Vincent; complaint against postal authorities, Grenada);
• Trinity House (light / lighthouse at Cape Moule-à-Chique, St Lucia);
• Colonial Nursing Association (nurse matron - application from Alice Radcliffe, St Lucia);
• Board of Customs (sale of intoxicating liquor bill, Grenada);
• Estate Duty Office (duty on estate of Colonel G Paterson, Grenada);
• London School of Tropical Medicine (antidote for snake bite, St Lucia);
• Board of Customs, etc (excise regulations, Grenada);

Individuals:

• C J Arthur (registration in Great Britain and colonial appointment, Grenada);
• D R Beale (memorial for pension or gratuity, St Vincent);
• M Begrie (clothing for her husband, Grenada);
• Capel, Cure, & Ball (Union Island, St Vincent);
• W H C Calthrop (resignation, St Lucia);
• A Capell (transfer, Grenada);
• F A Drysdale (call to the bar, St Lucia);
• Druces & Attlee (Carib Country, St Vincent);
• F B Griffith (advance of pension, St Vincent);
• R Heels (re-employment, Grenada);
• M Kerr (re-employment, St Lucia);
• J B Kernahan (pension or gratuity, St Vincent);
• Luiklater & Co (mortgage guarantees by government, St Vincent);
• Sir Colin G Macrae (letters of introduction, Grenada);
• R E Noble (postponement of departure, St Vincent);
• P A Ougley (Grenada: retirement on pension; advance; half salary and pension; Cyprus pension);
• Dr J Tudor (divorce, Grenada);
• J Ryan (missing; 'dummy' sheet only - Police appointment, Grenada).

Topics

Clothing

Conveyancing

International

Labour

Army

Taxation

Trade and commerce

Marriage and divorce

Nursing

Caribbean

Europe and Russia

Oil and gas

Pay and pensions

Weapons

Australia and Pacific

Debt

Food and drink

Navy

Banking

Communications