Despatches from the lieutenant governor of Grenada, mostly forwarded by the governor...

Despatches from the lieutenant governor of Grenada, mostly forwarded by the governor of the Windward Islands, together with correspondence from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters relating to Grenada. Despatches are described at item level; correspondence from offices and individuals is not, and correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Offices:

• Council (appointment of R Newbold as a member of Council);
• Board of Trade (recommends that Act No 346, the Revenue Act, be left to its operation);
• Law Officers (no objections to Acts Nos 352, 350, 349, 348, 351; opinion on Bank Act);
• Treasury (vacancy in Customs Department had been filled before Mr Palmer's memorial had arrived; opinion of Board of Treasury on escheat of Ann Crookshank; decision on case of Mary Mitchell's escheat; answers Mr Brown's memorial for appointment to Customs; remarks on Tax Act No 346; grant of £75 to Mrs Jephson from Royal Bounty);
• French Consul (requests various documents connected with individuals).

Individuals:

• W G Anderson (death of Mr Jephson, Stipendiary Magistrate; solicits passage allowance for Mrs Jephson; recommends payment of Mrs Jephson's grant of £75 through the Commissariat at Trinidad);
• E C Anson (reply of Prince Albert to congratulatory addresses);
• Messrs Cox (certificates of Colonel Doyle's existence);
• Elizabeth Lowe (requests assistance towards the recovery of certain property);
• S W H Ramsbottom (requests that the fees paid by him on his appointment as Provost Marshal of Grenada may be returned);
• Nathaniel Roach (hopes that in the event of any alteration in the judicial system he may not be forgotten; remarks on the state of people of African heritage; refers to subject of emigration; remarks on the West Indian special justices, the labours of people of African heritage and relations with their employers and workings of the 'free system');
• W Rothell (encloses letter addressed to Mr Hornby covering a letter received by Mr Roach regarding a judicial appointment);
• Charles Symons (Ramsbottom's application for return of fees paid on appointment as Provost Marshal of Grenada);
• J Salman (enquires whether Mr Terman, Collector of Customs is alive).

Topics

International

Labour

Taxation

Trade and commerce

Migration

Caribbean