Correspondence, Original-Secretary of State: Correspondence received from Offices...

Correspondence, Original-Secretary of State: Correspondence received from Offices (Government Departments and other organisations) and individuals on subjects concerning the Bahamas. Correspondents and subjects are as follows: Offices:

• Crown Agents (sinking fund of the telegraph loan, contractors claim in respect of the cable, cable maintenance and repair fund, payment of pensions, claim for the detention of a cable vessel);
• Council Office (Yelveston case and the form of reference to the Privy Council);
• Board of Trade (appointment of acting Inspector of Lighthouses);
• Law Officers (case of A E Moseley and the contempt of court case);
• Treasury (papers on Yelveston case, submission of Moseley case to the Privy Council);
• Foreign Office (Bahamas-Florida cable question regarding the condition imposed by the United States Government, message from the Governor of the Bahamas to the President of the United States of America, cable questions regarding negotiations with the United States Government and money order);
• War Office (military lands and buildings, valuation of military lands);
• General Post Office (alteration of the mail service);
• Lord Mayor of London (raising of money for the purchase of a schooner for the residents of Watling's Island);

• H W Austin (pamphlet respecting his resignation);
• A J Burnside (his grievances, reconsideration of his case);
• J K Donaldson (application for appointment as Chief Justice);
• S A Dillet (complaint against J C Smith, Postmaster);
• T J Greenfield (Eleuthera magistracy);
• S Gedge (Florida cable and the appointment of Mr Strain as an electrical engineer);
• Captain Halkett (application for appointment as Chief Secretary at Cyprus);
• J Johnson (defalcations of Mr Persall);
• J C O'Halloran (appointment as Resident Magistrate, Eleuthera, advance of cost of his passage);
• L D Powles (condition of the Bahamas);
• M V D Stuart (his pension claims);
• Sir A Shea (Florida cable and the claim of Henley's Telegraph Company, the contempt of court case, fibre industry and the publication of despatch, stamp act, rights of commonage at Harbour Island, proceedings on Mr Moseley's release and the date of the police report, extension of leave, Chief Justice Yelverton's statements, citizen's protest against the return of Mr Yelverton, statement's of Chief Justice Yelverton, money granted to the Governor, Mr Yelverton's enquiries respecting the telegrams sent by the Governor, recommendations of O D Malcolm to Trinidad and Captain Learmouth to British Honduras);
• R D Yelverton (protests against the release of Mr Moseley, case of A C Moseley, procession on the occasion of Mr Moseley's release, case of C W Deane and others, Moseley's case and the document impounded by him, Royal prerogative in cases of Contempt of Court, Moseley case and the inaccuracy in dates of documents, Moseley case and the extension of leave, application for an interview with the Secretary of State, case of Sawyer and Deane, alleged enquiry by him as to telegrams sent by the Governor, application for copies of telegrams respecting the release of Mr Moseley, forwards testimonials, memorial against his return, Eleuthera Island trespass action, his article in the Truth, application for a copy of Sir A Shea's commission, memorial against his return, Governor's exercise of prerogative of mercy in the case of contempt of court, mis-statements respecting him, application for permission to sit in the Marylebone Country Court, proceedings on the occasion of Mr Moseley's release and the date of the police report, release of Mr Moseley, error in the date of the police report, action of Magistrate Thompson, alleged connection between Government and Nassau Guardian, proceedings on the occasion of Mr Moseley's release, case to be submitted to the Privy Council, release of Kalu application in Ceylon by Governor, case submitted to the Privy Council, circulation of a pamphlet on the case).

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