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:

• House of Commons (money grants to the Governor);
• Admiralty (disturbance at Nassau, fires at Nassau and riotous assault on the Police);
• Crown Agents (claims of the Henley Telegraph Company);
• Council Office (case of Chief Justice Yelverton);
• Law Officers (case of Chief Justice Yelverton and his removal);
• Treasury (case of Chief Justice Yelverton and whether Mr Moseley was in contempt of court, contempt of court case);
• Foreign Office (information respecting the Acting Portuguese Consul, Manuel Menedy salvage and the Eldorado, application of Mr Yelverton for a copy of a document);
• War Office (sale of Military Hospital, payment of army pensions, transmission of proceeds of the sale of military buildings, War Department property at Hog Island);
• Kew Gardens (fibre machinery);
• Echo (Life, Law and Politics in the Bahamas);
• Lloyds (administration of law as regards shipping);

• Mrs Austin (her husband's services as Chief Justice, appointment for her son G Austin, application for continuance of her late husband's pension);
• C R Burnside (his removal to a lower paid office);
• Miss E Callaghan (application for assistance from Royal Bounty Fund, as she has lost her sight, on the account of the services of her late brother Thomas Fitzgerald Callaghan);
• S Albert Dillet (complaint against Postmaster James Carmichael Smith);
• L N Duty (misrule in the Bahamas);
• Captain F S Dugmore (financial position);
• H M Jackson (arrival on leave);
• Kirby, Son and Verden (charges against Postmaster James Carmichael Smith);
• J Kemp (Chief Justice, R D Yelverton);
• Mrs Radford (her daughter J Griffin);
• Reverend J W Roberts (respecting Miss E S Dillet and her immoral character);
• W J Kerr (information respecting Miss E S Dillet and her immoral character);
• J C Smith (charges against him, arrival on leave, withdrawal of application for reinstatement);
• Sir A Shea (extension of his terms as Governor, extension of leave, report of the committee on the recent disturbances, Sponge Fishery Act, appointment of the Postmaster);
• C G Walpole (appointment as Chief Justice);
• R D Yelverton (police report on the case of Dean and others, disallowance of the Stamp Act, Eleuthera land case, alleged case of trespass at Hatchet's Bay, Charles Sands' case, action of Governor in releasing Mr Moseley, position as Chief Justice, suggested resignation, resolution against his return, relationship of members of the legislature to each other, Acting Chief Justiceship of Ceylon, his half salary, statements of W G Rattray, appointment of J A Thompson as Resident Justice at Governor's Harbour, hearing before judicial committee, his removal, application for interview, resolution against his return, his case, his position and money grants to the Governor, resignation of J S Solomon, enquiry into the administration of justice, case before the Privy Council, Sir A Shea, reference to the judicial committee, position as Chief Justice, petition to the Queen regarding removal from Chief Justiceship, application for certain documents, removal from office, administration of justice, his resignation).

Topics

International

Public disorder

Army

Caribbean

Pay and pensions

Navy

Fishing

Communications

Armed Forces (General Administration)