Offices and individuals. Letters received from various government offices (departments),...

Offices and individuals. Letters received from various government offices (departments), other organisations and individuals relating to British Guiana during the year 1869. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Offices:

• Admiralty (visit of R Mundy);
• Crown Agents (superannuation allowances of A F David and W Fox, salary of Mr Justice Newton, F W Austin, E N Walter, E H G Dalton, H P Plummer, G P Wells and I Lucie-Smith, superannuation and annuity of W Knight);
• Foreign Office (appointment of D A F Walker to be Venezuelan Consul at Demerara, J Benni, property of I Van der Horst, A Livi, recognition of Netherlands Consul at Georgetown J Meyers as Acting for the Consul of the North German Federation, appointment of H le Daux to be French Vice Consul at Demerara, estate of F Bertozzini, appointment of L Sailor to be Consul for Demerara, birth certificate for F M C Germon);
• General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (welfare of the Church of Scotland in British Guiana, formation of a Presbytery of British Guiana, vacancy in the parish of All Saints, Berbice, recommendations of J B Dalgety, appointment of Dalgety to the parish of All Saints, recommendation of A F Wilson to the vacancy in the parish of St Luke's);
• General Post Office (ordinance to amend the Savings Bank Law in British Guiana);
• Treasury (accounts of the sinking fund for 1868, appeal of W McDermott against the Supreme Court of British Guiana, geological survey, ordinance to provide for the construction of certain public works);
• War Office (troops to be positioned permanently at Demerara).

Individuals:

• I G Austin (application to the post of Government Secretary of British Guiana);
• F W Austin (arrival in England);
• A F Baird (leave of absence, education of his sons, retirement, complaint against the Governor);
• C Cannon (claim of H Schattenburk over the plantation Sophia);
• F M Chadwick (application to the post of Stipendiary Magistrate);
• E W K Crocker (extension of leave);
• F E Dampier (extension of leave);
• Daniel and Company (claim of T Gilbert to the office of Attorney General);
• G Des Voeux (report on the state of the colony);
• J Erving (letter from Glasgow);
• F de Foublanque (application for the office of Government Secretary);
• T Gilbert (application for the office of Attorney General);
• M Godefroy (naturalisation);
• J Hinks (report on 'negro' villages, memorial from influential men concerning the manner of selection of Chief Justice and Puisne Judge in British Guiana);
• M Hick (seeks employment);
• J Hackett (extension of leave);
• G Lillie (extension of leave);
• I Maxwell (appointment as Stipendiary Magistrate, departure from England);
• Mr Montgomery (application for the office of Colonial Secretary);
• J Nimmo (extension of leave);
• J H Otterbern (his application for the position of Provost Marshal of British Guiana);
• C W O'Donnoghue (passage to India);
• M Padmore (application for the office of Provost Marshal of Demerara);
• W B Pollard (leave of absence);
• R Short (address of Governor Hinks);
• A Sturgeon (thanks to the Queen for the appointment of Governor Seatt);
• Mr Smith (charges against W T Smith);
• J C Thiereus (departure for Demerara);
• W H Ward (address in London, departure for British Guiana);
• E Walker (extension of leave).

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