Correspondence from the Foreign and War Offices on matters relating to British Guiana:...

Correspondence from the Foreign and War Offices on matters relating to British Guiana:

• Foreign Office (Venezuelan Boundary: offer of old atlas and maps, Swiss opinion, offer of old geography, United States Commission, United States press extracts, Mexican views, Island of Trinidad, Schomburgk Line, contract for colonisation of the Amazons, preparation of the British case against Venezuela, Mr Houghton's searches, payment for translations, arrest of Mr Harrison, Uruan incident, truck cutting by Venezuelans, gratuities to Messrs Harris Mr Reddan and Mr H B Cox, Dutch posts on the river Cuyuni, Uruan compensation, arbitration; British Consul at Caracas, appointment of new Governor of Surinam, jurisdiction of Bishop over Dutch and French Guiana, Venezuelan Consul at Glasgow, Anglo-Brazilian boundary, speech on Monroe Doctrine, Venezuelan contract for the colonisation of the Amazons, liquidation of Manoa Orinoco Asphalt Company, American gold seekers, boundary question: Venezuelan case, Swiss comments, remuneration of translators, exploration of the Guyana district, Orinoco Railway Company's concession, pamphlet by Mr Scruggs, Venezuelan President message to the Congress, production of precious metals, claim of Monsieur Houel against the Government of British Guiana, gold mining regulations, investigation of Brazilian encroachments, Monroe Doctrine and the Pan-American congress, jurisdiction of the Portuguese Consul, exploration concessions by the Venezuelan Government, French claims on Brazilian boundary, Kaituma railway, appointment of Mr Gustavus Henry Richter as Vice Consul of the United States for British Guiana, Armenian massacres, administration of justice in French Guiana);
• War Office (instruction for Mr Colin Grant to attend the next class at the School of Musketry, seconding of Lieutenant G H Alexander, musketry instruction for Mr F C M Anson, Venezuelan boundary and maps, supply of guns for the defence of Georgetown, appointment of Colour Sergeant J Watt as Infantry Instructor for the Militia, map of British Guiana, musketry certificates of Messrs F C M Anson and C Grant, Martini Henry rifles for the Militia, uniforms ordinance, certificates of Colonel Sergeant C J Russell, promotions of 2nd Class Armourer Sergeant F O Ford and Company Quartermaster Sergeant P Woodmore, singing of national anthem, reverting guns at Fort Frederich William, reverting of guns, non-commissioned officers serving under colonial governments, reventing tools, British Guiana Militia, artillery instructor for the Militia, army clothing of soldiers transferred, conduct of Lieutenant G Garnett, refilling of ball cartridge).

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