Correspondence received from Offices (Government Departments and other organisations)...

Correspondence received from Offices (Government Departments and other organisations) on subjects concerning British Guiana. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Offices:

• Grand United Order of Oddfellows (Venezuelan boundary);
• British Guiana Prospecting and General Developing Company (application for concessions, clearing of Barima River);
• Colonial Office (Venezuelan boundary, notes on British Guiana and its Gold Industry, employment of Dutch and Spanish translators);
• Wesleyan Missionary Society (grants to Wesleyans);
• British Museum (Venezuelan boundary and employment of translators);
• Emigration Agents, Calcutta ('seed' rice letter on behalf of the Rice Growing Company in British Guiana);
• Church of Scotland, Colonial Committee (appointment of Minister Reverend J Millar, appointment of Minister of St Mary's Mahaica and recommends Reverend Robert R Macnie, appointment of Minister of St Catherine's and recommends Reverend J W Macgill);
• Chamber of Commerce, Liverpool (insolvency law);
• Inland Revenue (death duties collection);
• West India Committee (services of Mr Cavendish Boyle);
• General Post Office (parcel post agreement between British Guiana and Surinam);
• Plantation Owners (Demerara extension railway bridge across Mahaica Creek);
• East India Immigrants (Indian immigrants and the petition complaining of restrictions placed on ceremonies and festivities);
• Sergeant Superintendent Ireland (voyage of the Lena and arrival at Demerara);
• Sergeant Superintendent Miley (voyage of the EMS);

Individuals:

• M W Armour (Venezuelan boundary and his inaccurate statement in the Truth, sugar industry);
• Frank C M Anson (application for certain appointment and suggests the amalgamation of the post of Inspector of Roads and the Inspector of Distilleries);
• N Atkinson (Council of Judges and the West India Inter-Colonial Appeal Court);
• G H Alexander (resignation from the post of Sub Inspector in the British Guiana Police Force);
• W Browne (Venezuelan boundary and the Toledo Produce Exchange suggesting a tribunal for its settlement);
• T Beakbone (Venezuelan boundary and the old atlas);
• Edward A Burgess (the case of T G G Wyatt);
• P Brown (Venezuelan boundary and the atlas of Herman Holl 1719);
• W Bateson (township on the River Rupununi);
• R D J Bacon (Venezuelan boundary and an extract from the New Royal Encyclopaedia 1789);
• Dr C G Brown (health of Mr T G G Wyatt, health of Mr H G Spain, health of Colonel E B McInnes, health of Mr T R Hosken);
• Mrs Mary Anne Boyle (estate of the late J Gallagher the County Inspector of Police);
• James F Bennett (application for promotion);
• C Boyle (land development);
• J H D Bratt (extension of leave);
• Mrs Jeanette Block (property in Chancery);
• Sir David P Chalmers (Venezuelan boundary and an article in the Scottish Juridical Review);
• Charles T Cox (case of Mr Spain);
• F Comyn (Venezuelan boundary, application for promotion);
• Reverend J A Campbell (Venezuelan boundary);
• J W Carrington (steam service);
• F W Collier (promotion);
• Julius Conrad (finances);
• Carpmael and Company (charge against Mr Abraham);
• Charles E Clarke (Venezuelan boundary);
• G E de Veer (termination of his appointment, his pension);
• D B Devore (Venezuelan boundary);
• N Darnell Davis (telegraphic communication with the West Indies);
• R Dongall (minerals, timber and the grant of a concession);
• Reverend Edmundson (employment of translators);
• J Eneas (tenders his resignation and asks for payment of a pension);
• W S Emond (application for pension);
• G Firth Franks (house allowance during leave);
• N Forster (jute cultivation);
• Charles E D Farnum (extension of leave);
• Reverend T J Gaster (Venezuelan boundary);
• J W Gibbons (compensation for illegal imprisonment);
• G O Grant (permission to practice at the Bar of British Guiana);
• M Garnett (British Guiana Bank);
• Sir A Hemming (salary as Governor, Administrator's Private Secretary);
• W E Hickling (Venezuelan boundary);
• P Hemery (estate duty, application for appointment in Jamaica, application for appointment in Grenada, application for promotion,
• C B Hamilton (collection of death duties);
• A H Haggard (gold resources);
• W A Harrison (arrival, his leave salary, application for transfer);
• Quintin Hogg (riot at Nonpareil);
• Sir A Hemming (to pay for the services of a Private Secretary);
• W A Hodgson ('coolies' shot at Nonpareil, J R Hosken (resignation);
• Richard S F Lambert (arrival on leave, leave certificate, application for appointment on the Gold Coast, his leave in 1879);
• J Le Mesurier (Venezuelan boundary);
• Sir Charles C Lees (case of Mr Spain);
• Lord Loch and others (application for concession for prospecting on unoccupied Crown Lands);
• G Lawson (development of colony);
• E G Leary (his pension);
• F A Long (resignation);
• Mrs Long (her husband's salary);
• F W Moss (Venezuelan boundary);
• Captain Marshall (Venezuelan boundary);
• Colonel E B McInnes (extension of leave, his return, offer of Captain R S Marshall to return, promotion of Sergeant Major Riddick, non-commissioned officers serving under colonial governments, application for appointment in Trinidad);
• W Maloney (his memorial);
• G Nevile (death of his son);
• S R Phillipps (case of Mr T G Wyatt);
• C L Peacocke (information for gold mining syndicate);
• J Pettet (Venezuelan boundary);
• A J Pitman (Police Inspector L L Kerr);
• J T H Richardson (Venezuelan boundary and a French atlas from 1695);
• A Robertson (Venezuelan boundary);
• Dr P Reich (Venezuelan boundary);
• E B W Rankin (promotion);
• T Sweetapple (Venezuelan boundary);
• H G Spain (termination of his appointment);
• A Seymour Jones (Venezuelan boundary);
• H Sproston (local steamer contract);
• W H Sherlock (condition of Mr T G G Wyatt);
• Sproston, Son & Company (Essequibo railway);
• G D Swain (application for promotion, offer of services in Egypt or South Africa);
• Sir J Sinclair (Venezuelan boundary);
• A Speller (Venezuelan boundary);
• J Thompson (death of pensioner J McSwinly);
• T M Teed (departure and the offer of services);
• J E Twine (railway extensions);
• G C Vyle (application for post of Electrical Engineer, Queensland);
• J A Walton (application for promotion or transfer).

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