Correspondence from offices (government departments and other organisations) and...

Correspondence from offices (government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters relating to British Guiana.

Offices:

• Home Office (proposed creation of Labour Institutions for juveniles and adults prisoners);
• Medical Advisors (anchylostomiasis [ankylostomiasis] on coolie ships, health report on Dr Thomas Ireland and Mr Thomas Nicol);
• Board of Trade (outrage on SS Avon, trade between Canada and British Guiana, stowaway of 'native' of Demerara Edwin Edwards);
• War Office (case of Colonel S Lushington, British Guiana-Brazilian boundary);
• West India and Panama Telegraph Company (wireless telegraphy between British Guiana and Trinidad);
• General Post Office (wireless telegraphy between British Guiana and Trinidad, simultaneous telephonic and telegraphic communication);
• Kew Gardens (rubber cultivation, Forestry instruction and proposal by C W Anderson);
• The Direct West India Cable Company Limited (wireless telegraphy between British Guiana and Trinidad);
• Colonial Nursing Association (appointments of Superintendent of Nurses at New Amsterdam Hospital and Principal Nurse at Georgetown Public Hospital);
• London County Asylum, Bexley (case of Cornelius de Windt);
• Prestwich Union (case of Dr Clarke);
• Charity Organisation Society (cases of John Cornelius Edwards and Joseph Fraser);
• Civil Service Commission (examination for the Sub-Inspector of Police);
• Colonial Office (raid on Venezuelan territory under Captain Calder);
• Royal Mail Steam and Packet Company (case of destitute 'natives' F Lithcott and A Kippins);
• Surgeon Superintendent Arthur Harrison (report on 'coolies' for the emigrant ship Ems);
• Imperial Institute (representation for British Guiana, Mr Anderson and rubber instruction);
• Direct West India Mail Company (wireless telegraphy);
• West India Committee (wireless telegraphy);
• Surgeon Superintendent Richard Fonceca (report on 'coolies' for the emigrant ship Mersey);

Individuals:

• Charles Henry Alvarez (petition);
• C W Anderson (advance of pay);
• D C Brassington (dismissal);
• J R Booth (advance of pay, submission of reason for appeal);
• A Choppin (retirement on pension);
• Cornelius de Windt (repatriation and return to Colony);
• E M Dyett (appointment as Stipendiary Magistrate's Clerk at Berbice);
• Edwin C Foot (introduction to Governor);
• The Guiana Gold Company Limited (report and accounts of company);
• R P Gibbs (salary of Mr Bolton as Adjutant Emigration Agent);
• J B Harrison (extension of leave, draft regulations of rubber concession, outrage at Government Laboratory and claim for compensation, transfer);
• C B Hamilton (service under the Crown);
• G D Hyder (complaint against Mr D M Hutson);
• H A Haig (appointment as Assistant Government Medical Officer);
• Lawrence Jones and Company (British Guiana Rubber Corporation Limited);
• Dr Thomas Ireland (pension);
• R W S Mitchell (pension, contributions to Officer Guaranteed Fund, appointment for his son Mr Robert Mitchell);
• Dr Walter E Roth (request for postponement of his departure to Georgetown);
• F G Robertson (application for post in West Africa);
• F G K Smith (retirement on pension);
• Sims and Syms (case of ex-Police Sergeant David Clarke);
• Miss J C Tengely (medical appointment in the Colony);
• Clement C Taylor (application for Sub-Inspector of Police);
• B N Wise (British Guiana Rubber Corporation Limited);
• Wys Muller and Company (Messrs Abraham and Watson).

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