Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State: Correspondence from individuals on...

Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State: Correspondence from individuals on matters relating to British Honduras. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

• Dr Charles George Brown (medical fitness of W R Ward Hunt, health of Dr A Hunter);
• B Cramer (disputes with the Government as to lands on the Moho River);
• Henry Fowler (address on his departure, his services in the Colony and extract from the Angelus, disclosure of Dr Hunter's confidential notes, non-issue of Government Gazette of 30 October, land grant to Mr Melhado, imprisonment of Mr Dillet, Guatemalan boundary);
• R T Goldsworthy (demarcation of the western boundary, action of the Mexican ship Indipendencia, employment of a Mining Engineer, trespass on lands of Belize Estate and Produce Company by Indian wood cutters, statements as to his recall, riotous meeting at the Colonial Club and stoning of the Spanish Council, appointment of Mr Porter as foreman of works, application of F J S Blancaneaux for re-instatement in the Constabulary, the new Police Force, memorial against his administration, mahogany licence granted to Messrs Cramer, extension of leave, amalgamation of the posts of Surgeon and Sub-Inspector, report on A W Dillet, complaint of Mr Melhado for mahogany licenses, establishment of a Constabulary, disturbance in the streets of Belize on 10 January, suggestions of the Surveyor General as to a survey of the Colony, Mr Millson's expenses in connection with the boundary survey, appointment of Messrs Robertson and Aikman to the Legislative Council, proposed construction of blockhouses, appointment of W J Marshall to the Legislative Council, proposals of the United States syndicate for the construction of a railway, methods for raising additional revenue);
• John Gentle (dispute between the Government and the representatives of the late James Grant in regards to Mr Grant's property, currency proclamation);
• W Meigh Goodman (revision of laws);
• Dr Alex Hunter (report on the outbreak of yellow fever in 1886, memorial of Mr Charles Thompson Hunter, Mr Hoffmeister's statements in respect of Mr Goldsworthy, dredging in Belize harbour);
• Charles Thompson Hunter (scheme for a railway, railway communication with Mexico, railway proposals, Siccama scheme contract, his railway proposals, his contract at Belize, advance of £50);
• C R Hoffmeister (charges against him, statements attributed to him);
• E D M Hooper (report on the forests of British Honduras);
• Messrs Jobson and Gibb (seizure of property belonging to the late Mr Grant);
• Hubert E H Jerningham (appointment as Colonial Secretary and Registrar General, the western boundary);
• Robert Jobson (rates of exchange for cashing Post Office orders);
• W Evans Jackson (proposed Belize-Guatemala railroad);
• Alvan Millson (application for a transfer, statement made by Mr Hoffmeister about Mr Goldsworthy);
• Dr George C Montray (resignation and transfer to more congenial climate);
• Mrs Elizabeth Sarah Runnals (land belonging to her and taken by the Government);
• W A M Sheriff (judgment of the Privy Council in the Dillet case);
• Lieutenant A C Tompkins (retention of his rank in the Militia and the Reserve of Officers while serving in the Honduras Constabulary).

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