Letters from various government offices (departments), most of which relate to the...

Letters from various government offices (departments), most of which relate to the despatches sent from the governor in 1836. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows:

• House of Commons (address from Agent regarding proceedings of governor and Assembly);
• Admiralty (sending convicts in packets; Captain Willis creditors of Messrs. Willis & Waters; state of convicts when sent home; passage expenses of magistrates to Caymans; Lord Sligo's passage; passage of Sir P. Smith & Sir E. Macgregor; conveyance of regiment; Sligo's passage to Port au Prince; impressment of 'negro' Charles Murray; victualling convicts; Sligo's passage on Belvidera; Sir L. Smith's passage);
• Agent (letter to Mr. Miller; charges against Sligo regarding conduct towards Assembly; intention of Assembly to defeat progress of Emancipation; Assembly petition regarding charges against Sligo; Assembly memorial denying right of Imperial Parliament to legislate for them; duty on British imports; observations on certain documents from Supreme Court judges; reply to Mr. Stephen's letter to Lord Melbourne; letter from Mr. Taylor requesting investigation into his conduct; right of Assembly to tax British imports; disputed precedency at Sir L. Smith's inauguration as governor; letter from Mr. Stephen; passage for convict Watson; claim of Crown to escheated lands; Lord Glenelg's letter acknowledged; duties on imports, Crown lands; mail packet; emigration estimates);
• Commander in Chief (resignation of Captain Pack; temporary appointment of Colonel McLeod; resignation of Pack, removal of Mr. Scott, charges against Lieutenant Coape; additional regiment; withdrawal of service companies of 22 Regiment; disallowing Act 3126 Vagrancy [filed under Council Office] );
• Council Office (decree in case of A.H. Beaumont);
• Board of Trade (Duties on British imports);
• Foreign Office (establishment of Spanish consul at Jamaica; Baptism certificates requested for M. Little; Dr. A. Brosa appointed Spanish consul);
• Home Office (George Wilson's sentence to be carried into effect; mental state of convict Rodriguez; evidence in George Wilson's case; John Herbert, convict in Bermuda; no ground for mitigating sentence of Peter Hemmings; Ann Powell and Celia Williams sentenced to transportation; John Watson to be sent back for trial);
• Law Officers (report on Rodriguez; fees of Registrar; conviction of Celia Williams; reductions in the proceedings of the Court of Chancery);
• Ordinance: (fortifications);
• Treasury (pension for Mr. Moresby; remunerating those employed under Auxiliary Compensation Commission; grant for the clergy; overpayment of Vice Admiralty Court officers; repair at barracks; expenses of Captain Packs; local allowances to staff, regarding Mr. Stephen's letter; barrack accommodation at Caymanas; payment of special magistrates; Dr. Palmer's salary; Helen O'Hara's relief as mother of late lieutenant; Rev. Hill's salary; duty on British imports; bill drawn by Sligo; interest on loan; conveyance of Dr. Thomson; re-conveyance of prisoner John Watson; bill for Rev. Lipscombe; law expenses, Mr. Bourne; passage of Watson; Privy Council fees);
• War Office (further to convict John Herbert; allowance to Mr. Murphy; expense of military convicts; proposed decrease of forces in Jamaica);
• Jamaica Bank: (establishment of Bank on island; prospectus of London and Jamaica Commercial Banking Co., list of people requesting interviews);
• Jamaica Crown Land Co.: (promoting immigration into Jamaica; plan and prospectus of a Jamaica Company for settling interior and respecting a charter);
• Baptist Missionary Society: (compulsory education);
• Compensation Commission: (Mr. Henderson's claim, salaries of secretaries and clerks, assistant commissioner mistook instructions);
• Customs, Falmouth: (Council minutes sent)

Topics

International

Litigation

Army

Taxation

Trade and commerce

Migration

Caribbean

Pay and pensions

Race relations

Crown lands and estates

Debt

Navy

Poverty

Americas

Banking

Armed Forces (General Administration)

Operations, battles and campaigns