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 1837. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows:

• House of Commons (list of magistrates connected with workings of apprenticeship system; returns of Church estates and schools; Dr Palmer's case; papers regarding alleged 'mal-treatment' of prisoners in House of Correction, St John's Parish; Dr Palmer's dismissal);
• Admiralty (Mr Willis' mission to Jamaica; conveyance of troops; Sir L Smith's expenses; conveyance of convicts);
• Agent (packet arrangements; requests list of Acts last session; repayment of coinage duty; letter of introduction Mr Latrobe; Franchise Act; Post Office establishment; Election Law; Import Duty Act; return of sums for education; irregularity of mail; issuing of official command; Bank Act; papers requested; resolution of Committee of Correspondence on working of apprenticeship; establishment of schools; suggestions regarding apprentices, vagrancy, price of land, etc);
• Commander in Chief (tonnage for relief of detachments; additional barrack accommodation);
• Council Office (disallows Act no 3236, Bank; disallows Act no 3230, Elections; Alexander Bravo and Curtis Philip Berry recommended for Council seats);
• Board of Trade (duty on wine; Jamaica Bank Act; duty on Cape wine; duty on British imports);
• Foreign Office (letter from Mr Buckland regarding debt from Stipendiary Magistrate Oliver; appointment of a Mexican consular agent, Jamaica);
• Home Office (inspector of Prisons);
• Law Officers (legality of Reverend Taylor's conviction; indictment of Reverend Taylor; opinion on Maroon claim to compensation for loss of services of unregistered slaves);
• Board of Ordnance (barrack improvements; barrack estimates; no objection to local Acts applying to barrack at Black River & Savanna La Mar);
• Treasury (return of imports and exports; expenses of Mr Sangres; conveyance of convicts; office of receiver general; accounts, Bishop of Jamaica; coinage duty; deputy post master reports on packet system; payment of passage for convicts; leave of absence Mr Lipscombe; Captain Oldney's claims; Bank Act; pioneer establishment; annual return of payments and allowances to military and ordnance; Bishop of Jamaica surplus; expenses of enslaved persons landed at Port Antonio from Portuguese vessel; fees in case of Bourne v Mclean; requests papers; bill drawn by Messrs Lipscombe & Williams; salary of Special Justice Oliver; salaries of Customs officers);
• War Office (pay and allowance, Sir L Smith; payment to Reverend Murphy);
• Missionary Society (Bishop of Jamaica and Maroons of Moore Town; schools; Jamaica Clergy Law);
• Miscellaneous Offices (Colonial Bank: Colonial Bank Charter Act; Post Office: establishment of Post Office at Jamaica, memorial from Sir A Agnew; Church of Scotland: proceedings regarding Church of Scotland; Anti-Slavery Society: objections to Classification of Apprentices Act).

Topics

International

Litigation

Labour

Army

Taxation

Trade and commerce

Religions

Caribbean

Democracy

Pay and pensions

Slavery

Debt

Food and drink

Navy

Poverty

Banking

Communications

Armed Forces (General Administration)

Operations, battles and campaigns

Prisons