Offices and individuals. Letters received from various government offices (departments),...

Offices and individuals. Letters received from various government offices (departments), other organisations and individuals relating to Jamaica. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Offices:

• House of Commons (an address to Her Majesty requesting Governor H Barkly's report on the case of L H Evelyn, address requesting correspondence concerning church affairs in Jamaica);
• Admiralty (unauthorised American ships taking away guano from the Pedro Keys, acceptance of Act 4129 clauses 8-24 and 40, appointment of Richard O'Reilly as Admiralty Advocate, warrant for the appointment of O'Reilly and statement of fees accrued as £41 3s 4d, transmission of a letter to L Bonguela king of Cabenda South Africa, Passage to Jamaica of R Chamberlaine, Stipendiary Magistrate of Jamaica);
• Council Office (confirmation of Act 4114 of 1855, confirmation of Act 4118 of 1856, leaving to operation of Acts 4115, 4080 of 1855, leaving to operation of Acts 4116, 4117, 4119, 4120, 4126, 4127, 4128-4162 of 1856);
• Board of Trade (Act 4114 concerning the levying of export duties, Jamaica Chancery Deposits Act 4118, Jamaica Tax Act 4162);
• Law Officers (the question of appointment of Coadjutor to the Lord Bishop of Jamaica, Archdeacon of Middlesex to become Coadjutor or 'Bishop of Kingston');
• Foreign Office (French Ambassador's enquiry about Jacques Lomard, two items concerning the recognition of W Hitchins as Consul ad interim for Sweden and Norway in Jamaica, consuls for Bremen [F A Ebbeke at Kingston, Jamaica, and R Stein at Port Louis, Mauritius], consul for Lubeck at Kingston Jamaica [F A Ebbeke], letter of L Bonguela of South Africa from his son, appointment of F A Ebbeke as consul of Hamburg at Kingston, appointment of R Boyle as consul for New Granada at Kingston, Jamaica);
• Home Office (request of T Moring for a sketch or heraldic description of the Arms of Jamaica [includes picture of arms]);
• Treasury (account of the loan of £500,000 for the service of Jamaica, transfer of £96 19s 2d for the passages of Milroy, Laidlaw and Gavin from England to the West Indies, salary of H Barkly Governor of Jamaica, bill drawn by the Governor of Jamaica for £10,522 9s 6d, passage of the Coadjutor Bishop of Kingston of £100, loan account, expenditure from commissioners [£10 on stamps to the Stipendiary Magistrates and £43 2s 7d as Mr Head's expenses], financial condition of the colony, bill of £538 9s 3d drawn by H Barkly and half-salary allowed to him, the half-salary drawn by the Governor from 27 May to 30 June, the salary and half-salary due to Mr Chamberlaine Stipendiary Magistrate in Jamaica, a minute on the case of L H Evelyn, stamps on the commissions given to Messrs Lake and Fife, half-salary of H Barkly from 30 June to 23 September of £404 4s 2d, the portion of the salary of the Bishop of Jamaica due to the Bishop of Kingston, further information regarding the guaranteed loan of £500,000, passage expenses of £16 17s 6d of distressed British subjects.);
• War Department (stoppage of Mr Downer's half-pay on his appointment as Health Officer at Port Royal, three items concerning the disposal of the barracks on the north side of Jamaica, two items concerning the provision of rifles for the use of militia in Jamaica, the prevalence of Yellow Fever among the troops of Jamaica especially at Stoney Hill Barracks);
• General Post Office (circumstances consequent on the departure of Mr Morriss Deputy Post Master General, transfer of control of post-offices to local governments of the West Indies);
• Anti-Slavery Society (the case of the son of the King of Cabenda Jamaican merchants and others (suggestions on how to ameliorate the widespread distress in the colony);
• Keeper of the Queen's privy purse (patronage of, and donation of £150 to, the Jamaica Society of Arts by the Queen and Prince Albert);
• Inspector General of Imports and Exports (the return of the imports of sugar from Jamaica, Barbados, British Guiana, St Lucia and Jamaica in 1855).

Individuals:

• H W Austin (the salary of R Chamberlain Stipendiary Magistrate, thanks for his own extended leave);
• H Barkly (disposal of the barracks on the north side of Jamaica);
• H Burkett (resignation of his seat on the Legislative Council of Jamaica);
• Currie Woodgate and Williams (two items concerning Acts relating to money in the Island Treasury payable for lands used for public purposes);
• F S G Cowley (compensation claim for Bukley's Valley in Portland Jamaica);
• E Chitty (application for reemployment, petitions to House of Assembly respecting his claim to a salary and reimbursement of taxes);
• R Chaimberlaine (justifies arrival in England on six month leave of absence without the necessary certificate, asks for a two month extension of leave, requests passage on a Royal Mail steamer on 2 December);
• J Corlett (the case of Henry Darby from Port Royal dismissed from employment on the charge of purloining or abstracting two bolts of canvas);
• R Doherty (resigns his seat on the Legislative Council of Jamaica);
• Dunlop and Schoales (have forwarded minutes of the Legislative Council by railway);
• A Davis (claim to compensation on retirement from the office of Puisne Judge);
• L H Evelyn (three items containing correspondence relating to his claim against the government);
• C M Farquharson (his opinion on the Judicial Reform Bill, declines appointment as district judge and applies for office of Chief Justice, requests extension of leave);
• I N Garland (remonstrates against the governor's refusal to pay his stipend as Rector of St John's parish Jamaica);
• C Grey (makes a claim regarding his return passage, forwards Commander de Horsey's claim for C Grey's passage);
• J C Headlam (memorial of M C Chitty to the Secretary of State); Bishop of Jamaica (two items concerning the severance of the bishop of Middlesex from the Coadjutor Bishopric);
• I Jones (application for relief);
• Bishop of Kingston (submits a request for passage allowance);
• F Lewis (reports his arrival in England on leave of absence);
• A A McDougall (forwards a petition from his brother W C McDougall, Judge at the Supreme Court of Jamaica, against an Act reducing his salary from £2,000 per year to £600 per year);
• W C McDougall (claims new appointment following his salary reduction);
• Mr Morrison (complaining against heavy duty levied on his Patent Medicine [Morrison's Pills]);
• Dr Morales (asks for reappointment to any British colony);
• Dr McLoughlin (on Dr Parkin's Cholera report);
• Mr O'Reilly (candidates for the new judicial establishment);
• A F Ridgeway (the work of the Patent Law Commissioners);
• H Rogers (solicits a pension or gratuity);
• H E Sharpe (requests appointment as Chief Judge);
• R D Thomson (three items concerning the extension of his leave of absence, acknowledges despatch on the subject of his half-salary, returns copy of the Judicial Act of Jamaica, wishes to defer his decision on whether to accept appointment as assistant judge of the supreme court of Jamaica, turns down the appointment as assistant judge of the supreme court);
• J Taaffe (submits a claim to promotion);
• R H Wilson (on the importance of a geological survey of Jamaica).

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