Correspondence received from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations)...

Correspondence received from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) and from individuals on subjects concerning Jamaica. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Offices:

• House of Commons (post of President of the Legislative Council, relations between the Governor and officials, typhoid fever at Turks Island, cost of the railways);
• Admiralty (water supply of Port Royal, ownership of the Rosalind Bank and Baxo Nuevo);
• Crown Agents (constabulary pension fund, pension fund for prison service, Turks Island and surety bond of Mr Cameron the Acting Commissioner, appeal to the Privy Council of the West India Improvement Company, appointment of the draughtsman for the Public Works Department, transfer to Savings Bank Account of certain stock, scholarship for Mr H J C Brown);
• Board of Trade (employment of Major Yorke to report on the railway, quarantine on the Crown Prince, inspection of lighthouse at Grand Turk);
• Treasury (return of copyright duties 1892);
• Foreign Office (case of Miss Chamberlaine, petition of Mr E W Hudson, detention of the Lottie May at Ruatan, complaint of the West India Railway Improvement Company, estate of Handauma, attack on Mr J R H Robinson and family in Colombia, labourers for Panama Canal Works, rights of Cayman Islanders to fish in Cuban waters, ownership of the Rosalind Bank and Baxo Nuevo, quarantine on cattle imported from Colombia, complaints of West Indian Improvement Company, reception of Italian warship Etna, foreign vessels fishing in Turks Islands waters);
• Home Office (re-admission to British nationality);
• War Office (Coast Defence Volunteers Law, appointment of Lieutenant E S C Kennedy as Adjutant of Jamaica Militia, admission to defence works, arms and ammunition for Rifle Association, control of militia by regular officers, appointment of Lieutenant Carleton as Aide de Camp to the Governor, appointment of Sergeant Major of the volunteer militia);
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (production of early crops of oranges, coffee cultivation, sisal hemp suckers);
• Halifax and Bermuda Cable Company (cable between Jamaica, Turks Islands and Bermuda);
• West India and Panama Telegraph Company (telegraph rates);
• Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (light dues on steam vessels);
• National Anti-Gambling League (petition from Kingston regarding gambling, police rules against gambling);
• Mayor of Kingston (amendment of Parochial Boards Law 1885, Kingston City Charter);
• British Consul, Stockholm ('negro' stowaway fugitive);
• West India Improvement Company (charges against the Railway Inspector Mr Fraser);
• Caribbean Sea Fisheries Syndicate (development of fisheries);
• Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (order of merit of Jamaica candidates);
• Post Office (Turks Island parcel post and the collection of duties);
• Civil Service Commission (Civil Service examination and papers worked by Mr D H Hall).

Individuals:

• Reverend W R Athill (compensation for property taken by the railway company, land at Fern Hill required for railway);
• W Andrews (Holidays Law, post of President of the Legislative Council, case of Mr T W Rodgers, appointment of Solicitor to Colonial Surveyor General);
• W G Arthur (application for appointment as Assistant Commissioner at Cockburn Harbour, Turks Island);
• T G D Black (his salary, contributions to Widows and Orphans Fund);
• Dr C G Brown (health of Mr T G D Black, health of Mr H Higgins the Commissioner of Turks Island);
• V G Bell (vote of censure upon him, railway embankments on Union Hall Estate, survey enclosed);
• Sir G Berkley (charges against Mr Bell);
• E J Cameron (his departure for Turks Island);
• T H Clark (application for the appointment of Dr J H Clark as Superintending Medical Officer);
• M Coke (West India encumbered estates documents);
• W E Cleaver (appointment as Judge and Auditor at Turks Island);
• E M Earle (development of fishing industry and their position and prospects);
• Right Honourable A B Forwood (railway policy);
• P A Fraser (application for transfer, resignation of Surveyor General, return to the colony, resignation);
• C S Farquharson (appointment of Governor as President of the Legislative Council);
• A G H Gibbs (sale of railway);
• Gibbs and Sons (railway and the Port Antonio extension);
• H Higgins (amendment of Turks Superannuation Ordinance, his pension, application for appointment as Administrator of St Vincent, his retirement, application for appointment as Colonial Secretary at the Bahamas);
• H H Hocking (charges against him by Crown Solicitor, Mr Gray's charges against him, appointment of Commission to enquire into Mr Gray's charges against him);
• E W Hudson (petition);
• Dr Mosse (resignation of appointment as Superintending Medical Officer, resignation of seat on the Legislative Council);
• H D C Mitchell (his dismissal);
• Major General J R Mann (charges against the Director of Public Works);
• G A Mitchell (estate of Mr G Ogilvie);
• Captain K H A Mainwaring (application for permission to retire, declaration as to his age);
• A Michel (revision of jury system);
• T Nash (railway inspection);
• J Ogilvie (Kingston City Charter);
• N Porter (application for promotion and extension of leave);
• R L Rivett (application for advance of pension);
• T Shackleton (appointment as District Medical Officer);
• L L Samuel (salary as Acting Resident Magistrate at St Thomas, application for promotion);
• H P Spottiswoode (pension of Mr Ernst);
• F J Sanguinetti (application for promotion);
• A W Thompson (application for transfer);
• F Wesson (Railway Bill, his return to Jamaica);
• A Young (application for appointment as Inspector of Schools at Lagos);
• Major H Yorke (his railway report).

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