Correspondence from the Foreign Office, Home Office, War Office and other 'miscellaneous...

Correspondence from the Foreign Office, Home Office, War Office and other 'miscellaneous offices' (Government departments and other organisations), and from individuals on matters relating to Jamaica. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Offices:

• Foreign Office (ownership of Rosalind Bank and Baxo Nuevo which may be claimed by the United States or by Bogota [4 items], reported arrest at Kingston of General Manigat the leader of the Haitian revolutionary cause, ownership of Pedro Cays and Morant Cays allegedly claimed by the United States, detention of the Lottie May by the Honduras Government, suspected intention of the Nathalie to proceed to Jamaica to embark General Manigat and other political exiles, United States tariff on bananas and coconuts and pineapples, Haitian exiles and the purchase of SS Nathalie, abolition of the Italian Consulate at Kingston, reported purchase of a steamer by Haitian exiles, Haitian refugees and the cargo of the Wallachia now loading at Glasgow, contract labourers abandoned at Roncador Cay, alleged shooting of Madame Duquellar daughter of Albertha Levison of Kingston in Haiti, Haitian exiles [4 items], landing of Mosquito Indians at Jamaica, ill-treatment of British subjects in Guatemala and suggestion that labourers should be deterred from seeking work on the Northern Railway at Port Barrios, maintenance of Mosquito Chief and British subjects exiled by the Nicaraguan Government, alleged murder of Madame Duquellar, claim of Mr G T Hall for compensation for ill-tratment by the Nicaraguan authorities at Blewfields, Treasury suggestion that allowance to Mosquito Chief be reduced, claim against Honduras in respect of the Lottie May, Haitian refugees, case of the Lottie May);
• Home Office (Re-admission to British nationality of Mr Edward Ashman [2 items], petition of Mrs E H Lawson resident in Spanish Honduras for repatriation to Jamaica);
• War Office (rifles for Rifle Association [2 items], 7-inch gun for St Catherine's Artillery Militia, revised prices for Martini-Henry rifles, rifles for Militia, approves retention of Major General Bengough at Jamaica, appointment of Colonel H J Hallowes to command troops in succession to Bengough, ammunition for Clarendon Rifle Association, redistribution of troops);
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (discusses proposed cultivation of rubber trees and complains about reference to Kew of matters which local officials are competent to deal with, rubber trees and commercial value of products, expresses satisfaction with Botanical Report 1892-3 but urges establishment of an herbarium, hopes to discuss Botanical Department and related matters with Sir Henry Blake, botanical enterprise);
• Civil Service Commission (marks assigned to Mr D H Hall in Civil Service examination, regulations for admission to Jamaica public service);
• West India Improvement Company (protests against Wharfage Law Amendment Bill);
• Halifax and Bermudas Cable Company (telegraphic communication);
• Local Government Board (quarantine);
• Inland Revenue (explains existing law in UK relating to probate and legacy duties);
• 'Proprietors of Estates, Merchants, and others interested in the Island of Jamaica' (petition for extension of Sir Henry Blake's term of office as Governor);
• General Post Office (no objection to Postage Stamp Forgery Law no. 3 of 1894, mails for Turks Islands, observations on telephone laws, postal packets bearing fictitious stamps);
• Probate Registry (states that recognition of UK probates is sufficiently provided for in Probates Act of 1892);
• Pharmaceutical Society (suggests certain alterations to Poisons Law 1894);
• The Times (report of bankruptcy of Mr Edmund Peel);

Individuals:

• W Andrews, member of the Legislative Council (draws attention to appointments made in violation of proper principle of promotion in the Civil Service);
• H C Ball (complains of alleged injustice done to him in the matter of a mortgage bond between himself and F R Stanford of Annotto Bay [returned to Governor]);
• Sir Henry A Blake (addresses presented on his departure, postponement of changes in King's House, appointment of inspector of schools, his salary during leave, estimates for 1894-5, position of Mr Campbell the superintendent of the Botanic Gardens, Botanic Department, Kingston Improvement Law, increase of garrison, Kingston water supply, proposed roads through Blue Mountains and over the Blake Mountains from Bath to Port Antonio, requests extension of leave, appointment of Mr Calder as sub-inspector of Police, riotous attack by West Indian soldiers on police and antagonism between the two, pensions of Royal Irish Constabulary officers transferred to Jamaica Constabulary, issue of his half-salary, transfer of officers from Royal Irish Constabulary, carpet for King's House);
• W G M Betton (position of Mr Campbell the superintendent of the Botanic Gardens);
• Dr C G Brown (health of Mr Edmund Peel);
• Mrs F E Cole (her husband's salary);
• Reverend H Clarke (stoppage of his stipend and refusal of pension [4 items], draft currency bill [with printed pamphlet 'What is Money?'])
• Dr S L Crane (his salary and pension);
• W Cooper (application for post of head master of Royal College at Trinidad);
• L E Delmege (reports his arrival on leave and applies for transfer);
• William Douglas & Sons (concession for a bacon curing factory);
• Gibbs & Sons (railway question [4 items]);
• C H Gifford (application for promotion);
• H F Gibbons (refers to his petition to the Queen and states that his wife has become 'a hopeless lunatic');
• T Hands (application for appointment as Foreman of Works);
• H Higgins (application for appointment as Administrator of Seychelles, his pension [2 items]);
• L P Hodge (pensions regulation law);
• J C Jewett (labourers abandoned on Roncador Cay and alleged deaths);
• E B Lynch (his pension, application for appointment as clerk to Legislative Council);
• J E Melbourne (complaint as to his dismissal);
• C M Martin (appointment of Inspector of Schools);
• W A Miller (application for transfer, application for appointment as Superintendent of Public Works at Barbados);
• G Orr (compensation for injuries received in 1885 [not in item - forwarded to Governor]);
• J E O'Donnell (application for re-employment);
• Harold A Perry (application for transfer, deduction from his leave salary);
• Sir Neale Porter (his retirement, his pension);
• W Parker (application for appointment as Director of Roads at Gold Coast);
• Edmund Peel (appointment of Mr Calder as Sub-Inspector of Police, medical examination [2 items], resignation and pension [2 items], application for advance [2 items], his pension).

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