Correspondence received from miscellaneous 'offices' (Government departments and...

CO 137/570

1895

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

Miscellaneous Offices:

• Jamaica Railway Company (Wharfage Bill);
• Colonial Office (half salary of Sir H Burford Hancock);
• General Post Office (loss of a registered letter, fruit storage on mail packets);
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Botanical Department, formation of an agricultural society, Board of Agriculture);
• Royal Irish Constabulary (appointment of Constabulary Sergeant Major).

Individuals:

• J F Anderson (pension to Lady Ellis);
• T M Burke (death of M B Burke);
• Dr C G Brown (health of Mr J B Walker, health of Deputy Surgeon General C B Mosse, health of Sir H H Hocking);
• Sir H Burford Hancock (advance of salary);
• J T Barton (application for assistance);
• R Ballard (records of West Indies encumbered estates);
• E Butler (extension on leave);
• Captain G H P Colley (appointment as Aide de Camp to the Governor);
• T Christy (Bulletin of the Botanical Department);
• W Cleaver (Turks Island and passage expenses to England);
• S L Crane (arrival on leave, salary, special pension);
• T J Dickson (his dismissal from office);
• Colonel Fawcett (passage expenses);
• W W Fisher (his departure);
• H F Gibbons (his case, pension);
• J Gordon Smith (his leave);
• Harrower and Company (confiscation of a parcel in the post);
• L P Hodge (his pension contributions, amendment of Pensions Law, contributions to the Widows and Orphans Fund);
• Sir H H Hocking (application for passport, his leave and pension, resignation as Attorney General, Resident Magistrates returns);
• E C Hall (steam service to England);
• M D Harrel (appointment as Sub Inspector of Constabulary);
• Miss A C Johnson (extension of leave);
• Captain Kennedy (permission to travel in France);
• J D Kerrick (application for appointment in British Guiana);
• C F Lumb (application for promotion);
• C M Martin (application for appointment as Inspector of Schools);
• Mrs Martyn (death of Dr G T Martyn);
• Surgeon General Mosse (appointment as Superintending Medical Officer);
• Mrs J Nash (presentation to the Queen);
• E A Northcote (application for appointment as Chief Justice);
• T B Oughton (application for appointment as Attorney General);
• E Peel (his service in West Africa, his bankruptcy, his affairs, application for advance, official papers in his possession, pension for West African service, refund of contributions to Widows and Orphans Fund, gratuity for West Africa service);
• H A Perry (extension of leave, civil actions against him);
• J D Roberts (application for appointment as Inspector of Schools at the Windward Islands);
• G D Robertson (application for advance, his departure);
• R Reischach (his return);
• A Stewart (petition for divorce);
• D Sebastien (loss of bank draft in post);
• J B Walker (appointment as Judge at Turks Island, his passage expenses, application for post of Attorney General at Jamaica);
• A E Wigan (application for subsidy for dry dock).

Public Record(s)

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Topics

International

Railways

Marriage and divorce

Caribbean

Europe and Russia

Pay and pensions

Ireland

Children

Debt

Americas

Communications

Farming

Medicine

Africa