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

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:

• Boyle Fibre Syndicate (ramie cultivation);
• Royal Irish Constabulary (Sergeants Major of the Constabulary under instruction, appointments of Police Sergeant Major and Sergeant, advances to newly appointed Police);
• General Post Office (Turks Island and money order exchange, counterfeit postage stamps);
• Colonial Office (reports of the Protector of Immigrants);
• Civil Service Commission (Civil Service examinations);
• Board of Customs (copyright duty);
• Lunacy Commission (lunatic asylum accommodation, new lunatic asylum);
• Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (sea wall and harbour railway);
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Agricultural Instructor and Inspector, agricultural industries, Superintendent of King's House Garden, coffee cultivation);
• Legislative Council Unofficial Members (services of J C Crisson);
• Royal Institute of British Architects (central public buildings at Kingston);
• Royal Horticultural Society (plant cuttings for public gardens);
• Daily Tenders and Contracts (tramway concession).

Individuals:

• W N A Adams & T Field (appointments to the Jamaica Constabulary);
• W G Arthur (complaint against the Commissioner of Turks Islands);
• E Butler (retirement);
• Dr C G Brown (E Butler);
• Mrs Bradshawe (appeal for assistance in consideration of the services of the late Colonel P Bradshawe);
• Sir H A Blake (sugar industry, infant school mistress, new lunatic asylum, censure on Mr S P Smeeton, central public buildings, railway extension at Port Antonio, salary of Resident Magistrate, appointment of Auditor General, extension of leave, engine driver Davidson and recommendation for Victoria and Albert Medal);
• W K Bussell (extension of leave);
• S L Crane (pension);
• Sir F Clarke (leave from Hong Kong and departure from Jamaica);
• Reverend H Clarke (views on situation, Jamaica affairs, administration of Jamaica);
• F Cochrane (banana planting);
• T P Dickson (appointment as Superintendent of parochial roads and works);
• L E Delmege (short payment and explanation, Port Maria Hospital and the salaries of dispensers);
• A C Ewing (sugar industry);
• A Gibbs MP (railway extension and Port Antonio, Jamaica Railway Company);
• Goldberg, Langdon, Barrett & Newall (fisheries concession);
• H F Gibbons (claim to arrears of pension);
• Gibson and Russell (public buildings at Kingston);
• Garcia, Jacobs and Company (fruit trade);
• Sir H H Hocking (pension);
• T J Harris (appointment as Superintendent of Kings House Garden);
• R S Haughton (application for appointment as Auditor General);
• G H Joseph (petition concerning medical bill);
• H M Jackson (services of J C Crisson);
• J Levy (railway);
• Lion and Company (Boot Manufactory at Kingston);
• F C Lenehan (Turks Island and appointment of Medical Officer at Cockburn Harbour);
• Colonel J C Macglashan (pension and retirement);
• H A Perry (application for transfer, praedial larceny and crimes of violence);
• H S W Pennington (resignation);
• Mrs S S Roberts (application of J S Roberts);
• O R Rowlands (resignation);
• H R P Schools (appointment as Attorney General);
• J B and P J Stirling (estate of the late Dr W Taylor);
• W H W Strachan (application for promotion);
• A V L Smith (appointment of Resident Magistrate and Coroner at Kingston);
• A M Taylor (Mosquito Reserve);
• S L Thornton (appointment as Resident Magistrate);
• S M Taylor (claim against Nicaraguan Government);
• A E P Voules (appointment as Sub Inspector of Schools at Jamaica);
• T L Watson (application for appointment as Architect at the central public buildings at Kingston).

Topics

International

Mental illness

Railways

Trade and commerce

Asia

Medals

Caribbean

Pay and pensions

Ireland

Children

Food and drink

Crime

Fishing

Communications

Farming

Medicine