Correspondence from 'Offices' (Government Departments and other organisations) and...

CO 137/586

1897

Correspondence from 'Offices' (Government Departments and other organisations) and from individuals on matters relating to Jamaica. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Offices:

• Home Office (case of the fugitive offender Henry Attride, Explosives Law);
• War Office (rifles for the St Thomas' Rifle Association, compulsory acquisition of land for Imperial purposes, arms for the Westmoreland Rifle Association, arms for the St Mary's Rifle Association, allowances to military officers, Land Acquisition Ordinance, appointment of Captain E S C Kennedy as Adjutant of the third Battalion of the West Indies Regiment, case of Major General Henry Jardine Hallowes, military relief for yellow fever, advice of the Attorney General to the War Department on questions relating to Jamaica, armament for the forces in the colony, unsanitary condition of Port Royal);
• Royal Irish Constabulary (selection of Sergeant Robert E Lett and Sergeant Patrick Craughwell and Constable William John Campbell, selection of Constable Thomas J Hazlett for the position of Major of Police, Constabulary expenses, appointment of John Phillips and John L Smyth and Matthias Crehan as Sergeants, appointment of Constable Richard Cotter);
• General Post Office (Turks Islands: Post Office Offences Ordinance, money order exchange with Panama, stamps of the Prince of Wales Hospital Fund);
• Incorporated Law Society (examinations of articled clerks);
• Lord Chamberlain (Queen's Reign celebration and Mayor of Kingston);
• Cambridge Local Examinations and Lectures Syndicate (scholarships);
• Civil Service Commission (alteration of the rules of the Civil Service Examinations, Civil Service regulations);
• Customs Office (working of ships outside of official hours);
• Council of Legal Education (examination for admission to the Jamaica Bar);
• Officer Commanding the Colonial Contingents (Jubilee medals);
• West India Committee (treatment of cane juice in Java);
• Commissioners in Lunacy (state of health of Charles Ellis);
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (sugar industry, carob plants);
• West India Royal Commission (report of the Royal Commission);
• Jamaica Fibre Company (Jamaica Fibre Company).

Individuals:

• Egerton B Aitchison (bankrupt estate of Roland Mitchell);
• E V Acton (extension of leave);
• M Bravo (his case);
• Messrs Batesons, Warr and Wimshurst (Finance Act 1894 and Estate Duty);
• Sir Carey G Brown (health report of Mr H A Perry);
• C B Berry (salary of the Governor);
• Gilbert E Brooke (Turks Islands: appointment of Government Medical Officer at Cockburn Harbour, his departure);
• J Milne Bowrey (scholarship allowance);
• Thomas Batten (death of Robert Batten);
• W H Butler (steam trawling);
• Mrs Burke (estate of her 'lunatic' sister);
• Mrs Alice Batten (salary due to the late Robert Batten);
• Mrs Alice M Brooke (passage to the Turks Islands);
• Captain G H P Colley (procession in honour of the Queen's Reign, his leave, appointment in the Constabulary, courses of instruction and lodging allowance);
• Henry Clark (financial position);
• James A L Calder (application for transfer);
• Reverend Henry Clarke (report of the Royal Commission);
• Henry L Clare (health reports issued by Local Government Board);
• Edward J Cameron (Turks Islands: application for promotion);
• Mrs Ellis (case of her son Charles F Ellis);
• James L Forbes (pension claim);
• Colonel M J Fawcett (his appointment as Inspector General of Police and Prisons, application for promotion, application for transfer);
• W W Fisher (application for the position of Chief Justice of Cyprus);
• Allan Gibbs (inspection of the railway by William T Foxlie);
• Messrs Hays, Schmettau and Ancrum (Marriage Law);
• Messrs Henriques and Company (financial position);
• M Hall (arrival on leave);
• H H Hendrick (pension of T Hendrick);
• Robert Johnstone (application for promotion);
• Miss Amy Charlotte Johnson (post of Lady Principal at the Female Training College, resignation, medical examination, termination of appointment);
• L C D King (scholarship);
• Captain J B Lucie-Smith (Militia contingent for the Queen's Reign, appointment of Lieutenant Parsons on occasion of the Queen's Reign celebration, team for Bisley, colonial detachment, request for an advance);
• Major H W Mitchell (irrigation works in the parish of Vere);
• Dr P Manson (health report of Mr H A Perry and Miss Amy Charlotte Johnson, G E Brooke);
• J A Messias (dismissal);
• Dr C B Mosse (health report of Miss Amy Charlotte Johnson);
• Reverend Hugh Nethercott (application for the position of Chaplain in the Gold Coast);
• J C Nolan (rum adulteration);
• Edward Ormerod (complaint against the colonial authorities);
• Sir Edmund L O'Malley (his pension);
• Harold A Perry (resignation as Resident Magistrate);
• Reverend J Seed Roberts (fishes catalogue);
• Charles Renwick (request for promotion);
• Philip Stern (Queen's Reign celebration, address to the Queen, cigars and cigarettes and Excise Duty Law);
• H R P Schooles (extension of leave, seat held by Mr Palache on the Legislative Council);
• J L Smyth (appointment to the Constabulary);
• A Markland Taylor (claim against the Nicaraguan Government);
• G J Stuart Tait (request for transfer to the Gold Coast);
• Turner Brothers, Hyde and Company (sugar industry).

Public Record(s)

Open Document, Open Description

Topics

International

Mental illness

Railways

Army

Taxation

Asia

Marriage and divorce

Medals

Caribbean

Europe and Russia

Pay and pensions

Weapons

Ireland

Debt

Disease

Food and drink

Americas

Communications

Education

Farming