Correspondence received from the Foreign Office and War Office and from individuals...

Correspondence received from the Foreign Office and War Office and from individuals (names A-B) on subjects concerning Jamaica. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Offices:

• Foreign Office (compensation awarded by the Government of Dominica, claim of Miss Walter against the Dominican Government, seizure of the Pilgrim, treatment of Thomas Campbell, compensation for the Bluefields Incident of 1894 and Mr E W Hatch's claim, claim of Mrs Parchmont, claim of Miss S Walter, labour strike at Panama, ill-treatment of Mr Anthony Gilbert, the case of the Lottie May, labourers for Panama, yellow fever treatment, Mrs Parchmont's claim to lands on Bonacco Island, riots at Bluefields, Nicaraguan compensation to G P Hall and A M Taylor, seizure of the sloop Wary by the United States Government, case of H W Robinson, yellow fever and treatment by refrigerated chamber, compensation to Taylor and Hall, reciprocity with the United States of America, date palm suckers, Lottie May award, claim of George Orr for compensation for injuries received at Culebra in 1885, compensation claim against the USA, Mosquito Chief Clarence, tariff of Jamaica and the effect on USA trade, complaint of British subjects against the Columbian authorities, complaints of Henry Russell Phillips against the Columbian Government, murder of Jamaican 'negro' by Guatemalans, murder of Charles Spence by Guatemalan government officials, US war seizures of Three Bells, Pilgrim and Mary, claim of the E R Nickerson, claims of British subjects against the Dominican Government, reciprocity between the US and Danish West Indies, claim of Edward Parsons against the Spanish Government, case of Roderick Lewis, Mosquito reserve, lease of turtle fishery at Mosquito Cays, claim against Nicaragua by C J Cuthbert);
• War Office (sanitary condition of Port Royal, appointment of Captain J E L Gibbs as Adjutant of Militia, militia equipment, retention of Major General H J Hallowes in command of troops, Port Royal Board Bill, situation in Jamaica, mules or oxen for South Africa, Sergeant Instructor to Artillery Militia).

Individuals:

• T Alexander (application for the post of Inspector General of Police, appointment in the Prison Service in Scotland);
• Sir D Barbour (financial enquiry, praedial larceny, finances of Jamaica report enclosed, constitution);
• Browne and Hopkinson (railway);
• Bilney and Company (claim against Colonel Fawcett);
• T F Buxton (Lady Mico Charity);
• George Thomas Baths (petition for gratuity);
• William Green (petition);
• John Boraston (assistance for Mrs Frances Boyd the widow of Dr Boyd);
• Sir H A Blake (condition of affairs, finances and Sir D Barbour's report);
• W R Burtenshaw (Agricultural Lecturer at Jamaica).

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