Correspondence received from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations)...

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

Offices:

• Foreign Office (complaint of W B Nisbeth against Nicaragua, claims of Watkins & Wyms, visit of Acting British Consul at Port au Prince to Jamaica, case of G W Williams, support of wife and child of Chief Clarence, Mosquito Indians, case of G W Williams, seizure of schooner Haldane, fugitive offender from Cuba N Quinones, commercial agreement with France, British residents in Bonacco Island, Nicaraguan decree regarding turtle fishing, commercial convention with France, claim of R Field against Colombian Government, Mr Cuthbert, claim of W Henry against Nicaragua, complaint of Samuel West, Mrs Pryce's claim to compensation for the shooting of her husband, claim of Paul Award against Venezuelan Government);
• Colonial Office (praedial larceny, His Majesty's present of two prize bulls for Jamaica, hurricane, hurricane and distress in the Cayman Islands);
• Customs Office (importation of rum and 'imitation' rum);
• Direct West India Cable Company (subsidy by the Colonial Government, renewal of subsidy, cable subsidy, reduction of subsidy);
• Imperial Institute (copper ore);
• Royal Mail Steam Packet Company (quarantine of RMS Nile due to suspicions of a case of illness on board, government subsidy, quarantine regulations);
• General Post Office (stores for the Jamaica post office, late arrival of direct steamers, direct mail services);
• West India Committee (Nicaraguan Turtle Fishing Laws, Mr Olivier's services, Hurricane Relief Fund);
• Federated Association of Fruiterers, Greengrocers and Florists (direct steamer subsidy);
• Registrar General (Marriage and Registration Laws);
• Scottish Office (Marriage and Registration Laws);
• King's Private Secretary (King's present to Jamaica);
• Dublin Castle (Marriage and Registration Laws in Ireland);
• Inland Revenue (valuation of property, clergy fund of established Church of England).

Individuals:

• Sir William Arrol MP (resignation of W H Anderson - Chief Engineer of the Jamaica Railway);
• T K Bellis (Nicaraguan Turtle Fishery Laws);
• S Black (imprisonment and alleged ill-treatment at Costa Rica);
• J L Cox (resignation, reinstatement in the Medical Service);
• W B Chapman (rubber concession);
• Sir F Clarke (retirement);
• J H Caird and Company (taxation);
• T Capper (Master and Headmaster for Montego Bay School, relations of Colonial Government to elementary education);
• J V Calder (horse and mule breeding);
• Elder, Dempster & Company (passenger service by direct steamers, dairy and poultry farm, hurricane, export tax on bananas, opening of coaling depot in Jamaica, Falmouth Harbour);
• Miss H G Herschell (pension to mother);
• Thomas E M Health (complaint against the Resident Magistrate of Portland);
• R S Haughton (position as Managing Commissioner of Kingston General Commissioners);
• Professor A Jorgensen (C Allen);
• Professor G D Liveing (Fermentation Chemist, Lecturer in Agriculture, C Allen's appointment);
• N W Lobb (sugar factories, development of estates in British Honduras);
• L J B Mordaunt (Assistant Commissioner and Government Medical Officer);
• E L McKenzie (petition to His Majesty regarding the imprisonment of persons for arrears of taxes and the general affairs of Jamaica);
• Sir P Manson (drainage works at Up Park Camp);
• Sir E O'Malley (Jamaica pension);
• Sydney Olivier (trade with Canada, Captain G G Taylor's letter to the Secretary of State, selection of railway engines, taxation, F Cundall, resumption of duty, agricultural instructors, hurricane, return to colony, return to Jamaica as Colonial Secretary, hurricane loan);
• B C Orgill (Revenue Department, distilleries);
• Marciell E D Robinson (compensation claim against Colombian Government);
• A Royal and S Black (wrongful imprisonment);
• F S Sanguinetti (hurricane);
• G G Taylor (land taxation);
• Archbishop of the West Indies (agricultural development, Registration and Marriage Laws Commission, hurricane, fiscal policy of the Secretary of State);
• J Warner (complaint against Dominican authorities);
• T E Young (Widow's and Orphan's Fund).

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