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Letters from various government offices (except Miscellaneous) which relate to the...
Catalogue reference: CO 137/706
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This record is about the Letters from various government offices (except Miscellaneous) which relate to the... dating from 1914 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- CO 137/706
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1914
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Description (What the record is about)
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Letters from various government offices (except Miscellaneous) which relate to the despatches sent from the governor in 1914. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows:
- Admiralty: (harbour improvement; 'disturbances' in Haiti; coaling and supply of German ships);
- Crown Agents (locomotive carriage and wagon supply; Turks & Caicos postage stamps; Jamaica gin and rum; reemployment of Mr H Mills; costs in case Hay v Olivier; Mr Durando's children; claim against Duke of Manchester; pension Mr R Elworthy; enlistment of Mr M Wortley; May Pen railway bridge);
- Council Office: (judgement in West India Electric Company v Attorney General of Jamaica);
- Foreign Office: (complaint of J Seymour; 'unrest' in Haiti; Nicaraguan Turtle Fishery; 'riot' at Tres Hermanos Mine, Panama; land near Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua; illegal fishing in Colombian waters; claim of Mr & Mrs Abraham; alleged irregularities by Caymanians; murder of A Mclaughlin; claim of J Malcolm; alleged 'outrage' committed against Mr J McCoy, Honduras; Head Tax on certain aliens; murder of T Wills; consular office, Port Limon; treatment of Caymanians in Honduras; imprisonment of T Burrell, Colon; Head Tax on Chinese and Turks; British subjects in Puerto Plata; J Cardoza and family; the Masica Incident; imprisonment of J German, Nicaragua; case of Helen and Flora Campbell; treatment of S von Bruhn; assault of R Brown, Cuba; General Huerto's desire to go to Jamaica; proposed Poll Tax on 'Orientals');
- Home Office: (Habitual Criminals Detention Law; enemy trading);
- Medical Adviser: (Mr O'Hanlon fit for service);
- House of Commons: (hospital accommodation; Hay v Olivier, costs);
- Board of Trade: (wireless stations Turks Islands & Bermuda; Laws regarding steerage passengers, etc; freight charges; Customs tariffs and freight rates; pension Mr S Crank; case of Mr D Jackson);
- War Office: (code words in telegrams; cigarettes for troops; anonymous donation; arming defence force; woollen wraps, etc, for troops).
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C979238/
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Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence
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