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Letters from miscellaneous government offices (departments) and individuals relating...

Catalogue reference: CO 137/713

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This record is about the Letters from miscellaneous government offices (departments) and individuals relating... dating from 1915 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference

CO 137/713

Date

1915

Description

Letters from miscellaneous government offices (departments) and individuals relating to the despatches sent from the governor in 1915. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows:

Miscellaneous offices:

  • Imperial Institute (shortage of Fustic; tanning material Divi-Divi);
  • Direct West India Cable Co (new naval wireless station; stations at Bowden, Kingston, and Bermuda; subsidy reduction; communication between British Honduras and Jamaica);
  • General Medical Council (L Delmege removed from register);
  • Dublin Castle (salaries of Crank and Smyth, Royal Irish Constabulary);
  • Sugar Commission (gift of sugar; government sugar purchase);
  • Colonial Office (passports for Jamaicans; distressed person, A Kirkwood; contingent; logwood export; passports for Mr Stangelye, J Ramsay, A Tucker, Dr J Rogers);
  • Halifax and Bermuda Cable Co (wireless stations Jamaica and Bermuda);
  • West Indies Chemical Works Ltd (internment of O Janzen; logwood);
  • Local Government Board (treatment of Harrison steamers by Quarantine Board);
  • Board of Agriculture (Plant Disease Law; import of cattle from Jamaica);
  • Light Leather Trades Federation (logwood extract);
  • Sugar Manufacturers' Supply Co (sugar analysis);
  • Custom House (rum industry);
  • United Tanners Federation, War Trade Department, Dundee Chamber of Commerce, Leeds Chamber of Commerce, British Dyewood Co, Dublin Chamber of Commerce (logwood);
  • West India Committee (war gifts);
  • British Museum (wild bird protection Turks and Caicos);
  • Colonial Bank (shipment of US gold coin).
Individuals:

  • Benekendorff, Berger & Co (straw paper; logwood);
  • E Brownbill & Co (logwood);
  • C H Burr (logwood);
  • S Crank (pension);
  • Miss Coffingham (mother's pension);
  • G Cox (employment in Colonial Service);
  • J Carter (pension);
  • T C Campbell (complaint of ill treatment);
  • E A de Pass (Vere Estate Co Ltd; logwood);
  • S Dobree & Sons (estate R B Braham);
  • A A Grant (complaint against United Fruit Company);
  • T & J Harrison (treatment of steamers by Quarantine Board);
  • D Jackson (pension);
  • G Kenyon (logwood);
  • K Louis (passage to West Indies);
  • Marshall & Co (claim against and liquidation of S Bruhn & Co);
  • C McNeil (sugar industry);
  • Mrs Mason (pension, Captain Jackson);
  • W A Orrett (salary);
  • Sir Sydney Olivier (logwood);
  • G Powell (cattle import UK);
  • J Paterson (statement of services);
  • A Rowntree (shipping of produce to UK);
  • Sir C Shaw (hardware contracts);
  • J Smyth (pension);
  • Lord Sanderson (case of Mrs Mortley);
  • Rev W Scoffer (nominations for commissions);
  • C E Taylor (re-employment);
  • C Widnell (proceedings against H Camacho).

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Subjects
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Internment
International
Litigation
Labour
Trade and commerce
Radio and television
Caribbean
Pay and pensions
Ireland
Food and drink
Museums and galleries
Navy
Americas
Communications
Farming
Local Government
Record URL
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CO 137

Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence

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