Letters from various offices (government departments and other organizations) on...

Letters from various offices (government departments and other organizations) on matters related to Trinidad. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

• House of Commons (requests correspondence regarding the appointment of Dr Rolph as Agent for the 'removal of the coloured population of Canada' to Trinidad);
• Crown Agents (payment for the hire of the Senator, transfer of funds to the emigration account, payment of salaries, expenses of emigrants arriving on the Senator, payment for building supplies, estimate for weights and measures);
• Council Office (no objection to confirmation of the Leprosy Ordinance);
• Foreign Office (Descovich's property, escape of criminals of Venezuelan boats, no objection to Mr Hamilton's appointment as Emigration Agent for the West Indies at Rio de Janeiro, treaty with Venezuela for the extradition of criminals);
• Law Officers (reports on various ordinances);
• Board of Ordnance (appointment of J O'Connor to superintend the asylum);
• Treasury (duties on exports and imports, duty on wine, payment for part of the expense of stationery at Sierra Leone for emigration purposes, John Smith's escheat, estimates of expenditure, salary of second puisne judge, Mr Bradfield's passage allowance, abolition of customs duties, two additional Roman Catholic priests, stores for emigrants, Bishop of Barbados' visitation expenses, confirmation of the Saving Bank Ordinance, estimates and expenditure, Ways and Means Ordinance, John Malick's escheated property, breaking up of the settlements at Manzanilla, grant of pensions to 'black' soldiers);
• War Office (Lieutenant Colonel Archer's salary for administering the government);
• Land Board (extracts of journal of Lieutenant Rowlatt of the Senator, report on Immigration Ordinance, withdrawal of the Senator's services, expenses and salary of emigration agent at Sierra Leone, payment of Mr Ouseley's salary, affect of drop in wages on emigration from Sierra Leone, Mr Hamilton's appointment as Emigration Agent at Rio de Janeiro, Dr Espinet's appointment to the Senator, emigration stores, grant of Crown lands for the railway, Mr Pike's quarterly salary, no bounty for European emigrants to Trinidad, Mr Kennedy's claim to remuneration);
• Trinidad Railway Company (requests an interview on formation of the railway, grant of Crown lands, progress of work, abstract of ordinance, company prospectus, map showing railway lines);
• Great Eastern and South Western Railway (requests interview on formation of the railway, list of deputation, company prospectus, map showing railway lines);
• British & Foreign Anti-Slavery Society (objections to 'Coolie' Emigration, Court of Appeal, Masters and Servants Ordinances);
• Tropical Emigration Society (enquiry regarding bounties for European emigrants to Trinidad);
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (vacancy of botanic gardener, conveyance of botanical pamphlets).

Topics

Government finances

International

Mental illness

Railways

Army

Taxation

Trade and commerce

Migration

Treaties and alliances

Caribbean

Maps and plans

Pay and pensions

Slavery

Race relations

Crown lands and estates

Disease

Food and drink

Americas

Armed Forces (General Administration)

Operations, battles and campaigns