Letters from various individuals most of which relate to the despatches sent from...

Letters from various individuals most of which relate to the despatches sent from the governor in CO 295/343 - CO 295/348. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows:

• John Bartlett (claim against estate of the late Sir J Gorrie);
• Rev J Browne (his pension);
• H Clarence Bourne (appointment as registrar general and examiner of titles);
• A S Bowen, Warden (reduction of his salary);
• Sir F Napier Broome (full salary of acting appointments, collection of land and house tax, reform of the constitution, appointment of aide de camp, prisons accommodation, gratuity to W Fahey, memorial of clerical staff of Public Works Department);
• Dr Charles G Brown (retirement of O Harley);
• Samuel Buckle (his departure);
• E Connal (assistance for the family of the late Sir J Gorrie);
• G Eccles (application for inspectorship of immigrants, resumption of duty before expiration of leave);
• G L FitzGerald (application for appointment as surveyor general in Sierra Leone);
• William de Coun Fahey (application for gratuity for services to the Public Works Department);
• S J Fraser (confirmation of his appointment);
• W Gradwell (case of Anderson v Gorrie);
• George Lewis Garcia (supply of a typewriter, trusteeship for the children of Mr Douglas);
• M Graham Gorrie (notes of the late Sir J Gorrie);
• H D Huggins (application for appointment as stipendiary justice and warden of Cedros District);
• L G Hay ([Tobago] appeal against governor);
• Thomson Hankey & Co (San Fernando Magistracy);
• Octavius George Harley (retirement on pension);
• George Julian (land grant);
• Edward F Jacobs (abolition of appointment as chief binder, application for advance, application for printing appointment, balance of passage money);
• W V M Koch (application for promotion);
• W Llewellyn Lewis (application for promotion, widows and orphans pension fund, appointment as second puisne judge, Summary Jurisdiction Ordinance);
• F Lawley (Lartigue Railway Construction Company);
• William Low ([Tobago] his leave salary);
• N Lubbock (appointment of harbour master);
• Joseph Meston (Chaguaramas Harbour works);
• Montgomerie & Fleming (late Rev H Douglas' trust);
• Alexander Man, Colonel (his leave, convict labour for Military Department, his precedence in the Legislative Council);
• Cyril Monier-Williams (appointment as registrar of the Supreme Court);
• A Doudlas Owen (application for appointment as inspector general of Police in Barbados, personal allowance);
• Pringle, Dallas & Co (petition from Tobago inhabitants asking for financial assistance );
• Previté & Co (weighing of asphalt);
• Jack Richards (petition for reinstatement); Robertson & Wallace (realisation of securities in the colony);
• E J Read (application for appointment as medical superintendent of the Leper Asylum);
• Scrutton Sons and Co (wharf accommodation in Port of Spain);
• Frederick Harris Spooner (claim against Sir W B Griffith);
• John Simpson (petition for compensation);
• Edgar Tripp (Chaguaramas Harbour scheme);
• J E Tanner (retirement, pension);
• Henry Tate (Institute of Chemistry examination);
• Caleb Vaughan, former Police Constable (discharge from Police);
• Arthur Worley (shipments of pitch);
• J White (case of Anderson v Gorrie and others);
• Raymond Warner (harbour improvements);
• J Woodyatt (resignation of his appointment).

Topics

Internment

International

Mental illness

Railways

Taxation

Caribbean

Europe and Russia

Pay and pensions

Children

Construction industries

Banking

Operations, battles and campaigns

Prisons

Africa