Letters from the Foreign Office (October to December) and individuals on matters...

Letters from the Foreign Office (October to December) and individuals on matters related to Trinidad. Subjects covered are as follows:

Foreign Office (Venezuelan postal debt of 1900, Schoener's claim against the Venezuelan government, hoisting of British flag on Patos Island, removal of arms and ammunition from Ban Righ, Venezuelan blockade, free navigation of River Orinoco, claims against Venezuela, Venezuelan revolution, complaints against Venezuela, action against Venezuela, British and German subjects in Venezuela, claim of J A Kelly, Señor Fiqueredo, British claims in Venezuela).

Individuals:

• Abrahams Brothers (refund of customs duty);
• J Bell-Smyth (harbour question and schemes);
• H E Brake, Major (accepts appointment of Commandant of Local Forces and Inspector of Police, requests local rank of Colonel on the Staff);
• Lady Broome (grant application);
• Thomas Cochrane MP (pitch digging at La Brea, Pitch Lake concession, asphalt commission);
• Dr C Le Neve Foster (Pitch Lake commission);
• J W Gordon (Pitch Lake commission);
• H Holder, Private (Coronation Contingent, theft of property);
• Jane Jones (appeal on behalf of Charles Mack of Meruga);
• Dr G L Latour (government grant for repair of roads);
• Professor Henry Louis (accepts appointment of Pitch Lake commissioner, information and instructions related his appointment);
• W Llewellyn Lewis (his position regarding the new Pensions Ordinance);
• O P Lange, Major (Coronation Contingent, theft of property);
• Dr P Manson (tuberculosis hospital wards, F Pogson's unfitness for service);
• W H Mercer (accepts appointment as director of students holding scholarships);
• Sir A Moloney (medical service, establishment of wireless telegraphy, observations on Port of Spain harbour improvements scheme);
• J C O'Halloran (requests testimonial);
• Jonathan Paget (distribution of his 'New Illustrated Guide to Trinidad', charges against him, dismissal, re-employment);
• Frank Pogson (retirement, medical adviser's report);
• John Price (sugar crisis);
• Dr E Inskif Read (medical service);
• A C Stewart, Government Emigration Agent for Trinidad (complaints against him, venereal disease among women);
• Scholefield Goodman & Sons (Port of Spain water supply);
• Schmidt & Co (debt of Justice Baynes);
• Henry W Wolff (mutual bank on Raffeisen system);
• W Wrightson (Pitch Lake commission, harbour works, new Royal College);
• T E Young (Widows and Orphan valuation report).

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