Correspondence from the Foreign Office, the Treasury and the War Office on matters...

Correspondence from the Foreign Office, the Treasury and the War Office on matters relating to Trinidad. Foreign Office correspondence is dated July to December 1903; Treasury and War Office correspondence is dated during 1903. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

• Foreign Office (printed correspondence relating to British and Venezuelan claims [such Foreign Office 'prints' are scattered throughout this volume; see also FO 310, British and Venezuelan Claims Commission], closing of customs houses in Venezuela, suppression of Venezuelan customs houses, claim of Messrs Schoener & Company against Venezuelan Government, United States Ship Bancroft to protect British interests on Orinoco, reported fall of Bolivia into the hands of the Venezuelan Government, foreign claims against Venezuela, claims against Venezuela presented to Mixed Commission, Venezuelan 30% surtax, Venezuelan law respecting status of foreigners, Venezuelan consul Mr F Requena, arrest of British sloop Beseech by Venezuelan gunboat Veinte tres de Mayo, seizure of SS Virginia by Venezuelan gunboat Veinte tres de Mayo, closing of Orinoco River to British vessels, alleged infringement of Postal Convention by colonial authorities, British claims against Venezuela, claim of A Pierre against Venezuelan Government, affairs of Venezuela, abolition of Venezuela 30% surtax, objection of governor to statement with regard to the action of the Trinidad Government made by counsel for Venezuela, British case against Venezuela to be presented at The Hague, proposed custom house at Macuro, protection of British shipping in Venezuelan waters, relations with Venezuela, closing of ports on Orinoco River, commercial relations with Venezuela, negotiations on 30% surtax, relations between Venezuela and Colombia, reopening of post of Coro, claim of C A Derrick for seizure of Virginia, affairs in Venezuela, British warships in Venezuelan waters, navigation of the Orinoco, proposed requirement for British West Indians travelling to Venezuela to take birth certificates as proof of nationality, claim of D Placide against Venezuela, Spanish law formerly existing in Trinidad, distress among British subjects in Venezuela, closing of port of Bolivar by Venezuela, imprisonment and release of two British subjects at Cumana);
• Treasury (bank notes, defence of Trinidad, pension rights of members of the Royal Irish Constabulary seconded to Trinidad, J A Bulmer's pension entitlement);
• War Office (appointment of Lieutenant F H Moore as staff officer of local forces, warrant to enable officer commanding the detachment of Lancashire Fusiliers in Trinidad to convene and confirm courts martial in case of riot, agreement that detachment will not be withdrawn without the sanction of the governor, theft from encampment of the Trinidad Coronation Contingent, cost incurred in connection with troops despatched to Trinidad, proposed retention of white troops in Trinidad, assistance rendered by officers and men of the Lancashire Fusiliers at a fire in Port of Spain, local rank of captain for Lieutenant F H Moore, reorganisation of local forces, proposal to raise two companies of the Royal Garrison Regiment for service at Trinidad, observations on survey of Trinidad).

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