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Despatches from Henry Ward Jackson, Governor of Trinidad, dated December 1905, together...
Catalogue reference: CO 295/434
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CO 295/434
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Date (When the record was created)
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1905
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Despatches from Henry Ward Jackson, Governor of Trinidad, dated December 1905, together with correspondence from the Foreign Office sent during the year. Despatches are described at item level; correspondence from the Foreign Office is not, and subjects covered are as follows:
Foreign Office:
- Venezuela prints,
- petition from Madame C A Miller,
- claim of Mr V L Samberson against Venezuela,
- Venezuelan affairs,
- postal debt of Venezuela for 1903,
- ill-treatment of British subjects at Guanoco by the Venezuelan authorities,
- claim of John Toby against the Venezuelan Government,
- Orders in Council,
- relations with Venezuela,
- claim of James Ovid against the Venezuelan Government,
- seizure of the American sloop Alemania,
- Venezuela: abolition of Honorary Consular Officers abroad,
- relations between Venezuela and Curaçao,
- trade with Venezuela,
- claim of James Neilson against Nicaragua,
- invitation to General Castro to visit Trinidad,
- Venezuelan 30% surtax and transhipment tax,
- claim of Mr H Court against the Venezuelan Government,
- reopening and establishing of Customs House in Venezuelan ports,
- visit of President Castro,
- Venezuela: opening of Carenero to trade,
- relations between Venezuela and Colombia,
- Venezuelan election of President Castro,
- navigation of the river Orinoco,
- claim of Mr G F Bushe against Venezuela,
- sinking of the SS Whitney,
- relations between Dutch and Venezuelan Governments,
- claim of Mrs Jelleret against Venezuela,
- refusal of the Venezuelan Government to allow the Val de Travers Asphalt Paving Company to deliver a cargo of provisions,
- new Mining Law in Venezuela,
- surrender of fugitive criminals in Panama,
- closing of Customs House at Carenero,
- wireless telegraph between Trinidad and Venezuela.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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Open Document, Open Description
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