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Correspondence from miscellaneous 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations)...

Catalogue reference: CO 295/448

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This record is about the Correspondence from miscellaneous 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations)... dating from 1908 in the series Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
CO 295/448
Date
1908
Description

Correspondence from miscellaneous 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters relating to Trinidad. Correspondents and subjects are as follows:

Miscellaneous Offices:

  • West India and Panama Telegraph Company (wireless telegraphy with British Guiana);
  • Royal Irish Constabulary (claim against Mr T S Warner);
  • Scottish Education Department (pension schemes for the Elementary School of Teachers);
  • Board of Education (pension schemes for the Elementary School of Teachers);
  • Trinidad Petroleum Company (concession to the Oil Exploration Company of Canada);
  • Colonial Office (case of Mr Cadman, Oil Exploration Company of Canada, death of Sir H Jackson);
  • Charity Organisation Society (repatriation of Mr and Mrs Scott);
  • General Post Office (mail service and quarantine restrictions, parcel post with Martinique, wireless telegraphy with British Guiana);
  • Inland Revenue (Estate Duty Ordinance);
  • New Trinidad Lake Asphalt Company (renewal of oil concession);
  • Governor of Newcastle Prison (case of Mr Theophilus Scott);
  • New Colonial Company Limited (San Fernando tramroad, serious condition of the labour market, appointment of an entomologist and mycologist);
  • Customs Department (Imperial pension to Mr R H McCarthy);
  • West India Committee (Estate Duties Ordinance);
  • Colonial Bank (Estate Duty Ordinance);
  • Colonial Nursing Association (travelling expenses for the medical examinations of nurses);
  • Church of England Women's Help Society (case of Miss Todd);
  • Sailors Home (passages for Messrs McDonald and Drudenholme);
  • Trinidad Estates Company Limited (froghopper pest and manufacture of ice);
  • West India Association of Glasgow (trade relations with Venezuela).

Individuals:

  • Bryce C Burt (termination of appointment, money due from the Widows and Orphans Fund);
  • Mr F R Alleyne Browne (resignation);
  • Lieutenant Colonel H E J Brake (services in Trinidad);
  • Hon Thomas Cochrane (oil concessions);
  • Mr H J Cavenaugh (appointment of Sub-Inspector of Constabulary);
  • Messrs Druces and Attlee (registration of deeds);
  • Escoute McGrath and Company (importation of arms and ammunition);
  • Miss F E Griffith (dismissal, re-employment under the Colonial Office, charges against her);
  • Lechmere Guppy ('millions' fish);
  • Mr H Ashworth Harrison (retirement);
  • Sir H Jackson (arrival on leave, Canadian Oil Syndicate);
  • Reverend W W Jackson (death of Sir H Jackson, civil list grant for Lady Jackson);
  • The Lodge-Muirhead Wireless and General Telegraphy Syndicate Limited (wireless telegraphy);
  • Munich Athenaeum (information about the colony);
  • Robert Henry McCarthy (presentations on retirement, appointment as Commissioner of Imperial Customs, Government Directorship of Dock Company, retirement and pension, alimentary allowance and pension for the Home Service, Trinidad Dock and Engineering Company);
  • Mr C W Meaden (retirement, extension of leave);
  • Sir D Morris (agricultural scheme);
  • Mr C C F Monckton (wireless telegraphy with British Guiana);
  • Sir Ernest Northcote (retirement on pension);
  • Mr G S Seccombe (retirement);
  • Mr D Slyne (Estate Duty Ordinance 1908, Stamp Duties Ordinance);
  • Mrs Minnie Scott (money from father-in-law);
  • Mr H K Stone (practice at the Trinidad Bar);
  • Professor T E Thorpe (appointment of Assistant Analyst and Science Master);
  • Miss E Todd (application for assistance);
  • Walsh Wrightson (pension);
  • Mr R S A Warren and Mr J Cadman (draft lease for the Trinidad Petroleum Company).

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Subjects
Topics
Canals and river transport
Charities
Government finances
International
Manufacturing
Labour
Taxation
Trade and commerce
Radio and television
Nursing
Caribbean
Oil and gas
Pay and pensions
Weapons
Ireland
Children
Americas
Communications
Education
Farming
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C987896/

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Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence

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