West Indies, 1843-1844, Offices and Individuals : Charities and religious societies on the subject of education : Financial document; List; Returns; Index; Correspondence 1842; Apr 1843 - Oct 1845.

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Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State: Letters from religious societies, the Treasury and the House of Commons on the subject of 'Negro Education'. Correspondents and subjects are as follows: Lady Mico's Charity (detailed report of their work in the West Indies and Mauritius as required by the House of Commons, aid solicited from 1843 Parliamentary grant with details of expenditure for 1840 and 1842 and estimate of expenditure in 1843, expediency of appropriating a portion of the grant to Bahamas in view of poverty there [with statistics of population], possible grant from the Government of St Lucia, mode of appropriating their share of the 1843 grant [with estimate of expenditure in the West Indies and Mauritius], details of planned appropriation of 1844 grant, acknowledges receipt of extract of a report from the administrator of Dominica concerning Mico schools there which will be laid before the trustees, remarks on the likely effect of proposed reduction of grant); Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (amount of aid sought from Parliamentary grant, abstract of sum expended from 1842 grant in the West Indies, Bermuda and Mauritius, requests issue of 1843 grant, will prepare statement required, aid sought for 1844 [with statement of expenditure in 1843]); Church Missionary Society (appropriation of 1842 grant, aid sought, appropriation of £1387 10s previously deposited in Colonial Bank, appropriation of 1843 grant); Wesleyan Missionary Society (appropriation of 1842 grant with statement of expenditure, aid sought with select list of schools, appropriation of their share of the grant, aid solicited for schools under their management with return of schools and associated expenditure, acknowledges receipt of grant); Baptist Missionary Society (amount of aid sought, appropriation of 1842 grant, proposed appropriation of grant, aid sought for their schools); Moravian Missionary Society (amount of aid sought [with statement of damage done to mission and school premises in Antigua and St Kitts by the earthquake of 8 February 1843], appropriation of 1842 grant, appropriation of £502 10s of Parliamentary grant, return of schools for 1842, claims on grant for 1844); Ladies Negro Education Society (amount of aid sought [two items], appropriation of grant of £450, appropriation of 1842 grant, appropriation of grant received for St Lucia schools [with return of schools in the West Indies and Bermuda], regret diminution of grant); Scottish Missionary Society (amount of aid sought and appropriation of the 1842 grant, error in previous letter, proposed appropriation of grant, their treasurer will draw for their portion of the grant, requests copy of letter of 29 June 1843 which was not received, aid sought in 1844 with statement of schools in Jamaica and details of expenditure from the 1842 grant, amount granted to them); Treasury (directions given for issue of Parliamentary grant, will pay £675 to Wesleyan Missionary Society, will pay Mico Trustees £9750, £4125 issued to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, directions given relative to payment of grant); House of Commons (requires returns of appropriation of 1842 grant of £24,000). Bound at the end of the volume are a number of Colonial Office memoranda including amounts of grants applied for and given, together with draft circulars on leave of absence for ministers of religion, details of the funds available for 1844, and arrangements to be made for financing education following the termination of the Parliamentary grant.

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AMDigital Reference:CO 318/163.

CO 318.