Jamaica, 1837, Despatches : Letters from various government offices : Correspondence; Acts and Legislation; Legal document; Report; Returns; Index; Minutes; Financial document 6 Jul 1836 - 22 Mar 1838.

Format:

Other

Language:

English

French

Latin

Subjects (All):

Letter writing.

Letters.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Language Note:

English; Latin; French

Summary:

Letters from various government offices (departments), most of which relate to the despatches sent from the governor in 1837. Correspondents and subjects covered are as follows: House of Commons (list of magistrates connected with workings of apprenticeship system; returns of Church estates and schools; Dr Palmer's case; papers regarding alleged 'mal-treatment' of prisoners in House of Correction, St John's Parish; Dr Palmer's dismissal); Admiralty (Mr Willis' mission to Jamaica; conveyance of troops; Sir L Smith's expenses; conveyance of convicts); Agent (packet arrangements; requests list of Acts last session; repayment of coinage duty; letter of introduction Mr Latrobe; Franchise Act; Post Office establishment; Election Law; Import Duty Act; return of sums for education; irregularity of mail; issuing of official command; Bank Act; papers requested; resolution of Committee of Correspondence on working of apprenticeship; establishment of schools; suggestions regarding apprentices, vagrancy, price of land, etc); Commander in Chief (tonnage for relief of detachments; additional barrack accommodation); Council Office (disallows Act no 3236, Bank; disallows Act no 3230, Elections; Alexander Bravo and Curtis Philip Berry recommended for Council seats); Board of Trade (duty on wine; Jamaica Bank Act; duty on Cape wine; duty on British imports); Foreign Office (letter from Mr Buckland regarding debt from Stipendiary Magistrate Oliver; appointment of a Mexican consular agent, Jamaica); Home Office (inspector of Prisons); Law Officers (legality of Reverend Taylor's conviction; indictment of Reverend Taylor; opinion on Maroon claim to compensation for loss of services of unregistered slaves); Board of Ordnance (barrack improvements; barrack estimates; no objection to local Acts applying to barrack at Black River & Savanna La Mar); Treasury (return of imports and exports; expenses of Mr Sangres; conveyance of convicts; office of receiver general; accounts, Bishop of Jamaica; coinage duty; deputy post master reports on packet system; payment of passage for convicts; leave of absence Mr Lipscombe; Captain Oldney's claims; Bank Act; pioneer establishment; annual return of payments and allowances to military and ordnance; Bishop of Jamaica surplus; expenses of enslaved persons landed at Port Antonio from Portuguese vessel; fees in case of Bourne v Mclean; requests papers; bill drawn by Messrs Lipscombe & Williams; salary of Special Justice Oliver; salaries of Customs officers); War Office (pay and allowance, Sir L Smith; payment to Reverend Murphy); Missionary Society (Bishop of Jamaica and Maroons of Moore Town; schools; Jamaica Clergy Law); Miscellaneous Offices (Colonial Bank: Colonial Bank Charter Act; Post Office: establishment of Post Office at Jamaica, memorial from Sir A Agnew; Church of Scotland: proceedings regarding Church of Scotland; Anti-Slavery Society: objections to Classification of Apprentices Act).

Notes:

AMDigital Reference:CO 137/223.

CO 137.