Bermuda, Aug-Dec 1847, Despatches : Charles Elliot, governor of Bermuda : Index; List; Petition; Returns; Report; Acts and Legislation; Financial document; Correspondence; Newspaper clipping Aug-Dec 1847.

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Despatches from Charles Elliot, governor of Bermuda. Described at item level. CO 37/118/1. Reports that the pneumatic machine had been removed from the Tenedos hulk four years ago. Notes that another form of ventilation was under trial. Convicts, No. 83, folios 3-6. 05/08/1847. CO 37/118/2. Reports the need to build five houses on Ireland Island. Reports the Reverend Campbell's return from England. States the arrangements and allowances made for the accommodation of Lieutenant Hire and the Reverend Mantach on shore. Convicts, No. 84, folios 7-11. 07/08/1847. CO 37/118/3. Explains why Alfred Lloyd had been reappointed after being removed from his office on the Tenedos. Convicts, No. 85, folios 12-20. 07/08/1847. CO 37/118/4. Forwards an account for £25 8s 1d charged against the local government for the expense of sending the Gleaner steamer after four escaped soldier prisoners. Recommends that money be refunded. Executive, No. 86, folios 21-26. 07/08/1847. CO 37/118/5. Forwards a legislative Act for the punishment of convicts. Convicts, No. 87, folios 27-32. 12/08/1847. CO 37/118/6. Forwards a general return of the Convict Establishment showing the reductions that had been made. Suggests that the prison guards be formed into one corps under a superior officer. Convicts, No. 88, folios 33-44. 12/08/1847. CO 37/118/7. Dummy sheet for missing convict returns to 31 July. Military, No. 89, folio 45. 18/08/1847. CO 37/118/8. Reports that the departments employing convict labour had paid the required charges except for the Naval Department, which was two years in arrear. Recommends a uniform system. Convicts, No. 90, folios 46-52. 18/08/1847. CO 37/118/9. Reports the case of a convict named Henry Nutley who had fractured his skull when he was 'wounded by a revolving of a winch'. Recommends a pardon and an allowance taken from the fund of unclaimed earnings of deceased convicts. Convicts, No. 91, folios 53-60. 18/08/1847. CO 37/118/10. Forwards some samples of raw silk produced in Bermuda by Mr Vaughn [not included in volume]. Suggests the introduction of twenty or thirty Italian families to promote the cultivation of silk. Also considers that some Maltese troops might be beneficially introduced. Separate, folios 61-70. 18/08/1847. CO 37/118/11. Reports measures taken for isolating convict patients while in the naval hospital. Reports on the proposition for moving the whole Convict Establishment on shore. Notes the convenience of using Boaz Island for the prisons and the possibility of connecting it with Ireland Island using a drawbridge. Also comments on the usefulness of forming a light draft steam flotilla. Encloses a statement of the cost of maintaining the hulks for four years. Convicts, No. 92, folios 71-82. 26/08/1847. CO 37/118/12. Reports the difficulty of obtaining clerks on board the hulks and the means adopted as a result. Convicts, No. 92 (number repeated), folios 83-93. 28/08/1847. CO 37/118/13. Forwards the Convict Establishment accounts for the quarter ending 30 June. Convicts, No. 93, folios 94-95. 29/08/1847. CO 37/118/14. Replies to enquires respecting a convict named William Carr. Convicts, No. 94, folios 96-97. 07/09/1847. CO 37/118/15. Forwards a requisition for stationery. Convicts, No. 95, folios 98-105. 07/09/1847. CO 37/118/16. Explains that the governor's commission needed alteration to justify his commuting sentences for murder and high treason. Judicial, No. 96, folios 106-109. 07/09/1847. CO 37/118/17. Reports that Robert Thorne, a convict recommended for pardon, had been found guilty of being intoxicated. Suggests that his pardon should be withheld for a year. Convicts, No. 97, folios 110-113. 07/09/1847. CO 37/118/18. Forwards returns of the number of convicts, their distribution, and the nature of the works on which they were employed. Comments on the task work system. Reports generally on convict labour and the means of promoting and encouraging it. Convicts, No. 98, folios 114-145. 09/09/1847. CO 37/118/19. Comments on an Act for abolishing certain fees on shipping. Executive, No. 99, folios 146-153. 10/09/1847. CO 37/118/20. Recommends that the steamers travelling between Bermuda and Halifax should travel via New York. Separate, folios 154-160. 14/09/1847. CO 37/118/21. Reports that the Legislature had passed an Act repeating the Customs duties but no arrangements are made for the Establishment of customs. Executive, No. 100, folios 161-163. 17/09/1847. CO 37/118/22. Requests a supply of disinfecting fluid for use on the hulks. Convicts, No. 101, folios 164-167. 17/09/1847. CO 37/118/23. Reports the case of a convict named John Hardman who had been granted a free pardon, but had since been charged with committing a further crime. Private and Confidential, folios 168-174. 04/10/1847. CO 37/118/24. Comments on Bermuda's strategic importance. Encloses 'notes on a précis of some despatches and papers relating to the defence of the Bermuda Islands forwarded by Early Grey to Governor Elliot with a letter dated July 1, 1847'. Private, folios 174-199. 08/10/1847. CO 37/118/25. Dummy sheet for missing convict labour returns for September. No. 102, folio 200. 09/10/1847. CO 37/118/26. Forwards copy of his speech on the closing of the legislative session. Reports that his proposal for the establishment of a school for engineering and scientific attainment had been favourably received, but would have to be deferred because of limited resources. Executive, No. 103, folios 201-205. 13/10/1847. CO 37/118/27. Reports the temporary measures adopted for the convict stores and the inconvenience of the Commissariat being stationed at St George's instead of Hamilton. Recommends that Mr Rayner be promoted to deputy commissariat general. Convicts, No. 104, folios 206-212. 15/10/1847. CO 37/118/28. Forwards an explanation and plan of the proposed prisons, on a scale of one inch to 25 feet. Reports that the purchase of the land was estimated to cost £945. Convicts, No. 105, folios 213-224. 17/10/1847. CO 37/118/29. Replies to enquiries respecting a convict named Henry Harding. Convicts, No. 106, folios 225-226. 16/10/1847. CO 37/118/30. Forwards convict returns for the quarter ending 30 September. Comments on remarks made in Medical Superintendent Dr James Hall's report concerning the heavy charge for the treatment of convict patients in the naval hospital. Convicts, No. 107, folios 227-232. 16/10/1847. CO 37/118/31. Dummy sheet for a missing petition to the Legislature concerning the desirability of deepening of Staggs Channel. No. 108, folio 233. 14/10/1847. CO 37/118/32. Forwards the attested lists for the quarter ending 30 September [not included in volume]. Convicts, No. 109, folios 234-236. 14/10/1847. CO 37/118/33. Recommends alteration in the law for the government of prisoners in cases of 'outrageous conduct' towards their guards and officers. Convicts, No. 110, folios 237-239. 19/10/1847. CO 37/118/34. Forwards a memorial featuring 65 signatures asking that the steamers between Halifax and Bermuda might be allowed to travel via New York. Executive, No. 111, folios 240-247. 20/10/1847. CO 37/118/35. Forwards a statement showing the savings on rations of sick prisoners treated on board the four hulks, rather than in the naval hospital, for the quarter ending 30 September. Convicts, No. 112, folios 248-251. 25/10/1847. CO 37/118/36. Forwards the Acts of Legislature [not included in volume]. Encloses the attorney general's report. Acts listed as: No. 1 Governor's Salary; No. 2 Payment of Jurors; No. 3 Tenants at Will; No. 4 Interest of money; No. 5 Custody of insane persons; No. 6 Appropriation Act; No. 7 Larceny and other offences; No. 8 Apprehension of Offenders; No. 9 Harbours Preservation; No. 10 Flour and Bread Company; No. 11 Process against absent debtor; No. 12 Transportation of Convicts; No. 13 Establishment of Schools; No. 14 Police improvement; No. 15 Fees on Shipping; No. 16 Customs duties; No. 17 Prisoners on hard labour; No. 18 Marriage Confirmation; No. 19 Marriage Licences; No. 20 Marriage Registries; No. 21 Cruelty to Animals. Legislative, No. 113, folios 252-268. 27/10/1847. CO 37/118/37. Explains why the sick convicts return was sent without a covering despatch. Convicts, No. 114, folios 269-270. 02/11/1847. CO 37/118/38. Forwards convict labour returns for October. Convicts, No. 115, folios 271-280. 05/11/1847. CO 37/118/39.

Recommends that the lighthouse machinery be placed under the superintendence of a Dockyard officer. Executive, No. 116, folios 281-283. 12/11/1847. CO 37/118/40. Recommends that an additional member be appointed to the Legislative Council. Submits Augustus J Musson, John Baor and Dr Thomas W Hunt as candidates. Explains that candidates were not chosen from the Assembly, as it seemed unwise to withdraw 'the most efficient persons from that House'. Executive, No. 117, folios 284-290.

13/11/1847. CO 37/118/41. Reports the arrival of nine military convicts from Halifax. Convicts, No. 118, folios 291-292. 12/11/1847. CO 37/118/42. Replies to enquires respecting a convict named John Scott. Convicts, No. 119, folio 293. 13/11/1847. CO 37/118/43. Forwards a medical report on convicted murder Benjamin Gilbert Paynter. Reports that, due to Paynter's old age and poor health, the most suitable commutation of his sentence would be imprisonment for life in a local jail. Executive, No. 120, folios 294-297. 16/11/1847. CO 37/118/44. Forwards a nominal list of convicts selected to be sent to Australia on tickets of leave [not included in volume]. Recommends sending J Kirkham in charge of the convicts. Encloses a letter from the deputy superintendent and a copy of the governor's general instructions on convicts proceeding to Australia. Convicts, No. 121, folios 298-312. 17/11/1847. CO 37/118/45. Relays reports that 'unnatural offences' occurred among convict patients in the naval hospital. States measures of precaution adopted. Suggests that the naval hospital should be handed over to the Convict Service with the naval and military patients being cared for by other means. Comments that the convicts sent to Bermuda should be chosen carefully and that no one under the age of 21 should be sent. Private and Confidential, folios 313-323. 19/11/1847. CO 37/118/46. Dummy sheet for missing document concerning the proposed introduction of Maltese troops who would form a militia force and participate in an agricultural scheme. Military, No. 122, folio 324. 30/11/1847. CO 37/118/47. Reports that the introduction of 20 to 30 Italian families might be combined with the Maltese troops in order to facilitate silkworm and olive cultivation. Encloses an estimate of the expense required for the introduction and provision of 30 Italian families. Executive, No. 123, folios 325-330. 30/11/1847. CO 37/118/48. Forwards the convict labour returns for November. Convicts, No. 124, folios 331-340. 04/11/1847. CO 37/118/49. Juvenile Convicts: forwards a list of 143 convicts between 15 and 19 years of age and recommends that no convicts under the age of 21 should be sent out. Considers that private whipping and solitary confinement of young convicts would be more lenient and more efficient than sentencing them to labour with imprisonment on hulks. Convicts, No. 125, folios 341-347. 06/12/1847. CO 37/118/50. Requests that the ship used to convey troops to Bermuda be used to convey 100 convicts back to the United Kingdom. Convicts, No. 126, folios 348-353. 06/12/1847. CO 37/118/51. Reports that the 614 convicts employed on Ordnance works would most likely not be needed after March unless new works were started. Convicts, No. 127, folios 354-355. 07/12/1847. CO 37/118/52. Forwards duplicates of the journals of the Privy and Legislative Councils and the Assembly, as well as Acts passed during the last Legislative session [not included in volume]. Executive, No. 128, folios 356-357. 19/12/1847. CO 37/118/53. Reports further on the case of a convict named Henry Nutley. Convicts, No. 129, folios 358-362. 11/12/1847. CO 37/118/54. Quarterly report of the governor's service. Unnumbered, folio 364. 12/04/1847. CO 37/118/55. Periodical returns including: Return of steam vessels built and registered during the half year ending 30 June. None are listed. Return of members of the Legislative and Privy Council holding office during the half year ending 30 June. Return of colonial officers present and in execution of office during the quarter ending 30 June. Quarterly report of the governor's service. Unnumbered, folios 365-369. 01/07/1847. CO 37/118/56. Quarterly report of the governor's service. Unnumbered, folio 370. 01/10/1847. CO 37/118/57. Periodical returns including: Return of colonial officers present and in execution of office during the quarter ending 30 September. A return of offices executed by a deputy during the year ending 30 September. None are listed. Officers absent on leave during the year ending 30 September. Return of officers receiving retirement allowance for the year ending 30 September. None are listed. Return of salaries given to stipendiary magistrates during the year ending 30 September. None are listed. Unnumbered, folios 371-375. 01/10/1847. CO 37/118/58. Quarterly report of the governor's service. Unnumbered, folio 376. 31/12/1847.

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AMDigital Reference:CO 37/118.

CO 37.