Bermuda, Jan-Apr 1849, Despatches : Charles Elliot, governor of Bermuda : Index; Legal document; List; Petition; Financial document; Report; Returns; Memorandum; Correspondence Jan-Apr 1849.

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Despatches from Charles Elliot, governor of Bermuda. Described at item level. CO 37/126/1. Memorandum of correspondence from the department of the Secretary of State during 1848. Unnumbered, folios 2-3. 01/01/1849. CO 37/126/2. Explains why the plans of the new prison building had not yet been sent. Convicts, No. 1, folios 4-5. 07/01/1849. CO 37/126/3. Forwards the convict labour returns for November. Convicts, No. 2, folios 6-16. 08/01/1849. CO 37/126/4. Forwards the convict labour returns for December. Convicts, No. 3, folios 17-26. 09/01/1849. CO 37/126/5. Forwards a ground plan of Boaz Island [not included in volume; sent to the Home Office]. Also encloses a description of the locality and the proposed prison as well as an estimate of expenditure. Notes the advantages of using the prison rather the hulks with regards to expense and the security and health of the convicts. Convicts, No. 4, folios 27-50. 10/01/1849. CO 37/126/6. Reports on an application from the Reverend Kennedy, Roman Catholic priest, in favour of convict Charles James's request for a private baptism. Convicts, No. 5, folios 51-55. 11/01/1849. CO 37/126/7. Comments that an increase in the number of convicts would be acceptable to the island's inhabitants and could be accomplished without charge to the British government. Private, folio 56. 17/01/1849. CO 37/126/8. Reports the advisability of removing convict stores from the hulks to a store that would be built Boaz Island. Proposes appointing William Marischal Smith as Storekeeper at £150 per year and a confidential clerk for copying at £100 per year. Convicts, No. 7, folios 58-66. 25/01/1849. CO 37/126/9. Forwards the attested lists of the five convict hulks [not included in volume]. Convicts, No. 8, folios 67-68. 25/01/1849. CO 37/126/10. Forwards a statement of the estimated expenditure of the Convict Establishment, which consisted of 100 officers and 1800 convicts, for the year commencing on 1 April 1849. States that the value of convict labour was about £47,000. Convicts, No. 9, folios 69-80. 25/01/1849. CO 37/126/11. Forwards the estimates of convict expenditure for the year ending 31 March 1850, for 1780 convicts and amounting to £39,500. Convicts, No. 10, folios 81-89. 03/02/1849. CO 37/126/12. Forwards a statement of the expenditure incurred for Boaz and Watford Islands from 1 March 1848 to 1 January 1849. Convicts, No. 11, folios 90-100. 04/02/1849. CO 37/126/13. Forwards different reports showing the estimated value of convict labour. Convicts, No. 12, folios 101-119. 08/02/1849. CO 37/126/14. Forwards a list of 300 convicts who were selected for conveyance to Cape of Good Hope on tickets of leave [not included in volume; sent to the Home Office]. Encloses a letter from Reverend Kennedy in favour of nine Irish Catholic convicts included in the list. Printed for Parliament April 1849. Convicts, No. 13, folios 120-126. 08/02/1849. CO 37/126/15. Forwards a requisition for clothing for 2000 convicts. Reports inconveniences of the delays in the arrival of requested goods. Convicts, No. 14, folios 127-133. 09/02/1849. CO 37/126/16. Recommends a convict named Henry Elliot for a conditional pardon for good conduct. Explains that Elliot had served more than six years. Convicts, No. 16, folios 134-136. 14/02/1849. CO 37/126/17. Reports that the convict John Mitchel had been informed that he would be sent to the Cape of Good Hope [South Africa] on a ticket of leave. Convicts, No. 18, folios 137-138. 15/02/1849. CO 37/126/18. Forwards an application for convicts Henry Farr and John Charon to have their wives sent to the Cape of Good Hope [South Africa]. Convicts, No. 19, folios 139-142. 15/02/1849. CO 37/126/19. Acknowledges the receipt of despatches which were previously reported as missing. Executive, No. 20, folio 143. 16/02/1849. CO 37/126/20. Forwards a letter from Postmaster J Taylor complaining of Governor Elliot's interference with his duties regarding the opening of mail from England. Explains that he had acted in an emergency. Separate, folios 144-158. 22/02/1849. CO 37/126/21. Forwards a private letter from Henry H Hewitt, one of the convicts who was sent to Van Diemans Land [Tasmania] the previous year, giving an account of the passage there and the disappointment on arrival due to the lack of employment and the very low rate of wages. Enclosure printed for Parliament in paper on convict discipline June 1849. Private, folios 159-166. 01/03/1849. CO 37/126/22. Forwards the convict labour returns for January. Convicts, No. 20, folios 167-180. 01/03/1849. CO 37/126/23. Reports the resignation of George F Mallory, Clerk of the Councils and Registrar of the Court of Chancery, and the appointment of Thomas Tuzo to the vacancy. Executive, No. 21, folios 181-182. 02/03/1849. CO 37/126/24. Forwards two convict accounts for the quarter ending 3 June 1847 from Commander Hire and Francis B Black in the form requested by the Audit Office. Convicts, No. 22, folios 183-189. 07/03/1849. CO 37/126/25. Urges the necessity of carrying out the new works on Boaz Island without delay. Expresses concern that there would be delay in the correspondence between the Royal Engineers and the Board of Ordnance. Private and Confidential, folios 190-193. 08/03/1849. CO 37/126/26. Forwards and recommends a petition from a 'coloured' woman named Mary Simmons requesting certain escheated property in Southampton Parish, which had belonged to her father Mathew Simmons who was lost at sea in 1831. Executive, No. 23, folios 194-201. 12/03/1849. CO 37/126/27. Forwards the triplicate list of 299 prisoners recommended for removal to the Cape of Good Hope [not included in volume]. Convicts, No. 24, folios 202-203. 12/03/1849. CO 37/126/28. Forwards a list of quit rents together with a map showing their localities [map not included in volume; sent to the Land Board]. Executive, No. 25, folios 204-211. 17/03/1849. CO 37/126/29. Reports that a scale of allowances for light, fuel, and soap for use on the hulks would come into operation on 1 April. Convicts, No. 26, folios 212-213. 19/03/1849. CO 37/126/30. Replies to enquiries respecting Thames Second Mate Alfred Lloyd, who was about to return to England on six months leave of absence. Convicts, No. 27, folio 214. 24/03/1849. CO 37/126/31. Reports that Mr Anderson is entitled to £75 for his work in preparing the plans for the works on Boaz Island. Convicts, No. 28, folios 215-217. 25/03/1849. CO 37/126/32. Forwards a copy of another petition to the Secretary of State against the Act for regulating liquor shops and taverns. Reports that the Act would expire early in 1851. Executive, No. 29, folios 218-223. 26/03/1849. CO 37/126/33. Reports arrangements made for starting the public works on Boaz Island along with the Commandant of Royal Engineers. Notes that the clerk of works had arrived and was living on the island. Convicts, No. 30, folios 224-225. 27/03/1849. CO 37/126/34. Forwards a copy of a letter to the Commandant of Royal Engineers concerning the public works on Boaz Island. Convicts, No. 31, folios 226-229. 28/03/1849. CO 37/126/35. Forwards a letter from W C Hyland in reply to enquiries respecting a runaway boy named John Shirley, who had allegedly stowed away on the Glasgow registered merchant brig Packet. Executive, No. 32, folios 230-236. 31/03/1849. CO 37/126/36. Explains the circumstances under which the governor had purchased a lighter [flat-bottomed boat] for the transport of materials to Boaz Island. Notes that the whole expense and equipment would not exceed £190. Convicts, No. 33, folios 237-239. 31/03/1849. CO 37/126/37. Reports granting six months leave of absence to Alfred Lloyd, second mate on the Thames. Recommends him for employment in England. Separate, folios 240-244. 01/04/1849. CO 37/126/38. Forwards the convict labour returns for February. Convicts, No. 34, folios 245-260. 05/04/1849. CO 37/126/39. Forwards a list of convicts unfit for further labour on the public works due to injuries received or diseases contracted while in the colony. Recommends them for pardons in order to avoid the cost of keeping them in the hospital ship. Convicts, No. 35, folios 261-265. 06/04/1849. CO 37/126/40. Forwards letters from Provost Marshal J H Trott and Mrs Eliza A Cooper, widow of former Provost Marshal Forster Cooper, concerning the long pending dispute with Colonial Secretary Robert Kennedy concerning emoluments arising from certain land. Executive, No.

36, folios 266-314. 06/04/1849. CO 37/126/41. Reports the arrival of the Neptune with 296 convicts. Notes that the ship would be ready to depart for Cape of Good Hope about 18 April. Convicts, No. 37, folios 315-318. 07/04/1849. CO 37/126/42. Forwards a copy of a letter from Frederick Firth, President of the Turks and Caicos Islands, who wished for some convict mechanics to be sent from Bermuda to those islands as exiles. Encloses a 'return of the rates of wages of mechanics and labourers' and a list of 'trades required at the

Turks Islands'. Convicts, No. 38, folios 319-332. 09/04/1849. CO 37/126/43. Forwards a letter from the Bishop reporting his £250 bill on the Treasury for his salary. Executive, No. 39, folios 333-335. 10/04/1849. CO 37/126/44. Forwards the Blue Book for 1848 [not included in volume]. Executive, No. 40, folios 336-337. 10/04/1849. CO 37/126/45. Forwards replies to the Auditors queries concerning convict accounts. Convicts, No. 40, folios 338-339. 15/04/1849. CO 37/126/46. Forwards a copy of a letter from the Bishop of Newfoundland to the Admiralty regarding his Episcopal authority over the Dockyard chaplain. Printed for Parliament, Colonial Church May 1852. Ecclesiastical, No. 41, folios 340-349. 19/04/1849. CO 37/126/47. Reports that the Neptune had set sail for the Cape of Good Hope with 289 convicts on board. Convicts, No. 42, folios 350-379. 22/04/1849. CO 37/126/48. Reports arrangements made for convict John Mitchel on board the Neptune during his voyage to the Cape of Good Hope due to his poor health. Encloses correspondence concerning the matter. Convicts, No. 43, folios 380-393. 23/04/1849. CO 37/126/49. Reports granting the Reverend Kennedy £40 lodging money per year. Requests that it may be sanctioned. Convicts, No. 44, folios 394-398. 24/04/1849. CO 37/126/50. Forwards the attested lists of the Convict Establishment for the quarter ending 31 March. Convicts, No. 45, folios 399-422. 30/04/1849. CO 37/126/51. Reports that the patent appointing Joseph Nood as an extra member of Council had not yet been received. Executive, No. 46, folios 423-424. 30/04/1849.

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AMDigital Reference:CO 37/126.

CO 37.