Bermuda, 1841, Despatches, Offices and Individuals : Index; Report; Legal document; Financial document; Returns; Acts and Legislation; Correspondence 1841.

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Despatches from William Reid, governor of Bermuda (August to December 1841) together with letters from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations) and individuals on matters related to Bermuda sent during the year. Despatches are described at item level. CO 37/106/1. Forwards two letters written to him by Agent Victualler Triscott complaining about the reference made to the Victualling Department in despatch No 9 of 24 March. Reports that Mr Triscott's conduct on the occasion was disrespectful. No. 34, folios 3-18. 01/08/1841. CO 37/106/2. Forwards journals of the Legislative and Privy Councils and House of Assembly as well as eleven Acts of the Legislature [not included in volume]. Encloses a report on the Acts by Attorney General John Harvey Darrell. Acts listed as: No. 1 Convicts; No. 2 Insane Criminals; No. 3 Tenants at will; No. 4 Oaths and Affirmations; No. 5 Witness in Criminal Cases; No. 6 Dog Tax; No. 7 Revenue Act; No. 8 Ordnance Lands; No. 9 Post Office; No. 10 Poor Law. No. 35, folios 19-45. 10/08/1841. CO 37/106/3. Reports granting Attorney General J H Darrell three months' leave of absence and appointing Solicitor General Stewart to act in his place. No. 36, folios 46-49. 11/08/1841. CO 37/106/4. Dummy sheet for missing document concerning the preferability of convict hulks to barracks. No. 37, folio 50. 16/08/1841. CO 37/106/5. Comments on the funding of education for 'the children of emancipated Negroes'. Notes that due to Bermuda's latitude the 'white man' was able to labour which meant that 'blacks' were not 'indispensable'. Adds that the House of Assembly aided 'public schools of both races without distinction'. In response to a circular of 25 April concerning a Parliamentary grant for 'Negro' schools. No. 38, folios 51-54. 24/08/1841. CO 37/106/6. Requests drawings of the lantern for the lighthouse in order to adapt the construction of the structure. No. 39, folios 55-58. 30/08/1841. CO 37/106/7. Asks if the quarterly report of civil officers should be continued. No. 40, folios 59-64. 02/09/1841. CO 37/106/8. Forwards a return of the hulls of wrecked vessels sold between August 1839 and July 1841, stating the tonnage of each. No. 41, folios 65-68. 04/09/1841. CO 37/106/9. Sends an estimate of the amount needed to purchase land to construct a fortified barrack on the main island. No. 42 duplicate, folios 69-75. 09/09/1841. CO 37/106/10. Reports that a boom at the entrance of the Dockyard was essential to the defences. No. 43 duplicate, folios 76-79. 19/09/1841. CO 37/106/11. Forwards a return of four military convicts sent to England on the Numa. Return lists crimes and sentences of John Simmons, Joel Avery, Henry Taylor, and Alexander Robertson. No. 44, folios 80-85. 16/09/1841. CO 37/106/12. Reports appointing S Spencer as Registrar and T Tucker as Marshal of the Vice Admiralty Court. Comments on the fees during times of peace and war. No. 45, folios 86-92. 21/09/1841. CO 37/106/13. Roads: asks to be sent the printed reports of the Holyhead Road Parliamentary Commissioners. No. 46, folios 93-96. 22/09/1841. CO 37/106/14. Emigrants: forwards an application from the Agricultural Society for labourers to be allowed free passages from England. No. 47, folios 97-101. 23/09/1841. CO 37/106/15. Acknowledges the receipt of a despatch enclosing the auditor's report on the quit rent accounts of Mr Kennedy. Explains that the accounts had been unaudited for 32 years and explanations were required before granting Mr Kennedy an acquittal. No. 48, folios 102-105. 25/09/1841. CO 37/106/16. Reports the colonial officers present and in execution of office during the quarter ending 30 June. Unnumbered, folios 106-107. 01/10/1841. CO 37/106/17. Quarterly report of the governor's service. Unnumbered, folios 108-111. 01/10/1841. CO 37/106/18. Acknowledges the receipt of a circular announcing the appointment of Lord Stanley as Colonial Secretary of State. No. 49, folios 112-113. 12/10/1841. CO 37/106/19. Reports that existing laws prohibited convicts from settling in the colony after their sentences were completed. Encloses a resolution of the Privy Council proposing modification of the law. No. 50, folios 114-125. 12/10/1841. CO 37/106/20. Dummy sheet for missing document concerning the need for 600 convicts to be sent to work on the defences and lighthouse. No. 51, folios 126. 23/10/1841. CO 37/106/21. Forwards correspondence with acting Customs Collector F O'Reilly concerning his refusal to admit the validity of the Colonial Act of 1830 which settled the customs officers salaries. No. 52, folios 127-153. 29/10/1841. CO 37/106/22. Reports the intention to muster the 47 men of the Bermuda Infantry for training in the spring for about three weeks. No. 53 duplicate, folios 154-155. 06/11/1841. CO 37/106/23. Gives an explanation concerning the question of improper employment of convicts by officers at the Dockyard for private purposes. No. 54, folios 156-164. 13/11/1841. CO 37/106/24. Returns for the year ending 30 September of officers on leave, receiving retirement allowances, and receiving salaries as stipendiary magistrates. Unnumbered, folios 165-169. 01/10/1841. CO 37/106/25. Forwards the Blue Book for 1841 [not included in volume]. Encloses the annual report for 1841, a memorandum of the estimated amount of British and Foreign coins in circulation, Treasurer's remarks on currency, Board of Trade comments on a petition regarding transit trade of provisions in the West Indies, and the governor's supplementary remarks on the protection of ships during war and the supply of fresh water. No. 55, folios 170-238. 16/11/1841. CO 37/106/26. Explains that the reports on the lighthouse had been sent to the Ordnance Department. No. 56, folios 239-242. 28/11/1841. CO 37/106/27. Requests instructions concerning precedence with regard to the translation of rank held in England to the order found in the colony. No. 57, folios 243-249. 06/12/1841. CO 37/106/28. Acknowledges the receipt of despatches received during the half year ending 31 December. Unnumbered, folios 250-251. 31/12/1841. CO 37/106/29. Return of members of the Legislative and Privy Council holding office during the half year ending 31 December; return of colonial officers present and in execution of office during the quarter ending 31 December. Unnumbered duplicate, folios 252-255. 31/12/1841. CO 37/106/30. Schedule of despatches sent from Bermuda during the half year ending 30 June. Unnumbered, folios 256-259. 30/06/1841. Offices: Admiralty (Vice Admiralty Court, convicts employed in private labour, arms training of dockyard men, model gun boat for flotilla, conveyance of despatches, investigation of conduct of Agent Victualler Friscotts, conveyance of agricultural labourers, Convict Establishment); Commander-in-Chief (water tank at Ireland Island, objections to granting local rank of Colonel to Governor Reid, enlistment of discharged soldiers in the local militia, Bishop of Newfoundland's complaint against the garrison chaplain); Board of Trade (vaccination, Acts); Foreign Office (heirs of Thomas Hauser); Home Office (confirmation of the Police Act, Act No. 576 left to operation); Law Officers (confirmation of Wills Act); Ordnance (commandant's quarters, gun training of dockyard men, government house at St Georges, Act 583 left to operation); Treasury (supply of fresh provisions to the garrison, Hamilton made a free warehousing port, discontinuance of fish rations for troops, confirmation of Act 570 regarding powder duty on vessels, fresh water for troops, Lt Col Robinson's allowance while commanding the troops, boat for garrison, steam communication with the West Indies not granted, lighthouse construction, confirmation of Currency Act No 575, Mr Kennedy's accounts as collector of quit rents, proposed consolidation of the colonial and imperial Customs Establishment); War Office (refusal of military chaplain to supply returns required by the Bishop); General Post Office (allowance of the Post Office Act). Individuals: Robert Kennedy, Colonial Secretary (quit rent accounts, leave of absence); John Harvey Tucker (church patronage); Thomas Walmsley (asks for the name of the governor in post about 80 or 90 years ago).

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AMDigital Reference:CO 37/106.

CO 37.