Offices and individuals. Letters received from various government offices (departments), other organisations and individuals relating to British Guiana during the year 1869. Correspondents and subjects are as follows: Offices: Admiralty (visit of R Mundy); Crown Agents (superannuation allowances of A F David and W Fox, salary of Mr Justice Newton, F W Austin, E N Walter, E H G Dalton, H P Plummer, G P Wells and I Lucie-Smith, superannuation and annuity of W Knight); Foreign Office (appointment of D A F Walker to be Venezuelan Consul at Demerara, J Benni, property of I Van der Horst, A Livi, recognition of Netherlands Consul at Georgetown J Meyers as Acting for the Consul of the North German Federation, appointment of H le Daux to be French Vice Consul at Demerara, estate of F Bertozzini, appointment of L Sailor to be Consul for Demerara, birth certificate for F M C Germon); General Assembly of the Church of Scotland (welfare of the Church of Scotland in British Guiana, formation of a Presbytery of British Guiana, vacancy in the parish of All Saints, Berbice, recommendations of J B Dalgety, appointment of Dalgety to the parish of All Saints, recommendation of A F Wilson to the vacancy in the parish of St Luke's); General Post Office (ordinance to amend the Savings Bank Law in British Guiana); Treasury (accounts of the sinking fund for 1868, appeal of W McDermott against the Supreme Court of British Guiana, geological survey, ordinance to provide for the construction of certain public works); War Office (troops to be positioned permanently at Demerara). Individuals: I G Austin (application to the post of Government Secretary of British Guiana); F W Austin (arrival in England); A F Baird (leave of absence, education of his sons, retirement, complaint against the Governor); C Cannon (claim of H Schattenburk over the plantation Sophia); F M Chadwick (application to the post of Stipendiary Magistrate); E W K Crocker (extension of leave); F E Dampier (extension of leave); Daniel and Company (claim of T Gilbert to the office of Attorney General); G Des Voeux (report on the state of the colony); J Erving (letter from Glasgow); F de Foublanque (application for the office of Government Secretary); T Gilbert (application for the office of Attorney General); M Godefroy (naturalisation); J Hinks (report on 'negro' villages, memorial from influential men concerning the manner of selection of Chief Justice and Puisne Judge in British Guiana); M Hick (seeks employment); J Hackett (extension of leave); G Lillie (extension of leave); I Maxwell (appointment as Stipendiary Magistrate, departure from England); Mr Montgomery (application for the office of Colonial Secretary); J Nimmo (extension of leave); J H Otterbern (his application for the position of Provost Marshal of British Guiana); C W O'Donnoghue (passage to India); M Padmore (application for the office of Provost Marshal of Demerara); W B Pollard (leave of absence); R Short (address of Governor Hinks); A Sturgeon (thanks to the Queen for the appointment of Governor Seatt); Mr Smith (charges against W T Smith); J C Thiereus (departure for Demerara); W H Ward (address in London, departure for British Guiana); E Walker (extension of leave).

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