Catalogue description Despatches from Henry Ward Jackson, Governor of Trinidad, dated December 1905, together...

Despatches from Henry Ward Jackson, Governor of Trinidad, dated December 1905, together with correspondence from the Foreign Office sent during the year. Despatches are described at item level; correspondence from the Foreign Office is not, and subjects covered are as follows:

Foreign Office:

• Venezuela prints,
• petition from Madame C A Miller,
• claim of Mr V L Samberson against Venezuela,
• Venezuelan affairs,
• postal debt of Venezuela for 1903,
• ill-treatment of British subjects at Guanoco by the Venezuelan authorities,
• claim of John Toby against the Venezuelan Government,
• Orders in Council,
• relations with Venezuela,
• claim of James Ovid against the Venezuelan Government,
• seizure of the American sloop Alemania,
• Venezuela: abolition of Honorary Consular Officers abroad,
• relations between Venezuela and Curaçao,
• trade with Venezuela,
• claim of James Neilson against Nicaragua,
• invitation to General Castro to visit Trinidad,
• Venezuelan 30% surtax and transhipment tax,
• claim of Mr H Court against the Venezuelan Government,
• reopening and establishing of Customs House in Venezuelan ports,
• visit of President Castro,
• Venezuela: opening of Carenero to trade,
• relations between Venezuela and Colombia,
• Venezuelan election of President Castro,
• navigation of the river Orinoco,
• claim of Mr G F Bushe against Venezuela,
• sinking of the SS Whitney,
• relations between Dutch and Venezuelan Governments,
• claim of Mrs Jelleret against Venezuela,
• refusal of the Venezuelan Government to allow the Val de Travers Asphalt Paving Company to deliver a cargo of provisions,
• new Mining Law in Venezuela,
• surrender of fugitive criminals in Panama,
• closing of Customs House at Carenero,
• wireless telegraph between Trinidad and Venezuela.