Official and general correspondence

Title

Official and general correspondence

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 600 / 8

Summary

Correspondence for the period 1920 to 1921, with a few enclosures dated 1917 and 1919.

Includes letters from:

Armitage, Francis Paul, two letters, 1920

Aspinall, Sir Algernon Edward, 1921

Auld, James Paton, two letters, with enclosures (copy letter to Howard Humphrey about permanent sea defences, with related tracing), 1921

Bell, John, two letters, 1920-1921

Brunyate, Sir James Bennett, 1920

Carr, R.H., with copy of Clementi's reply attached, 1921

Cary-Elwes, Cuthbert, 1921

Cochran-Patrick, Charles Kennedy, four letters (one addressed to Sir Ivan Davson), with enclosure (a report about the Bermuda & West Atlantic Aviation Company Limited), 1920-1921

Cookson, Christopher, two letters, 1920

Cobbe, H.N.G., with enclosure ('The Bauxite Deposits in British Guiana. Suggestion for the formation of a Syndicate to deal with lands located by F.G. Harvey', typescript prepared by F.G. Harvey and H.C. Buckmaster, 1920)

Collet, Sir Wilfred, 1921

Conyers, James Hill, 1921

Crowe, Harry J., with enclosures (newspaper and journal cuttings from The Mail and Empire and the Canada-West Indies Magazine), 1920

Darnley, E.R., three letters, with enclosures (copy letters from L.S. Amery, Sir Wilfred Collet, B.H. Bayley and H.C. Ranson; Resolutions of the Combined Court, LXII and LXIII, concerning loans and bonds, 20 Nov 1919), 1919-1920

Davson, Sir Ivan Buchanan, three letters, with enclosure ( A West Indian Currency, booklet by Davson, inscribed), with two copy letters from Clementi to Davson, 1921

Dawson, Geoffrey, 1920

Dobson, John Frederic, two letters (one a note only), 1920

Egerton, Sir Walter, 1920

Ezechiel, Sir Percy Hubert, six letters (including a telegram), with enclosures relating to the Colonial Economic Development Committee (typescript copy of a memorandum by Clementi and a printed copy letter from Gideon Murray proposing the establishment of a Company with the name of the British Guiana Corporation, 15 Dec 1919), 1919-1920

Flood, John Ernest William (on behalf of the Colonial Medical Services Committee), 1920

Gnosspelius, Oscar Theodor, with enclosure (copy letter from Clementi to Mr. Delefons about Short Brothers' proposals for a British Guiana Seaplane Service), 1920

Greene, George Ball, three letters, with enclosures (Resolution of the Combined Court, LXXI, concerning salaries and bonuses, 11 Dec 1919; an answer to a question about the north-west road asked in Combined Court, 1919; copy letter from Greene to the Crown Agents for the Colonies), 1920-1921

Grindle, Sir Gilbert Edmund Augustine, 1920

Haig, Thomas, 1921

Harrison, Sir John Burchmore, two letters, with enclosure (extracts from A Description of British Guiana by Robert H. Schomburgk), 1921

Harvey, Francis George, two letters, 1920

Haynes, Edwin Allison, two letters, 1920-1921

Hill, J.B. (inviting Clementi to become President of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with a copy of Clementi's letter of acceptance), 1920

Hinks, Arthur Robert (acknowledging that the Royal Geographical Society has received Clementi's Report on the Condition of the Colony of British Guiana during the Great European War), 1920

Jones, Patrick Nicholas Hill, two letters, with enclosure (brief details about the work undertaken by himself and H.B. Ransom, Consulting Engineers), 1920-1921

King, John Hampden, eight letters, with enclosures (printed extract from the Official Gazette, 7 Jul 1917, being 'The Annual List of Arrivals and Allotments of Immigrants in British Guiana...1916-1917'; Clementi's paysheet for the period 1 Oct to 10 Oct 1919; note recording the number of immigrants between 1835 and 1921, with comments by Clementi and R.P. Stewart; printed memorandum on income tax), 1917-1921

Knight, Gilfred Norman, with enclosure (a leaflet about the West India Committee), 1920

Leechman, Alleyne, with enclosures (nine photographs relating to the Biological and Agricultural Institute, Amani, Tanganyika, see below for details), 1921

Lewin, Percy Evans (acknowledging that the Royal Colonial Institute has received Clementi's Report on the Condition of the Colony of British Guiana during the Great European War), 1920

Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, two letters, with enclosure (review of Clementi's Cantonese Love-Songs by Ku Hung-Ming), 1920-1921

Loveday, Thomas, four letters (including three postcards), 1920

Lucas, Sir Charles Prestwood, two letters, 1920-1921

Lugard, 1st Baron (Frederick Dealtry Lugard), 1921

May, Sir Francis Henry, 1920 (with postscript by Lady May)

Milner, 1st Viscount (Alfred Milner), with a draft letter from Clementi to Milner, 1921

Nathan, W.S., two letters, 1920

Paul, Herbert J., four letters, with enclosures (two photographs of an 'Eroder' dredger), 1921

Peotter, R.S., 1920

Purcell, Hubert Kennett, with enclosure (letter received from O. Webber, Acting Assistant Colonial Secretary), 1920

Read, Sir Herbert (enquiring whether Clementi would accept the appointment of Vice-Chancellor of Hong Kong University, with draft of Clementi's reply declining the appointment), 1920

Rolleston, Herbert Lancelot, two letters, with enclosures (manuscript notes on the revenue and expenditure of the Colonial Steamer Service, 1920; Report of the Onderneeming Estates Committee of Onderneeming Industrial School, Combined Court no. 27/1921, with page of corrections by Rolleston and Mr. Dennison, the acting Chief Clerk), 1920-1921

Satgé, Sir Henry Valentine Bache de (letter introducing R.H. Carr), 1920

Stewart, Murray, 1920

Stewart, Sir Gershom, three letters, with enclosures (two questions about British Guiana he recently asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies), 1920-1921

Thorne, [A.T.], 1921

Thurn, Sir Everard im, 1920

Verney, 4th Baronet (Sir Harry Calvert Williams), six letters, with enclosures (copy letters to the Colonial Office from Eustace G. Woolford and British Guiana Contructors Limited; copy of a document summarising the proposals for work in British Guiana made by the British Guiana Constructors Limited), with two copy letters from Clementi to Verney, 1920-1921

Waterhouse, Sir Ronald, two letters, with enclosure (letter from G.C. Tryon to C.J. Eyres regarding Clementi's request for an interview with Sir Frederick H. Sykes), 1920

Wiseman, Robert Arthur, three letters, with enclosure (draft despatch the Colonial Office are planning to send to the Governor of British Guiana, Sir Wilfred Collet, about the present condition of British Guiana), 1920

Wood, Casey Albert, 1921

Also includes:

leaflet about the Emergency Powers Act (10 & 11 GEO. 5.) (CH. 55), 1920

Short Airships, Seaplanes and Boats, booklet about Short Brothers (Rochester & Bedford) Limited, [1920?]

newspaper cutting about 'The Colony's Government', [Jul 1921?]

newspaper cutting from The Daily Argosy being the text of the budget speech read by the Colonial Secretary (Clementi) in the Combined Court, Dec 1921

British Guiana. Report for 1919 (Cmd. 1103-11), Mar 1921

speech by Clementi to the West Indian Medical Conference, corrected typescript, 11 Jul 1921

printed prospectus (flyer) advertising the Government's Loan of $5,000,000, 20 Jul 1921

certificate granting Clementi a leave of abscence, 23 Dec 1921 (for the period 29 Dec 1921 to 28 Dec 1922)

speech by Clementi to the [Combined Court] reporting on the finances of British Guiana, corrected typescript, [1921?]

'skit on the Annual Session of Combined Court in December 1921', manuscript, [1921?]

poem about Sir Wilfred Collet entitled 'The Lost Trick', manuscript, [1921?]

Alleyne Leechman photographs comprise:

Alleyne Leechman with Barclay Leechman (his son), Mr. Wade (Government Geologist) and Mr. [Watts?] (of the Government Post Office?), two copies

the laboratory and the library

Sigi river (waterfall), two photographs (similar image)

Sigi sawmill

view from the balcony showing heavy clouds in the valley with hills in the distance

view from Bomole hill, 600ft above the Institute, with Amani and hills in the distance

Mvule tree, Chlorophora excelsa

Date

1917, 1919-1921

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box