Papers Relative to the West Indies.

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Convolute of various governmental documents and ordinances relating to the British colonies in the West Indies. Titles of the parts are as follows: Part I. Circular Instructions: Jamaica. British Guiana.; Part I, - (4.) Jamaica - continued.; Correspondence Relating to the Affairs of Jamaica; Correspondence Relative to The Removal of a Mexican Pilot from on board Her Majesty’s Packet “express” by a French Ship of War in the Gulph of Mexico; Report from C.J. Latrobe Esquire to Lord Glenelg on Negro Education in British Guiana and Trinidad; Copies of any Communications addressed to the Secretary of State by the Agent for the Island of Jamaica relative to the Conduct of the Negro Population of that Island; Slavery Abolition. Orders in Council for carrying into effect the Statute 3 4 Will. IV. c. 73.; A Statement of the Number of Slaves for whom Compensation has been Claimed and of the Number of Claims preferred for such Compensation, and of the Amount of Compensations Awarded, in each of the Classes of Praedial Attached, Praedial Unattached, and Non-Praedial, in each of the Colonies where Compensation has been granted.; A Statement of the Average Value (in Sterling Money) of a Slave as appraised by the Sworn Valuators, and of the Compensation Awarded for such Slaves of each Class of the several Divisions of Praedial Attached, of Praedial Unattached, and of Non-Praedial, in each of the Colonies where Compensation has been granted.; Copies of all Orders in Council or Colonial Ordin

• Year: 1839

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