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1870 JAMAICA ALMANAC

INTERNAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT

Collector of Taxes: R. S. Machlan

1st Clerk and Locker and Gauger: Alfred P. Kidd

Assistant Collector: A. Jackson

2nd Clerk: J. E. Muir

Registrar in Chancery and Clerks of the Courts and Crown: Robert Russell, B.L.

Chief Clerk: Charles Cheny Hamilton

2nd Clerk: John Garel

Provost Marshal General: John Augustus O'Sullivan

Clerk in Provost Marshal General's Office: John Jackson James

Registrar of the Diocese: Thomas Hendrick

Clerk in the Bishop's and Registrar's Office: William John Clarkson

STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES

Salary of £450 per annum each, paid by British Government

NAME, PARISH, POST-OFFICE

Richard Chamberlaine, St. James, Montego Bay

David Ewart, St. Thomas, Morant Bay

Richard Hill, St. Catherine, Spanish Town

Thomas Witter Jackson, Portland, Kingston

Captain Henry Kent, St. Andrew and Port Royal, Kingston

WEST INDIAN ISLANDS RELIEF COMMISSION

Under Statutes of the Imperial Parliament

Commissioners in aid for Jamaica: The Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Attorney-General

Secretary and Solicitor: Alexander Wells Aikman

Official Visitors for Visiting the General and Female Penitentiary, Kingston: John S. Brown, Henry Hutchings, Henry John Bicknell

Inspector of the Penitentiaries and of Prisons throughout the Island: Henry Bridgwater Shaw, £500

INTERNAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT

HEAD QUARTERS, KINGSTON

Collector General: D. P. Trench

Supervisor of Excise: C. Haigh

Inland Branch

Chief Clerk: H. J. Burger

Second Clerk: R. C. J. Baquie

Third Clerk: J. F. Morin

Fourth Clerk: S. J. Stiebel

Fifth Clerk: E. Henderson

Customs Branch

First Clerk: J. W. Smith

Second Clerk: J. F. Stephenson

Third Clerk: M. F. Mattos

KINGSTON

Collector of Taxes: F. R. Hall

Clerk: R. A. Kinkead

Locker and Gauger: C. Arbouin

Assistant Locker and Gauger: C. F. Nairne

ST. ANDREW

Collector of Taxes: W. L. Stewart

Assistant Collector of Taxes: W. P. Trench

Clerk: C. H. Littlejohn

ST. THOMAS

Collector of Taxes: W. T. Jamison

Assistant Collectors of Taxes: R. A. Harding and George A. Hague

Clerks: T. T. Breakspear, D. McKenzie, and A. G. Facey

PORTLAND

Collector of Taxes: George Ffrench

Assistant Collector of Taxes: William Cork

Clerk: L. M. Lynch and T. H. Bunting

ST. MARY

Collector of Taxes: William Gray

Assistant Collector of Taxes: F. S. Chamberlaine, Joseph Malabre, and T. F. Clarke

Clerk: G. B. Caldwell and J. H. Hyman

MANCHESTER

Collector of Taxes: H. W. Livingston

Assistant Collector of Taxes: S. Bonitto

Clerk: H. D. Fletcher

TRELAWNY

Collector of Taxes: R. S. McLachlan

Assistant Collector of Taxes: A. M. Jackson

Clerk: A. T. Kidd

ST. JAMES

Collector of Taxes: George Stricker

Assistant Collector of Taxes: H. F. Orgill

Clerk: Thomas Butter and F. W. Sullivan

HANOVER

Collector of Taxes: R. W. Allwood

Assistant Collector of Taxes: J. A. Barclay

Clerk: E. P. Pullar

ST. CATHERINE

Collector of Taxes: James Heighington

Assistant Collectors of Taxes: A. Robertson, W. L. Garrigues, John Davis

Clerks: Henry James, junior, R. N. Berwick, N. James

ST. ANN

Collector of Taxes: J. W. Gruber

Assistant Collector of Taxes: S. E. Payne

Clerks: M. A. Carter and John Allwood

CLARENDON

Collector of Taxes: W. A. Hamilton

Assistant Collector of Taxes: C. Baquie and G. C. Hutchings

Clerks: Isaac Stiner and T. W. Rodgers

WESTMORELAND

Collector of Taxes: William Ewen

Assistant Collector of Taxes: M. A. Seaton

Clerk: G. W. Stricker

ST. ELIZABETH

Collector of Taxes: W. B. Salmon

Assistant Collector of Taxes: J. W. Earle

Clerk: J. S. Trench and R. R. S. Spalding


CUSTOMS' DEPARTMENT

INDOOR

Collector: Richard Gillard

Chief Clerk: Henry Davis

First-class Clerks: John Morce, John Greaves, Louis Lewis

Second-class Clerks: E. E. Lewin, Charles Badley, James F. Smith

Third-class Clerks: Alfred W. Hitchings

OUTDOOR

Surveyor and Inspector of Invoices: Charles Goldie

Assistant Surveyor and Chief Tide Surveyor: James A. Fowles

First Tide Surveyor: Theodore Bravo

Second Tide Surveyor: S. N. DaCosta

Third Tide Surveyor: Hugh Bogle

Fourth Tide Surveyor: George A. Williams

Fifth Tide Surveyor: E. H. E. McClaverty

Sixth Tide Surveyor: William Magill

Tide Surveyor, Port Royal: William Moore James

First-Class Outdoor Officers

1st . D. Sheerwood

2nd T. Walcott

3rd W. J. L. Rutherford

4th F. A. Rutherford

Second-Class Outdoor Officers

1st W. Gutzmer

2nd A. Fitch

3rd J. Samuels

4th W. Burke

5th M. Gutzmer

6th G. Turner

Third-Class Outdoor Officers

1st S. Williams

2nd J. Francis

3rd W. Curtin

4th J. Monaghan

5th W. Baylis

6th H. Keeton

7th T. Alvarenga

MONTEGO BAY

Collector: F. W. Mortlock

Clerk and Warehouse Keeper: William Mullett

Third Officer: J. G. Parkinson

SAVANNA-LA-MAR

Collector: William Bodden

Clerk and Landing Waiter: George G. Nix

BLACK RIVER

Assistant Collector of Taxes and Collector of Customs' Duties: W. L. Boxer

FALMOUTH

Collector: C. R. Buchanan

Landing Surveyor: J. G. Chisholm

Junior Landing Surveyor: Astley Cooper

Clerk and Warehouse Keeper: John Pasmore


POST OFFICE

Postmaster for Jamaica: William Kemble

First Clerk: Frederick Sullivan

Second Clerk: Richard Lord

Third Clerk: George H. Pearce

Fourth Clerk: Raynes B. W. Smith

Fifth Clerk: John N. Campbell

Sixth Clerk: George A. Douet

Seventh Clerk: Edward S. Mayo

Eighth Clerk: Robert Jackson Harris

Ninth Clerk: William Thomson

Tenth Clerk: Henry W. Bicknell

Eleventh Clerk: Thomas McBayne

Messengers:

Richard Lepetre

Joseph Bean

Ebenezer Dick

John Richardson

James Dyken

Lewis Hall

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The following are employed, on the arrival of the English Mails, to assort Newspapers:

W. M. Clarke

J. A. Clarke

W. S. Newman

C. F. Hitchins

C. B. Scott

A. H. Jones

G. Smith

F. Hawkins

P. Thompson

JAMAICA POST OFFICES

 

PARISHES POST OFFICES POSTMASTERS AND POSTMISTRESSES
St. Ann Alexandria J. Morris
St. Mary Annotto Bay T. S. Leith
St. Thomas Bath Miss A. S. Carter
St. Elizabeth Black River Mrs. E. R. Scott
St. Ann Brown's Town Mrs. A. Kirchman
Portland Buff Bay H. Guscott
Clarendon Chapelton J. Thompson
St. Ann Claremont Nath. Jackson
Clarendon Clarendon, Four Paths W. Andrade
St. Ann Dry Harbour Robert Beverland
Trelawny Duncans W. Gentles
Trelawny Falmouth S. Wood
St. James Flint River James Dally
St. Mary Gayle William Marsh
St. Andrew Golden Spring Abraham Hyams
St. Andrew Gordon Town M. Lazarus
St. Elizabeth Goshen J. Weston
Westmoreland Grange Hill S. J. Goodwin
Hanover Green Island M. Munro
Portland Hope Bay David Dias
St. Elizabeth Lacovia H. Thompson
St. Catherine Linstead R. M. White
Hanover Lucea A. H. Brown
St. James Little River R. Bowen
St. Elizabeth Malvern H. Lawrence
St. Thomas Manchioneal J. R. Naylor
Manchester Mandeville Ann Robertson
Manchester May Hill Julia Hendricks
Manchester Mile Gully C. Atherton
St. Ann Moneague A. A. Lindo
St. James Montego Bay F. H. Dillon
St. Thomas Morant Bay Mrs. E. J. Gough
Manchester Newport C. D. Lopez
St. Elizabeth Newmarket Louis Lindo
St. Ann Ocho Rios I. G. Mesquita
St. Catherine Old Harbour R. Walker
St. Catherine Pear Tree Grove R. Ryan
St. Thomas Plantain Garden River R. Kirkland
Kingston Port Royal T. E. DePass
Manchester Porus C. A. Sandfor
St. James Ramble J. Daly
St. Mary Richmond S. T. Wolcott
Trelawny Rio Bueno R. A. Laing
St. Mary Salt Gut Henry Rigg
Westmoreland Savanna-la-Mar W. Bodden
St. Elizabeth Siloah R. W. Thompson
St. Catherine Spanish Town A. H. Manford
St. Ann St. Ann's Bay Mrs. M. A. Mill
St. Thomas St. David, Yallahs Miss E. A. Stewart
Trelawny Stewart Town C. S. Cover
Clarendon Vere W. D. Moodie

PENSIONS

NAME OF PARTY AND DATE FROM WHICH THE PENSION HAS BEEN PAID SERVICE FOR WHICH THE PENSION WAS GRANTED CAUSE OF RETIREMENT
JUDICIAL PENSIONS - 1868 - -
Sir Joshua Rowe Late Chief Justice Change in the Judicial Sstem
C. M. Farquharson Junior Assistant Judge "
R. D. Thompson Senior Chair. Quarter Sessions "
P. Moncrieffe Junior Chair. Quarter Sessions "
ANNUITIES (Officers of late Legislature), 1866 - -
Hon. J. Salmon President of Legislative Council Change in the Constitution of the Colony
Hon. S. Rennalls Clerk of Legislative Council "
William Kemble Clerk of House of Assembly "
J. P. Clarke Committee Clerk House of Assembly "
J. Gayleard Committee Clerk House of Assembly "
T. S. Webly Doorkeeper House of Assembly "
Sufferers by Disturbances, 1865 - -
Mrs. Alberga Husband killed during the Disturbances of October, 1865 -
Mrs. Hitchins " -
Mrs. Herschell " -
Mrs. Reid " -
Mrs. Hall " -
Mrs. Price " -
G. R. Harrison Wounded during the Disturbances of October, 1865 -
E. N. Harrison " -
J. W. Rutty " -
W. W. MacGowan " -
Mrs. Panton Husband shot during the Disturbances of October, 1865 -
CIVIL PENSIONS -1867 - -
N. Wilson Island Botanist Reduction of Estab. Amalgamation of Parishes, Age, and ill health.
E. Bond Clerk of the Vestry "
James Gray Clerk of the Vestry "
Aldred, G. E., 1868 Almoner for Kingston "
Cooke, B., 1868 Sub-Colllector of Customs, Morant Bay "
Deleon, A., 1868 Keeper of PublicBuildings "
Downer, W. D., 1867 Inspector of Police "
Edwards, R., 1867 Inspector of Weights and Measures "
Finlason, J., 1868 Locker Gauger Warehouse keeper "
March, W. T. 1868 Clerk of Court and Crown "
Pennell, G. B. 1868 Deputy Director of Roads, etc. "
Solomon, M. 1868 Clerk to Magistrates St. Ann "
Stone, G.G., 1868 Clerk to Magistrates St. Elizabeth "
Wilson, N., 1867 Island Botanist "
White, R. M., 1868 Superintendent Kingston Prison "
Chevers, F.M., 1868 Coroner, Manchester "
Cuff, J., 1868 Coroner, St. Elizabeth "
Deleon, J., 1868 Coroner, Westmoreland "
Deleon, Dr. J., 1868 Coroner, St. James "
Evitt, T., 1868 Coroner, Trelawny "
Ewbank, E., 1868 Coroner, Clarendon "
Garrigues, P., 1868 Coroner, St. Thomas in the Vale "
McAnuff, J.C., 1868 Coroner, St. Catherine "
Mowatt, W., 1868 Coroner, St. David "
Feurtado, D. A., 1868 Coroner, Hanover "
Bond, E., 1868 Collector of Dues, Metcalfe "
Parkinson, R., 1868 Collector of Dues, St. Ann "
Ronaldson, J. J. junior,1868 Collector of Dues, Vere "
Ewbank, E., 1868 Collector of Taxes, Clarendon "
Ludford, T., 1868 Collector of Dues, St. Dorothy "
Bond, E., 1867 Clerk of Vestry, Metcalfe "
Ludford, T., 1867 Clerk of Vestry, St. Dorothy "
Gray, J., 1867 Clerk Municipal Board, St. James "
Parkinson, R., 1868 Clerk Municipal Board, St. Ann "
Burke, S. C., 1868 Clerk of Peace, Metcalfe "
Lindo, S. D., 1868 Clerk of Peace, St. Mary "
ECCLESIASTICAL PENSIONS - 1867 - -
Rev. William Hylton Rector of a Parish Reduction, Age, and ill-health
Rev. William Stearn Island Curate "
Rev. T. B. Cahusac " "
Rev. B. B. Kingdon " "
Rev. J. Stainsby " "
OTHER ANNUITANTS -1867 - -
Lumsey, Ann Wound in Disturbances 1841 -
Popkins, J. W. Blind Policeman -
Finlayson, W. Wounded in Rebellion 1831-3 -
Gilpin, R. Services in Rebellion 1831-3 -
Samuels, W. " -
McGhie, Isabella Husband Wounded 1831-32 -
Taylor, Mrs. Domestic King's House -
Gaynor, Smith Wpunded Rebellion 1831 -
Lord, J. A. Late an Inspector of Police Length of service and ill-health
Leake, R. A. " "
Shaw, A. H. " "
Casteel, Mrs. Husband injured while working on public roads -
Barnett, Mrs. Long service as Matron at Public Hospital -
McCail - -
Gibbon - -


BANKS

COLONIAL BANK

(Incorporated by Royal Charter in 1836)

Chairman: Charles Marryat

Deputy Chairman: John Gurney Hoare

Directors:

Charles Cave

Eden Colvile

Spencer Henry Curtis

William Davidson

James Fletcher

Rodolph Alexander Hankey

Jacob Quixano Henriques

Thomas Daniel Hill

William Burnley Hume

Alexander Macgregor

William Rennie

James Scott

Vice-Admiral Whish

Auditors:

Joseph Hoare

William Munro Ross

Edward Miller

Secretary: C. A. Calvert

THE JAMAICA BRANCH

Principal Office in Harbour and Port Royal Streets, Kingston

Manager: Oscar Marescaux

Sub-Manager: Charles Gordon Farquharson

Accountant: John Boileau Sorapure

Cashier: Charles E. Gunter

Clerks: Edward G. Farquharson, Caleb L. Hall, Robert McCutchin, Edgar L. Marshall, Charles S. Whitehorne, John Murray, Louis F. McKinnon, Roger S. Haughton, Julian Clarke, James E. P. Hicks, Augustus C. Marshall

Agencies:

Falmouth: Nunes Bros.

Montego Bay: G. L. Phillips & Bros.

Savanna-la-Mar: Messrs. Leyden & Co.

Annotto Bay: W. S. Chaplin

Solicitors: Hill and Airey

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KINGSTON SAVINGS' BANK

Established 17th January, 1838

President: H. F. Colthirst

Vice-President: John S. Brown

Trustees:

Richard James Cade Hitchins

John Samuel Brown

Henry F. Colthirst

Rev. D. H. Campbell

Managers:

Robert Osborn

John Samuel Brown

Richard James Cade Hitchins

Rev. John Radcliffe

James Kay Fingzies

James Derbyshire

William Lee

David Ewart

Rev. Duncan H. Campbell

Stephen W. Mais

Henry J. Kemble

William George Astwood

Rev. William Mayhew

Rev. George Cheyne

Hon. L. Q. Bowerbank

Rev. Enos Nuttall

William Malabre

 

Treasurer: Henry Hutchings

Secretary: Lionel Hutchings

Auditor: William Andrews

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ST. JAMES'S SAVINGS' BANK

Established 1838

Patron: His Excellency the Governor

President: Hon. G. L. Phillips

Vice-Presidents: The Rector, Richard Chamberlaine, and Neill Malcolm

Trustees: W. O. Dunbar, Rev. J. E. Henderson, Rev. J. K. Hepburn, W. R. Burrell, Rev. Adam Thomson, and Rev. Andrew Carter

Treasurer: John Watt £45

Secretary: John C. Will £75

Auditor: F. H. Dillon £40

Managers:

Philpotts Brown

E. C. Corinaldi

William Fowler

William Gregory

Rev. Edward Hewitt

Alexander Holmes

Alexander Levy

E. R. Lindo

George Lyons

Richard William Laurence

H. C. McAnuff

S. E. Payne

J. W. Parkin

John Reckord

Isaac Rodrigues

Patrick Spence

Rev. R. S. Smythe

Samuel J. Vaughan

Mandersen Cohen

Thomas Butler

Edward Fray

E. R. Chambers

Robert Fowler

A. G. McCarty, M.D.

Rev. James Reid

Thomas S. White

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TRELAWNY SAVINGS' BANK

This Bank has for some time ceased to do any business, owing to the extensive frauds of its former Secretary, Mr. Wilson, who is now undergoing a sentence of 10 years in the Penitentiary. The concerns of the Bank are to be wound up as soon as possible.

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ST. ANN'S SAVINGS' BANK

Established the 14th of June, 1845

President: John Anderson

Vice-President: Robert Robinson

Trustees: Hon. Peter Moncrieffe, Hon. C. Royes, R. Robinson, Rev. B. Millard, R. Parkinson, John Anderson, Charles W. Steer, Rev. T. Russell

Treasurer: Michael Solomon

Hon. Secretary: Charles Fletcher

Auditor: George Robinson

Managers:

M. J. Griffiths

T. B. Scott

Rev. John Clark

Donald McIntosh

Henry C. Tapper

Rev. George Hall

Larchin Miller

J. G. Mesquita

W. B. Harris

John W. Gaynor

Rev. M. Bennett

Valentine Gray

Henry P. Thompson

Rev. J. W. Rowbothom

John R. Powell

Rev. W. Bunting

David Morris

Richard Moss

Rev. George Cheyne

Rev. Richard Harding

Edward G. Barrett

Rev. R. M. Parnther

Rev. Stephen Sutton

Rev. Joel Hood

William Maitland

Alexander George Morrison

Jasper W. Gruber

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HANOVER SAVINGS' BANK

Established in 1856

President: Vacant

Vice-Presidents: Rev. John Campbell, Rev. A. J. Davidson, and William Browne

Trustees: John Castello, Simon Emanuel, Edward Sharpe, and Francis Dod

Treasurer: Henry Phillips

Managers:

Rev. Henry G. Lawson

James Hugh Caseley

John Robert Davis

John Bisley Dickson

George Malcolm

Murdock Monro

Rev. James Robertson

Richard Dickson

Henry Davies

William Clare

J. K. Collymore

Rev. W. Carlile

Jacob Jackson

Jacob L___ [torn]

C. M. Phillips?

Charles Wilmot

William Allan

Robert Miller

K. W. Petgrave

Edward C. Smith

Alexander E. Davies

Rev. Stephen Sutton

William Chambers

J. Whittingham

Rev. Culab Randal

Auditors:

T. B. Johnson

Rev. Warrand Carlile

Charles Wilmot

Edward C. Smith

 

Secretary: Edmund F. Wilson £35

Copyist: Rev. Thomas Lea

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GRANGE HILL SAVINGS' BANK, WESTMORELAND

Established 1856

President: (Vacant)

Vice-President: Hon. Benjamin Vickers

Trustees: Joseph S. Segre, Edward J. Sadler, William Vickers, Samuel J. Goodin

Managers:

Alexander Aird

Henry Jones

Thomas Biddell

William Ewen

Malcolm McDonald

James Grange

John McDonald

Hugh Vickers

Richard Burgess

George Mills

Treasurer: Dr. Richard S. Harvey

Secretary: Rev. Henry Clarke

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WESTMORELAND SAVINGS' BANK

Established 1865

President: Hon. B. Vickers

Vice-President: Dr. R. S. Harvey

Trustees: Jacob Segre, W. N. Farquharson, James Dougall, Edmund Alcock

Managers:

Edward Sequira

Homer Blair

George Tomlinson

W. Y. Garcia

Edward Clarke

William J. Ewen

Rev. C. M. Magnan

Rev. R. K. Dunbar

Rev. W. Burke

Rev. James Miller

Rev. Andrew Willis

James Foote

John McDonald

B. D. Lindo

William M. Robertson

M. S. Savarian

William Vickers

William Nicoll

Ralph Tomlinson

Martin A. Seaton

James J. Peynado

 

Treasurer: Rev. Josias Cork

Hon. Secretary: James C. Young

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VERE SAVINGS' BANK

President: James Harvey

Vice-President: Thomas Garrett

Trustees:

Rev. Charles F. Gray

John Dingwall

Dr. B. Watson Davies

Thomas Ellis

Alexander Deudney

W. R. Peart

Rev. A. Duckett

James Allmond

Managers

Richard Grant

John Silverwood

C. H. McCormack

Joseph Feurtado

George Aitchinson

V. B. Sorapure

E. C. Elliott

A. W. Cater

J. R. Gordon

William Sheldon

C. F. McGregor

 

Treasurer: James M. Gibb

Secretary: W. D. Moodie


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