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1799 ALMANAC

PUBLIC OFFICERS

Robert Sewell, Esq., Agent for the Island in Great Britain
Matthew Atkinson, Esq., Agent General
Major Barrow, Superintendent at the Bay of Honduras
James Anderson, Esq., Superintendant of Charlestown, October 9, 1798[?]
Alexander Forbes, junior, Esq., Superintendant of Accompong Town
Charles Douglas, Esq., Superintendant of Moore Town
Thomas March, Esq., Superintendant of Scott's Hall Town, Aug. 5, 1797
Mat. Atkinson, Esq., Notary Public
Deputy, J. D. Smith, Esq.
James Stewart, Esq., Auditor General of the Revenue
B. B. Nemhard [Nembhard?], Esquire. Commissioner of Stamp Duties
J. Clement, Esq., Public Messenger
G. S. Sutherland, Esq., Clerk of Markets
Adam Dolmage, Esq., Island Storekeeper
Thomas Dancer, M.D., Botanist, and Physician to the Bath
James Lee, Physician to the Spanish Town Gaol
James Walker , M.D., Physician to the Kingston Gaol

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Mathew Atkinson, Esq., Secretary of the Island

DEPUTIES

Kingston, J. D. Smith , Esq.
Savannah-la-Mar, James Brown, Esq.
Port Antonio, William Betts, Esq.
Montego Bay, D. Campbell, Esq.
Lucea, William Brown, Esq.

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William Mitchell, Esq., Receiver General

DEPUTIES

Port Antonio, John Crowley, Esq.
Montego Bay, McLaurin Gillies , Esq.
Lucea, William Brown, Esq.
Sav-la-Mar, James Brown, Esq.

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COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS

Thomas Cockburn
Henry Shirley
Keane Osborne
William Thompson
Simon Taylor
Eliphalet Fitch
John Henckell
Fairlie Christie
Lewis Cuthbert
George Fuller
J. J. Swaby
Charles Grant
John Dawson
Andrew Deans
John Jaques
Alexander Shaw
John Perry
Alexander McLeod
James Henry
S. W. Barnett
Thomas Murphy
John Quier
Richard Lake
Benjamin Waterhouse
George Kinghorn
James Amos
William Savage, Esquires

James Smith, Esq., Secretary

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David Innes, Esq., Naval Officer

DEPUTIES

Lucea, Donald Malcolm, Esq.
Port Antonio, Hon. G. Minot, Esq.
Savanna-la-Mar, James Brown, Esq.
Montego Bay,  Charles Evans, Esq.


RECTORIES WITH THE NAMES OF THE PRESENT INCUMBENTS

Salary per annum each £420

St. Catherine, R. S. Woodham
Kingston, Thomas Rees
St. Andrew, John Campbell
St. Thomas in the East, J. West
St. Dorothy, ---------------
St. Thomas in the Vale, William Williamson
Vere, Edward Ledwich
Clarendon, Adam Sibbit
Port Royal, G.. Ledwich
St. John, A. J. Scott
St. David, James Dymocke
St. George, Thomas Simcockes
St. Mary, -------------
St. Ann, James Curdie
St. James, Francis Rickard
Trelawny, Adrian Reid
Westmoreland, Thomas Stewart
St. Elizabeth, Thomas Warren
Hanover, Simon Little
Portland, John McDonald


GENERAL POST OFFICE

Glocester Wilson, Esq., Postmaster General
Duncan Pollock, Esq., Secretary

Leeward

Spanish Town, Dr. Charles Stock
Old Harbour, Mr. Roderick Mathison
Clarendon, Mr. John Lawes
Vere, Mr. Alexander Rose
Goshen, Mr. John Griffith
Lacovia, Reverend Thomas Warren
Black River, Mr. Humphry Colquhoun
Robin's River, Mr. George Wickey
Savannah-la-Mar, James Brown, Esq.

North Side

Spanish Town, Dr. Charles Stock
Bog Walk, Mr. William Cathcart
Bagnal's, Mr. William Law
Moneague, Mr. John Hutchinson
White River, Mr. J. Herman
St. Ann's, Messrs. James and J. Riley
Dry Harbour, Mr. Ben. Henderson
Rio Bueno, Mr. James Brady
Falmouth, Mr. D. McConnell
Little River, Mr. Samuel Hilton
Montego Bay, Mr. James Fannin
Flint River, Mr. John Allen
Lucea, Mr. John Denham
Green Island, Mr. John Patterson

Windward

Yallah's, Mr. Pat. Buchanan
Blue Mountain, Mr. William Sutherland
Morant Bay, Mr. John Johnstone
Port Morant, Mr. John Reed Baillie
Bath, Mr. William Scholar
Amity Hall, Mr. John Bell
Manchioneal, Mr. J. S. Harris

St. Mary's, St. George's and Portland

Buff Bay, Mr. Hugh McKay Scobie
Lenox, Mr. James Currie
Portland, Mr. Robert Mein
Annotto Bay, Mr. Philip Ellis
Highgate, Mrs. Sarah Lamb
Port Maria, Mr. John Smith


OFFICERS OF THE CUSTOMS

Kingston

Peter Franklyn , Esq., Collector
John Dawson, Esq., Comptroller
James Munro, Esq., Solicitor
W. Dance, Esq., Land and Tide Surveyor
Henry Bourke, J. Brailsford, Au- Smith, James Bradley, Benjamin Whitaker, Gentlemen, Land Waiters and Searchers
William Dance, Esq. Inspector of the Tonnage of Ships.

Port Antonio

J. D. Andrews, Esq. Collector
James Duddingston, Comptroller
William Downer, Waiter and Searcher

Montego Bay

F. C. Scott, Esq., Collector
Peter Grant, Esq. Comptroller
T. C. Cockin, Waiter and Searcher
Thomas Alves, Surveyor of Navigation
George Gally, Waiter and Searcher, Falmouth

Lucea

Robert Gilpin, Esq., Collector
T. W. Baker, Esq. Comptroller
Mr. John Hill, Waiter and Searcher

Savanna-la-Mar

Edward Walsh, Esq. Collector
Walter Murray, Esq. Comptroller
Alexander Ochterlony, Waiter and Searcher
James Brown, Inspector of Tonnage


LIST OF SURVEYORS IN COMMISSION

Burt, Alexander
Burton, Edward
Barry, John
Baillie, James
Campbell, William
Cheyne, Patrick
Ferguson, James
Fraser, William
Fullarton, John
Grant, Patrick
Graham, Robert
Gordon, Robert
Gibson, David
Leslie, Robert
Lomax, James
Murdoch, John
Morris, Samuel
Munro, Thomas
McLellan, D.
Neilson, William
Pearce, William
Rome, John
Ranken, Alexander
Robertson, James
Robson, Nicholas
Smellie, William
Sheriff, Alexander
Syms, James
Sutherland, John
Schaw, Edward
Speering, Charles
Turnbull, Archibald
Voce, W.


COMMISSIONERS OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS

William Mitchell
Simon Taylor
Henry Shirley
John Rodon
George Murray
Eliphalet Fitch
John McLean
Kean Osborne
Charles Grant
James Jones
Robert Shaw
George Cruickshank
Robert Hibbert
John Jaques
Patrick Ballantine

William Bullock, Clerk to the Board £500



MASON LODGES

ANCIENT YORK MASONS

Provincial Grand Lodge under His Grace the Duke of Athol, hold their Quarterly Communications every three months, at Masons Hall, Port Royal Street, Kingston, Jamaica.

Union Lodge, No. I., at their Lodge Room in Barry Street, Kingston
Artillery Lodge, No. II, held at Port Royal in his Majesty's Train of Artillery
Harmony Lodge, held by the civilians at Port Royal
Royal Lodge, held in Kingston
Amity Lodge, held in Kingston
Sociable Lodge, held in Spanish Town
Athol's Lodge, held at Lucea
Friendly Lodge, held in Kingston
Union Lodge, held at Savannah-la-Mar


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