PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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Mr. Hazlitt.-Third Classical and English Professor, now acting as second.
10 A.M. to 11. A.M., 4th Greek and Latin class. 11A.M. to 1 P.M., 2nd Greek and Latin class, Portions of Xenophon, Greek exercises; portions of Virgil and Sallust.
2 r.M. to 4 P.M., 2nd English class.
Translations, History, Geography, Composition, English Grammar.
This gentleman is a good English scholar, and a fuir Latinist; I cannot answer for his Greek. He is regular, and a good disciplinarian.
Mr. Acton.-Fourth Classical and English Professor, now acting as third.
10 A M. to 11 A.M., 5th Latin and Greek class.
11 A.M. to 12 a.m., 6th
ditto
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12 A.M. to 1 P.M., Junior Latin class.
2 P.M. to 4 P.M., 3rd English class.
Translations, History, Geography, and English Grammar,
Mr. Acton is, or rather has been, an excellent classical scholar; is well read in English literature. He is very irregular in his attendance, owing to very severe attacks of illness. I am sorry to say it he is of no use whatever to the College.
Mr. Barnes.-Fifth Professor, acting as fourth; resigned his situation after holding it for three months. Perfectly useless as a teacher. He is now a clerk in the Internal Revenue Office.
Mr. Joly-First Mathematical Profesòsr.
9 A.M. to 10A.M.: Library.
A.M.: Algebra (1st class).
10A.M. to 11
IA.M. to 1
P.M.: Geometry and Algebra.
I P.M. to 2
P.M.: Natural Philosophy and Practical Geometry.
Mr. Joly is a creole of this island, and was educated at the Royal College. He is a very fair mathematician; regular in his attendance, and a good teacher; but, unfortunately for him and for the college, he has failed in inspiring the pupils, especially those of coloured extraction, with confidence in his integrity and impartiality.
Mr. Meldrum.-Second Mathematical Professor.
7 A.M. to 9 A.M.: the Elements of Chemistry.
10 A.M. to 11 A.M., 2nd class: Euclid (books v and vi), Algebra, Surds,
and Simple Equations.
11 A.M. to 1 P.M., 4th class: Euclid (book i), Fractions, Extraction of Roots,
&c.
IP.M. to 2 P.M.: Arithmetic.
This gentleman generally arrives late, and is frequently absent; has no idea of dis cipline.
Mr. De Caila is employed only three hours daily at the Royal College. He teaches book-keeping and commercial arithmetic. He is regular and punctual in his attendance; keeps good order in his classes; I consider him well qualified for teaching the above- mentioned branches of instruction.
Mr. Margeot is employed for five hours daily in teaching arithmetic and French grammar. He is pretty regular in his attendance, and is a good disciplinarian.
Mr. Dozen,-Professor of French literature: is a man of very respectable literary attainments; a good teacher of youth, and extremely regular in his attendance,
Mr. Bourbon. -Professor of rhetoric and versions: is a very remarkable man; thoroughly conversant with the whole range of French literature; a good Latin scholar, and a beautiful writer.
The only fault I can find in this gentleman is the want of punctuality.
Mr. Cahagnet. Professor of French grammar: is an indefatigable teacher. I do not believe that there is his equal in this island for teaching the syntax of the French language.
Mr. Hatel.-Professor of English in the junior department: is a very zealous and suc- cessful teacher; a good disciplinarian, and very punctual and regular in his attendance.
I am very well Mr. De la Hogue.-Professor of drawing: is an excellent teacher. satisfied with the manner in which he fulfils his duties. He is engaged for three hours daily at the Royal College.
Mr. Hily-Professor of writing: is by no means remarkable for his caligraphy; but he is, nevertheless, a very successful teacher.
(Signed) W. J. WILLIAMS,
Acting Rector.
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No. 27-Immigration Office. [By T. H. Hugon.]
Mr. J. Ormsby, Chief Clerk-Keeps the account of the newly-arrived men taken by planters, goes on board to examine the provisions provided for the return immigrants, and gives a general assistance.
Mr. Ormsby is a man of steady and regular habits, is willing to make himself useful in the office, although what is required of him is not suitable to a nian of his age and rank in the service. I have made frequent representations on the sacrifice of the efficiency of the Department to the maintenance in it of a Staff Officer on 450, where five or six young men on 1001 to 1507. each are absolutely required. There is nothing detrimental to that gentle- nian in saying that, from his age (55), he cannot supply the place of one of those six active young men of 20 to 30, whom I require to make the office efficient. I consider him qualified for a higher situation suited to his age and standing in the service. He is equally conversant in French and English, and has the general knowledge of laws required in civil life; his manners are conciliating. He would do justice to any situation in which he would have the initiative, such as those of District Clerk, Civil Commissary, or Magistrate. In this office, to do anything, he must continue to do the work of an inferior officer, which produces a bað effect on the other subordinates, who are less paid.
Mr. Hamoneau, Clerk.-Service, 35 years; age, 52'; pay, 2167.
Keeps all the records of the office; makes up the reports on the arrival of each ship, with various tabular statements annexed to them; makes researches to give certificates of marriage to Indians, and gives assistance in the general work.
Mr. H. having, from his youth, been employed in the Registry of Slaves and that of Immigrants, has a memory of the circumstances of the last twenty-five years, which give a great value to his presence in the office; but he unfortunately has had health. From his long and meritorious services, and the increasing importance of his duties, he is entitled to have promotion.
Mr. F. Joachim, Accountant and Purveyor.-Service, 16 years; age, 37; pay, 1447. Has all the accounts to keep; prepares various returns of immigration, the requisitions, &c.; has the charge of stores, writes the correspondence.
Mr. J. is the man who has most work in the office; to get through it he is obliged to work out of office hours. He is deserving of higher pay than what he bus: if the pay in the Immigration Office was on the same scale as that of other departments he would receive more than double his present pay.
34; pay,
1321
Mr. Guerce, Clerk.-Service, 13 years; age, Officiates as cashier, and gives a general assistance.
Mr. G. is a steady man, attentive to his work. When he had first the charge of the chest, the receipts were limited, but they have increased gradually since. They are very large now under Ordinances 12 of 1855, and 22 of 1857, a sum of 20,0001, in receipts and expenditure passes annually through his hands, and is likely to be increased. His present pay is out of proportion with his responsibility; he ought to be appointed regularly as Cashier, and paid as those officers are in other departments.
Mr. J. Beard, Clerk, and Maligan Interpreter.—Service, 22 years ; age, 43; pay, 1441. Goes on board to examine the immigrants with the certificate of each; examines the provisions embarked for return immigrants; attends to the immigrants sent to the depôt to be provided with papers.
Mr. B. has been a sailor in his youth; he is active and zealous; he exchanged from the Post-office and lost part of his allowances thereby. From his conduct in this depart- ment, and his length of service, I consider him fairly entitled to larger allowances than what he receives now. He has recrived no education, but is a tolerably good clerk; he manages Indians well. If Indian convicts were introduced, he would be a very proper man to put over a few hundred of them.
Mr. A. Conier, Clerk.-Service, 4 years: age, 35; pay, 721.
Has the issue of duplicate tickets; strikes on the registers the departures, deaths, and absenteeism.
The duties in this division of the office are very arduous, upwards of 100 people having
to be attended to every day. Mr. Conier, who conducts those duties, is deserving of special notice for his intelligence, zeal, and assiduity The planters who come with Indians to take duplicates, frequently make the remark, that he ought to receive more than double his present allowance.
Mr. D. Oliver, Clerk,-Service, 3 years; age, 33; pay, 481. Mr. E. Joseph, Clerk. -Service, 1 year; age, 24; pay, 361.
These two clerks work with the preceding: they are laborious. In the inquiry made on some frauds committed by Mr. Arlanda, it was shown they had resisted the temptation of doing as the other; conduct the more deserving of praise, on account of their having families to support on salaries of 487, and 361.
Mr. H. Serret, Clerk.-Service, 8 years; age, 31; pay, 721.
Has the registry of desertions; absences of the men sent to depêt from the prison (4,000 to 5,000 in the year); those sent to and received from hospital; and shares in the general duties.
This Clerk is fully employed in the above duties, which he has dischargedit my satis faction; from the work, he would, in another Department, receive more than double his present allowances.