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C.O. 882

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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON

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Enclosure in No. 70.

SIGNATURES TO THE PETITION TO THE QUEEN.

AFTER careful examination of the different pages we have to report as follows: We find the total number of alleged signatures to be 4,513, and the accompanying tabular statement will show the professions and employments of the subscribers.

The above number does not include the eight signatures on the memorial itself sent home by last mail, consisting of the Mayor of Port Louis, the Honorables Sir V. Naz, K.C.M.G., H. Adam, H. Léclézio, and V. Geffroy, elected members, and the Honorables G. Guibert, A. W. Edwards, Arlanda, nominee members of Council.

It is to be noted that Mr. G. V. K-Vern had also signed on page 146.

We would call attention to the number of signatures of Chinese, of Indians, and of small creole proprietors.

It is doubtful how far these parties could form an intelligent opinion as to the subject- matter of the petition, and it will be observed that there is a large number of signatures of employés, whom it may be presumed were, more or less, under dependence; on this point we would refer to the first page of the signatures, where the Honorable H. Portal, the proprietor of "St. Hubert," signs first, and 17 of his employés sign upon the same page. It is also to be noted that a number of signatures of Indians and Chinese appear to have been written by the same hand, and this remark would apply to many creole signatures.

Five Government servants have sigued the petition-two doctors, holding temporary employment, the engineer of the Board of Health, a clerk of the Treasury, and a forest ranger.

With respect to the number of electors who have signed, the figure we arrived at does not agree with that set forth in the covering letter to the petition. After verifying whether those marked as electors are borne on the official list, published in Government Gazette, No. 1, of 6th January 1886, and adding to this number those whom we found to be registered as electors, though not marked as such, we ascertained the correct number to

be 984.

There were three or four names to which the word elector was added, but we could not make out the signatures, and therefore we are unable to say whether they are electors or not.

February 9, 1887.

(Signed)

THO. ELLIOTT,

Acting Receiver General. J. H. ACKROYD,

Assistant Colonial Secretary.

RECAPITULATION and CLASSIFICATION of the SIGNATURES alleged to have been affixed to the ADDRESS to HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

PRÉCIS.

145 sugar estates owned by one or more persons

105 managers (owners managing themselves excluded)

163

Page 145. A. G. Dubuisson, the same person wrote two signatures.

180. A. Charypew, twice signed.

**

211. A. Bonorchis, signed twice.

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247. Ramrooch, Volny Duval, C. Bonnafaire, twice signed, and some others which

were not mentioned.

Attornies-at-law

Artist

Auctioneers

Boatman

Bookbinders

-

Creole proprietors (small) Creole workmen

12

proprietors gardeners

8 Jewellers

3 Journalists

5 Journeymen printers

1 Job contractors

109 26

26 Harness makers

1

Indian shopkeepers

4

hawkera

Analytical chemists Architect

2

cake maker

"

1

"

jewellers

Aliens Artisans

5

"

employés

94

290

teachers

""

4

Barristers-at-law

18

servants

"

31

Builders

4

labourers

"

94

Basketmaker

I

29

390

Bread and cake seller

1

139

Bakers

5

Barbers

13

Butchers

37

-

*23

2 Land surveyors

213 Lime burner

1

14 Livery-stable keepers

4

6 Landowners

130

6 Marine brokers

Master mariner

4 1

8

Mahomedan priests

2

1 Municipal employés

11

1 Managers, sugar estates

46

4 Merchants -

40

32 Managers of dock

2

26 Notaries

·

8

3 Photographers

2

24

·

413 Petty proprietors (land, &c.)

342

525

Roman Catholic priests

813

Sailors

5 17

1

Shoemakers

13

2

Sworn weighers

2

19

brokers

"

23

66

39

37

domestic servants Coachbuilders

Cartwrights

Cake makers and sellers Cooper Church-keeper Carters

·

Carriers by land

Carriole drivers

Cigar makers

Chemists and druggists Clerks

-

Creole employés

Chinamen

Catechist, Indian

Dentists

*Doctors in medicine

Engineers

Employé (English descent) Fishermen

Fishmongers

Government servants

+General agent

24 signed.

46

26 barristers-at-law practising (Mr. W. Newton included)

""

18

53 attornies-at-law do. (including Mr. M. Leclezio and V. Boullé

registered as owners S.E.)

"

26

13

13 notaries

8

D

+

19

""

Registered electors 4,056

984

*

ment.

62 doctors in medicine (excluding Dr. Lovell and Davidson)

NOTES.

Page 52 of Address.-On looking at Guillemin Pierre Maurice (Grand Port), Numa Louis (Pl. Wilhems), Reij Henri (Plaines Wilhems), it seems as if these names are

in the same handwriting, and that they are not genuine signatures, inasmuch

as the family names are written before the Christian names.

111. James Martin, twice repeated

two different manners.

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115. Alf. Viger, same signature affixed one after the other.

"

"

125. A. Loumeau, signed twice.

118. Léon Auffray, does not appear to be a genuine signature.

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126 and 130. Th. Renaud, signed twice.

184. A. Jarnal, signed twice.

House, land, and cattle agents

Hairdressers

20 Planters (proprietors of sugar estates)

5 Shopkeepers

1 Traders

60 Teachers

3 Tailors

3

Ushers

1

Unknown Indian signatures

50

2 Veterinary surgeons

4

7

Without profession Watchmakers

62

7

4,513

Of these, 2 hold temporary Government appoint-

† Not existing as profession.

In this total number are comprised the double signatures mentioned in the first recto page.

February 9, 1887.

(Signed) THO. ELLIOT,

(Signed)

1

Receiver-General.

J. H. ACKROYD, Acting Assistant Colonial Secretary.

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