Oil (Colonial - Caribbean)
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Established to import oil from Trinidad from lands and estates 'provisionally secured to the company'.
Prospectus: 1. The sources of supply practically inexhaustible; 2. Transport simply from the colony: lake and oil springs so close to coast only needs shipment and at a rate lower than any other known source; 3. Good demand from England and France for oil to be used in asphalt and pitch manuf. and as lubricant; expectations of profits of 25% on the capital from the beginning.
Initial capital: £150,000 in shares of £20 each.
Expect to import 8,000 tons in first year at cost of less than £7 per ton. (Daily News)
The Morning Post, 11 July, 1864; Daily News, 11 July 1864
1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
