Transcripts of various deeds

(Handwritten Deed – yellowed paper which is beginning to fall apart)

(5 shillings in St. Lucia stamps)

8^th May 1893

Deed of Exchange between S. Barnard & V.S. Gouldsbury Administrator of the Government

 Of certain portions of land in the Quarter of Castries.   1^st Office Copy delivered to Mr S. Barnard 10/5/93

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Know all men by these presents that before the undersigned Peter Joseph Kinnier-Ferguson, Notary Royal in and for the Island of Saint Lucia, residing in Castries.

Personally appeared Samuel Barnard, of Castries, merchant and landed proprietor, of the one part,
And his Honner (sic) Valerius Skipton Gouldsbury, Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Administrator of the Government of the Island of Saint Lucia, acting on behalf of the said Government, of the other part
Who have made the following exchange:-

The said Samuel Barnard has ceded and conveyed, and does hereby cede and convey, with legal warranty, unto the Government of Saint Lucia, accepting by the said Valerius Skipton Gouldsbury, Administrator of the Goverment as aforesaid. A portion of land containing one rood and  thirty four perches, situate in the Quarter of Castries in this Island, and lying and being between the Darling Road and the Rosiere Estate and bounded as follows, that is to say, North and West by the said Darling Road East by the said Rosiere Estate and the Botanical Garden lands, and South by the said Botanical Garden lands – the said portion of land being coloured blue and marked B in the Diagram by Henry Reeve, Director of Surveys hereinafter referred to.

And in counter exchange the said Valerius Skipton Gouldsbury, acting on behalf of the said Government of Saint Lucia, has ceded and conveyed and does hereby cede and convey, with legal warranty unto the said Samuel Barnard, accepting for himself, his heirs, successors and assigns, A portion of land containing one rood and fourteen perches situate in the said quarter of Castries at the Junction of the said Darling Road and the High Road from Castries to Gros Islet and bounded as follows, that is to say, North by Madame Alexandre St. Martin, South and East by the said Darling Road and the High Road to Gros Islet and West by the Sans Souci Estate – the said portion of land being coloured pink and marked A in the Diagram by  Henry Reeve, Director of Surveys hereinafter referred to,

As the said respective portions of land are and extend and with the rights, members and appurtenances thereto belonging, according to a Plan or Diagram by Henry Reeve, Director of Surveys, dated the fourteenth April one thousand eight hundred and ninety one in the possession of the parties hereto.

To have hold and enjoy the said portions of land hereinbefore Described and hereby deeded and conveyed by way of Exchange, with all their rights, members and appurtenances unto the said Government of Saint Lucia and Samuel Barnard, as property to them lawfully appertaining and belonging respectively.

The portion of land hereby ceded and conveyed by the said Samuel Barnard to the said Government, forms part of the Sans Souci Estate, purchased by the said Samuel Barnard at a Judicial Sale before the Royal Court of this Island on the eleventh day of February One thousand eight hundred and eighty one.

And the portion of land hereby ceded and conveyed by the said Valerius Skipton Gouldsbury on behalf of the said Government to the said Samuel Barnard is Government property.

And in consideration of the foregoing exchange, it is hereby further agreed between the parties hereto, that the boundary line between the Sans Souci Estate, belonging to the said Samuel Barnard, and the lands called the Reclamation, belonging to the Government, shall be as indicated and described in the hereinbefore mentioned Plan or Diagram by Henry Reeve, Director of Surveys of the fourteenth April one thousand eight hundred and ninety one, that is to say, that all the land coloured pink and marked C in the said Plan or Diagram, and lying between the Darling Road and the Rubble Embankment shall be deemed and taken as the property of the said Samuel Barnard;  Provided that the Government shall have a right of access to a strip of land of twelve feet in width within the boundary line of the said Samuel Barnard and along the Rubble Embankment, the said strip of land also indicated in the aforesaid Plan or Diagram, for the purpose of effecting any repairs or improvements, which the Government may consider necessary to be made to the said Embankment and Provided also that the said Samuel Barnard shall not build on any part of the said strip of land, to which the right of access is reserved by the Government as aforesaid.

Done and passed at Castries Island of Saint Lucia on record at the office of the undersigned Peter Joseph Kinnier Ferguson, Notary Royal No. 14 Bridge Street, the eighth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and ninety three and these presents having been read to the parties have been signed by them and by the Notary.

Signed on the Original:  Samuel Barnard.  V. Skipton Gouldsbury, PIK Ferguson, Notary Royal

Compared with the Original and certified to be a true copy thereof
PIK Ferguson, Notary Royal (Notary Seal)

 Saint Lucia Office of Deeds and Mortgages   Recorded eleventh day of May 1893   Vol 49 No. 19133 @ 10 a.m.
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Bill of Sale  No. 79
Official Number 40598   Name of Ship Aid     No. Date and Port or Registry One of 1891 Castries, St. Lucia.

British Build Steam – Screw Built at Bristol 1870

One Deck                                            Head None
One Mast                                            Framework Iron
Sloop Rigged
Stern Round
Build Curved
Galleries None
Length 55 feet  Mainbreadth to outside of Plank    12.3 feet
                                 Depth in Hold from Tonnage Deck to Ceiling at Midships 6.6 feet

Engine  One   Speed of ship Fifteen

No. of Tons                                    26.14

Deductions as per Contra           12.50    Space Required for Propelling Power No. of tons    12.50
Registered Tonnage                     13.64

We The Saint Lucia Steam Conveyance Company (Limited) by Henry Leburieux Balmar of the Town of Castries in the Island of Saint Lucia, Managing Director, in consideration of the Sum of Twenty one pounds ten shillings, paid to us by The Honourable Samuel Barnard, Walter Herbert Barnard and Frank Barnard of the town and Island aforesaid, Merchants, the Receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, transfer Sixty four shares in the Ship above particularly described, and in her boats, gun=, ammunition, small arms and appurtenances, to the said Honourable Samuel Barnard. Walter Herbert Barnard and Frank Barnard.   Further, We the said Saint Lucia Steam Conveyance Company (Limited) for ourselves and our heirs covenant with the said Samuel Barnard, Walter Herbert Barnard and Frank Barnard and their assigns that we have power to transfer in manner aforesaid the premises herein-before expressed to be transferred and that the same are free from encumbrances.

In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names and affixed our seal this seventeenth day of March One thousand eight hundred and ninety four by and through the hands of Henry Leburieux Balmar, Managing Director as aforesaid.   Executed by the above name Saint Lucia Steam Conveyance Company Limited in the present of D. G. Glencote, Registrar of the Port of Castries St. Lucia.   

(Signed) H Leburieux Balmar, Manager, St. Lucia Steam Conveyance Co. (Ltd.)

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There was a one penny stamp of the St. Lucia Steam Conveyance Company Limited, c. 1872, (second printing)

This company carried mail by sea from Castries to the coastal villages of St. Lucia. Stamps were issued from around 1871 to 1872  when the company went out of business. A possibly provisional stamp is illustrated in the book by Hurt and Williams which was followed by the issue of several values depicting a steamship in an oval frame. There are a number of different printings of the stamps which may be distinguished by paper and gum variations.

 

 

2014 A Labor Day Weekend Barbecue

 Introduction

 I have 13 grandchildren and 3 stepgrandchildren.   This is mostly about my 7th grandchild who I will call S - just a few small incidents in a series of many greater ones.  Ancient wisdom says the 7th child is special and he is special, as in special needs !   When he was small we were very close, but now I keep my distance from him.  Actually I am afraid of him.   A recent incident involved my calling the police.  Writing this brings to mind the saying about 'walking a mile in another man's shoes' as one usually has little idea of what goes on in other people's lives!!

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I am in Costco the Friday before Labor Day and they have a Road Show with various seafood, including cockles, mussels and some wild salmon.   In a moment of weakness I buy a whole salmon (sans head) at the incredible price of $4.99 a pound.    The man slips it into two long plastic bags with ice between to keep it fresh on the way home.

I am limping, as the previous day while walking in wet grass I got stung twice by a wasp and my left foot is swollen, hot and sore. This sting leads me to read about wasps, initially how to treat the sting but then to find out about them.   Apparently there are 3 different kinds in California and the ones around my house are paper wasps.   They are social wasps and build their nests of chewed wood pulp.   They rarely sting and are not aggressive like yellow jackets.    Their nests can contain between 12 and 100 workers.   The adults feed on nectar while the larvae are fed pre chewed caterpillars by the adults.  Wasps are quite good pollinators.  During November each year, the adults and the old queen die and after mating, a new young queen burrows into the ground to hibernate until spring.   The nest is not used again so when she emerges she builds a small one of her own.   She raises the first generation herself but once workers emerge they collect food and the queen does nothing but lay eggs.

I keep the salmon in the fridge for the next couple of days but by Sunday I begin to worry about how fresh it is, so decide to have the barbecue that day.   My daughter and her 3 children are invited for 6 p.m. and after elevating and resting my foot for a while I begin cooking at 4.    I am hoping for some help from my daughter but she's taken the children to the park and for a bike ride, so is not available though she's supposed to bring the vegetables and also dessert if she wishes.    I fetch the barbecue coals from the garage and get the barbecue ready to light.    It hasn't been used for some months, since my son was here for a visit in early summer.   Walking is painful.  Then I begin cooking for potato salad.    I have a great recipe which is always a big hit with the children.    Earlier I found a recipe and instructions online for cooking a whole salmon, so I wash the fish and prepare it with slices of lemon and chopped dill.      I wrap the entire thing in heavy duty foil and it's ready to go.  

I hear a knock at my back door and turning round I see my 16 year old grandson at the French door.    My heart sinks.   He is young for his age and also has childhood onset bipolar disorder, which is very severe.   Childhood onset bipolar is much worse than anything that develops later in life and makes him extremely difficult and stressful to deal with.   He is on various medications which keep being adjusted, so far without much effect.   I had no idea he hadn't gone to the park.   I go to the door, which is almost always kept locked so he can't barge in on me, causing havoc, but he promises to behave.   I suggest he helps me light the barbecue which he enjoys.  

He asks for some barbecue tongs but I tell him I will find them in a moment.   Without my noticing he then takes my wood toaster tongs and when I check on him a few minutes later I find the end on fire !   Unfortunately as soon as he's left alone again he tests the metal grille with the tip of his finger, burning off a piece of skin.    He rushes in and we put the finger in cold water and then find neosporin and a bandaid.    Almost as soon as the bandaid is on he rips it off while I caution about pain and infection.    He then wants to use my Wii.    I make the excuse that I'm not sure where the remote is and am too busy to look for it.    I keep my remotes hidden because of his behavior.    Last time he tried to hack into the system and caused a lot of stress.  Then he asks for the Roku, to listen to music.   Unfortunately this turns out to be rap with nasty lyrics, not only 4 letter words but graphic violence, at full blast.    I am getting stressed and unhappy, having difficulty concentrating and regretting my decision to have a barbecue.   I never discipline him nowadays, as he is my height and much stronger and becomes violent fast with certain triggers, usually to do with electronics or something he wishes to either buy or sell.

Shortly the rest of the family return and younger brother, comes to the door.     He is 8 years old, a dear little boy and nicely behaved, as is their sister, who is 12.   I rush out and summon my daughter to help turn down the rap noise.   This entails a big argument and threats to his mother, even the beginning of some violence.    Fortunately he calms down and after the music is turned off they all go to Trader Joe to get some dessert.   S is a massively talented singer and earned $50 singing recently, so is happy to go to the store with money in his pocket.  He excels in all areas of his extremely narrow interests, so it's sad that he cannot function well in the day to day world.  

After they return with a large bag of various goodies, Julian finds one of his favorite DVD's, Lord of the Rings and puts it on, without asking and rather loud, but none of us say anything.   My mother used to say 'choose your battles' and this is definitely good advice where he is concerned.  I continue with my preparations for dinner - putting the salmon on the barbecue and finishing the potato salad, getting out plates and utensils, cleaning off the patio table, turning the fish periodically.  The younger children are disappointed that the salmon's head with eyes, has been removed !

With all the chaos the meal is later than I planned.   Just as we are about to eat S opens both my French doors and turns the TV towards the patio.  He refuses to turn it off and neither Jenny nor I feels like another argument.  My heart sinks, there goes my nice peaceful evening with conversation, enjoying the meal.   We eat to the sound of the music that accompanies movie battles.    Fortunately the fish is delicious and all the food turns out well.    Everyone eats lots.   S has bought an enormous bar of chocolate, a great deal of which he snatches before his mother can stop him.   

 

I learn the following day that he was awake until 2 a.m. with the caffeine high.   My daughter is exhausted but S is his usual exuberant self!