(Handwritten Deed – yellowed paper which is beginning to
fall apart)
(5 shillings in St. Lucia stamps)
8th 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. 1st
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
thereofPIK Ferguson, Notary Royal (Notary Seal)
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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 NoneOne 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 12.50Registered 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.
