In 1904 , the committee received a ( royal ) charter of incorporation at the initiative of the British government . It later acquired charitable status and established two subsidiary bodies : Among its records are for example eight collections of Caribbean and English newspapers 1761 – 1846 , reports of the Acting Committee to the Half-Yearly Meeting of the Standing Committee of West India Planters and Merchants , 1878 – 1883 and albums of photographs and press cuttings on the 1907 Kingston earthquake in Jamaica , a country that was a major subject of its promotion work
1907 Kingston earthquake
1907 Kingston earthquake
West India Committee