and by Section II of the Act pro tem/invalidity will attach to any
Naval Officer for acts done on above advised.
The Attorney General will advise further for proceedings when the "Levant"
is reported under seizure.
That it is
may remark
As Your Excellency may
in the power of the Emigration Officer to make the seizure under
Section 4. It should be observed that the
Normal authority is first specified, under
that section, and also that it is
advisable to employ to prevent opposition
an armed force.
The "Chinese Passengers Act 1855" is published, should your Excellency not be furnished with a copy of it by authority from home, in the Government Gazette of this Colony, 8th February 1856.
I have further to suggest to Your Excellency that, independently of the operation of the Chinese Passenger's Act, the "Levant" is liable to seizure and legal proceedings on the ground of insufficient papers.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) John Browning
Governor, &c.
True Copy
Colonial Secretary