(2) to come to a clear understanding with the Chinese Government as to the limits of British and Chinese jurisdiction in their waters.
(3) to obtain if possible for the officers of the British Government a right to pursue criminals into Chinese waters within certain limits which should be specified, but without granting any reciprocal right to the Chinese.
Lord Carnarvon suggests that in the first instance the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown should be taken on these papers. In submitting them for consideration, it might perhaps be advisable to bring to their notice the letters mentioned in the margin respecting the territorial jurisdiction of Great Britain over the Banks of the Bahamas and Bermudas, and also the Imperial Acts regulating Her Majesty's jurisdiction.
Law Officers to Earl Russell, 3 Dec. 1862 (Bermudas); Law Officers to Earl Russell, May 1863 (Bahamas).
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