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the Governor
Mr.
the Queen's name
and that both Officer
and Ships
should be the Incué Officers
And
ships for
the service of the
Colony
Further that such ships Offices and Crews should be
subject to the Queens Command,
and in time.
in time of
of urgency
War
or Case
should be bound
to serve whereon prejured.
In the next-place it appears to us that the provisions
of the present Act relating to
the maintenance
of discipline
of
the ...
in time of peace are
altogether inadequate to the exigencies of
an
Armed Naval Force; such
force ought to be subject to the provisions of the Mutiny
Act in time of peace
as well
as in time
of War.
Moreover
as regards
the application of the British Mutiny Act to this force, we have to observe that although this is attempted to be effected by the proposed Act, the provision
is
altogether ineffectual and inadequate to the proposed object.
On the whole it appears
to us that the entire subject
requires to be reconsidered,
and that Her Majesty should
not ...