effects of by
rand"
were taken possession of by the Captain of the vessel, deposited by him in
and were delivered to
the Spanish Consulate at this
Port. Under a commission of Appraisement in each case I
applied this morning
to the
Spanish Consul for the effects,-
The declined to
give
them on the
ground that the deceased
persons had died
on
board
Spanish vessel, and he
could deliver them to
nobody
but the next-of-kin, after
he had placed
the matter before the Spanish Government and
received their instructions.
456
I am, &c.
(Signed) S. S. Huffam,
Appraiser of the Supreme Court.