Land quite recently has cate in which it was arisen not improbable that Proceedings would have to be instituted against the Spanish Consul under Sections 4 and 5 of Ordinance No 9 of 1870 which provide that any Person refusing to yield up on Demand to the Official Administrator the Property of any Person deceased which may be found within the Colony "shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor and punishable by Fine Imprisonment. The great majority of cases which present themselves are those of foreign Seamen and Passengers in foreign Ships, and the assets are generally so small, that the Fees and Costs of their administration in the Supreme Court often swallow up the greater portion of Proceeds. Again the Foreign Consuls object to sign any Administration Bond and altogether the present system gives rise to such constant complaints of difficulty and trouble to all concerned, that it would in my opinion be a great relief to be Sep.