Marghang No 89 14th July 1875
Administrator J. Gardner Austin
to
The Right Honorable The Earl of Carnarvon
"The Naval Stores Ordinance 1875"
Transmit and requesting confirmation of
Enclosure
Attorney General's Office
July 1876
I have the honour to report as follows upon the Naval Stores Ordinance. The Ordinance of 1867 which is repealed by this Ordinance applied to that Colony the provisions of the Imperial Naval Stores Act of 1867, and
Among them the sections which made it a misdemeanour punishable by ... years imprisonment for any person to receive, possess, keep, sell or deliver
The Honourable
Cecil C. Smith
Acting Colonial Secretary