are also liable to the penalty for delay imposed by the Local Ordinance sec 14. c. Masters of vessels carrying mails made up in this Colony for other Colonies or for foreign places, being on arrival beyond the Colonial Jurisdiction.
not guilty of offences against the Colonial Laws, in neglecting or delaying to deliver
are
mails and as stated above are
not within the Imperial Act. In conclusion then, having regard to the great and increasing importance of intercolonial mails and of Colonial mails for foreign places, and to the impunity of ship masters who
or even
delay
fail, altogether to deliver these
mails. I submit to His Excellency that it is desirable to bring the matter to the notice of the Secretary of State.
(signed), John Bramston,
18th March, 1876.
Attorney General.
(True Copy) Gardiner Hackin
Colonial Secretary.