They have to forward, for Your Lordships' consideration, a copy of my Attorney General's report upon its provisions, together with a copy of an extract from the report of the Captain Superintendent of Police.
"The Draft appears to me well adapted to meet a defect in the law to which attention was directed in the autumn of the year 1875, in the case of an offender absconding from Singapore to this Colony.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant,
J. Gardiner Austin
Administrator