the neighbourhood of Hong Kong, and to prevent the Colony, from becoming a place
of refuge for Pirates.
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That Mr Bramston was to state that Your Lordship wished to ascertain whether the view taken.
the Supreme Court of the local limit to its jurisdiction over Chinese Pirates
was correct
A
That he was also to state:
that Your Lordship apprehended that the proposed Bill was within the competence of the local Legislature, but that having regard to the terms of the Law Officers Report of the 12th October 1868, Your Lordship would be glad to be furnished with our opinion upon the provisions of the Bill, and that he was to submit the following questions.
1. Whether the answer
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which Your Lordship proposed to send respecting the 2nd and 3rd sections of the Bill
was
proper?
2. Whether the Jurisdiction. of the Admiralty extended to acts of piracy committed by Chinese upon Chinese extra fances terræ and berfond the Colonial waters but within three
miles of Chinese Territory, so that the porpetrators were justiciable in the Supreme Court of Hong Kong under the Act 12th and 13th Fict. cap. 96?
3. Whether the jurisdiction
of the Admiralty extended to acts of Piracy committed in such localities by -foreigners other than Chinese
4.
Whether it was competent
to the Colonial Legislature to pass the proposed 4th 5th 6th and 7th clauses
1.
of