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that this Government concurs in the suggestion that in cases where the apprehension is desired in the United Kingdom, on provisional Warrants, of Fugitive Offenders from this Colony, requests for provisional arrest should be telegraphed direct to the Metropolitan Police, the Police being authorised on the receipt of such a telegram to apply immediately for a Warrant;
Warrant; and agrees that such telegrams shall be taken to imply a guarantee that the expenses in connection with the apprehension will be paid.
The Colonial Secretary is the officer in this Colony from whom the guaranteed telegrams will emanate.
I should be glad to learn whether the Metropolitan