cedure in cases of extradition and of Chinese fugitives from justice. You will observe from the Colonial Secretary's letter N:292 to the Consul, that I am not in favour of amend ing the law on the subject in one respect except in regards to the acceptance of evidence of depositions taken in China, under certain conditions, in cases of alleged murder, manslaughter, piracy, burglary, housebreaking, robbery with violence. -Lord Knutsford, in paragraph 5 of his despatch N.37 of the 20th February, 1887, expressed his opinion that depositions taken in China should be accepted in evidence in extradition cases, but as reported by my predecessor in his despatch No 935 of the 29th July 1889, paragraph 44, the clause in the Bill dealing with that question was excluded.