Gambia
10
11
Registered No.
of
Colony.
Colonial Office Papers.
Officer to whom Telegrams asking for Provisional Arrest should be addressed.
Officer to send Communications
to Metropolitan Police.
Officer formerly authorised to communicate with Metropolitan Police.
Whether Prisoners could be conveyed in custody of Master of Ship.
Use of Police Telegraph Code,
25,267/97
Officer administering the Government.
Officer administering the Administrator Government.
Yes
Gold Coast...
27,941/97
Colonial Secretary
Colonial Secretary
Colonial Secretary (previously Governor).
Yes
Lagos...
26,313/97 10,394/00
Colonial Secretary
Colonial Secretary
Governor
MEDITERRANEAN
Gibraltar
24,708/97
Chief of Police
Chief of Police
Yes
There is no copy in the Colony.
Chief of Police (previously Colonial Secretary).
Probably no difficulty...
Malta..
25,803/97
Superintendent of Police
Superintendent of Police
Superintendent of Police
No objection
Cyprus
21,102/97
Chief Secretary
Chief Secretary
Chief Secretary
Will endeavour to make arrangements, but few steamers go to England without transhipping their passengers and cargo at an intermediate port.
EASTERN.
Ceylon
26,691/98
Inspector General of Police
Inspector General of Police
Colonial Secretary
Hong Kong
180/97-8
Captain Superintendent of Police.
Captain Superintendent of Police.
Colonial Secretary
7483
Nothing stated
10
Code.
Yes, but possibility of escape, at intermediate ports steamers touch.
26 Nothing stated
38
to Code.
Having regard to the distance between the Colony and England, and the intermediate ports touched at during the voyage, it would be more satisfactory as a general rule to send prisoners to England under proper custody.
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