XV
Serial No.
Colony.
Date.
Registry
No.
Subject.
Serial
No.
Colony.
Date.
Registry No.
Babject.
524
Hong Kong -
August 4, 1868
8455
Draft Order in Council for carrying out the suggestions contained in a memo- randum by the Rev. H. Veun respecting the appointment of a missionary bishop for the Native Christian Church in North China.
540
Hong Kong -
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November 20, 1868
12,911
Trial at Hong Kong of pirates captured by
British ships.
541
Trinidad
November 27, 1868
18,112
525
Ditto
August 4, 1868
8462
Proposed Colonial Ordinance for the dis- armament of Chinese junks with a view to the suppression of piracy.
526
Antigua
527
Barbados
August 6, 1868
August 7, 1868
8529
Right of unofficial members of the Coun-
cil to initiate money votes.
542
Gibraltar
December 8, 1868
13,529
8539
Mode of appointing a suffragan bishop for
Barbados.
543
Straits
December 10, 1868
257
528
Gibraltar
August 8, 1868
8919
Boarding of the Gibraltar schooner
"Fanoy" by a Spanish guarda costa. (See No. 521.)
544
Jamaica
December 14, 1868
13,796
529
Cape
August 20, 1868
9142
Proposed mandate for the consecration of a bishop in South Africa. (See Nos. 517 and 523.)
530
Gibraltar
August 21, 1868
9208
Question whether a witness who has been examined at Gibraltar under a Com- mission from the Court of Common Pleas, and who has committed perjury, can be tried at Gibraltar, and, if not, whether it would be advisable to intro- duce into Parliament a Bill providing for such trials.
645
Hong Kong •
Claim made upon the Venezuelan Govern- ment by Dr. Bakewell, who had been employed on a special medical mission by the Governor of Trinidad, för compensation for his detention at Cu- mana in consequence of the war between Caracas and Cumana.
Seizure by a Spanish revenue cruiser of the British falucho “San Publö,” and her subsequent condemnation as prize by the local tribunals of Algeciras.
Draft Convention with the Rajah of Queddah, a dependent of the King of Siam. (See No. 520.)
Claim of General Salomon for compensa- tion for loss sustained by him during
the disturbance in the Island of Jamaica in 1865. (See No. 495.)
steamer
December 28 1868 10765/1885 Right of the French Consal to exclusive jurisdiction in dealing with the parties implicated in the disturbance on board the French. Messageriea "Tigre," and the general question whether British authorities can or can- not claim jurisdiction in cases of offence committed on board merchant vessela at anchor in British waters,
531
Hong Kong
•
September 7, 1868
10,117
Rendition to the Governor of Macao of Portuguese deserters escaping to Hong Kong. (See No. 485.)
546
Straits
532
Ditto
October 12, 1868
11,212
"An Ordinance to make provision for the more effectual suppression of piracy." (See No. 461.)
547
Gambia
1869.
January 7, 1809
January 9, 1869
251
279
533
Canada
October 28, 1868
11,668
Provisions of "An Act respecting the
"Department of Justice.”
534
Gibraltar
October 27, 1868
12,013
Boarding of the "Fanny" by a Spanish
revenue cruiser. (See Nos. 521 and 528.)
5478
Hong Kong
January 11, 1869.
321
535
Cape
October 27, 1868
12,242
Proclamation issued by the President of the Transvaal Republic claiming certain territories in which gold fields have been discovered.
548
Sierra Leone
January 18, 1869.
636 Jamaica
November 4, 1868
12,206
537 Malta
November 7, 1868
12,541
537a
Ditto
November 7, 1868
12,538
Despatch from the Governor respecting the invalidity of certain Acta iniposing import duties. (See No. 518.)
Right of a foreign Consul to claim exemp- tion from performing the duty of inter- preter in cases provided by a Maltese Ordinance.
Powers and duties of the Maltese Courts with respect to their jurisdiction in the matter of crimes committed at sea by foreigners on board foreign ships.
Claim of Antonio Baey Brabo, a deserter from the Spanish army, for protection as a British subject.
Seizure by H.M.S. "Skylark" of a Spanish revenue cruiser while search- ing a Spanish trader in British waters.
538
Gibraltar
November 11, 1868
12,619
539
Ditto
November 17, 1868
12,860
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
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TLC.O. 885
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Transportation of convicts from the Straits
Settlements to Labuan.
Question raised by Mr. Chalmers as to the validity of an Ordinance passed by the Legislative Council of the settle- ment in 1866, and entitled, " An Ordi- "nance to confirm certain Ordinances,” which was framed by the Legislative Council of the Gambia Settlement.
Erection of opium tax stations in the
neighbourhood of Hong Kong.
Whether by international law a third power is precluded from intervening between two nations engaged to each other by treaty, and obtaining from one of them the absolute cossion of the territory to which such treaty applies, and, if not, whether such third power takes over with the territory the pre-existing engagements of the ceding Power.
Legality of Governor Rawson's proceed- ings in issuing certificates on notes of indebtedness, and as to the Governor's personal liability in respect of the certi- ficates issued by him without legislative sanction.
Question whether the Dominion could legally be treated as one possession for the purposes of the 109th section of the Merchant Shipping Act (17 & 18 Vict. c. 104.) and the 163rd and 328th sections of the Customs Consolidation Act (16 & 17 Vict. a, 107.).
5488
Babamas
January 18, 1869
907
549
Canada
January 21, 1869
698
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Berial
Colony-
Date.
Registry No.
No.
550
Hong Kong -
January 22, 1889
751
561
Falklanda
January 23, 1869
780
552
Canada
February 8, 1869
1504
Bubject.
Claim put forward by the French Consul at Hong Kong for exclusive jurisdic tion over persons implicated in a riot board the French Messageries steamer "Tigre." (See No. 545.)
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Proposed appointment of a bishopric in connexion with the congregations on the continent of South America and in the Falkland Islands.
Whether the powers of pardon can, since the passing of the British North Ame rica Act, 1867, bo exercised by the Lieut-Governors of the respective pro- vinces, or whether such power in vested in the Governor General only,